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Argentina beat Greece, book Mexico date

Argentina's two Martins - Demichelis and Palermo - were on target as Diego Maradona's side beat Greece 2-0 to finish top of Group B and set up a last-16 duel with Mexico.

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Line-up

12 Alexandros TZORVAS (GK) (GK) Sergio ROMERO 22
5 Vangelis MORAS Goal Martin DEMICHELIS 2
6 Alexandros TZIOLIS Clemente RODRIGUEZ 3
7 Georgios SAMARAS Nicolas BURDISSO 4
8 Avraam PAPADOPOULOS Yellow Card Mario BOLATTI 5
10 Georgios KARAGOUNIS (C) Out (-46'HT ) Juan VERON 8
11 Loukas VYNTRA (C) Lionel MESSI 10
15 Vasileios TOROSIDIS Out (-55' ) Nicolas OTAMENDI 15
16 Sotirios KYRGIAKOS (-77') Out Sergio AGUERO 16
19 Sokratis PAPASTATHOPOULOS (-80') Out Diego MILITO 19
21 Konstantinos KATSOURANIS Yellow Card Out (-54' ) (-63') Out Maxi RODRIGUEZ 20
Substitute(s)
1 Konstantinos CHALKIAS (GK) (GK) Diego POZO 1
13 Michail SIFAKIS (GK) (GK) Mariano ANDUJAR 21
2 Giourkas SEITARIDIS Gabriel HEINZE 6
3 Christos PATSATZOGLOU In (+55') (+63') In Angel DI MARIA 7
4 Nikos SPIROPOULOS In (+46'HT) Gonzalo HIGUAIN 9
9 Angelos CHARISTEAS Carlos TEVEZ 11
14 Dimitrios SALPINGIDIS Ariel GARCE 12
17 Theofanis GEKAS Walter SAMUEL 13
18 Sotiris NINIS In (+54') Javier MASCHERANO 14
20 Pantelis KAPETANOS Goal (+80') In Martin PALERMO 18
22 Stelios MALEZAS (+77') In Javier PASTORE 23
23 Athanasios PRITTAS Jonas GUTIERREZ 17
Coaches
Officials
  • Misses next match if booked
  • Not eligible to play
  • Injured
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  • Lionel Messi of Argentina walks out of the tunnel
  • Lionel Messi of Argentina looks on
  • Martin Palermo of Argentina is interviewed
  • Diego Milito of Argentina is interviewed
  • Sergio Aguero of Argentina is interviewed
  • Georgios Samaras of Greece (L) in action against Nicolas Otamendi of Argentina

"I was sorry Messi didn't get a goal. I dived on the ground when his shot hit the post and if there'd been a swimming pool around I'd have jumped in head first," Diego Maradona, Argentina coach.

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Latest Comments:
footballfaan
06/07/2010 at 10:45
footballfaan (Hungary)
WONDERFUL ARGENTINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dimitra_2010
26/06/2010 at 13:54
Dimitra_2010 (Greece)
I enjoyed the game. Looking forward for the next football cup in four years. I hope that Greece will do better.
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CpSurAmerica
24/06/2010 at 22:39
Argentina snapped but I must say Greece's goalie did an excellent job! He must've blocked like 5 solid shots set to score. Greece's defense was weak, their goalie was yelling at 'em the whoooole time.
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7Shots22
1Corner kicks10
1Yellow cards1
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards0
33%Possession (%)67%

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