LEVI COLWILL spared Jordan Pickford's blushes by making a sensational extremity enactment clearance.
The Chelsea prima was named successful Lee Carsley's starting XI arsenic England took connected Greece astatine Wembley.
Within the archetypal 10 minutes helium was forced to strain each sinew successful bid to support the score-line level.
Three Lions No1 Pickford came racing retired of his extremity to intercept a Greek agelong ball.
After doing so, the Everton prima dawdled successful possession.
In a nightmare infinitesimal for the experienced stopper, Pickford miscontrolled, gifting the shot to Greece prima Anastasios Bakasetas.
The Greek skipper lofted the shot towards the unguarded net, and looked astir definite to person scored.
But Colwill went haring aft it, earlier showing ultimate athleticism to someway support the shot out.
Replays showed that the shot had been conscionable inches from crossing the line.
And fans were near successful awe of Colwill's astonishing clearance.
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One wrote connected societal media: "Clearance of the year."
While a 2nd posted: "Honestly thought nary accidental helium makes it!"
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A 3rd commented: "Levi Colwill conscionable pulled disconnected a goal-line clearance that defied physics."
And different added: "One of the champion goal-line clearances you volition ever see!"
Colwill was earning conscionable his 4th England cap, having featured conscionable erstwhile nether Gareth Southgate.
He lined up astatine the backmost alongside John Stones, with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Rico Lewis astatine full-back.
Carsley fielded Declan Rice up of the backmost 4 successful midfield, with attacking stars Jude Bellingham, Anthony Gordon, Bukayo Saka, Cole Palmer and Phil Foden each squeezed into a line-up featuring nary accepted No9.
Just moments aft Colwill's clearance, Greece had the shot successful the net.
West Ham prima Konstantinos Mavropanos headed the shot beyond Pickford pursuing much unconvincing enactment from the England goalkeeper, lone for the offside emblem to travel to the Three Lions' rescue.
There would beryllium nary reprieve successful the 49th minute, however, erstwhile Greece took the pb via Vangelis Pavlidis.
Things past went from atrocious to worse for the Three Lions moments later, with Bukayo Saka limping disconnected with an injury.