Thank you amigos.
Neoexodus he is class. Think Kaka x Riquelme. As soon as he came on things happened. We do need to tighten up at the back and dispense with Veron.
And nice to see the old man score TSO.
That'll be his WC over though I think. Nice memory for him to tell the kids.
My summary:
First of all this is the first time the team linked up as this outfit so it’s bound to be a bit rusty and not polished.
Plus points were the performances of Clemente as an attacking winger and Otamendi was remarkably composed and very good in an attacking sense ie selling the Greek fullback a couple of dummies.
However the midfield was too static again. Messi with his back to goal no runs off him to create space and no real width.
At least this was rectified in the second half ie Clemente told to push on and then di Maria.
Veron played some lovely passes even scored a familiar trademark volley from the edge of the box but at times he slows the point of the attack.
With Messi man marked Aguero needed to drop deeper to run at the Greek defence and cycle with Milito. None of that unfortunately.
The difference when Pastore came on was blinding. He drops all over the pitch speeds the tempo and was involved in all of the exciting moves in the last 15 minutes. He freed Messi to an extent by running off him and can commit players.
Other teams will sit on him Veron and press high up the pitch. In that case we need to go long from back to front and hit them with pace of Higuain ie v Germany or Tevez or wth real width ie di Maria.
Bolatti had a needless booking but the referee was inconsistent. Should have booked Papast but did not but Mario is. Could be critical.
Romero did what he had to do but should not sit on his backside like that for Samaras’s effort. Also the spacing between Burdisso and Dimi. Often too wide. As against South Korea a long ball down the middle creates havoc. They need to sort that out.
Wonderful for Palermo to score and have that memory but that will be his WC and Diego Milito ?
Not enough service. Tracked back well and did just miss that delicious cross from Clemente who was excellent albeit he had nothing to defensively. Bolatti mopped up effectively as well.
And set pieces were excellent and inventive from the corner and free kicks and delivery very good once again.
I would not read too much into the result. We only needed a draw and the onus was on Greece to make the running. They seemed content for a draw even if to go out.
And as I did think might happen they found it impossible to change mindset and tempo and were hit by two unlucky injuries that restricted Rehagels hand.
If we revert to 4-4-2 we need to move the ball more quickly like we have done with the 4-3-3.Pastore could be crucial for this and Tevez. They may man mark Messi but they can’t do all three without screwing up their whole set up.
Will Samuel be back ? Heinze and Masche and Pipita and Tevez certainly will be.
and Masche a needless foul at 4-1 up. Just let the player go. 
And no need to risk Leo.
Hopefully the Azzurri pull themselves together and if they do they can still go far as a tournament team.