Greece's high-priced players were listless as the match started, apparently due to a major falling-out at the hotel two hours before the match began, when German skipper Otto Rehhagel announced the starting line-up.
Skupi grčki igrači bili su tromi od samog početka utakmice, očigledno zbog velikog psihološkog pada u hotelu dva sata pre početka utakmice, kada je selektor, Nemac Oto Rehagel, saopštio startnu postavu.