Hello and welcome to the live commentary of the World Cup playoff between Greece and Romania
- K. Mitroglou(15', 67')
- D. Salpingidis(21')
- B. Stancu(20')
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And that is that. Greece 3-1 Romania, the second leg is on Tuesday
Lazar is off for a second bookable offence, Romania's night just got worse
Four minutes of added time will be played
Greece have the ball in the net through Gekas but the ref blew his whistle for a foul
Lazar gets booked for a fiesty challenge
Tanase goes off for Lazar, the last roll of the dice for Romania
Another change with Katsouranis off for Samaris
A promising Romania move breaks down on the edge of the box
The hero Mitroglou goes off, and gets a huge ovation, with Gekas coming on
Karagounis immediately makes an impact after earning a free-kick after a mazy run 40 yards from goal
Maniatis is off for the Greeks, there is some pushing as the Romanians want him off the field quickly, while Karagounis is on
Bourceanu is off and Lazar is on for the visitors, they need to do something quick. Torje is also off for Grozav
Mitroglou sticks out a leg but his effort is parried by the keeper, he could have had a hat-trick
That should have been four but Katsouranis fails to connect with a low cross from the left with the goal at his mercy
Mitroglou's effort appeared to take a deflection on its way into the net but the Greeks won't care
GOAL! Mitroglou with an acrobatic volley following a flick-on from Samaras' free-kick
Torossidis over hits the cross when Greece had a promising attack
Torje will take a free-kick near the corner flag on the left. His cross is cleared by the Greeks
Papastathopoulos is in agony after being caught by Stancu, the physio is called on
Curlling effort from 25 yards out from Torje flies harmlessly wide