The 2010 FIFA World Cup Thread #2/Sports Thread #3 For 6/17/10: Greece Win 1st Ever World Cup Game As Keita's Red Card Nightmare Comes Full Center Stage

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The final analysis:
Greece have achieved a remarkable feat for their country, however way they were able to achieve it. One of the all time worst decisions in a World Cup of all time from Sani Kaita, a deflected goal for Salpingidis, and a rare spill from the otherwise still brilliant Vincent Enyeama have given the Greeks their 1st ever world cup win.

They still had to earn it no matter their luck in this match. And that is not even including the miss of the tournament from Nigeria in what seemed to be the perfect counterattack. Yakubu, normally as lethal a finisher as there is on the planet, wasted his chance against Tzorvas before Obasi provided all of us the "Miss of the Tournament" by far.

Despite the heartbreak of this crushing defeat, Nigeria still has their own dynasty in their hands here. They only have -2 goal difference and will play South Korea in the final group match, who is currently in 2nd place still over Greece.

Either way, a lot of Nigerians fans right now either want a piece of Sani Kaita or have him banned from Nigeria for good.

Kaita: The Man of the Match for all the wrong reasons.....unless you are a fan of Greece (Photo from Getty Images and FIFA.com)

The Man of the Match, despite his spill on the second goal, is this stoic presence right here:

The full review.

The Group Standings, with Argentina as expected in full Pole Position:
Argentina 6 points (+4)
South Korea 3 points (-1)
Greece 3 points (-1)
Nigeria 0 points (-2)

And the full match archive :

The lineups:

Nigeria: Eyeama, Yobo, Taiwo, Shittu, Yakubu, Odemwingie, Uche, Kaita, Haruna, Odiah, Etuhu

Greece: Tzorvas, Tziolis, Papadopoulus, Karagounis, Vyntra, Salpingidis, Torosidis, Kyrgiakos, Gekas, Soukratis, Katsouranis

Obinna was disappointing against Argentina and deserved to go to the bench.

Prediction: Nigeria 2, Greece 1

1st Half analysis:

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Well, Keita, Keia, Keita, what more can you say.

Everything was going so well for Nigeria, as Greece were showing nothing. And yet, despite terrible acting from Torosidis, it was still unbelievably daft from Keita.