Teams that have emerged on the eve of the different statuses of the third match of the group stage. Argentina squad was already in the playoffs, and the Greeks need at least a draw to have a chance to get there.
Diego Armando Maradona (Diego Armando Maradona) has decided to play several players, substitute appearances or just "warming themselves banks." Otto Rehhagel did not make significant changes, as the winning composition does not change :)
The first minutes of clearly identified plans and objectives of both teams. The Greeks were playing deep in defense, relying on single races forwards and standard provisions. But Argentines, without the burden of responsibility playing for fun as it can be in a game with such pragmatists as the Greeks. But just at the end of the first 15 minutes of the Argentina national team players were very good five-minute attack. First Aguero Tzorvas parried for a corner. Then the same Tzorvas parries a powerful blow Verona after a corner. But in the end, the ball was moved out of the gate of Greece. The game calmed down a bit.
The match went to a goalless draw until Samaras not not sold out one-on-one with the goalkeeper, but Maradona has not released Di Maria instead of Maxi Rodriguez.
Argentines ran, and after 15 minutes opened the scoring. Nachudil all matches Demichelis scored and corrected. The ball was scored from a corner. Demichelis first horse won the fight and shot on goal, but the ball hit the hand of Milito and returned to the player, "Bayern". Defender struck on the power and he was right.
Don Diego and at all relaxed, releasing the young pastor and veteran of veteranistogo - Martin Palermo at age 37. And this "old man" took it and scored the second goal. Messi moved to the left in front of the penalty area and hit. The goalkeeper parried the ball right at the feet of Palermo, which is nothing to do but to upset the opponent again.
Photo: Reuters, AP
At the end of the Greeks quite sour, and the ball just rolled on the lawn.
Greece - Argentina 0: 2
Goals: Demichelis, 77, Palermo, 88
Greece: Tzorvas, Kyriakos, Vyntra, Papadopoulos, Torossidis (Patsatzoglou, 53), Moras, Tziolis, Sokratis, Karagounis (Spyropoulos 46), Katsouranis (Ninis, 53), Samaras
Argentina: Romero, Burdisso, Otamendi, Demichelis, Cristian Rodriguez, Maxi Rodriguez (Di Maria, 62), Bolatti, Veron, Messi, Aguero (Pastore, 76), Milito (Palermo, 80)