Abseits Guide to German Soccer

Greece - Germany 2:4


Match Number:	700
Date:		28.03.2001
Location:	Athens
Competition:	World Cup Qualifying

GREECE:
Eleftheropoulos
Gumas, Bassinas, Kostulas (35. Mavrogenidis)
Patzatroglou, Zagorakis, Georgatos
Georgiadis, Liberopoulos, Karagunis (75. Niniadis)
Charisteas (84. Alexandris)  
 
GERMANY:
Kahn
Wörns, Nowotny, Heinrich
Rehmer, Jeremies (90. Ramelow), Ballack, Ziege
Deisler
Jancker (78. Bode), Neuville (67. Klose)  
 
Attendance:   53,000
 
Scoring: 
0:1 Rehmer (6.)
1:1 Charisteas (21.)
1:2 Ballack (25. Foulelfmeter)
2:2 Georgiadis (43.)
2:3 Klose (82.)
2:4 Bode (90.) 

Referee:   Vitor Manuel Melo Pereira (Portugal) 

Yellow cards: Georgatos, Georgiadis, Patzatroglou; Wörns  
Yellow-red cards: Deisler (repeated fouls, 60.)

An important win for Germany, coming off three lackluster performances. They were seemingly in control, but everytime they got the upper hand, they let the Greeks back in. Not until the closing minutes were they able to finsh off the match.

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