Greece heads to World Cup after morale boosting Bolivia win

 Two headers gave Greece its only victory in four friendlies in 2014

Panayiotis Kone ended Greece's nearly four-game goalless streak in the first half and the Europeans beat Bolivia 2-1 on Friday night at New Jersey, in its last friendly before heading to Brazil for the World Cup.

Kone's goal in the 21st minute was Greece's first in 358 minutes, since Costas Mitroglou's score in a 1-1 draw against Romania in November. Greece lost 2-0 to South Korea in March and had 0-0 draws against Portugal and Nigeria in the past week.

Costas Katsouranis added a 54th-minute tally as the Greeks ended a four-game winless streak before a crowd of 11,024 at Red Bull Arena, nost of them Greeks who had created a wonderful atmosphere.

Greece had last won in that November 3-1 triumph over Romania in a European qualifier.

"Normally, we score,» Greece's Portuguese coach Fernando Santos said through a translator. «It's not a relief (to score). I would say we're satisfied because we capitalized on the opportunities that we made.

"Today we had the opportunities and we scored. The other games we had some opportunities, but unfortunately we didn't score."

Bolivia, which finished last in South American World Cup qualifying with Paraguay, extended its winless string to 11 matches. It has not won since a 2-1 victory over Haiti in a friendly on Feb. 6, 2013.

Greece had the better of play early, creating several chances, but was plagued by poor finishing. Fanis Gekas had the most egregious miss in the 12th minute as Greece tried to capitalize on a midfield turnover.

Giorgos Samaras fed Gekas in the middle of the penalty area, and, unmarked, the 34-year-old striker spun and shot wide from 7 yards.

Greece finally converted when Dimitris...