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Spirited Greece hold top ranked Belgium to a 1-1 draw

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June 3, 2021 Belgium's Thorgan Hazard in action with Greece's Athanasios Androutsos [REUTERS]

A spirited Greece fought back to hold top ranked Belgium to a 1-1 draw in their friendly international in Brussels on Thursday as Georgios Tzavellas’ second half goal cancelled out an early strike for the hosts from Thorgan Hazard.

Belgium were missing several regulars like Thibaut Courtois, Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard, but they were still hoping to send out a message of intent ahead of next week’s kick off of the European Championship.

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