Group B: Greece 2-1 Nigeria
in the second round of group matches, GROUP B saw Greece take on Nigeria. these two team were winless on their opening day, and both teams were desperate to get their campaign back on track. Kalu Uche broke the deadlock for Nigeria, only for them to be 10 men down after Sani Kaita got himself sent off following a tussle with Vasileios Torosidis. Kaita showed his studs to the defender and was immediately banished to the dressing room. Nigeria were finally breached a minute before the break when Salpingidis scored the equaliser, his effort deflecting off a defender after Konstantinos Katsouranis had played the ball into his path. the winner came when Vincent Enyeama failed to deal with a soft shot from Alexandros Tziolis in the 72nd minute.
The rebound fell to Vasileios Torosidis, who toe-poked the ball home to give Greece victory. it was Greece's first win in the World Cup finals. OVERALL - both played badly, but Greece got the slight advantage in luck.
No comments:
Post a Comment