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  • European World Cup Qualifiers
  • 7 September 2012, 7:30pm
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LatviaLatviavGreeceGreece
1
  • Cauna, pen 42
2
  • Spyropoulos, 57
  • Gekas, 69

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Match ends, Latvia 1, Greece 2.

90+4 mins:Second Half ends, Latvia 1, Greece 2.

90+4 mins:Corner, Greece. Conceded by Ritus Krjauklis.

90+4 mins:Attempt blocked. Vassilas Torosidis (Greece) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Theofanis Gekas.

90+3 mins:Attempt missed. Sotirios Ninis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Konstantinos Katsouranis from a direct free kick.

90+2 mins:Oskars Klava (Latvia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

90+2 mins:Jose Holebas (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

90+2 mins:Foul by Oskars Klava (Latvia).

90+1 mins:Orestis Karnezis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

90+1 mins:Foul by Kaspars Gorkss (Latvia).

90 mins:Foul by Sotirios Ninis (Greece).

90 mins:Artjoms Rudnevs (Latvia) wins a free kick on the left wing.

89 mins:Vassilas Torosidis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

89 mins:Foul by Ivans Lukjanovs (Latvia).

88 mins:Offside, Greece. Nikos Spyropoulos tries a through ball, but Theofanis Gekas is caught offside.

88 mins:Theofanis Gekas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

88 mins:Foul by Maris Verpakovskis (Latvia).

87 mins:Attempt missed. Sotirios Ninis (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

86 mins:Foul by Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Greece).

86 mins:Maris Verpakovskis (Latvia) wins a free kick on the left wing.

82 mins:Sotirios Ninis (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

82 mins:Foul by Kaspars Gorkss (Latvia).

81 mins:Ivans Lukjanovs (Latvia) is shown the yellow card.

81 mins:Ivans Lukjanovs (Latvia) has gone down, but that's a dive.

80 mins:Substitution, Latvia. Edgars Gauracs replaces Artis Lazdins.

80 mins:Substitution, Greece. Jose Holebas replaces Konstantinos Fortounis.

80 mins:Attempt saved. Konstantinos Katsouranis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.

78 mins:Kaspars Gorkss (Latvia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

77 mins:Giannis Maniatis (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

77 mins:Foul by Kaspars Gorkss (Latvia).

77 mins:Alexandros Tziolis (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

77 mins:Foul by Ritvars Rugins (Latvia).

76 mins:Sotirios Ninis (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

76 mins:Foul by Ritus Krjauklis (Latvia).

75 mins:Substitution, Latvia. Ritvars Rugins replaces Aleksandrs Fertovs.

75 mins:Substitution, Latvia. Maris Verpakovskis replaces Aleksejs Visnakovs.

75 mins:Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

75 mins:Foul by Aleksandrs Fertovs (Latvia).

74 mins:Foul by Vassilas Torosidis (Greece).

74 mins:Ivans Lukjanovs (Latvia) wins a free kick on the left wing.

73 mins:Attempt missed. Theofanis Gekas (Greece) header from the centre of the box is too high.

71 mins:Orestis Karnezis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

71 mins:Foul by Deniss Ivanovs (Latvia).

71 mins:Corner, Latvia. Conceded by Sokratis.

69 mins:Goal! Latvia 1, Greece 2. Theofanis Gekas (Greece) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Konstantinos Katsouranis with a through ball.

69 mins:Substitution, Greece. Sotirios Ninis replaces Georgios Samaras because of an injury.

65 mins:Delay over. They are ready to continue.

65 mins:Delay in match Georgios Samaras (Greece) because of an injury.

64 mins:Attempt blocked. Georgios Samaras (Greece) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexandros Tziolis.

58 mins:Alexandros Tziolis (Greece) is shown the yellow card.

58 mins:Alexandros Tziolis (Greece) has gone down, but that's a dive.

57 mins:Goal! Latvia 1, Greece 1. Nikos Spyropoulos (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giannis Maniatis.

55 mins:Hand ball by Konstantinos Katsouranis (Greece).

54 mins:Attempt missed. Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Konstantinos Katsouranis.

53 mins:Corner, Greece. Conceded by Oskars Klava.

52 mins:Corner, Greece. Conceded by Oskars Klava.

52 mins:Attempt missed. Georgios Samaras (Greece) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.

51 mins:Giannis Maniatis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

51 mins:Foul by Artis Lazdins (Latvia).

50 mins:Corner, Greece. Conceded by Oskars Klava.

49 mins:Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

49 mins:Foul by Aleksandrs Cauna (Latvia).

48 mins:Foul by Giannis Maniatis (Greece).

48 mins:Artjoms Rudnevs (Latvia) wins a free kick on the left wing.

47 mins:Attempt missed. Giannis Maniatis (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Konstantinos Fortounis.

46 mins:Attempt saved. Georgios Samaras (Greece) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nikos Spyropoulos.

Second Half begins Latvia 1, Greece 0.

45 mins:Substitution, Greece. Georgios Samaras replaces Konstantinos Mitroglou.

45+1 mins:First Half ends, Latvia 1, Greece 0.

45+1 mins:Nikos Spyropoulos (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.

45+1 mins:Foul by Aleksejs Visnakovs (Latvia).

45 mins:Attempt saved. Theofanis Gekas (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Konstantinos Katsouranis.

44 mins:Theofanis Gekas (Greece) wins a free kick on the right wing.

44 mins:Foul by Kaspars Gorkss (Latvia).

43 mins:Attempt blocked. Ivans Lukjanovs (Latvia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

42 mins:Goal! Latvia 1, Greece 0. Aleksandrs Cauna (Latvia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.

41 mins:Penalty conceded by Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Greece) after a foul in the penalty area.

41 mins:Penalty Latvia. Aleksejs Visnakovs draws a foul in the penalty area.

39 mins:Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.

39 mins:Foul by Oskars Klava (Latvia).

37 mins:Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) wins a free kick on the right wing.

37 mins:Foul by Ritus Krjauklis (Latvia).

34 mins:Giannis Maniatis (Greece) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Konstantinos Fortounis.

33 mins:Foul by Vassilas Torosidis (Greece).

33 mins:Ivans Lukjanovs (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

32 mins:Corner, Greece. Conceded by Oskars Klava.

27 mins:Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

27 mins:Foul by Artjoms Rudnevs (Latvia).

26 mins:Nikos Spyropoulos (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

26 mins:Foul by Aleksejs Visnakovs (Latvia).

25 mins:Offside, Greece. Vassilas Torosidis tries a through ball, but Theofanis Gekas is caught offside.

24 mins:Konstantinos Mitroglou (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

24 mins:Foul by Artis Lazdins (Latvia).

23 mins:Giannis Maniatis (Greece) is shown the yellow card.

23 mins:Foul by Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Greece).

23 mins:Kaspars Gorkss (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

22 mins:Corner, Greece. Conceded by Kaspars Gorkss.

22 mins:Foul by Alexandros Tziolis (Greece).

22 mins:Deniss Ivanovs (Latvia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

21 mins:Offside, Latvia. Deniss Ivanovs tries a through ball, but Artjoms Rudnevs is caught offside.

19 mins:Attempt missed. Aleksandrs Fertovs (Latvia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.

18 mins:Attempt missed. Konstantinos Katsouranis (Greece) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.

18 mins:Attempt blocked. Konstantinos Katsouranis (Greece) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

18 mins:Attempt blocked. Konstantinos Mitroglou (Greece) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

16 mins:Attempt missed. Theofanis Gekas (Greece) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Vassilas Torosidis with a headed pass following a corner.

15 mins:Corner, Greece. Conceded by Ivans Lukjanovs.

14 mins:Corner, Greece. Conceded by Oskars Klava.

14 mins:Attempt blocked. Konstantinos Mitroglou (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikos Spyropoulos.

7 mins:Attempt missed. Theofanis Gekas (Greece) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nikos Spyropoulos with a cross.

6 mins:Vassilas Torosidis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

6 mins:Foul by Aleksejs Visnakovs (Latvia).

6 mins:Attempt saved. Aleksandrs Cauna (Latvia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivans Lukjanovs.

4 mins:Foul by Sokratis (Greece).

4 mins:Aleksandrs Cauna (Latvia) wins a free kick on the left wing.

2 mins:Foul by Konstantinos Katsouranis (Greece).

2 mins:Aleksejs Visnakovs (Latvia) wins a free kick on the right wing.

1 mins:Hand ball by Aleksandrs Fertovs (Latvia).

First Half begins.

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

team line-up

1Andris Vanins
6Deniss Ivanovs
13Kaspars Gorkss
4Ritus Krjauklis
18Aleksandrs Fertovs75
5Artis Lazdins80
10Aleksejs Visnakovs75
3Oskars Klava
8Aleksandrs Cauna
11Ivans Lukjanovs
16Artjoms Rudnevs

substitutes

15Arturs Zjuzins
9Maris Verpakovskis75
20Nauris Bulvitis
7Vladimirs Kamess
17Edgars Gauracs80
12Pavels Dorosevs
14Ritvars Rugins75
19Andrejs Kovalovs
2Igors Savcenkovs
30Germans Malins

referee

Ivan Bebek

team line-up

12Orestis Karnezis
15Vassilas Torosidis
4Nikos Spyropoulos
5Kyriakos Papadopoulos
2Giannis Maniatis
19Sokratis
21Konstantinos Katsouranis
6Alexandros Tziolis
22Konstantinos Fortounis80
9Konstantinos Mitroglou45
17Theofanis Gekas

substitutes

10Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
13Panagiotis Glykos
7Georgios Samaras6945
16Charalampos Mavrias
18Sotirios Ninis69
20Jose Holebas80
14Elini Dimoutsos
3Dimitrios Siovas
11Loukas Vintra
23Stefanos Athanasiadis
1Alexandros Tzorvas
8Stelios Malezas

referee

Ivan Bebek

match stats

possession %4455
shots on target25
shots off target110
corners18
tackles won169
offsides12