Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
LINEUPS:
Greece (442): Tzorvas, Vyntra, Torosidis, Papadopoulos, Kygriakos, Papastathopoulos, Tziolis, Katsouranis (Ninis 62'), Gekas (Moras 80'), Samaras (Salpigidis 59'), Karagounis
Nigeria (451): Enyeama, Odiah, Taiwo, Yobo, Shittu, Etuhu, Haruna, Kalta (Obinna 45'), Ayegbeni (Utaka 77'), Uche, Obasi (Martins 84')
A Loukas Vyntra goal was all that Greece needed to win their first match of the World Cup and stay in the hunt for a place in the second round. The only goal of this one-sided match occurred when Enyeama dropped a simple cross, leaving Vyntra with a very easy finish just fourteen minutes in. Before that Greece created a good chance on the counter that Samaras could not finish.
After a long period of little activity Nigeria tested the Greek keeper when Kalu Uche had his own free kick rebound straight back to him and his second effort was well saved. In the second half Vincent Enyeama was busy making up for his mistake by stopping shots from Karagounis and Papasthathopoulos. The Greeks did get another ball past him but Gekas watched his effort ricochet back off the post.
Greece 1 - 0 Nigeria
Goalscorers:
GRE Vyntra 14'
Discipline:
NGA Yobo 51'
Man of the Match:
GRE Loukas Vyntra
GROUP B | ||||||||
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
Greece | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
Nigeria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
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