"Anastasios Bakasetas' seventh-minute strike gave Greece a deserved opener, and second-half strikes from Konstantinos Karetsas and Christos Tzolis looked to have condemned Scotland to the play-offs. Scotland, though, fought back in a remarkable second half, Ben Gannon-Doak and Ryan Christie teeing up a grandstand finish, with the tension heightened by a red card for Bakasetas and developments in Copenhagen. With Scotland losing, a win for Denmark against Belarus would have essentially clinched their place in the finals in North America."
"Bakasetas lashed home the opener for Greece after Craig Gordon had made an excellent save to deny Vangelis Pavlidis. Greece continued to pepper the Scotland goal thereafter, with Gordon producing a pair of fine saves to deny Tzolis and also pulling off a brilliant low stop to keep out a near-postPanagiotis Retsos header. Vangelis Pavlidis then turned wide with the goal seemingly at his mercy, with the Benfica striker then forced off through injury."
Scotland lost 3-2 to Greece in Group C but remain in contention for automatic qualification to the 2026 World Cup. Anastasios Bakasetas opened the scoring in the seventh minute before second-half strikes from Konstantinos Karetsas and Christos Tzolis put Greece ahead. Scotland fought back with Ben Gannon-Doak and Ryan Christie goals, and Bakasetas received a red card late in the match. Denmark's draw with Belarus kept Scotland's hopes alive, leaving a winner-take-all match against Denmark at Hampden Park. Craig Gordon made several important saves, while Scotland must improve defensively to overturn the challenge.
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