"Steve Clarke's men came up short with a second-half fightback following a dismal first 63 minutes as Tasos Bakasetas, Konstantinos Karetsas and Christos Tzolis got the goals for Greece, who had already been eliminated from contention. Bakasetas pounced on the rebound of Vangelis Pavlidis' saved attempt to open the scoring in the seventh minute, with some suspect defending from John Souttar inviting the pressure."
"And Greece pulled clear early in the second half, with teenager Karetsas finishing from Andrews Tetteh's centre in the 57th minute, before Craig Gordon failed to keep out Tzolis' effort from range six minutes later. Gannon-Doak responded less than two minutes later to offer Scotland hope, and the visitors were back within one in the 70th minute as Ryan Christie nodded Andy Robertson's cross home."
"Vlachodimos made a glorious save to deny McTominay an equaliser, and though Bakasetas was shown a second yellow card for clattering Lewis Ferguson, Greece held out. The Scotland players then gathered in the centre-circle at full-time as they awaited news from Copenhagen, where Group C leaders Denmark were in action against lowly Belarus. Denmark were unable to find a late winner in a 2-2 draw, meaning Scotland will qualify automatically if they beat Brian Riemer's team at Hampden Park on Tuesday."
Scotland lost 3-2 to Greece in Piraeus after conceding three goals in the first 63 minutes. Tasos Bakasetas opened in the seventh minute from the rebound of a saved Vangelis Pavlidis shot, and Konstantinos Karetsas and Christos Tzolis scored early in the second half. Scotland created chances — Scott McTominay struck the post, Che Adams headed wide, and Ben Gannon-Doak was denied one-v-one — before Gannon-Doak and Ryan Christie pulled goals back. Bakasetas was sent off late, and Denmark's 2-2 draw means a Scotland win over Denmark at Hampden secures automatic qualification.
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