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BAKU, October 2026 \u2014 The Greece U15 team thrashed Australia 7-2 at the FIFA U-15 World Cup and Festival in Azerbaijan. The young Greeks have since reached the semi-finals.<\/strong><\/p>\n Coach Stelios Bikas picked the whole squad from the Greek football federation\u2019s youth development scheme, known as Anagennisi. His players come from clubs such as Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, PAOK and AEK.<\/p>\n The match took place on 28 October, the federation said<\/a>. Grigorios Priovolos opened the scoring in the first minute and later added a second goal.<\/p>\n Christos Kakalis, Angelos Kormanos, Athanasios Fleggas, Fotios Solomidis and Athanasios Dimitrakopoulos found the net. Australia replied twice late in the match.<\/p>\n Read more: Mitsotakis Visits Greece Squad Ahead of Germany Clash: \u201cYou Surprised Many, But Not Yourselves\u201d<\/p>\n The win sent Greece into the round of 16. By then, the Greece U15 side had won six games in a row in Baku.<\/p>\n Games at the event use eight players a side and two halves of 20 minutes. FIFA designed the format to suit young players at this age.<\/p>\n Australia\u2019s squad included Western Sydney Wanderers teenager Will Karatasos. Even so, the Australians could not stop the Greek attack.<\/p>\n Next, Greece faced Uruguay in the round of 16. Kormanos scored early with a fine strike, but Uruguay levelled before full time. Greece then won the penalty shoot-out 4-2<\/a>.<\/p>\n That result gave the team its seventh straight win and a quarter-final place against Guinea on Thursday 29 October.<\/p>\n Greece fell behind, as Guinea scored in the 21st minute. However, Priovolos levelled after a pass from Kormanos, and Kakalis sealed a 2-1 win<\/a> on the counter-attack.<\/p>\n As a result, Greece is now among the last four teams in a tournament that drew 191 FIFA member federations. Spain, who beat Colombia 5-0, stand between Greece and the final.<\/p>\n Greece meets Spain in the semi-final on Thursday afternoon, Greek time. For the Greece U15 group, the run is already a strong reward for the federation\u2019s youth work.<\/p>\n Source: <\/em>Fifa<\/p>\n <\/p>\nGreece U15 too strong for Australia<\/h3>\n
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