Greece concluded their Euro 2012 preparations with a straightforward 1-0 win over Armenia in Kufstein, Austria, on Thursday in their final friendly before the tournament Fernando Santos' side controlled proceedings from the kickoff and went ahead in the first half through central defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos' header.

Greece missed two penalties in the second half with Celtic striker Giorgas Samaras and Panathinaikos midfielder Kostas Katsouranis both seeing their efforts saved by the impressive Armenia keeper Roman Berezovsky.

Santos gave a first start to 19-year-old midfielder Kostas Fortunis in place of the rested Sotris Ninis, and the Kaiserslautern player pressed his claim with a series of direct runs and intelligent passing. As was the case with the 1-1 draw with Slovenia four days earlier, Greece again showed promising glimpses of their attacking game in patches while always remaining solid in defence. Dimitris Sapigidis went close to opening the scoring for Greece in the 10th minute with a downward header from captain Giorgos Karagounis left-wing free-kick which bounced over the bar.