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Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by v3: 4:51pm On Jun 03, 2010
Group B (Re-Union of 1994 teams)

With few days to the World Cup and VERY little time to prepare  sad, the Super Eagles departed for South Africa with the hope of besting teams like Argentina (Former Winners), Greece (Former European Champions) and South Korea to get to the group of 16.

To do this, the boys need to play their hearts out (and our prayers of course)against an Argentine side fielding the likes of Higuain, Leo Messi, Angel Di Maria, Diego Milito  shocked to name a few, in their first game.

Well, there's a popular belief among Nigerians that ‘God is a Nigerian’  shocked. . .We’ll surely need an extra-man on the pitch that day.

PLAYERS TO WATCH (NIGERIA)

Osaze P. Odemwingie: A lot of people say he’s probably the best Attacking MF we have In the squad at present. He’s got skill, good passing technique, pace and a good eye for goal. Definitely one player to watch out for during the tourney

Vincent Enyeama
: Not the best shot-stopper around but one of the best goalies we’ve had in recent times.Voted Best Player in the Israeli league despite being a goalie & has scored 8 spot-kicks for his team this season.
Just hope he comes with the ‘right’ gloves on that day.

Obi John Mikel : Arguably the best MF we have ATM, he's the "Engine" that drives the team forward with his creativity. This fixture see's his revenge re-union with Leo Messi as he looks to get one over the Argentine for ending his dream of both an Olympic Gold Medal and U20 Cup  sad

The table as it stands before Kick Off

Group B

TEAMS P W D L GF GA GD PTS
Argentina
Greece
Nigeria
South Korea

Coach Lagerback has called for patience and support for his team. So please NLders, try NOT to swear-in-tongues when Yakubu misses from 6 yards,or is too 'pregnant' to run for 90mins cool

Let’s show the world we fear NO ONE! Support your team!! To VICTORY!!! cool

Sagamite and I will continue to hit you with the latest gossip making the rounds here in South Africa (Live from our chaka-zulu rooms huts in Durban,all expense paid of course by  lipsrsealed ).

Thank you S  wink


P.S : You know who. . DONE!

Over to you Sagamite wink

Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by honeric01(m): 4:59pm On Jun 03, 2010
Good job bro, hopefully, we no go carry last.
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by Sagamite(m): 5:05pm On Jun 03, 2010
First of all, lets retitle this to follow the format of illusion2 just for consistency. I hope all other group thread developers can do so to.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-456499.0.html

"World Cup 2010 - Group B - Reunion of 1994 Class"

wink Remember that Greece, Argentina and Nigeria were all in the same group in USA 1994.


PLAYERS TO WATCH (ARGENTINA)

Lionel Messi: Arguably the best player in the world at this moment. At the tender age of 22, he has demonstrated the professionalism and flair that carries his club to great heights. He is constantly compared to the great Maradona himself who is the national team coach and one of the greatest players that ever lived.

Javier Mascherano: A neat but tough tackling defensive midfielder that stamps his authority and commitment at the heart of the midfield as the balance for both club and country. For Coach Maradona not to take the gem called Cambiasso to the WC, then a lot of confidence is being placed on Mascherano's shoulders. This is more evident as he has been appointed the captain of the team.

Martín Demichelis: A former defensive midfielder that has been converted to centre back due to his eye to spot danger and deal with it. His contributions in defence was a key part of taking his club, Bayern Munich, to the UEFA Champions League final this season. As a former midfielder, he has better ball possession than most other centre backs.


PLAYERS TO WATCH (GREECE)

Giorgos Karagounis: The captain and veteran of the national team with close to a century caps. A former Inter player and part of the glorious Greek EURO 2004 Cup winning team. A freekick specialist on his day and fulcrum of the team sitting in the midfield.

Theofanis Gekas: A lethal goalscorer for the national team with a record of almost one goal in every 2 games. He is a former top goal scorer for the "German Bundesliga" and the "Super League Greece". Out of all players across all countries going to the WC, he is the highest goalscorer in the SA 2010 WC qualification phases.

Angelos Charisteas: Another of the Euro 2004 Cup heroes, and the final's winning goal scorer, still going strong. At 6ft 3, he is an aerial threat. Not a prolific goalscorer but like Heskey is a hard worker that can help others create chances. He seems to have a heart enlargement when playing for the country rather than club.


PLAYERS TO WATCH (SOUTH KOREA)

Park Ji-Sung: A superstar in South Korea, a first team player at Man U and captain of the national team. A very energetic and skilful player, part of the South Korean team that shocked the world by storming to the 2002 World Cup semi-finals. The first Asian player to play in the UEFA Champions League final game.

Park Chu-Young: The Monaco goal poacher is a former youth international and former Asian Young Footballer of the Year. A product of the Zico Football Center that can run 100m in 11 seconds. A dead ball specialist that is versatile in any front position. At 24, his rising star is evident as he has 40 caps for the senior team and is the player with the highest number of games played in the WC qualifiers.

Lee Woon-Jae: A 130 caps veteran known in his home country as spider hands. This old soldier at 37 years of age with experience of being at 3 previous WCs and also a penalty-stopper specialist would be the man between the goal posts to stop all attacks that pass the defenders with his webs hands.
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by v3: 5:09pm On Jun 03, 2010
Maynne, fear dey catch me for that Argentina match  shocked shocked BUT, NO SHAKEMENT

Leo Messi, Di Maria, Higuain n co  shocked shocked *faints*

*Muttering God is a Nigerian, God is a Nigerian*
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by Sagamite(m): 6:52pm On Jun 03, 2010
Pre-WC Friendlies

ARGENTINA
vs Germany (Win 1-0)
vs Haiti (Win 4-0)
vs Canada (Win 5-0)


GREECE

vs Senegal (Loss 0-2)
vs North Korea (Draw 2-2)
vs Paraguay (Loss 0-2)


Nigeria

vs Saudi Arabia (Draw 0-0)
vs Colombia (Draw 1-1)
vs North Korea


SOUTH KOREA

vs CIV (Win 2-0)
vs Equador (Win 2-0)
vs Japan (Win 2-0)
vs Belarus (Loss 0-1)
vs Spain (Loss 0-1)
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by CLT123(m): 7:06pm On Jun 03, 2010
The Nigeria Colombia game was 1-1
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by Sagamite(m): 7:10pm On Jun 03, 2010
CLT123:

The Nigeria Colombia game was 1-1

Yep, forgot to change that after copy and paste.
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by honeric01(m): 10:33pm On Jun 03, 2010
I see South Korea beating Argentina, don't ask me how i saw it.
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by DrKitaun(m): 1:22am On Jun 04, 2010
This thread reeks of negativity and wanton pessimism from d progenitors . . .na for una very eye LARS go put una 4 shame !
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by semid4lyfe(m): 6:46am On Jun 04, 2010
Dr Kitaun:

This thread reeks of negativity and wanton pessimism from d progenitors . . .na for una very eye LARS go put una 4 shame !

For once, I agree with you. Nigeria is topping the group.

Believe!
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by honeric01(m): 7:21am On Jun 04, 2010
Nigerians with their hope this, hope that attitude, if you don't prepare well, you shouldn't expect the best.

Those who prepare well are those who deserve success.
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by DrKitaun(m): 8:40am On Jun 04, 2010
Like we have always being doing abi ? Olympic gold, u-17 WC victories ? Abegi . . .naija no dey come last !
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by honeric01(m): 9:18am On Jun 04, 2010
abeg, stop naming the u-17 joor, if u cant win your real age mates, then don't boast with the u-17, if we no dey carry last, how come we never win worldcup?
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by Sagamite(m): 9:31am On Jun 04, 2010
Team Lists

ARGETINA
1 GK Diego Pozo (Colón)
21 GK Mariano Andújar (Catania)
22 GK Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar)

2 DF Martín Demichelis (Bayern Munich)
3 DF Clemente Rodríguez (Estudiantes)
4 DF Nicolás Burdisso (Roma)
6 DF Gabriel Heinze (Marseille)
12 DF Ariel Garcé (Colón)
13 DF Walter Samuel (Internazionale)
15 DF Nicolás Otamendi (Vélez Sársfield)

5 MF Mario Bolatti (Fiorentina)
7 MF Ángel Di María (Benfica)
8 MF Juan Sebastián Verón (Estudiantes)
14 MF Javier Mascherano C   (Liverpool)
17 MF Jonás Gutiérrez   (Newcastle United)
20 MF Maxi Rodríguez (Liverpool)
23 MF Javier Pastore (Palermo)

9 FW Gonzalo Higuaín   (Real Madrid)
10 FW Lionel Messi   (Barcelona)
11 FW Carlos Tévez (Manchester City)
16 FW Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid)
18 FW Martín Palermo (Boca Juniors)
19 FW Diego Milito (Internazionale)

GREECE
1 GK Kostas Chalkias (PAOK)
12 GK Alexandros Tzorvas (Panathinaikos)
13 GK Michalis Sifakis (Aris)

2 DF Giourkas Seitaridis (Panathinaikos)
4 DF Nikos Spiropoulos (Panathinaikos)
5 DF Vangelis Moras (Bologna)
8 DF Avraam Papadopoulos (Olympiacos)
11 DF Loukas Vyntra (Panathinaikos)
15 DF Vasilis Torosidis (Olympiacos)
16 DF Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Liverpool)
19 DF Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Genoa)
22 DF Stelios Malezas (PAOK)

3 MF Christos Patsatzoglou (Omonia)
6 MF Alexandros Tziolis (Siena)
10 MF Giorgos Karagounis C (Panathinaikos)
18 MF Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos)
21 MF Kostas Katsouranis (Panathinaikos)
23 MF Sakis Prittas (Aris)

7 FW Georgios Samaras (Celtic)
9 FW Angelos Charisteas (Nuremberg)
14 FW Dimitris Salpigidis (Panathinaikos)
17 FW Theofanis Gekas (Eintracht Frankfurt)
20 FW Pantelis Kapetanos (Steaua Bucureşti)

NIGERIA
1 GK Vincent Enyeama (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
16 GK Austin Ejide (Hapoel Petah Tikva)
23 GK Dele Aiyenugba (Bnei Yehuda)

2 DF Joseph Yobo (Everton)
3 DF Taye Taiwo   (Marseille)
6 DF Danny Shittu   (Bolton Wanderers)
17 DF Chidi Odiah   (CSKA Moscow)
5 DF Rabiu Afolabi (Red Bull Salzburg)
21 DF Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé (Rennes)
15 DF Dele Adeleye (Sparta Rotterdam)

10 MF Mikel John Obi (Chelsea)
13 MF Ayila Yussuf (Dynamo Kyiv)
12 MF Kalu Uche   (Almería)
14 MF Sani Kaita   (Alania Vladikavkaz)
20 MF Dickson Etuhu (Fulham)
19 MF Lukman Haruna (Monaco)
11 MF Peter Odemwingie (Lokomotiv Moscow)
7 MF Chinedu Obasi (Hoffenheim)

4 FW Nwankwo Kanu C   (Portsmouth)
8 FW Yakubu Aiyegbeni   (Everton)
22 FW John Utaka   (Portsmouth)
18 FW Victor Obinna   (Málaga)
9 FW Obafemi Martins (Wolfsburg)

SOUTH KOREA
1 GK Lee Woon-Jae (Suwon Bluewings)
21 GK Kim Young-Kwang   (Ulsan Horang-i)
18 GK Jung Sung-Ryong (Seongnam Ilhwa)

12 DF Lee Young-Pyo (Al-Hilal)
22 DF Cha Du-Ri   (Freiburg)
15 DF Kim Dong-Jin   (Ulsan Horang-i)
2 DF Oh Beom-Seok (Ulsan Horang-i)
23 DF Kang Min-Soo (Suwon Bluewings)
4 DF Cho Yong-Hyung   (Jeju United)
14 DF Lee Jung-Soo (Kashima Antlers)
3 DF Kim Hyung-Il   (Pohang Steelers)

5 MF Kim Nam-Il   (Tom Tomsk)
7 MF Park Ji-Sung C  (Manchester United)
8 MF Kim Jung-Woo (Gwangju Phoenix)
19 MF Yeom Ki-Hun (Suwon Bluewings)
17 MF Lee Chung-Yong   (Bolton Wanderers)
16 MF Ki Sung-Yong   (Celtic)
13 MF Kim Jae-Sung   (Pohang Steelers)
6 MF Kim Bo-Kyung (Oita Trinita)

9 FW Ahn Jung-Hwan (Dalian Shide)
20 FW Lee Dong-Gook   (Jeonbuk Motors)
10 FW Park Chu-Young   (Monaco)
11 FW Lee Seung-Yeoul (FC Seoul)
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by Sagamite(m): 9:35am On Jun 04, 2010
I hope our starting line up is:


                                                                                    Enyeama


        Odiah                                    Afolabi                                                    Adeleye                                 Taiwo



                                              Mikel                                                                   Kaita

                                                                     
                                                                                    Haruna


                         Odems                                                                                                         Nsofor

                                                                                     Martins
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by honeric01(m): 9:51am On Jun 04, 2010
Sagamite:

I hope our starting line up is:


                                                                                    Enyeama


        Odiah                                    Afolabi                                                    Adeleye                                 Taiwo



                                              Mikel                                                                   Kaita

                                                                     
                                                                                    Haruna


                         Odems                                                                                                         Nsofor

                                                                                     Aiyegbeni

Martins is useless being played alone at the front line, he would just be running around like an amateur Olic, i rather have the fat Aiyegbeni there than him, he should come in as sub when largerback is ready to change formation to 4 4 2.
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by matoyeh(m): 1:14pm On Jun 04, 2010
This thread reeks of negativity and wanton pessimism from d progenitors . . .na for una very eye LARS go put una 4 shame !

I dont know why people are not good in speech, they came to criticize, destroy and kill feelings, Busshiiittt

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sUPER DON WIN OOOO, WINNERERRR, PATAPATA WE GO WIN AGAIN OOO WINNERRRR
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by honeric01(m): 8:54pm On Jun 04, 2010
matoyeh, your sweets lost?
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by DrKitaun(m): 10:21pm On Jun 04, 2010
Honeric

the bottom line is REGARDLESS of how well we have prepared or not NIGERIA has some memorable moments to refer to . . .

What has agegrade got to do with this argument ?
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by CLT123(m): 12:21am On Jun 05, 2010
If Lagerback is smart. He will start Yakubu and Martins
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by sportman: 5:57am On Jun 05, 2010
in short i still believe that the eagles will spring suprises in the world cup.



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Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by Sagamite(m): 11:43am On Jun 05, 2010
Breaking News

Mikel out of WC, Brown Ideye recalled to replace him.

http://www.kickoff.com/news/15883/mikel-out-of-world-cup.php
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by DrKitaun(m): 11:45am On Jun 05, 2010
Good!

Who becomes the 23rd ?
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by Sagamite(m): 11:50am On Jun 05, 2010
Dr Kitaun:

Who becomes the 23rd ?

Brown Ideye.

This is serious deal o. So there is really no space for Anichebe?

They want to call a striker and decide on Ideye instead of him. Now, except a striker gets injured, he has no chance.
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by DrKitaun(m): 2:07pm On Jun 05, 2010
Ideye is 22nd not 23rd. And dont u just get it? Anichebe is truly injured or his attitude sucks, too much tantrums wasnt going to help him when there more established players ahead of him, explains why the dearth of creativity in our team has paved d way for Lukman.
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by Sagamite(m): 4:14pm On Jun 05, 2010
^^^What do you mean by Ideye is 22nd? He is replacing Mikel.
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by Cristalz(f): 5:26pm On Jun 05, 2010
I'm checking out the score line of the friendlies. . .
Argies with emphatic wins, Naija with calm draws. . .

I'm not implying anything. . .just making an observation. grin
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by Ibime(m): 7:27pm On Jun 05, 2010
Surprise player to watch for Greece is Sotiris Ninis, whilst player to watch for South Korea is Lee from Bolton.
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by otokx(m): 1:36pm On Jun 06, 2010
Who is the surprise coach to watch out for?
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by Nobody: 1:01am On Jun 07, 2010
Cristalz:

I'm checking out the score line of the friendlies.  .  .
Argies with emphatic wins, Naija with calm draws.  .  .

I'm not implying anything.  .  .just making an observation. grin

its like that abi?? ok then you should do ALL the teams in the group B


Argentina- "emphatic" wins undecided (against teams that i am still wondering how they have a football team?? eg: canada and haiti . . . . . . .AND the lost against bolivia.some say it is due to altitude. excuses, excuses. A LOSS is a loss)  undecided

Nigeria- calm draws and some wins (against tougher teams than canada and haiti. eg: colombia and N.korea)   wink

Greece- losing 24/7 during world cup prep friendlies, except for one draw (against N. Korea that nigeria won 3-1)

S.Korea- Shaky team. lost against BELARUS. (and won ivory coast. how is that possible?? na wa oh)



out of all the teams. who is the most consistent?? i have to give it to nigeria. at least they have not lost against small teams.
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by mykali(m): 1:32pm On Jun 07, 2010
Mikel was one of the players i wanted to see perform on the world stage
playing at this level requires the sort of mentality which i believed he possesses, considering what he did in Holland 2005.
but risking his long term future for this short term one wouldn't have been a good idea, i believe they will still qualify for 2014 and come back to show themselves to the world.

As for the Nigerian team, i can see some improvement in some departments, although we are still lacking in the left full back position and the Right wing.

It is inevitable that we will be doing more of the defending against Argentina, so having Kaita down the right side of midfield won't be a bad idea. the only problem with Kaita is that he lacks the speed for a counter attack, but the way Nigeria plays, we don't utilize our counter attacks so well.

i think Lagerback will want to go for a draw with Argentina.

and like some one pointed out, there's a possibility of S.Korea causing an upset against the Argies too.
Re: Nigeria, Argentina, Greece, South Korea: 2010 Fifa World Cup Group B by mykali(m): 1:42pm On Jun 07, 2010
[size=15pt]Haruna Lukman
[/size]
* Date of Birth: 4 December 1990
* Height: 177 cm
* Shirt number: 15
* Position: Midfielder
* Current club: Monaco (FRA)
* International Caps: 4
* International Goals: [/b]1
* [b]First international:
Nigeria - Sudan (09-01-2008)

Club History

* AS Monaco (FRA): From 2008 to 2010
* Crystal FC (NGA): From 2007 to 2008

One of the most precocious gems of Nigerian football, Lukman Haruna burst on to the world scene at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, where he captained the team to the world title from his central midfield perch. Just as he displayed while assisting the Golden Eaglets earlier win the African championship, Haruna proved to have world-class drive, leadership and dribbling skills. Then a player at domestic club Global Crystal Academy, a number of big clubs began circling Haruna after the finals, and he signed with French club Monaco soon after. Haruna was also on the Nigerian U-20 team that competed last year at the World Cup in Egypt, but a straight red card in the first match meant the tournament was never going to be as special as the U-17s. He came back from suspension just in time to play in the 3-2 second round defeat to Germany, who came from behind twice and scored the winner in the third minute of second half injury time.

Despite missing the start of the season for the U-20 finals, Haruna worked his way into the Monaco first team and was a force to be reckoned with in Ligue 1 this year. The composed 20 year-old burst into the starting line-up the second half of the season, scoring two goals against Montpellier in January in his first start. It was his fine form and ability to push the midfield into attacking positions that made him a late choice for Lars Lagerback.

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