With a goalless draw against Belarus at the ZTE Aréna in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary, the National Team concluded its presence in the 3rd qualifying group of the European zone of the 2026 World Cup, accumulating 7 points in its 6 matches and finishing in 3rd place in the group. With many changes and an experimental formation (Nektarios Triantis made his debut as a substitute), the blue-and-white team had two goals with Masouras and Tzolis and remained without an away win in this qualifying series.

With 7 changes in its lineup compared to last Saturday's match (11/15) against Scotland, the Greek team entered the game against the Belarusians with enthusiasm and enthusiasm and had its first good moment in the 7th minute with Tzolis's pass that was blocked at the last minute and went for a corner.

In the 21st minute, from a back-swinging cross by Tsimikas, Embong found himself in a one-on-one with Vlachodimos, but the National Team goalkeeper saved and kept the goal under his goalposts, while in the 31st minute, Greece missed a huge opportunity to open the scoring, when initially Mandalos was unable to beat Lapoukhov in two periods and then Masouras sent the ball against the post and out.

At the start of the second half, Tetteis stole the ball high in the 50th minute, passed it to Mandalos and he passed it to Zafeiris, but the 22-year-old midfielder's shot from the edge of the area went wide.

In the 54th minute, after amazing energy and an assist from Tzolis, Tsimikas tried a shot with one shot, but Lapoukhoff blocked it in his corner, while in the 77th minute, the Greek team was unlucky again, when, from a nice counterattack, Tzolis hit Lapoukhoff's left post, in the last good chance of the match.

Referee: Damian Silvestrak (Poland)

Yellow cards: 50’ Khvalko – 88’ Retsos

Suppressions: –

The compositions of the two teams:

BELARUS (Carlos Ferrer): Lapukhov, Khvalko (67' Kalinin), Begunov, Zambelin, Malashevich (46' Melnichenko), Yanblonsky, Embong, Malkevich (78' Barkovsky), Gromyko (67' Kontsevoy), Demchenko, Lisakovich.

GREECE (Ivan Jovanovic): Vlachodimos, Rota, Retsos, Hadjidiakos, Tsimikas, Siopis (63' Triantis), Zafeiris, Masouras, (69' Karetsas) Mantalos (83' Kourbelis), Tzolis, Tettei (63' Kostoulas).