Greece, who have lost all four of their previous games at World Cup, secured a 2-1 victory against ten-man Nigeria at the Free State Stadium to give them a glimmer of hope of reaching the next stage.
Celtic striker Samaras, who stepped off the bench to play his part in the victory, was delighted at the result. The game was played at the home of Bloemfontein Celtic and Samaras felt the venue was a lucky omen for him after Greece lost their opening game to South Korea.
A blunder by Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, curiously named man of the match, handed Greece victory and left his side facing an early exit from the tournament. Enyeama, whose team were down to ten men following Sani Kaita's red card, failed to deal with a soft shot from Alexandros Tziolis in the 72nd minute. The rebound fell to Vasileios Torosidis, who toe-poked the ball home.
It was a sad end for Nigeria who had opened the scoring through Kalu Uche's free-kick, only for Greece to equalise through Dimitrios Salpingidis.
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