Martín Demichelis and Martín Palermo scored second-half goals to help Argentina complete a flawless Group B campaign with a 2-0 victory over Greece in Polokwane.
Argentina broke the deadlock in the 77th minute when Demichelis lashed home after his header bounced off team-mate Diego Milito and back into his path.
Palermo made it 2-0 in the closing minutes as the veteran striker rolled the ball into an empty net after Greece goalkeeper Alexandros Tzorvas had saved a Lionel Messi effort.
Argentina will now play Mexico in the round of 16 in Johannesburg on Sunday.
Lineups:
Greece: Alexandros Tzorvas; Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Loukas Vyntra, Avraam Papadopoulos, Vasilis Torosidis (Christos Patsatzoglou, 54); Vangelis Moras; Alexandros Tziolis, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Giorgos Karagounis (Nikos Spiropoulos, 46), Kostas Katsouranis (Sotiris Ninis, 54); Georgios Samaras
Argentina: Sergio Romero; Nicolas Otamendi, Martín Demichelis, Nicolás Burdisso, Clemente Rodríguez; Maxi Rodríguez (Ángel di María, 63), Mario Bolatti, Juan Sebastián Verón; Lionel Messi; Diego Milito (Martín Palermo, 80), Sergio Agüero (Javier Pastore, 76)
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Argentina broke the deadlock in the 77th minute when Demichelis lashed home after his header bounced off team-mate Diego Milito and back into his path.
Palermo made it 2-0 in the closing minutes as the veteran striker rolled the ball into an empty net after Greece goalkeeper Alexandros Tzorvas had saved a Lionel Messi effort.
Argentina will now play Mexico in the round of 16 in Johannesburg on Sunday.
Lineups:
Greece: Alexandros Tzorvas; Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Loukas Vyntra, Avraam Papadopoulos, Vasilis Torosidis (Christos Patsatzoglou, 54); Vangelis Moras; Alexandros Tziolis, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Giorgos Karagounis (Nikos Spiropoulos, 46), Kostas Katsouranis (Sotiris Ninis, 54); Georgios Samaras
Argentina: Sergio Romero; Nicolas Otamendi, Martín Demichelis, Nicolás Burdisso, Clemente Rodríguez; Maxi Rodríguez (Ángel di María, 63), Mario Bolatti, Juan Sebastián Verón; Lionel Messi; Diego Milito (Martín Palermo, 80), Sergio Agüero (Javier Pastore, 76)
Statistics:
| Greece | Argentina | |
| 0 | Goals | 2 |
| 3 | Shots on target | 9 |
| 2 | Shots off target | 3 |
| 1 | Corners | 10 |
| 14 | Fouls | 7 |
| 0 | Offsides | 2 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 33 | Ball possession (%) | 67 |
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