Natal: Japan and Greece played out a goalless dar in Group C game played at Estiado Dus Dunas. Japan dominated possession throughout the match but even after Greece were reduced to 10 men in the 38th minute they failed to make it count. The Greeks played well and were rock solid at the back. The hopes of progression for both teams is still alive. Only Colombia are now through to the knockout stages.
10th min : Both the teams are palying attacking brand of football but still no breakthrough in terms of scoring
12th min : Hasebe gets yellow
20th min : Osaka curls the ball which misses the goal marginally
27th min: Katsouranis receives yellow card
29th min: Honda's dipping freekick was pairred away by Karnezis
35th min Gekas comes in for Mitroglou
37min : Katsouranis sent off after he receives second booking of the match
40th min : Torosidis goes close his shot blocked by Kawashima
Half time substitution Endo coming in for Hasebe
54th min : Samaras receives yellow card
56th min : Kagawa comes on to the field
59th min : Kawashima saves Gekas header directed towards goal
67th min : Big miss by Okubu as he blasts the ball over the goal Kagawa lays the ball for him at far post but he couldnt keep his shot down. Japan miss teh best chance to open the scoring.
71st min : Uchida this time fails to score again. The right back slides to connect the ball but couldnt direct it towards target.chance goes begging for Japan
77th min: Okubu's shot is saved by Karnezis
81st min: Greece substitution Salpingidis comes in for Kone
85th min : Japan have really tested Greece goal but have still failed to score the goal out of clear cut chances created. They have gone close but failed to convert the chances
88th min : Torosidis given yellow card for handball , the resulted freekick taken by Endo was saved by Karnezis
Teams
Japan : Kawashima, Uchida, Honda, Nagatomo, Okazaki, Okubo, Konno, Yamaguchi, Hasebe (c), Osako, Yoshida
Greece : Karnezis, Maniatis, Manolas, Samaras, Kone, Mitroglou, Torosidis, Fetfazidis, Sokratis, Cholevas, Katsouranis (c)
