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Argentina sent Greece out of the World Cup with a 2-0 win. Argentina were already confirmed a berth in the next stage of the tournament and hence they played this game with a relaxed mind.

Messi was again one of the best players for the South American giants but the Greek defenders had a good hold over him for most of the game. Messi’s markers did their job very well and the Barcelona star had a tough time getting past them. But he finally managed to break loose late in the game and had a big part to play in the second goal.

In the first half, Veron was Argentina’s best player in the first half. He showed great passing skills and then unleashed a very powerful strike from the long range. However, he was invisible in the second half.

For Greece, Samaras was the best player and he terrorized the Argentinian defense a lot of time. His positive attitude was apparent on the field but he couldn’t share it with other players and was fighting alone for most of the time.

Kyrgiakos was the reason why Argentina couldn’t score more than two goals. He was the wall between the opposition strikers and the goal posts and hardly lost any of the challenges.

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