Giorgos Masouras struck from very close range to pull Greece level at 2-2 late in the friendly, leaving Sweden FC trailing in momentum as the match pushed into stoppage time.
People searching for Sweden FC are landing here because the team was caught by a late equaliser and because Anthony Elanga’s involvement — a saved chance and then an injury that halted play — could influence both the result and the headlines from this international friendly.
Masouras’s goal came after a probing cross from Charalampos Kostoulas and was a left-footed finish from very close to the centre of the goal that wiped out Sweden’s lead. Greece had fresh legs on the pitch: Giorgos Masouras had been introduced in place of Christos Tzolis, Christos Mouzakitis replaced Christos Zafeiris and Andreas Ntoi came on for Konstantinos Koulierakis. Mouzakitis himself tested the defence with a left-footed shot from outside the box that was blocked, and Greece later won a corner after Elliot Stroud conceded the set-piece.
The match’s drama threaded through Anthony Elanga’s two decisive moments. Elanga — the single Sweden player who dominated late attention — had a right-footed shot from the left side of the box saved by Christos Mandas after a pass from Besfort Zeneli. Shortly afterwards Georgios Kyriakopoulos committed a foul on Elanga; the Sweden forward was injured in the challenge and the referee stopped play while attending to him, producing a delay that punctured the closing rhythm. Besfort Zeneli’s influence was visible earlier too: he not only set up Elanga’s chance but also won a free kick in the defensive half that helped Sweden regroup before Greece’s response.
With the stoppage and the substitution shuffle behind them, the fourth official announced five minutes of added time. That window became the match’s immediate hinge: Sweden had to convert renewed possession and momentum into a deciding goal, while Greece sought to protect the draw they had just engineered. The equaliser and Elanga’s enforced break altered the remaining tactical calculus for both teams.
What happens next is simple and decisive — five minutes stood between these sides and the final outcome. This report closed with the score level at 2-2 and five minutes to play; the final result after that added time was not recorded here. The unresolved questions are now concrete: can Sweden FC recover in those minutes without Elanga fully fit, and will Greece hold the point their late goal secured? For now the match hangs on those five minutes and the condition of Anthony Elanga, the player who both nearly won it for Sweden and then saw the game delayed by the injury that followed.
