Greece vs. Nigeria

17/6/10 Bloemfontain Stadium

Weather 5* [The glove is in fashion at the moment]

Greece 2-1 Nigeria 

Goal Scorers: Salpigidis,Torosidis [G] & Uche [N]

RED CARD: Keita. 

When the Greeks scored for the very first time in the history of the world cup, Aristotle screamed ‘Eureka!’ The team was now studying science, delving into formations, set pieces, the offside puzzle and the heroic goal. The Greek spirit so long at sleep, sighed awake and they began to run, confidence soaring to the clouds. As the tales goes, the Greeks won their battles, and so they conquered Nigeria.

Alright, it was not quite as emphatic as that, but I could not believe the Greek transformation, this team had barely managed past S.Korea and now they were now they were ready to show their poor bankrupt home that they actually had some fire. 

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Nigeria did get the first goal through Uche, but they also had the first red card. Keita was angry, where he wanted to kick that Greek and not tackle him, which was a deserved card. Not like the others their flashing around, like Khune's, which everybody's still miffed about. I tried to get a video on here, but Fifa's blocked so many because of copyright. Which is unfair. 


In the 43rd minute Salpigidis scored, with a defelction of Haruna, which seems to be the pattern of quite a few goals. Even though the Nigerian Goalkeeper made some phenomenal saves, he fails to hold onto a ball and  Torosidis finishes it off. Nigeria kick the field up in an effort for a draw, but alas, they lose, and are the first team to have two loses in the cup. Ah, poor Nigeria and poor Africa. 


I don't think the Greeks should go to the next round, their not great to watch at all. I would rather have Nigeria but although S,Korea got hammered in that Argentinian game, their better.