Own goal gives Greece deserved win over Bosnia

Improved Greece scored its second win at the Euro 2020 qualifiers on Tuesday seeing off visiting Bosnia 2-1 at the Olympic Stadium of Athens thanks to a late own goal.

In this first win under Dutch manager John van't Schip, Greece played quite entertaining soccer and deserved victory, even if that came in awkward fashion two minutes from regulation time.

Half an hour into the game a decent combination of Dimitris Limnios with Petros Mantalos set up Vangelis Pavlidis who scored his first goal for the national team.

It did not take long for the Bosnians to equalize though, as a Sead Kolasinac cross from the left found Amer Gojak and he scored to expose the unprepared Greek defense.

The hosts put pressure on Bosnia creating several chances but were unable to translate them into goals, hitting the goalframe twice.

Yet just as the game seemed to head...

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