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Poland 1-1 Greece - honours even in Euro 2012 opener

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Robert Lewandowski of Poland scores the opening goal past Konstantinos Chalkias of Greece during the UEFA EURO 2012 Group A match between Poland and Greece at National Stadium on June 8, 2012 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)
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Poland couldn't hold on to an early lead against Greece and in the end the hosts were lucky not to lose the Euro 2012 opener after Giorgos Karagounis missed a second half penalty.

Poland and Greece produced a thrilling curtain raiser to Euro 2012 on Friday evening with a 1-1 draw barely telling the story of a highly eventful match in Warsaw.

The Poles, playing in front of their own fans at a major international tournament for the first time, started brightly and it was no surprise when Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring after 17 minutes. The Borussia Dortmund striker, who was 9/2 with Paddy Power to score the first goal in the game, headed home a cross from club mate Jakub Blaszczykowski to give the co-hosts the advantage.

Greece then had defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos sent off for a second yellow card on the stroke of half-time. Ferando Santos's side were 40/1 to win the match at half-time and even those odds will have had few backers.

However, Dimitris Salpingidis equalised just five minutes after the interval and Greece looked the stronger side, despite being a man down. They should have even won the match when, after 69 minutes, Arsenal goalkeeper Wojiech Szczesny pulled down Salpingidis and Greece were awarded a penalty. Szczesny was sent off but substitute goalkeeper Przemyslaw Tyton saved the spot kick.

Ultimately a draw was a fair result but it wasn't what Paddy Power will have been wanting as the Irish firm are now forced to refund all losing First/Last Goalscorer, Correct Score and Scorecast bets placed on the game via a mobile device.


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