FIFA World Cup · 2010-06-17

Greece2–1 Nigeria

Bloemfontein, South Africa · neutral venue

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Timeline

from the international archive

15'Sokratis Papastathopoulos — yellow card ·

Greece

16'GOALKalu Uche ·

Nigeria

33'Sani Kaita — red card ·

Nigeria

37'Georgios Samaras for Sokratis Papastathopoulos ·

Greece

44'GOALDimitris Salpingidis ·

Greece

46'Chinedu Obasi for Peter Odemwingie ·

Nigeria

55'Elderson Echiéjilé for Taye Taiwo ·

Nigeria

59'Alexandros Tziolis — yellow card ·

Greece

71'GOALVasilis Torosidis ·

Greece

77'Rabiu Afolabi for Elderson Echiéjilé ·

Nigeria

79'Sotiris Ninis for Theofanis Gekas ·

Greece

88'Georgios Samaras — yellow card ·

Greece

89'Chinedu Obasi — yellow card ·

Nigeria

Starting lineups

the teamsheet, on the pitch & in full

12Tzorvas

16Kyrgiakos

11Vyntra

8Papadopoulos

15Torosidis 19Papastathopoulos 6Tziolis 21Katsouranis

10Karagounis 14Salpingidis 17Gekas

1Enyeama

17Odiah 2Yobo

6Shittu

3Taiwo

14Kaita

20Etuhu

15Haruna

12Uche 11Odemwingie 8Yakubu

Greece· Otto Rehhagel

12Alexandros Tzorvas16Sotirios Kyrgiakos11Loukas Vyntra8Avraam Papadopoulos 15Vasilis Torosidis71'19Sokratis Papastathopoulos15'6Alexandros Tziolis59'21Kostas Katsouranis 10Giorgos Karagounis 14Dimitris Salpingidis44'17Theofanis Gekas

Nigeria· Lars Lagerbäck

1Vincent Enyeama17Chidi Odiah 2Joseph Yobo6Danny Shittu3Taye Taiwo14Sani Kaita33'20Dickson Etuhu15Lukman Haruna12Kalu Uche16'11Peter Odemwingie 8Yakubu

Referee Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) · Attendance 31,593 · Free State Stadium

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