Norway - Greece 2-2 Euro 2008

Norway - Greece Euro 2008
Two goals by Sotirios Kyrgiakos helped Greece's prospects of defending their European title in Austria and Switzerland, with a hard-earned away draw against in-form Norway.
Kyrgiakos double
Otto Rehhagel's side seem to be rekindling in qualifying the form that made them surprise winners at UEFA EURO 2004™ -- the kind of form that eluded them when they missed out on last summer's FIFA World Cup. Twice the Group C leaders went ahead in the Norwegian capital through Kyrgiakos but Norway equalised on each occasion, through John Carew and a magnificent strike from John Arne Riise. The draw kept Greece top of a pool in which Turkey, Norway and Bosnia-Herzegovina remain in contention for the two qualification spots.
Carew equaliser
The visitors started well, requiring only seven minutes to take the initiative. A corner by Georgios Karagounis was flicked on and Kyrgiakos was there to head in the opener. Norway immediately hit back and goalkeeper Konstantinos Chalkias did well to tip a Morten Gamst Pedersen shot behind for a corner. But on the quarter-hour mark Carew restored parity, rising to nod in a Riise cross.
Riise strike
On the half-hour Kyrgiakos made it 2-1 for Greece when he netted from close range after goalkeeper Håkon Opdal had kept out his initial header from a Karagounis delivery. Norway again pulled level though: Riise scoring superbly after collecting a Jan Gunnar Solli pass. At the other end, Nikolaos Liberopoulos hit the bar early in the second half while Karagounis also went close.
End to end
Åge Hareide's men had several further chances, most notably when Pedersen shot wide, and they could have won the match late on -- Riise forced another save from Chalkias before Martin Andresen's goalbound effort was deflected to safety. Even so, Greece themselves almost stole the points at the death as Liberopoulous again struck the woodwork. An exciting match ended all square.

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[Makiscity]

norway plaid with 12 players.hahaha...the last was the referee but they cant won lol.GREEK VICTORY

[mike82tr]

obviously greek mentality. when you play bad (like always), you always blame referee..hahah

[mike82tr]

they are lucky, they always won in last minute with bad football. they were about do it again, but the goalpost said stoooooop :D

[dropkick1908]

Man seriously, u have to keep up with the world u know. This game took place 3 months ago, and u replied now even after your sorry team got ridiculed by Turkey and knocked out... ELEOOOOS!!!

[Gled04]

goo norway!

[MrXRISTARAS13]

malaka xalkia



[HellasLefteris]

@askdnzl lern erstmal englisch du schwuchte was soll das erst scheiß und dannach um cool rücker zu kommen so als ob du englich könntes auch noch greece lern erstmal eine sprach du unterbelichteter spaßt

[Paokistafi]

GREECE THE BEST !

[kjulaa]

haha norge är fan sämst i fotboll, Sverige <3

[Hansi281093]

NO! Norway aren't like that i toldxD

[Hansi281093]

Norway aren't like that, youre just bad "drawer":P

[askdnzl]

scheiss Greece

[surgunde]

yunlar olamsaydi isimiz yasdi teskur yunaisdan

[witchfinder77]

You are absolutely right. Commenting on events that happened in the past is wrong. I will go hang my head in shame.

[dropkick1908]

...or on your poor understanding of what i said. Neewayz, i aint gonna waste my time replying to u. If you want u can go comment or a Euro 2004 video. Perhaps u can go comment on 1994 World Cup, they ll still make fan of u of posting late. LOL. What about 1958 World Cup in Sweden? Haha...loser!