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Greece 0-2 Argentina - June 22, 2010 / World Cup 2010

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World Cup 2010 - Round 3 - Group B

Stade Peter-Mokaba - Polokwane - South Africa

June 22, 2010 - 20:30

38 891

Greece

0 - 2

Argentina

78'

Martín Demichelis (left foot) Assist by Diego Milito

89'

Martín Palermo (right foot)

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46' - Substitution Georgios Karagounisis substituted by Nikos Spiropoulos46

54' - Substitution Costas Katsouranisis substituted by Sotirios Ninis54

55' - Substitution Vassilis Torosidisis substituted by Christos Patsatzoglou55

63' - Substitution Maxi Rodríguezis substituted by Ángel Di María

77' - Substitution Sergio Agüerois substituted by Javier Pastore

78' - Goal Martín Demichelis

80' - Substitution Diego Militois substituted by Martín Palermo

89' - Goal Martín Palermo

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Team line-ups LIVE Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Greece

0 - 2

Argentina

Greece Argentina

Team line-ups

Greece

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Samaras

Georgios Samaras

Greece

B.date21/02/1985

Age25 years

H1m92

positionForward

10Karagounis46

Georgios Karagounis

Greece

B.date06/03/1977

Age33 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

6Tziolis

Alexandros Tziolis

Greece

B.date13/02/1985

Age25 years

H1m91

positionDefensive Midfielder

21Katsouranis54

Costas Katsouranis

Greece

B.date21/06/1979

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

19Papastathopoulos

Sokratis Papastathopoulos

Greece

B.date09/06/1988

Age22 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

15Torosidis55

Vassilis Torosidis

Greece

B.date10/06/1985

Age25 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

16Kyrgiakos

Sotirios Kyrgiakos

Greece

B.date23/07/1979

Age30 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

8Papadopoulos

Avraam Papadopoulos

Greece

B.date03/12/1984

Age25 years

H1m88

positionDefender

5Moras

Evangelos Moras

Greece

B.date26/08/1981

Age28 years

H1m93

positionLeft central defender

11Vyntra

Loukas Vyntra

Greece

B.date05/02/1981

Age29 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

12Tzorvas

Alexandros Tzorvas

Greece

B.date12/08/1982

Age27 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Alexandros Tzorvas		27	11	5.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	D	Avraam Papadopoulos		25	16	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Loukas Vyntra		29	29	4.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Sotirios Kyrgiakos		30	60	4.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Sokratis Papastathopoulos		22	11	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Evangelos Moras		28	12	4.2You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Vassilis Torosidis	55	25	29	4.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Alexandros Tziolis		25	20	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Costas Katsouranis	54	31	71	4.2You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Georgios Karagounis	46	33	96	4.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Georgios Samaras		25	36	5.8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Argentina

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

19Milito80

Diego Milito

Argentina

B.date12/06/1979

Age31 years

H1m81

positionStriker

16Agüero77

Sergio Agüero

Argentina

B.date02/06/1988

Age22 years

H1m72

positionStriker

10Messi

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age22 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

20Rodríguez63

Maxi Rodríguez

Argentina

B.date02/01/1981

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Verón

Juan Sebastián Verón

Argentina

B.date09/03/1975

Age35 years

H1m82

positionRight central midfielder

5Bolatti

Mario Bolatti

Argentina

B.date17/02/1985

Age25 years

H1m90

positionMidfield

3Rodríguez

Clemente Rodríguez

Argentina

B.date31/07/1981

Age28 years

H1m66

positionLeft full-back

4Burdisso

Nicolás Burdisso

Argentina

B.date12/04/1981

Age29 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

2Demichelis78

Martín Demichelis

Argentina

B.date20/12/1980

Age29 years

H1m84

positionLeft central defender

15Otamendi

Nicolás Otamendi

Argentina

B.date12/02/1988

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

22Romero

Sergio Romero

Argentina

B.date22/02/1987

Age23 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Sergio Romero		23	9	5.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Nicolás Otamendi		22	8	5.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Nicolás Burdisso		29	32	5.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Martín Demichelis	78	29	28	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Clemente Rodríguez		28	13	6.2You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Mario Bolatti		25	7	5.7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Juan Sebastián Verón		35	71	5.8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Maxi Rodríguez	63	29	39	4.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Sergio Agüero	77	22	24	4.7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Diego Milito	80	31	23	4.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Lionel Messi		22	48	6.8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
3	D	Christos Patsatzoglou	55	31	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Nikos Spiropoulos	46	26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Sotirios Ninis	54	20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	M	Javier Pastore	77	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ángel Di María	63	22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Martín Palermo	8980	36	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Georgios Samaras

Theofánis Gekas

OUT

Evangelos Moras

Dimitrios Salpingidis

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Clemente Rodríguez

Gabriel Heinze

OUT

Nicolás Burdisso

Walter Samuel

OUT

Nicolás Otamendi

Jonás Gutiérrez

OUT

Diego Milito

Gonzalo Higuaín

OUT

Sergio Agüero

Carlos Tévez

OUT

Mario Bolatti

Javier Mascherano

OUT

Juan Sebastián Verón

Ángel Di María

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Otto Rehhagel

106

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Rehhagel vs Argentina

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 22, 2010

Rehhagel vs Maradona

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 22, 2010

Manager

Age

Match num

Diego Armando Maradona

Success rate in this team:

77 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

67 %

Maradona vs Greece

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 22, 2010

Maradona vs Rehhagel

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 22, 2010

Referee

Ravshan Irmatov

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Greece1 match	General total	Argentina3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Greece1 match	Season total	Argentina2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 22, 2010					Latest figure on June 21, 2018

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Important actions

90+3'		End of game.
90+3'		Georgios Samaras shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
90+2'		Foul conceded by Sokratis Papastathopoulos.
90+2'		Ángel Di María is caught offside.
90+1'		Nikos Spiropoulos shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
89'		GOOOAAAAL!! Martín Palermo scores taking benefits from a loose ball.
89'		Lionel Messi shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
88'		Foul on Lionel Messi.
87'		Cross captured by the goalkeeper by Clemente Rodríguez.
86'		Lionel Messi voit sa frappe rebondir sur le POTEAU.
84'		Martín Palermo misses the target.
80'		Diego Milito is substituted by Martín Palermo.
78'		GOOOAAAAL!! Martín Demichelis scores taking benefits from a loose ball.
77'		Corner.
77'		Sergio Agüero is substituted by Javier Pastore.
76'		Yellow card! Mario Bolatti is shown a YELLOW CARD.
76'		Obstruction on Sokratis Papastathopoulos conceded by Mario Bolatti.
75'		Corner.
74'		Corner.
72'		Clemente Rodríguez is caught offside.
70'		Mario Bolatti oblige le gardien à un arrêt de grande classe.
70'		Corner taken by Juan Sebastián Verón.
69'		Corner.
69'		Lionel Messi shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
68'		Foul on Diego Milito conceded by Sotirios Kyrgiakos.
66'		Foul on Sotirios Kyrgiakos conceded by Diego Milito.
66'		Cross deflected by Clemente Rodríguez.
63'		Maxi Rodríguez is substituted by Ángel Di María.
61'		Foul conceded by Mario Bolatti.
61'		Cross repelled by defense by Diego Milito.
60'		Georgios Samaras dévisse complètement son tir.
60'		Foul on Sotirios Ninis conceded by Mario Bolatti.
58'		Clemente Rodríguez misses the target.
57'		Perfect cross by Clemente Rodríguez.
55'		Vassilis Torosidis is substituted by Christos Patsatzoglou.
54'		Costas Katsouranis is substituted by Sotirios Ninis.
53'		Cutback by Lionel Messi.
49'		Georgios Samaras shoots with too much angle.
46'		Georgios Karagounis is substituted by Nikos Spiropoulos.
45'		Second half.
45+2'		Half time.
45+1'		Corner.
45+1'		Lionel Messi shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
45+1'		Maxi Rodríguez shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
44'		Foul on Lionel Messi.
43'		Cross repelled by defense by Georgios Karagounis.
42'		Foul on Loukas Vyntra conceded by Clemente Rodríguez.
38'		Grosse faute on Juan Sebastián Verón conceded by Alexandros Tziolis.
35'		Corner.
34'		Foul on Diego Milito conceded by Avraam Papadopoulos.
34'		Cross repelled by defense by Loukas Vyntra.
33'		Corner taken by Lionel Messi.
32'		Corner.
32'		Sergio Agüero shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
30'		Yellow card! Costas Katsouranis is shown a YELLOW CARD.
30'		Faute d'anti-jeu on Sergio Agüero conceded by Costas Katsouranis.
26'		Cross deflected by Clemente Rodríguez.
23'		Mario Bolatti misses the target.
23'		Cross deflected by Juan Sebastián Verón.
23'		Foul on Lionel Messi conceded by Sokratis Papastathopoulos.
21'		Foul on Diego Milito conceded by Avraam Papadopoulos.
19'		Corner taken by Lionel Messi.
19'		Corner.
19'		Juan Sebastián Verón shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
19'		Corner taken by Lionel Messi.
18'		Corner.
18'		Sergio Agüero oblige le gardien à s'employer.
16'		Foul on Martín Demichelis conceded by Georgios Samaras.
14'		Corner.
11'		Foul on Lionel Messi conceded by Sokratis Papastathopoulos.
10'		Foul on Georgios Karagounis.
9'		Handball conceded by Vassilis Torosidis.
7'		Foul on Georgios Karagounis conceded by Juan Sebastián Verón.
2'		Foul on Juan Sebastián Verón.
1'		Foul conceded by Alexandros Tziolis.
0'		First half.

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Key figures

Argentina keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a loss in World Cup running (since 12/06/2002). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 29/06/1986 (7 matches)

Argentina keeps its 8 consecutive wins running (since 26/01/2010). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 22/04/1998-26/06/1998 time period (8 matches).

It's the first time Martín Demichelis scores 1 goal in World Cup

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

1	Argentina	9 pts	3 rd
2	South Korea	4 pts	3 rd
3	Greece	3 pts	3 rd
4	Nigeria	1 pt	3 rd

General ranking

1	Argentina	9 pts	3 rd
2	South Korea	4 pts	3 rd
3	Greece	3 pts	3 rd
4	Nigeria	1 pt	3 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

LGreece 0-1 Russia14/06/2008

LGreece 1-2 Spain18/06/2008

DGreece 2-2 North Korea25/05/2010

LGreece 0-2 Paraguay02/06/2010

LSouth Korea 2-0 Greece12/06/2010

VGreece 2-1 Nigeria17/06/2010

Overall

VUkraine 0-1 Greece18/11/2009

LGreece 0-2 Senegal03/03/2010

DGreece 2-2 North Korea25/05/2010

LGreece 0-2 Paraguay02/06/2010

LSouth Korea 2-0 Greece12/06/2010

VGreece 2-1 Nigeria17/06/2010

Current form

Neutral ground

VArgentina 4-0 Peru08/07/2007

VMexico 0-3 Argentina11/07/2007

LBrazil 3-0 Argentina15/07/2007

VArgentina 4-1 Mexico04/06/2008

VArgentina 1-0 Nigeria12/06/2010

VArgentina 4-1 South Korea17/06/2010

Overall

VArgentina 2-1 Jamaica10/02/2010

VGermany 0-1 Argentina03/03/2010

VArgentina 4-0 Haiti05/05/2010

VArgentina 5-0 Canada24/05/2010

VArgentina 1-0 Nigeria12/06/2010

VArgentina 4-1 South Korea17/06/2010

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	7	5

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	3	7
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Drawless streak	12	23
Scoring streak	3	11
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

General ranking (Competition total)

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.5
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Dimitrios Salpingidis	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Gonzalo Higuaín
Dimitrios Salpingidis	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Gonzalo Higuaín
Costas Katsouranis	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Juan Sebastián Verón
Costas Katsouranis	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Juan Sebastián Verón
Dimitrios Salpingidis	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last match	Gonzalo Higuaín

Historical head to head

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

4 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	June 21, 1994
Neutral ground	4 - 0	June 21, 1994

Latest head to head

June 21, 1994 - Coupe du Monde 1994

Argentina

4 - 0

Greece

Best historical scorers against Argentina

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/06/1994. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Greece

	Gabriel Batistuta	3 goals	1994 - 1994
	Diego Armando Maradona	1 goal	1994 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/06/1994. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Argentina

Stratos Apostolakis	1 match	1994 - 1994
Stelios Manolas	1 match	1994 - 1994
Panagiotis Tsalouchidis	1 match	1994 - 1994
Nikos Tsiantakis	1 match	1994 - 1994
Dimitris Saravakos	1 match	1994 - 1994
Tasos Mitropoulos	1 match	1994 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/06/1994. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Greece

Diego Armando Maradona	1 match	1994 - 1994
José Chamot	1 match	1994 - 1994
Óscar Ruggeri	1 match	1994 - 1994
Fernando Redondo	1 match	1994 - 1994
Claudio Caniggia	1 match	1994 - 1994
Ariel Ortega	1 match	1994 - 1994