South Korea V Greece.
Kick Off: 12:30pm
Venue: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Line ups:
Slick South Korea ease past spineless Greece at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
This was always going to be a difficult game to call involving two teams who aren't without their flaws. A lot of questions have been asked about the height of the South Korean squad and could they deal with the aerial threat of a fairly tall Greece team.
South Korean's lack of height was almost found out very early on in the game when a whipping cross came in from the right by Tziolis almost connecting with the head of Karagounis to put Greece in front.
The former Euro 2004 winners looked completely void of all ideas and barely created a chance throughout the rest of the game.
Despite that early scare, South Korea came back well into the game with slick passing, great movement and a wonderful goal from Lee Jung Soo from a corner kick.
The ball was flighted in well by Ki Sung-yueng which took an unfortunate knock from a Greece player to put it straight into the path of Lee who finished marvellously to give the Korean's a well deserved lead.
It finished 1-0 at half time with South Korea dictating the play in every sense leaving Greece to bring on a host of new substitutes.
Second half brought more of the same from a South Korea side dominant in possession and got the reward of a second goal when Greek defender Loukas Vyntra made a horrible defensive blunder with a poor first toucfh allowing Manchester United and South Korean captain, Park Ji Sung to slide the ball home for the South Korean's second goal.
Long ball tactics were on the menu for Greece who looked slightly better having brought on their fresh legs from the bench but still looked gutless and had absolutely no conviction about them whatsoever.
Greece scored no goals in their last World Cup campaign and it's difficult to see where they will get goals from considering that their next games are against Nigeria and Argentina. Chances of qualifying look extremely slim for the former Euro 2004 champions.
Attendance: 31,500
Kick Off: 12:30pm
Venue: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Line ups:
South Korea
- 18 Jung
- 04 Cho
- 12 Lee
- 14 Lee
- 22 Cha
- 07 Park (Captain)
- 08 Kim
- 10 Park
- 16 Ki
- 17 Lee
- 19 Yeom
Substitutes:
- 01 Lee,
- 21 Kim,
- 02 Oh,
- 03 Hyung-ll Kim,
- 15 Kim,
- 23 Kang,
- 05 Kim,
- 06 Bo-Kyung Kim,
- 13 Kim,
- 09 Jung-Hwan Ahn,
- 11 Seung-Youl Lee,
- 20 Lee
Greece
- 12 Tzorvas
- 02 Seitaridis
- 08 Papadopoulos
- 11 Vyntra
- 15 Torosidis
- 06 Tziolis
- 10 Karagounis (Captain)
- 21 Katsouranis
- 07 Samaras
- 09 Charisteas
- 17 Gekas
Substitutes:
- 01 Chalkias,
- 13 Michail Sifakis,
- 04 Spyropoulos,
- 05 Moras,
- 16 Kyrgiakos,
- 19 Papaststhopoulos,
- 22 Malezas,
- 03 Patsatzoglou,
- 18 Ninis,
- 23 Prittas,
- 14 Salpigidis,
- 20 Kapetanos
Slick South Korea ease past spineless Greece at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
This was always going to be a difficult game to call involving two teams who aren't without their flaws. A lot of questions have been asked about the height of the South Korean squad and could they deal with the aerial threat of a fairly tall Greece team.
South Korean's lack of height was almost found out very early on in the game when a whipping cross came in from the right by Tziolis almost connecting with the head of Karagounis to put Greece in front.
The former Euro 2004 winners looked completely void of all ideas and barely created a chance throughout the rest of the game.
Despite that early scare, South Korea came back well into the game with slick passing, great movement and a wonderful goal from Lee Jung Soo from a corner kick.
The ball was flighted in well by Ki Sung-yueng which took an unfortunate knock from a Greece player to put it straight into the path of Lee who finished marvellously to give the Korean's a well deserved lead.
It finished 1-0 at half time with South Korea dictating the play in every sense leaving Greece to bring on a host of new substitutes.
Second half brought more of the same from a South Korea side dominant in possession and got the reward of a second goal when Greek defender Loukas Vyntra made a horrible defensive blunder with a poor first toucfh allowing Manchester United and South Korean captain, Park Ji Sung to slide the ball home for the South Korean's second goal.
Long ball tactics were on the menu for Greece who looked slightly better having brought on their fresh legs from the bench but still looked gutless and had absolutely no conviction about them whatsoever.
Greece scored no goals in their last World Cup campaign and it's difficult to see where they will get goals from considering that their next games are against Nigeria and Argentina. Chances of qualifying look extremely slim for the former Euro 2004 champions.
Attendance: 31,500
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