Both sides played aggressively since the early minutes and turn create opportunities. However, it is offset by the solidity at the back, so the attacks on both sides never a goal.
Greece midfielder, Giorgos Karagounis (center), celebrates his goal against Russia, on the third match of Group A Euro 2012 Cup, the Warsaw National Stadium, Saturday (06/16/2012). (Image taken from AFP)
Russia's first create a threat, by Andrei Arshavin in the third minute, which can be anticipated Michail Sifakis. Three minutes later, Fanis Gekas who saw his shot Vyacheslav Malafeev tamed.
After Vasilis Torosidis shot in the seventh minute posse, Russia retaliated by firing Roman Shirokov and Arshavin on the minutes, all of which ran aground in the hands of Sifakis.
After the 15th minute, Russia seemed to dominate the game and more often endanger the opponent's goal. Rows of Greek defender inconvenience, but managed to prevent the ball into the goal.
In the midst of this pressure, Ignashevich made a mistake that put to good use by Karagounis.
According to UEFA, during the first half, Russia had the ball as much as 59 percent and created five chances out of 13 businesses. The Greek accurately fired two shots from two experiments.
The composition of players Russia vs. Greece:
Greece: 13-Michail Sifakis; 5-Kyriakos Papadopoulos, 19-Sokratis Papastathopoulos, 3-Giorgios Tzavellas, 15-Vasilis Torosidis; 21-Kostas Katsouranis, 10-Giorgos Karagounis, Giannis Maniatis 2-; 7-Georgios Samaras, 17-Theofanis Gekas, 14-Dimitris Salpingidis
Russia: 16-Vyacheslav Malafeev; 4-Sergei Ignashevich, 12-Alexei Berezutsky, 5-Yuri Zhirkov, 2-Alexander Anyukov; 7-Igor Denisov, 22-Denis Glushakov, 6-Roman Shirokov; 10-Andrei Arshavin, 11-Alexander Kerzhakov, 17-Alan Dzagoev
Referee: Jonas Eriksson
