Despite the shock decision to bench captain Harry Kane, England also thrashed Greece 3-0.

Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers is among a group of five players added to England's squad for this month's Nations League fixtures against Greece and Ireland

A 94th-minute winner by Vangelis Pavlidis gave Greece a 2-1 victory on Thursday against England in a Nations League clash overshadowed by the death of Greek player George Baldock on the eve of the game

Panathinaikos and Greece international defender George Baldock was found dead in his swimming pool on Wednesday

An 89th-minute winner from Pascal Gross snatched Euro 2024 hosts Germany a 2-1 win against Greece in a friendly in Moenchengladbach on Friday

Germany face Greece in their final friendly on Friday in Moenchengladbach, but will come up against sterner tests should they want to make it to the business end of the Euros.

Croatia clinched the final automatic qualifying spot for Euro 2024 on Tuesday as Wales were forced to settle for a play-off place, while France had to come from behind to draw in Greece

France's win in their last outing this season follows their 3-0 defeat of minnows Gibraltar last Friday and leaves them clear on top of qualifying Group B with 12 points from four games.

Spain were held to a 1-1 draw by Greece in their opening 2022 World Cup qualifier on Thursday with the visitors earning a point from a disputed penalty.

Euro Qualifiers: Italy qualified for Euro 2020 thanks to a 2-0 win over Greece in Rome.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who suffered heartbreak in the 2004 Euro final when Portugal lost to Greece, will be determined to add an international trophy in his cabinet ahead of the 2016 Euro final against France

Greece football players called for strike action for the third round of Greek Cup from December 15-17. Lot of footballers were not compensated by financially troubled teams

Claudio Ranieri had signed a 1.6 million euro worth contract in July to coach the Greeks for the next two years, replacing Portugal's Fernando Santos.

In a hotly-contested match, both Costa Rica and Greece fought hard but the former took the match 5-3 in penalties to create history and enter quarterfinals of FIFA World Cup 2014 for the first time ever.

Greece trailed for most parts of the match to finally score in stoppage time.Costa Rica however managed to nudge ahead in a thrilling penalty shootout to advance - a historic achievement for the side.

Greece have developed a reputation over the years of being extremely hard to break down, particularly if they take the lead. Costa Rica, therefore, have their task cut out for the last 16 clash.

Georgios Samaras was adjudged to have been brought down by substitute Giovanni Sio and he calmly slotted in the spot kick for the win that puts Greece through to the knockout stage. Ivory Coast would have advanced with a draw.

France, who never went past the pool stages since the introduction of the event in 1979, showed tremendous fighting spirit and came from a goal down to beat Malaysia 3-1 in the shoot-out after both the teams were locked at 1-1 at the regulation time.