Greece beats Luxembourg 3-0 in WC qualifying

Greece beats Luxembourg 3-0 in WC qualifying

Published Sep. 6, 2008 10:58 p.m. ET

Greece beat Luxembourg 3-0 in its opening World Cup qualifying game on Saturday.

Vasileios Torosidis and Theofanis Gekas scored in the first half, with Angelos Charisteas converting a 77th-minute penalty to give Greece three points in Group 2.

Israel and Switzerland are expected to be Greece's main rivals in the group.

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