[InTime News]
Greece stunned Scotland with a 3-0 score in their playoff second leg in Glasgow on Sunday night for an aggregate 3-1 win and a place in European soccer’s Group A of the Nations League.
Scotland had a 1-0 lead after the first leg away on Thursday, with Scott McTominay scoring from the penalty spot in the first half after Lazaros Rota committed a foul.
That lead slipped away when Giannis Konstantelias latched onto a perfectly placed cross in the 20th minute. With a single, precise touch, he fired a low shot that curled into the near post, levelling the aggregate score.
Three minutes before the break, Hampden Park fell into stunned silence as 17-year-old Konstantinos Karetsas doubled Greece’s lead with a composed, curled left-foot finish, unmarked inside the box.
The nightmare continued for Scotland just 20 seconds after the restart when Greece added a third, Christos Tzolis scoring after being left unmarked and receiving a perfect delivery to all but end the contest. [Reuters]