Match | Date | Time | Venue / Stadium | Attendance |
| 36 | 22 June 2010 | 20:30 | Polokwane / Peter Mokaba Stadium | 38891 |
Referee Ravshan IRMATOV (UZB) | Assistant Referee 1 Rafael ILYASOV (UZB) | |
Fourth Official Peter O LEARY (NZL) | Assistant Referee 2 Bakhadyr KOCHKAROV (KGZ) | |
Match Commissioner David CHUNG (PNG) | Fifth Official Matthew TARO (SOL) |
| Greece (GRE) | Statistics | Argentina (ARG) |
| 7 | Shots | 22 |
| 3 | Shots on goal | 12 |
| 15 | Fouls Committed | 8 |
| 1 | Corner kicks | 10 |
| 0 | Direct Free Kicks to Goal | 1 |
| 0 | Indirect Free Kicks to Goal | 1 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks | 0 / 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 2 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Cautions | 1 |
| 0 | Expulsions due to Second Caution | 0 |
| 0 | Direct Expulsions | 0 |
| 33% | Possession (%) | 67% |
| 23 | Actual playing time | 47 |
| Greece (GRE) | Ball Possession Heat Map | Argentina (ARG) |
| 3% | 13% | 4% |
| 14% | 18% | 15% |
| 8% | 22% | 3% |
| 4% | 18% | 9% |
| 5% | 24% | 7% |
| 4% | 19% | 10% |
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 12 | Alexandros TZORVAS | GK | 90 | 2 | ||||||||
| 5 | Vangelis MORAS | D | 90 | |||||||||
| 6 | Alexandros TZIOLIS | M | 90 | 2 | ||||||||
| 7 | Georgios SAMARAS | F | 90 | 1/4 | 2 | |||||||
| 8 | Avraam PAPADOPOULOS | D | 90 | 1/1 | 2 | |||||||
| 10 | Georgios KARAGOUNIS | M | 46 | 3 | ||||||||
| 11 | Loukas VYNTRA | D | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 15 | Vasileios TOROSIDIS | D | 55 | 1 | ||||||||
| 16 | Sotirios KYRGIAKOS | D | 90 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 19 | Sokratis PAPASTATHOPOULOS | D | 90 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| 21 | Konstantinos KATSOURANIS | M | 54 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Christos PATSATZOGLOU | D | 35 | |||||||||
| 4 | Nikos SPIROPOULOS | D | 44 | 0/1 | ||||||||
| 18 | Sotiris NINIS | M | 36 | 1/1 | 2 | |||||||
| Total | 2 | 3/7 | 15 | 8 | 1 | |||||||
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 22 | Sergio ROMERO | GK | 90 | |||||||||
| 2 | Martin DEMICHELIS | D | 90 | 1 | 1/2 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | Clemente RODRIGUEZ | D | 90 | 1/2 | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | Nicolas BURDISSO | D | 90 | |||||||||
| 5 | Mario BOLATTI | M | 90 | 1/1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | Juan VERON | M | 90 | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 10 | Lionel MESSI | F | 90 | 4/5 | 4 | |||||||
| 15 | Nicolas OTAMENDI | D | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 16 | Sergio AGUERO | F | 77 | 1/3 | 1 | |||||||
| 19 | Diego MILITO | F | 80 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 20 | Maxi RODRIGUEZ | M | 63 | 1/3 | ||||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Angel DI MARIA | M | 27 | 0/1 | ||||||||
| 18 | Martin PALERMO | F | 10 | 1 | 2/3 | |||||||
| 23 | Javier PASTORE | M | 13 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 2 | 12/22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | |||||||
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Yellow cards | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| D: | Defender | M: | Midfielder | Min: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK: | Penalty Kicks |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Direct Expulsions |
| F: | Forward | SG/S: | Shots on Goal/Shots | Y: 2Y=R: | Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution |
Match Report