The Liverpool left-back, who played the full 90 minutes, provided the cross for Dimitrios Kourbelis to head in his side’s fourth goal of the evening shortly before half-time.Greece went on to add a fifth in the closing stages in Athens to book a play-off final away to Georgia on Tuesday. The winners of that tie will join Czechia, Portugal and Turkey in Group F at Euro 2024 this summer.Earlier in the day, Wataru Endo was a second-half introduction in Japan’s win over Korea DPR in Asian qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.The midfielder entered the action in Tokyo in the 58th minute as his country claimed a 1-0 victory courtesy of Ao Tanaka’s early goal.

Liverpool FC players Kostas Tsimikas and Wataru Endo were both in international action for Greece and Japan respectively on Thursday.