Text commentary, score updates and match stats as the Republic of Ireland take on Greece at the Aviva Stadium.
Will Smallbone is penalised for a foul on Tasos Bakasetas and Greece now have a free-kick in a dangerous position."This is much better from Ireland. They are now looking more likely to get the first goal in this game. After a strong first 15 minutes, Greece have lost their way a bit, gone into their shell."However Browne's strike isn't as convincing as the build-up play and is an easy save for Odysseas Vlachodimos.
"This is a good test, probably a different kind of game to the England one, more with the ball than without."Heimir Hallgrimsson makes three changes to the side who were defeated by England with Andrew Omobamidele, Alan Browne and Jason Knight in the starting line-up.The away side make two alerations to the starting XI who were the comfortable victors against Finland with Manolis Siopis and Christos Tzolis replacing Dimitris Pelkas and Petros Mantalos.All times UK.
Republic of Ireland lost against England last time out in their first match under Heimir Hallgrímsson. The only manager to lose both of his first two matches in charge of the country is Mick McCarthy in March-April 1996. Greece have only lost one of their last seven competitive internationals , with that lone defeat coming against the Netherlands in October 2023 . Three of Greece’s four victories in this run have been achieved by at least a three-goal margin: 5-0 v Gibraltar, 5-0 v Kazakhstan and 3-0 v Finland.
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