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Greece 1-2 Spain - June 18, 2008 / Euro 2008

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Euro 2008 - Group D

EM-Stadion Wals-Siezenheim - Wals-Siezenheim - Austria

June 18, 2008

Greece

1 - 2

Spain

Assist by Georgios Karagounis (header) Angelos Charisteas

42'

61'

Rubén de la Red (right foot) Assist by Daniel Güiza

88'

Daniel Güiza (header) Assist by Sergio García

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42' - Goal Angelos Charisteas42

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58' - Substitution Andrés Iniestais substituted by Santi Cazorla

61' - Goal Rubén de la Red

63' - Substitution Sotirios Kyrgiakosis substituted by Paraskevas Antzas63

74' - Substitution Georgios Karagounisis substituted by Alexandros Tziolis74

86' - Substitution Dimitrios Salpingidisis substituted by Stylianos Giannakopoulos86

88' - Goal Daniel Güiza

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Team line-ups

Greece

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Charisteas42

Angelos Charisteas

Greece

B.date09/02/1980

Age28 years

H1m90

positionForward

Amanatidis

Ioannis Amanatidis

Greece

B.date03/12/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Salpingidis86

Dimitrios Salpingidis

Greece

B.date18/08/1981

Age26 years

H1m72

positionVersatile Forward

Karagounis74

Georgios Karagounis

Greece

B.date06/03/1977

Age31 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

Katsouranis

Costas Katsouranis

Greece

B.date21/06/1979

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

Basinas

Angelos Basinas

Greece

B.date31/01/1976

Age32 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Spiropoulos

Nikos Spiropoulos

Greece

B.date10/10/1983

Age24 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

Dellas

Traianos Dellas

Greece

B.date31/01/1976

Age32 years

H1m96

positionSweeper

Kyrgiakos63

Sotirios Kyrgiakos

Greece

B.date23/07/1979

Age28 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Vyntra

Loukas Vyntra

Greece

B.date05/02/1981

Age27 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

Nikopolidis

Antonios Nikopolidis

Greece

B.date14/01/1971

Age37 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Antonios Nikopolidis		37	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Traianos Dellas		32	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sotirios Kyrgiakos	63	28	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Loukas Vyntra		27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nikos Spiropoulos		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Angelos Basinas		32	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Costas Katsouranis		28	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Georgios Karagounis	74	31	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dimitrios Salpingidis	86	26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Angelos Charisteas	42	28	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ioannis Amanatidis		26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Spain

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Güiza88

Daniel Güiza

Spain

B.date17/08/1980

Age27 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Iniesta58

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age24 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

Sergio García

Spain

B.date09/06/1983

Age25 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Forward

Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age21 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

Alonso

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

de la Red61

Rubén de la Red

Spain

B.date05/06/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Navarro

Fernando Navarro

Spain

B.date25/06/1982

Age25 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Juanito

Spain

B.date23/07/1976

Age31 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Albiol

Raúl Albiol

Spain

B.date04/09/1985

Age22 years

H1m87

positionRight central defender

Arbeloa

Álvaro Arbeloa

Spain

B.date17/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Raúl Albiol		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Juanito		31	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Álvaro Arbeloa		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernando Navarro		25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xabi Alonso		26	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrés Iniesta	58	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rubén de la Red	61	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Cesc Fàbregas		21	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sergio García		25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Daniel Güiza	88	27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Paraskevas Antzas	63	31	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alexandros Tziolis	74	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stylianos Giannakopoulos	86	33	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Santi Cazorla	58	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Loukas Vyntra

Giourkas Seitaridis

OUT

Nikos Spiropoulos

Vassilis Torosidis

OUT

Georgios Karagounis

Christos Patsatzoglou

OUT

Dimitrios Salpingidis

Nikos Liberopoulos

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Pepe Reina

Iker Casillas

OUT

Raúl Albiol

Carles Puyol

OUT

Cesc Fàbregas

Xavi

OUT

Juanito

Carlos Marchena

OUT

Fernando Navarro

Joan Capdevila

OUT

Álvaro Arbeloa

Sergio Ramos

OUT

Daniel Güiza

David Villa

OUT

Xabi Alonso

Marcos Senna

OUT

Sergio García

David Silva

OUT

Rubén de la Red

Fernando Torres

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Otto Rehhagel

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Rehhagel vs Spain

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on June 18, 2008

Rehhagel vs Aragonés

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on June 18, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Luis Aragonés

Success rate in this team:

71 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Aragonés vs Greece

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 18, 2008

Aragonés vs Rehhagel

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 18, 2008

Referee

Howard Webb

1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Greece3 matches	General total	Spain4 matches	2 victories	1 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Greece1 match	Season total	Spain1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 07, 2011					Latest figure on June 27, 2013

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Important actions

90+3'		End of game.
90+3'		Sergio García misses the target.
90+3'		Cross deflected by Cesc Fàbregas.
90+1'		Yellow card! Loukas Vyntra is shown a YELLOW CARD.
90+1'		Foul conceded by Loukas Vyntra.
90'		Cross deflected by Cesc Fàbregas.
90'		Corner.
90'		Corner.
89'		Xabi Alonso misses the target.
88'		GOOOAAAAL!! Daniel Güiza scores. Assist by Sergio García.
88'		Cross deflected by Sergio García.
87'		Cross deflected by Angelos Charisteas.
86'		Dimitrios Salpingidis is substituted by Stylianos Giannakopoulos.
86'		Foul conceded by Ioannis Amanatidis.
85'		Daniel Güiza shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
85'		Angelos Charisteas misses the target.
84'		Cross deflected by Loukas Vyntra.
84'		Sergio García shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
83'		Sergio García misses the target.
80'		Cross deflected by Álvaro Arbeloa.
79'		Ioannis Amanatidis misses the target.
79'		Cross deflected by Angelos Basinas.
79'		Foul on Angelos Charisteas conceded by Fernando Navarro.
78'		Daniel Güiza is caught offside.
77'		Sergio García misses the target.
76'		Cross deflected by Nikos Spiropoulos.
75'		Rubén de la Red misses the target.
74'		Foul conceded by Dimitrios Salpingidis.
74'		Georgios Karagounis is substituted by Alexandros Tziolis.
73'		Daniel Güiza misses the target.
73'		Foul conceded by Nikos Spiropoulos.
72'		Yellow card! Angelos Basinas is shown a YELLOW CARD.
71'		Foul on Daniel Güiza conceded by Angelos Basinas.
71'		Cross deflected by Georgios Karagounis.
71'		Foul on Georgios Karagounis conceded by Fernando Navarro.
68'		Cross deflected by Cesc Fàbregas.
68'		Corner.
67'		Juanito misses the target.
67'		Cross deflected by Xabi Alonso.
67'		Cross deflected by Cesc Fàbregas.
66'		Corner.
64'		Angelos Charisteas has his shot end on the post.
64'		Foul conceded by Georgios Karagounis.
63'		Sotirios Kyrgiakos is substituted by Paraskevas Antzas.
61'		GOOOAAAAL!! Rubén de la Red scores. Assist by Daniel Güiza.
61'		Ioannis Amanatidis misses the target.
60'		Cross deflected by Angelos Charisteas.
59'		Ioannis Amanatidis misses the target.
58'		Andrés Iniesta is substituted by Santi Cazorla.
54'		Xabi Alonso has his shot end on the post.
51'		Ioannis Amanatidis is caught offside.
51'		Foul on Costas Katsouranis conceded by Cesc Fàbregas.
50'		Foul on Dimitrios Salpingidis conceded by Fernando Navarro.
49'		Cross deflected by Daniel Güiza.
48'		Cross deflected by Traianos Dellas.
48'		Cross deflected by Georgios Karagounis.
46'		Dimitrios Salpingidis is caught offside.
45'		Second half.
45+4'		Half time.
45+3'		Foul on Georgios Karagounis conceded by Cesc Fàbregas.
45+1'		Loukas Vyntra misses the target.
45'		Foul conceded by Georgios Karagounis.
45'		Yellow card! Álvaro Arbeloa is shown a YELLOW CARD.
44'		Cross deflected by Cesc Fàbregas.
42'		GOOOAAAAL!! Angelos Charisteas scores. Assist by Georgios Karagounis.
41'		Yellow card! Daniel Güiza is shown a YELLOW CARD.
41'		Foul conceded by Daniel Güiza.
39'		Sergio García shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
38'		Xabi Alonso misses the target.
37'		Foul on Sergio García conceded by Georgios Karagounis.
35'		Cross deflected by Xabi Alonso.
34'		Yellow card! Georgios Karagounis is shown a YELLOW CARD.
34'		Foul on Andrés Iniesta conceded by Georgios Karagounis.
33'		Rubén de la Red misses the target.
31'		Foul on Sergio García conceded by Georgios Karagounis.
31'		Cross deflected by Loukas Vyntra.
30'		Xabi Alonso misses the target.
29'		Foul on Ioannis Amanatidis conceded by Álvaro Arbeloa.
28'		Daniel Güiza misses the target.
28'		Costas Katsouranis misses the target.
27'		Cross deflected by Nikos Spiropoulos.
27'		Foul on Angelos Charisteas conceded by Juanito.
26'		Foul on Georgios Karagounis conceded by Álvaro Arbeloa.
24'		Xabi Alonso misses the target.
21'		Foul on Xabi Alonso.
20'		Cross deflected by Sergio García.
20'		Foul on Fernando Navarro conceded by Dimitrios Salpingidis.
16'		Foul conceded by Cesc Fàbregas.
16'		Cross deflected by Cesc Fàbregas.
15'		Corner.
14'		Cross deflected by Georgios Karagounis.
13'		Cross deflected by Angelos Basinas.
13'		Foul on Georgios Karagounis conceded by Rubén de la Red.
10'		Cross deflected by Georgios Karagounis.
9'		Foul on Dimitrios Salpingidis.
8'		Foul on Sotirios Kyrgiakos conceded by Daniel Güiza.
5'		Traianos Dellas shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
4'		Foul conceded by Juanito.
4'		Cross deflected by Daniel Güiza.
2'		Corner.
2'		Rubén de la Red misses the target.
2'		Cross deflected by Cesc Fàbregas.
0'		First half.

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Key figures

The last time Greece has ended with the score 1-2 in Euro, It was on the 20/06/2004 (vs )

It's the first time Rubén de la Red scores 1 goal in his professional career with

Spain keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals scored in Euro running (since 10/06/2008). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/06/2000 (2 matches)

Read the next 38 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

LGreece 0-1 South Korea06/02/2007

VFinland 1-2 Greece06/02/2008

VGreece 2-1 Portugal26/03/2008

DArmenia 0-0 Greece01/06/2008

LGreece 0-2 Sweden10/06/2008

LGreece 0-1 Russia14/06/2008

Overall

VGreece 2-1 Portugal26/03/2008

VGreece 2-0 Cyprus19/05/2008

LHungary 3-2 Greece24/05/2008

DArmenia 0-0 Greece01/06/2008

LGreece 0-2 Sweden10/06/2008

LGreece 0-1 Russia14/06/2008

Current form

Neutral ground

VSpain 3-1 Tunisia19/06/2006

VSaudi Arabia 0-1 Spain23/06/2006

LSpain 1-3 France27/06/2006

DFinland 0-0 Spain17/10/2007

VSpain 4-1 Russia10/06/2008

VSweden 1-2 Spain14/06/2008

Overall

VSpain 1-0 France06/02/2008

VSpain 1-0 Italy26/03/2008

VSpain 2-1 Peru31/05/2008

VSpain 1-0 United States04/06/2008

VSpain 4-1 Russia10/06/2008

VSweden 1-2 Spain14/06/2008

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	3	4
Drawless streak	2	2
Goalless streak	3	3
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	2	8
Unbeaten streak	3	18
Drawless streak	2	8
Scoring streak	2	8
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
0	Victories (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	David Villa
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	David Villa
-	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Andrés Iniesta
-	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Andrés Iniesta
-	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 2 matches	David Villa

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

4 gf

8 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

4 gf

8 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

9 matches

1 v

2 d

6 l

9 gf

17 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

8 gf

4 ga

Away

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

8 gf

4 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

9 matches

6 v

2 d

1 l

17 gf

9 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	June 07, 2003
Neutral ground	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	September 07, 2002
Neutral ground	No success yet

Latest head to head

August 22, 2007 - Rencontres amicales 2007

Greece

2 - 3

Spain

June 16, 2004 - Euro 2004

Greece

1 - 1

Spain

June 07, 2003 - Eliminatoires Euro 2004

Spain

0 - 1

Greece

September 07, 2002 - Eliminatoires Euro 2004

Greece

0 - 2

Spain

September 24, 1986 - Rencontres amicales 1986

Spain

3 - 1

Greece

Best historical scorers against Spain

Dimitris Papaioannou	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Angelos Charisteas	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Theofánis Gekas	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Dimitris Domazos	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Antonis Antoniadis	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Georgios Skartados	1 goal	1986 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Greece

David Silva	2 goals	2007 - 2007
José Claramunt	2 goals	1973 - 1973
Oscar Valdez	2 goals	1973 - 1973
Roberto Martínez	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Francisco	1 goal	1986 - 1986
Julio Salinas	1 goal	1986 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Spain

Kostas Eleftherakis	4 matches	1970 - 1973
Georgios Karagounis	4 matches	2002 - 2007
Theodoros Zagorakis	4 matches	2002 - 2007
Antonis Antoniadis	4 matches	1970 - 1973
Antonios Nikopolidis	4 matches	2002 - 2007
Traianos Dellas	4 matches	2002 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Greece

Joaquín	4 matches	2002 - 2007
José Garate	4 matches	1970 - 1973
Carlos Marchena	4 matches	2002 - 2007
Francisco Gallego	4 matches	1970 - 1973
Raúl Bravo	3 matches	2002 - 2004
Juan Carlos Valerón	3 matches	2002 - 2004