Poland and Greece both had a man sent off as an eventful opening match of Euro 2012 ended in a draw.

Greece Euro 2012 started with a few notes: almost lost, almost won, failed a penalty, can be a red card, and a player can not play anymore.Being opposed to host Poland in the opening match, Greece was about to lose points when they conceded a goal in the 17th minute by a header from Robert Lewandowski. They also lost a player when Sokratis Papastathopoulos receiving two yellow cards at the end of the first round.However, despite the pressure and left, Greece was able to emerge. Only six minutes after the restart, Dimitris Salpingidis leveled at 1-1.After that things changed, turning the Greek press. In the 69th minute goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny Poland also expelled from the field. Return the same number of players: 10 versus 10. But the Greeks get a penalty, which unfortunately failed to be converted into a goal by captain Giorgos Karagounis. Easy to read and blocked shots substitute goalkeeper, Przemyslaw Tyton."He just failed. This is football," Greece coach Fernando Santos does not feel the need to exaggerate the incident penalty Karagounis.In fact, the Greeks failed to score from a penalty kick three times in a row. They get two penalties in the final test match against Armenia last month, but Giorgos Samaras and Kostas Katsouranis also could not beat goalkeeper opponent."It is no small thing to come here, to Poland, with a good home crowd, and we can get the results of this series after losing one player," Karagounis said after the game."We knew we had to restore order in the second half, and we succeeded. We lost a penalty, but beyond that we should be able to make any other goals."35-year-old midfielder has refused to comment on Sokratis red card penalty, which some observers considered not feasible."Gol (children) that have given us a lot of confidence, and I think what happened tonight will help us in the next game. I do not want to talk about the referee, because we have to play our own game rather than discussing what the referee did."Another thing, the Greeks also lost a player due to injury. Olympiakos defender, Avraam Papadopoulos will be sent home to get more intensive treatment. Injury in 37 minutes, he was immediately taken to the hospital. The scans showed that the ligaments in his left knee break.