Greece's Fernando Santos Masterminds Amazing Fightback Against Poland

Powered by their famed Dortmund trio, the co-hosts of Euro 2012 looked to be cruising after a powerful first half. Poland's midfield quintet of Kuba, Obraniak, Murawski, Polanski and Rybus were totally in control and gobbled up every mistake that Greece made in the first half. Greece and Fernando Santos looked shell shocked and simply had no answer against the swarming Polish players.

Poland could have scored three goals at least in the first half, such were their domination. The Greeks simply looked overwhelmed and every mistake in possession was pounced upon. Every Greek player, when in possession, was surrounded by three Poles, forcing mistakes after mistakes.

This swarming attacking offense provided Poland with the necessary deserved breakthrough as Robert Lewandowski kickstarted his Euro 2012 campaign, scoring with a simple header. He had narrowly missed some earlier chances so the highly rated Dortmund marksman looked elated to score the first goal of Euro 2012.

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Sani Kaita's Red Card Gifted Greece Vital Win

The Super Eagles were leading 1-0 when Sani Kaita was given his marching orders. An idiotic kung-fu kick on Tsoridis put paid to any hope that Nigeria may have had of advancing to the round of 16. Yes, there is still a remote chance of progress if they beat Korea and Greece lose to Argentina.

At ten men, Greece took off their customary defensive shield, brought in Samaras as a third striker and started driving at the Nigerian goal repeatedly. Georgios Karagounis was instrumental in getting the Piratiko back into the game. His inspiration and leadership in pushing Greece forwards allowed them to get this valuable win. He was everywhere on the pitch and got Greece ticking over as Piratiko took advantage of the extra man advantage.

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Speedy Koreans Overpowers Lethargic Greece To Claim Victory

Korea Republic became the first team to put three points on the board in this summer's World Cup finals. They did so in style beating a lethargic Greece 2-0. The result was so comprehensive that the Greek players were constantly chiding each other. The speed and quickness of the Korean attack were simply too much for Greece to contain.

Under Otto Rehhagel, Greece have become known as a tough, organized and disciplined outfit. And so it was very surprising that they fell behind in the 7th minute to a setpiece goal. The second goal was an even bigger gift! Greece indulged in some loose passing which resulted in Korean captain, Park Ji Sung intercepting the ball. He then went on a determined run to score the killer second goal.

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2010 World Cup Group B Head To Head

Group B like Group A has a familiar feel to it. Argentina, Greece and Nigeria were paired in the same group in the 1994 USA World Cup. Argentina triumphed over both Greece and Nigeria then. It should be the same in South Africa as well.

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