Argentina vs Nigeria World Cup: 2010 FIFA World Cup

Saturday, June 12th, 2010 at 1:44 pm , filed under FIFA World Cup by Ken Foss

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Argentina vs Nigeria 2010 FIFA World Cup – Argentina will match up with Nigeria in the 2010 Football World Cup match on Saturday, June 12, 2010.

Match Venue: Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Time: 15:00 G.M.T

Teams:

Argentina: Romero, Gutierrez, Demichelis, Samuel, Heinze, Veron , Mascherano , Di Maria, Messi, Higuain, Tevez.

Nigeria: Enyeama, Taiwo, Yobo Adelaye, Odiah, Odemwingie, Kaita, Etuhu, Obinna, Yakubu, Obasi.

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Teams Report:

Argentina will meet Nigeria in the first match of their 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign on Saturday at Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg.

In this 2010 FIFA World Cup, Argentina has two special things, one is, soccer legend Diego Maradona, who was the captain of Argentina’s 1985 World Cup winning team is a coach for Argentina team and second is, Lionel Messi, the key player in Argentina team. Messi received a ‘Football player of the year 2009’ award and also scored four goals in a match against Arsenal. All soccer freaks have big hopes on Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi combination, which is a rare combination. But, Maradona has some problems over their star player’s fitness.

Lionel Messi is the hot favorite player in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Recently, in a survey many of the England Premier League managers are also backed Lionel Messi as their favorite player in this World Cup.

Nigeria is looking to control the Lionel Messi. If they will success in controlling the Messi then they may have some chance of winning. But, today’s match is the big match for Nigeria. After this match, they will meet Greece and South Korea.

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