Nigeria - Greece - 1 Goal the Difference Between a Dynasty and an Emergency Coach

Greece won their first ever World Cup match, and scored their first ever World Cup goal.

Their coach Rehhagel has had 7 years in charge of the team.

Nigeria will blame this loss on Lars Lagerback, but he has had less than 3 months to shape his team.

Nigeria are our of the World Cup, except for a miracle scenario in which case Argentina destroy Greece and they sink South Korea with a lot of goals.

The Nigerian red card was deserved, Sani Kaita lost his head... the rest of the team just folded and let the Greeks attack them for the better part of the game. With this many attacks, not even a brilliant Enyeama could prevent goals. The Greeks won this match as the more stable and composed team... Nigeria need more work, more integration and more time to develop a playing style which they can impose on others.

The current Nigeria is a week team, with good individuals. Not many tactics can be successfully applied to a weekly integrated team.