Greece 2 vs. Nigeria 1 in the 2010 World Cup

Information about the 1st Round Group B game played in the 2010 Soccer World Cup between the National Teams of Nigeria and Greece with details about goals, starters and reserves, substitutions, cards and more.

Game played in the 2010 World Cup, 1st Round Group B

Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010

Game Data:

Greece

2 - 1

Nigeria

Goals:

16'

Kalu Uche

44'

Dimitrios Salpingidis

71'

Vasileios Torosidis

Players

Greece
Pos	Je	Player
		Starters
GK	12.	Alexandros Tzorvas
DF	8.	Avraam Papadopoulos
DF	11.	Loukas Vyntra
DF	15.	Vasileios Torosidis
DF	16.	Sotirios Kyrgiakos
DF	19.	Sokratis Papastathopoulos 37'
MF	6.	Alexandros Tziolis
MF	10.	Georgios Karagounis (C)
MF	21.	Konstantinos Katsouranis
FW	14.	Dimitrios Salpingidis
FW	17.	Theofanis Gekas 79'
		Entered
MF	18.	Sotiris Ninis 79'
FW	7.	Georgios Samaras 37'
		Other Reserves
GK	1.	Konstantinos Chalkias
GK	13.	Michail Sifakis
DF	2.	Giourkas Seitaridis
DF	3.	Christos Patsatzoglou
DF	4.	Nikos Spiropoulos
DF	5.	Vangelis Moras
DF	22.	Stelios Malezas
FW	9.	Angelos Charisteas
FW	20.	Pantelis Kapetanos
		Not Available
MF	23.	Athanasios Prittas (injured)
	Coach: Otto Rehhagel

Nigeria
Pos	Je	Player
		Starters
GK	1.	Vincent Enyeama
DF	2.	Joseph Yobo (C)
DF	3.	Taye Taiwo 55'
DF	6.	Danny Shittu
DF	17.	Chidi Odiah
MF	12.	Kalu Uche
MF	14.	Sani Kaita
MF	15.	Lukman Haruna
MF	20.	Dickson Etuhu
FW	8.	Yakubu Aiyegbeni
FW	11.	Peter Odemwingie 46'HT
		Entered
DF	5.	Rabiu Afolabi 77'
DF	21.	Uwa Echiejile 55' 77'
FW	19.	Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi 46'HT
		Other Reserves
GK	16.	Austin Ejide
GK	23.	Dele Aiyenugba
DF	22.	Dele Adeleye
MF	4.	Nwankwo Kanu
MF	13.	Yussuf Ayila
FW	7.	John Utaka
FW	9.	Obafemi Martins
FW	10.	Brown Ideye
FW	18.	Victor Obinna
	Coach: Lars Lagerback

Abbreviations and Notes:
Pos = Position. It shows the player's natural position but not necessarily the one he played in this particular game
Positions: GK: Goalkeeper / DF: Defender / MF: Midfielder / FW: Forward
Je. = Jersey number / (C) = Captain / HT: at half-time

Cards

National Team	Player	Card and Minutes
Greece	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	15' yellow card
Nigeria	Sani Kaita	33' ejection - straight red card
Greece	Alexandros Tziolis	59' yellow card
Greece	Georgios Samaras	88' yellow card
Nigeria	Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi	89' yellow card

Substitutions

Greece
Minute 37		Georgios Samaras	replaced	Sokratis Papastathopoulos
Minute 79		Sotiris Ninis	replaced	Theofanis Gekas
Nigeria
Minute 46 (in the break)		Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi	replaced	Peter Odemwingie
Minute 55		Uwa Echiejile	replaced	Taye Taiwo
Minute 77		Rabiu Afolabi	replaced	Uwa Echiejile