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Greece edge ten-man Nigeria

Dimitrios Salpingidis and Vasileios Torosidis scored to earn Greece a 2-1 comeback victory over ten-man Nigeria – their first triumph on the world stage.

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Line-up

12 Alexandros TZORVAS (GK) (GK) Vincent ENYEAMA 1
6 Alexandros TZIOLIS Yellow Card (C) Joseph YOBO 2
8 Avraam PAPADOPOULOS (-55') Out Taye TAIWO 3
10 Georgios KARAGOUNIS (C) Danny SHITTU 6
11 Loukas VYNTRA Yakubu AYEGBENI 8
14 Dimitrios SALPINGIDIS Goal (-46'HT) Out Peter ODEMWINGIE 11
15 Vasileios TOROSIDIS Goal Goal Kalu UCHE 12
16 Sotirios KYRGIAKOS Red Card Sani KAITA 14
17 Theofanis GEKAS Out (-79' ) Lukman HARUNA 15
19 Sokratis PAPASTATHOPOULOS Yellow Card Out (-37' ) Chidi ODIAH 17
21 Konstantinos KATSOURANIS Dickson ETUHU 20
Substitute(s)
1 Konstantinos CHALKIAS (GK) (GK) Austin EJIDE 16
13 Michail SIFAKIS (GK) (GK) Dele AIYENUGBA 23
2 Giourkas SEITARIDIS Nwankwo KANU 4
3 Christos PATSATZOGLOU (+77') In Rabiu AFOLABI 5
4 Nikos SPIROPOULOS John UTAKA 7
5 Vangelis MORAS Obafemi MARTINS 9
7 Georgios SAMARAS Yellow Card In (+37') Brown IDEYE 10
9 Angelos CHARISTEAS Yussuf AYILA 13
18 Sotiris NINIS In (+79') Victor OBINNA 18
20 Pantelis KAPETANOS Yellow Card (+46'HT) In Chinedu OGBUKE OBASI 19
22 Stelios MALEZAS (-77') Out (+55') In Uwa ECHIEJILE 21
23 Athanasios PRITTAS Dele ADELEYE 22
Coaches
Officials
  • Misses next match if booked
  • Injured
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  • The Greece team celebrate
  • Otto Rehhagel head coach of Greece instructs his players
  •  Danny Shittu of Nigeria is chased by Theofanis Gekas
  • Taye Taiwo of Nigeria tackles Dimitrios Salpingidis of Greece
  • Georgios Samaras of Greece reacts
  • Georgios Samaras of Greece evades the challenge of Chidi Odiah of Nigeria

"We were dominant after the red card, but there are plenty of examples where the team with the extra man goes on to lose. However, we reacted well to conceding the first goal, showed tremendous passion and belief, and turned the game around," Otto Rehhagel, Greece coach.

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Latest Comments:
footballfaan
06/07/2010 at 10:44
footballfaan (Hungary)
NIGERIA SHOWED A GREAT GAME AGAINST GREECE
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BOLOYOUNG
22/06/2010 at 18:19
BOLOYOUNG (Nigeria)
match was standard, thumbs up for Greece. they tried. Peter NAIJA
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loshglo
22/06/2010 at 18:12
loshglo (Nigeria)
NGA can still come back with a win against Greece and go on to the next round
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Statistics

GreeceGreece NigeriaNigeria
27Shots10
11Corner kicks3
3Yellow cards1
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards1
56%Possession (%)44%

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