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Martin Demichelis, Argentina player struck a late goal to set up for a 2-0 and win over Greece Tuesday, top spot in Group B and a second-round showdown with Mexico.
Munich ended the battle of the Greeks with their goalkeeper Alexandros to the fore by striking the ball into the net on 77 minutes after a corner from point-blank range was not cleared.
Martin Palermo added a second 60 seconds from full-time and kicked the ball into the corner of the net.
Lionel Messi,World Footballer of the Year captained the two-time champions in the absence of Javier Mascherano as coach Diego Maradona made seven changes which triumphed 4-1 against South Korea.
Argentina beated greece 4-0 in the World Cup 16 years ago with Maradona ,but later he failed a drugs test and after that he never played again.
Otto Rehhagel,coach of Greek team set out a defensive stall and after a opening period they came under pressure with Tzorvas called into action twice.
Greece lastly showed some intent by amazing stroke from captain Giorgos Karagounis.In the half time Tzorvas was foiled Maxi Rodriguez,made another superb save on the stroke. Same pace was maintained in the 2nd half.
Squads
Argentina:
Sergio Romero-22
Martin Demichelis-2
Clemente Rodriguez-3
Nicolas Burdisso-4
Mario Bolatti-5
Juan Sebastian Veron-8
Maxi Rodriguez-20
Nicolas Otamendi-15
Lionel Messi-10
Sergio Aguero-16
Diego Milito-19
Greece:
Alexandros Tzorvas-12
Loukas Vyntra-11
Vangelis Moras-5
Sotiris Kyrgiakos-16
Vassilis Torosidis-15
Alexandros Tziolis-6
Avraam Papadopoulos-8
Socratis Papastathopoulos-19
Giorgos Samaras-7
Giorgos Karagounis-10
Kostas Katsouranis-21
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