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Its a bargain. . .

Yakubu has wasted many chances created by Kanu. Obasi too eager, too selfish. . . he's roving all over the park. I recommend Yakubu out for Martins, Obasi out for Odemwingie and Kanu out for Haruna after we might have secured a good lead. Naija football just sucks!

Match lineup: Kanu, Afolabi, Ayila to start!

[size=16pt]Nigeria need help from Argentina
(AFP) Monday 21 June 2010[/size]

Nigeria coach Lars Lagerback admitted that he was not counting on Argentina to do them any favours in their unlikely bid to qualify for the second round of the FIFA World Cup™.

The Super Eagles need to beat South Korea by at least two goals and hope that Group B table-toppers Argentina beat Greece to ensure qualification after so far racking up two losses: 1-0 against Argentina and 2-1 against the Greeks.

He added: "We have a chance for a good result against South Korea. It should be a very positive and interesting game tomorrow. We need help from Argentina, but all we can do is concentrate on our game. The attitude in the squad is very good. I'm very positive about the game."

Lagerback said he had been "rather satisfied" with the performance of his team to date. "A big part of the the performance against Argentina was very good, and in the first 30 minutes against Greece we played exactly as we wanted to, until the red card changed the game. We were unlucky not to get a draw against Greece."

Fulham midfielder Dickson Etuhu insisted "We want to win and we're all on the same road. We'll respect our opponent, but it's our cup final. It might not be pretty, but we've got to get the result. The players are not happy about not getting a result. The fact is that we've still got a chance to qualify, with help from Argentina."

The odds are also high for South Korea, who kicked off their group campaign with a 2-0 win over Greece, but then crashed 4-1 to Argentina to leave them second in the standings. A victory over Nigeria would ensure them a place in the knock-out phase, but a draw would leave them relying on Argentina beating Greece. A defeat would mean a flight home to Seoul.


Source: FIFA.COM

Some good drama in this match. . . near misses at both goal posts. . . the Lions had better watch it!

Goal Denmark!!!! Nicklas Bendtner. . . . who hardly scores for his club

Eto'o scores, Danish defender fouled up that pass. . .

No thread created yet for this topic so here we are, match is underway, Song starts for the Africans this time

Ghana fumbles!!!

Australia fumbles, how easier could it get?

These Ghanaians dont seem to realize theyre playing a 10 man Australia

This is a football thread guys. If you really need to vent your frustrations someone should ask the mods or Seun to create a Beef section abeg.

Good goalkeeping from Scwharzer!

Goaaaal Ghana!

See drama! Red card and penalty!! Australia looks finished!!

[b]shesi [/b]Havent you noticed a lot of such fumbling goalie scenarios since this tournament began?

Goal Australia?! Jabulani again!!!

That was funny!

These aussies dey fumble small small o

Why hire a coach for that much?

Genbuhari I think I remember Australia got a red card early in the match.

So much Ghana hate, why blackman dey beef imself?  

In reply to the thread topic I find it hard to rate them because they are from disparate coaching backgrounds and my first take is to rate Lagerback well ahead of Amodu.

But if the thread was created as a measure of the performance of SE coaches then I'd say its more of an administrative problem than coaching. How come it's only the senior national team they hire foreign coaches for? Cant remember any foreign mecernary hired for our eaglets and flying eagles.

We just need to understand that the problem with our football is a reflection of the state of our nation, and if we want change then we should start to do something about it.

Exciting match so far, Algeria looking quite impressive.
I wonder why they keep starting Heskey??

Re-affirms the saying: Practice makes perfect

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