Second-half surge sees Greece thrash Bulgaria

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The Greek national team crushed Bulgaria 4-0 in its second friendly in Heraklion, Crete on Tuesday night.

Ivan Jovanovic’s team scored all their goals in the second half, receiving loud applause from the 18,000 fans present at the Pankritio Stadium. Pelkas (51′), Ioannidis (66′), Tzolis (74′) and Konstantelias (89′) formed the final score in the friendly.

The first half of the match was mediocre. With the entire lineup changed from the friendly against Slovakia, the national team was far from its best.

The internationals were unable to coordinate themselves on the field, and this resulted in them only getting close to Mitov’s goal twice. In the first (33′), Pelkas shot wide and in the second (45+2′), Ioannidis headed the ball over the Bulgarian goalkeeper.

In the second half, however, it was time for… showtime. In the 51st minute, the national team opened the scoring with a nice combination of energy. From Bakasetas’ shot, the ball bounced off Masouras and fell to Pelkas, who had no problem scoring the 1-0.

Fifteen minutes later, Pelkas passed an amazing assist to Ioannidis and the Panathinaikos forward scored an exemplary goal for 2-0.

In the 74th minute, Christos Tzolis scored the third Greek goal on his first touch with the ball after an assist from captain Bakasetas. Something similar happened in the 88th minute with Giannis Konstantelias scoring from close range, seconds after entering the field, making the final score 4-0.

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