Final Score - WC2010 Group B, South Korea vs Greece

Saturday 12th June - Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth. Att: 31,513
Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)

LINEUPS:
South Korea (451): Ryong, Ri, Pyo, Hyung, LJ Soo, Woo (KJ Sung 69'), Hun, Young, PJ Sung (Hwan 75'), Yong
Greece (442): Tzorvas, Vyntra, Torosidis (Kapetanos 82'), Papadopoulos, Kygriakos (Patsatzoglou 69'), Papastathopoulos, Tziolis (Ninis 61'), Katsouranis, Gekas, Samaras, Karagounis

South Korea began this match off-key and Greece enjoyed much of the ball in the opening twenty minutes. Katsouranis was put clean through by Georgias Samaras but his finish was very weak leading to an easy save. Shooter then turned provider as his headed flick on led to another one-on-one situation; Korea again escaping, this time when the offside flag went up against Karagounis.

After those scares one Park Chu Young forced himself upon the game with three scoring chances before the halftime whistle. Two of them came from crosses that he sent over the goal, but his first opportunity to score came on the counter attack when Pyo found the striker ahead of his marker and he neatly passed the ball past the keeper. Between acts of The Young Show, Papastathopoulos watched his shot hit the underside of the bar and bounce back down to the goaline. Despite vehement protests from the Greek players the officials ruled that the ball did not cross the line and play continued.

Samaras and the Greeks had another early chance in the second half but, as before, the shot lacked any real power and the Koreans breathed another sigh of relief. Young continued to be the catalyst of any attack from his team, even trying the spectacular with a bicycle kick that sailed wide. He then turned provider, Hun running onto the cross to score after his own good play got the ball to Young. Greece would test Ryong in his goal again, this time on a thirty yarder off the boot of Katsouranis, but they would go away thinking of their missed chances earlier in the game.

South Korea 2 - 0 Greece
Goalscorers:
KOR Young 18'
KOR Hun 60'

Discipline:
No Cards

Man of the Match:
KOR Park Chu Young

GROUP B
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0