Thanks Greece

I woke up at 5:30 and rushed to the TV (as much as it's possible for me to rush at 5:30 in the morning) to catch up on the Greece-South Korea match. It was halftime and South Korea was up 1-0, which I knew meant trouble for Greece, which is not noted for its ability to score.
I didn't realize how much trouble it meant, though.
Wow, Greece is not good. At least, it didn't play good. In fact, it played the polar opposite of good, and made me wonder what I was doing up that early to watch a team that looked like it had never played together before. Granted, Greece isn't a favorite, but it won the European championship in 2004 with a lot of these players. Of course, maybe that's the problem. They looked like an old team, and South Korea, with as much energy as it plays with, can make a team look really old. The Koreans just played harder, won most balls, and Greece couldn't control the ball, basically giving away one goal and completely blowing the other goal on a corner kick.
South Korea is pretty good, but Greece made it look a lot better than I think it is. We'll learn more about the Koreans when they play a team that isn't bad.