Vangelis Pavlidis scored Greece’s first-ever goals at Wembley Stadium to secure an historic 2-1 win over England in the Nations League on Thursday.
Pavlidis tiptoed into the area and fired a low shot past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to open the scoring at the start of the second half. Jude Bellingham equalized in the 88th minute with a shot from range, but Pavlidis seized on a goalmouth scramble deep into stoppage time to hand Greece its first victory over the Three Lions.
Greece celebrated the first of Pavlidis’ goals by holding George Baldock‘s shirt high into the sky. The English-born Greek defender, who played for Sheffield United and Panathinaikos, was found dead on Wednesday in his swimming pool in a suburb of Athens.
Greece is now in first place in Nations League Group B2 with nine points out of nine. England is second with six.
More to come.
