Thursday evening was dramatic and uneventful for the fans of the London Arsenal and the Greek national team.. At the 18th edition of the Nations League match in Thessaloniki, Christos Tsolis stumbled on the lawn through a kick. The 24-year winger immediately realized that he would not be able to continue the fight.
Straight up to the touchline at the hour of the forced substitution for Georgios Masouras, Tsolis looked hunched over and pulled his playing shirt over his head, often a sign of great disappointment and the possible seriousness of the injury. For the grave, the poshkodzhennya became at the very near moment.
Just before the end of the summer transfer window, Colis moved to Arsenal from the Belgian Bruges, having been forced to play five matches for the Gunners in the new season. Now the London club is facing the results of medical treatment, and the winger’s fate in the week’s important rematch against Germany, as Jurgen Klopp believes, is going to be unknown.
Despite the early loss of Tsolis, the Greek team had a phenomenal start. Thanks to a goal from Fotis Ioannidis and his assist, the Swedes took the lead 2:0. The sensational result against Javi Hernandez's team did not last (2:2).
Virgil van Dijk was quickly ousted with a trademark header. And although Denzel Dumfries's goal was disallowed for offside, the pressure of the Dutch showed signs in the 89th half, when Tijani Reynders turned a draw for his team.
After the match, Dutch captain Van Dijk was not disappointed by the disastrous start: “When we tried to hit the ball through the center of the field, we quickly lost the ball. It's really unpleasant"
The leader of the Greek attacks, Ioannidis, recognized that the team could not adapt to the change in tactics of the opponent in the other half..
Having covered the loss of a point on the remaining hips and the injury of Tsolis, Greece continues to conquer Europe. Having previously won a victory over Serbia and Nimecchina (1:0), the team is deprived of the undefeated leader of group A2.
As the historian Kostas Tsimikas so happily summed up: “We are disappointed, but we are guilty of being modest and knowing that we played against the superpower. By the way, the ball that we earned may turn out to be even more valuable."