Midfielder Giorgos Karagounis is the creative offensive focal point for Greece, which plays its first-round match against South Korea.
South Korea and Greece have put together stunning runs in major tournaments. The underdogs now stand in each other’s way in South Africa.
South Korea and Greece will try to overcome some sluggish play when they meet for the first time Saturday in Port Elizabeth.
South Korea reached the semifinals as co-host of the 2002 World Cup, coming in fourth for the nation’s best finish. The team appeared to be making another surge four years later but lost its final group game to Switzerland and was eliminated on a tiebreaker.
Greece won the 2004 European Championships by surprising host Portugal in the final after upsetting tournament favorites France and the Czech Republic. It hasn’t come close to matching that success, failing to qualify for the last World Cup and losing all three games of Euro 2008.
South Korea and Greece are stumbling into this World Cup and are in a highly competitive Group B with two-time winner Argentina and perennial African power Nigeria.
South Korea didn’t score in losing its last two friendlies to Spain and Belarus, which has never qualified for a World Cup.
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