UEFA Nations League

Germany vs Greece, 2026-27 UEFA Nations League, League Phase

· UEFA Nations League
Germany
    FT
    0 - 1
    Greece
    • 74': Dimitrios Kourbelis

    Greece stun Germany in Nations League to hand Jürgen Klopp first defeat at the helm

    Jürgen Klopp's homecoming fell flat as his first home match in charge of Germany ended with a surprise 1-0 defeat by Greece in Augsburg.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Christos Tzolis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 1': Foul by Felix Nmecha (Germany).
    • 2': Foul by Andrews Tetteh (Greece).
    • 2': Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 2': Attempt missed. Bambasé Conté (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Karim Adeyemi following a set piece situation.
    • 6': Foul by Konstantinos Karetsas (Greece).
    • 6': Nathaniel Brown (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 7': Attempt missed. Joshua Kimmich (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Nathaniel Brown.
    • 7': Attempt missed. Konstantinos Karetsas (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Vangelis Pavlidis.
    • 16': Foul by Christos Zafeiris (Greece).
    • 16': Felix Nmecha (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 17': Andrews Tetteh (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 17': Foul by Yann Bisseck (Germany).
    • 17': Yann Bisseck (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 18': Georgios Vagiannidis (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Karim Adeyemi (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Felix Nmecha.
    • 22': Konstantinos Karetsas (Greece) is shown the yellow card.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Younes Ebnoutalib (Germany) right footed shot from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Kevin Schade with a cross.
    • 26': Konstantinos Karetsas (Greece) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 26': Foul by Bambasé Conté (Germany).
    • 27': Attempt missed. Thanasis Androutsos (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
    • 27': Attempt missed. Karim Adeyemi (Germany) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich following a fast break.
    • 28': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Yann Bisseck.
    • 29': Attempt missed. Konstantinos Mavropanos (Greece) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Thanasis Androutsos with a cross following a corner.
    • 30': Thanasis Androutsos (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Foul by Karim Adeyemi (Germany).
    • 31': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Georgios Vagiannidis.
    • 32': Attempt saved. Karim Adeyemi (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Konstantinos Tzolakis (Greece).
    • 32': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Konstantinos Tzolakis.
    • 34': Offside, Germany. Bambasé Conté is caught offside.
    • 34': Christos Tzolis (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 34': Foul by Josha Vagnoman (Germany).
    • 36': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Konstantinos Mavropanos.
    • 38': Attempt blocked. Felix Nmecha (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Karim Adeyemi.
    • 38': Attempt blocked. Christos Tzolis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Thanasis Androutsos.
    • 39': Foul by Vangelis Pavlidis (Greece).
    • 39': Karim Adeyemi (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Christos Tzolis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Foul by Josha Vagnoman (Germany).
    • 44': Offside, Greece. Konstantinos Karetsas is caught offside.
    • 44': Foul by Konstantinos Karetsas (Greece).
    • 44': Bambasé Conté (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Germany 0, Greece 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Greece. Manolis Saliakas replaces Georgios Vagiannidis.
    • 45': Second Half begins Germany 0, Greece 0.
    • 49': Attempt saved. Bambasé Conté (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Konstantinos Tzolakis (Greece).
    • 50': Attempt saved. Younes Ebnoutalib (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Konstantinos Tzolakis (Greece). Assisted by Karim Adeyemi.
    • 52': Foul by Christos Zafeiris (Greece).
    • 52': Bambasé Conté (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 53': Attempt saved. Joshua Kimmich (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner by Konstantinos Tzolakis (Greece).
    • 53': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Konstantinos Tzolakis.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Felix Nmecha (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Karim Adeyemi.
    • 56': Foul by Panagiotis Retsos (Greece).
    • 56': Karim Adeyemi (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 57': Panagiotis Retsos (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 58': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Christos Zafeiris.
    • 58': Konstantinos Mavropanos (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': Foul by Jonathan Tah (Germany).
    • 59': Substitution, Greece. Dimitrios Kourbelis replaces Christos Zafeiris.
    • 59': Substitution, Greece. Fotis Ioannidis replaces Andrews Tetteh.
    • 61': Kostas Tsimikas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Foul by Younes Ebnoutalib (Germany).
    • 65': Substitution, Germany. Jonathan Burkardt replaces Kevin Schade.
    • 65': Substitution, Germany. Florian Wirtz replaces Bambasé Conté.
    • 66': Foul by Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece).
    • 66': Felix Nmecha (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Attempt missed. Fotis Ioannidis (Greece) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Vangelis Pavlidis.
    • 68': Foul by Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece).
    • 68': Jonathan Burkardt (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 68': Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 70': Foul by Panagiotis Retsos (Greece).
    • 70': Felix Nmecha (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 72': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Thanasis Androutsos.
    • 74': Goal! Germany 0, Greece 1. Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
    • 75': Substitution, Germany. Serge Gnabry replaces Karim Adeyemi.
    • 76': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Panagiotis Retsos.
    • 77': Attempt missed. Yann Bisseck (Germany) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich with a cross following a corner.
    • 78': Thanasis Androutsos (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 78': Foul by Felix Nmecha (Germany).
    • 79': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Burkardt (Germany) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathaniel Brown.
    • 79': Attempt saved. Serge Gnabry (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Konstantinos Tzolakis (Greece). Assisted by Younes Ebnoutalib.
    • 81': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Nathaniel Brown.
    • 81': Substitution, Greece. Giorgos Masouras replaces Christos Tzolis.
    • 82': Panagiotis Retsos (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Foul by Josha Vagnoman (Germany).
    • 84': Substitution, Germany. Hennes Behrens replaces Nathaniel Brown.
    • 84': Substitution, Germany. Anton Stach replaces Felix Nmecha.
    • 86': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Giorgos Masouras.
    • 87': Attempt missed. Anton Stach (Germany) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich with a cross following a corner.
    • 87': Vangelis Pavlidis (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 87': Foul by Yann Bisseck (Germany).
    • 88': Attempt missed. Konstantinos Mavropanos (Greece) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 88': Attempt missed. Fotis Ioannidis (Greece) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Konstantinos Mavropanos following a set piece situation.
    • 88': Attempt missed. Florian Wirtz (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Anton Stach.
    • 89': Substitution, Greece. Giannis Michailidis replaces Vangelis Pavlidis.
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Fotis Ioannidis (Greece).
    • 90'+3': Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90'+4': Konstantinos Karetsas (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Joshua Kimmich (Germany).
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Germany 0, Greece 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Germany 0, Greece 1.

    Statistics

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    11 Fouls 12
    4 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 1
    2 Corner Kicks 8
    5 Saves 0
    24.5 Possession 75.5
    8 SHOTS 16
    1 ON GOAL 5
    0.1 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    166 Accurate Passes 668
    231 Passes 729
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    3 Accurate Crosses 4
    9 Crosses 23
    0.3 Cross % 0.2
    46 Long Balls 23
    22 Accurate Long Balls 8
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.3
    1 Blocked Shots 2
    16 Effective Tackles 9
    23 Tackles 15
    0.7 Tackle % 0.6
    8 Interceptions 9
    32 Effective Clearances 18
    32 Clearances 18

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Nations League

    Venue: WWK Arena
    Location: Augsburg, Germany
    Attendance: 28,945

    UEFA Nations League Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Netherlands 4 +2 8
    2 Greece 4 +2 8
    3 Germany 4 +1 5
    4 Serbia 4 -5 0
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    GER Germany (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    21 Alexander Nübel (GK)
    4 Jonathan Tah
    2 Yann Bisseck Yellow Card
    18 Nathaniel Brown
    14 Josha Vagnoman
    15 Bambasé Conté
    6 Joshua Kimmich
    8 Felix Nmecha
    23 Younes Ebnoutalib
    9 Kevin Schade
    19 Karim Adeyemi
    Germany Substitutes:
    Philipp Treu, Hennes Behrens, Florian Wirtz, Marc-André ter Stegen, Jonathan Burkardt, Chris Führich, Yannick Engelhardt, Nadiem Amiri, Max Rosenfelder, Serge Gnabry, Finn Dahmen, Anton Stach.

    GRE Greece (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    12 Konstantinos Tzolakis (GK)
    5 Panagiotis Retsos Yellow Card
    4 Konstantinos Mavropanos
    21 Kostas Tsimikas
    2 Georgios Vagiannidis Yellow Card
    20 Christos Zafeiris
    15 Thanasis Androutsos
    10 Christos Tzolis
    19 Konstantinos Karetsas Yellow Card
    16 Andrews Tetteh
    14 Vangelis Pavlidis
    Greece Substitutes:
    Odisseas Vlachodimos, Andreas Ntoi, Charalambos Kostoulas, Christos Mandas, Ioannis Michailidis, Manolis Saliakas, Christos Mouzakitis, Georgios Masouras, Dimitrios Kourbelis, Anastasios Douvikas, Georgios Kyriakopoulos, Fotis Ioannidis.

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