Russia dominated the game throughout but could not find a way past the Greek defence and fell behind just before halftime when Karagounis pounced on a error in the Russian defence to scoot into the penalty area and drill a shot past Malafeev in the Russia goal.
Alan Dzagoev sent a late header wide from an Andrey Arshavin cross but Russia fell to their first defeat in 17 games - a defeat that has a high price.
Russia finished on the same points in Group A as second-placed Greece but were eliminated because of their head-to-head record.
FULLTIME :
Greece 1 (Karagounis)
Russia 0
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