Preview: Argentina vs. South Korea

June 16th, 2010 | by: admin |

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THE BIG PICTURE
Argentina won their opening game, beating Nigeria 1-0 and with Leo Messi looking like his dangerous self once more. If you’re a South Korean defender, that has to be scary. Hopefully coach Diego Maradona will stick with his “as many attackers as possible on the field” strategy to play South Korea. Because there’s serious entertainment potential there. Big news for Argentina is that veteran midfielder Seba Veron is out with a calf injury. More at Argentina World Cup Blog.

South Korea also looked good while winning their first game, 2-0 against Greece, so they’re top of Group B on goal difference right now. Big name Park Ji-Sung scored the second in that game with a direct run and finish, but South Korea played some proper team football. Will be interesting to see if that ethic is good enough to take on the talents of the albiceleste. More at South Korea World Cup Blog.

WHAT’S AT STAKE
A win for either in this game would mean a total of six points and all but guarantee qualification. Would also put them in pole position to take first place. A draw might be OK for both teams, especially if the two pointless teams draw in the other game. Last but not least: Leo Messi. He was excellent against Nigeria, but didn’t score. The whole world (outside South Korea, plus possibly Brazil and the white half of Madrid) wants to see this kid score in South Africa.

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OUR PREDICTION
I’m thinking goals. And our first back and forth game. And a final score of 2-2.

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Bense235

Supposedly easy to predict, but Argentina will have a lot of trouble with them if they can't score early.
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For South Korea,
Losing or winning is not the most important thing in the game. The most important thing is fair play. So please don't bribe the referee like you did in 2002 world cup and any other sport event held in your country.
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Tbone04

After watching the two teams play their first games in the World Cup, I think S. Korea has the better team. They were awesome and amazed me with their teamwork and finess. Argentina is a great opponent though. And even though they didn't play as good as S. Korea in their first game, this is a new day and they may come out shooting. I wish both of these teams the best of luck!
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i say argentina is going to win.
no team can beat argentina in a soccer game.
thats were argentinians are good at (soccer..)
Gooo ARGENTINA.!!!(:
Tbone04

You were right! LOL.

But don't get too cocky. The Italians will beat Argentina if they play. Italians are the best soccer players. :)
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