Game # 40 - Greece vs Cote D'Ivoire

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This was the game that really counted in this group because whoever won this went through with Colombia. Given the pedigrees of both teams I would have said Cote D'Ivoire, 9 times out of 10 but this was obviously #10 because Greece pulled it off. The stats were remarkably even for this game and it was even for the most part, with the teams being 0-0 for all but the last few minutes of the first half when Greece scored first and then being 1-1 for most of the second half. Cote D'Ivoire must have felt that they were through (they only needed to draw to go through, if Japan lost) and at the 93rd minute, they were, only to concede a penalty in the last 20 seconds of the game. Samaras stepped up and duly scored, knocking Cote D'Ivoire out and putting Greece through.