Day 7 Group A and B:
Argentina Vs. South Korea 4:1 :
South Korea played great,but they got screwed over by the evil 5-4-1 formation. You could tell from the start that they planned to play defensive , which a lot of teams seem to be doing this World Cup. Of course Argentina has an awesome attacking force, their defense crap. They are up by 2 and then Lee of South Korea runs with the ball gets to Demichelis beats him, cause he was mimicking a traffic cone and scores. The first goal of the game came off a free kick which was an own goal by South Korea's Park. Argentina had a great first half on the attacking side of things. Jonas is out next game cause he got a yellow the first and yellow in this one, which sucks.
The second half South Korea came out and looked determined to win or equalize, but their formation killed them when Argentina got a break away after all the mid and defense went forward, they left spaces. The defense from Argentina was really lacking and starting to fall apart. The commentators mentioned that during qualifying that Argentina would have the lead, but then their defense would crumble. I think he said that they lost 6-1 to Bolivia. Higuain got a hat trick his, I think, second goal happened cause no one on South Korea was marking him. From watching this game and the last and seeing how Argentina's defense falls apart usually in the middle of the first half and second half, I don't think they will be able to do well against a high caliber team like Brazil, Spain, Germany or Uruguay. But we will see, because I have no doubt that they will beat Greece.
Greece Vs. Nigeria 2:1 :
Wow! What a shity loss for Nigeria. But I suppose it's a great win for Greece, this being their first time winning and scoring in the World Cup. First half Nigeria came out dominating the game. Greece kept giving away free kicks in dangerous areas, which caused Nigeria's only goal by Uche. After that goal the bad luck hit Nigeria pretty quickly. Kaita gets a red card for kicking his leg at Torosidis. After that two defenders went down and out of the game with what looked like the same injury, torn muscle. The first goal for Greece in a world cup match came at the 44 th minute by Saplingidis, with the ball deflecting off of Nigeria's Haruna. The second goal from Greece's Torosidis came about cause of horrible marking by Nigeria. Nigeria definitely wasn't out of the game because they had some chances, but those chances left them too exposed when Greece would gain back the ball. I feel sorry for Nigeria, but the red card was caused by a very idoitic mistake by Kaita.
Mexico Vs. France 2:0 :
The first thing I have to say is , why, why does the coach of Mexico not put on Gudardo? I think France had better possession for the first half. Mexico's defense looked weak for awhile especially because they gave some dangerous free kicks away, but picked it up the second half, as did their possession. The French defense also left the goalie by himself too much. The biggest thing that you notice when watching France play is that they look like they don't want to play with each other. There is no team.
The two goals by Mexico were scored in the second half. The first one was scored by Hernandez, he wasn't marked and slipped through the defense, but on the replay he looked offsides. The Second goal was a penalty off a dangerous tackle from France's Abidal. Blanco took the penalty and scored. I really dislike Blanco and think that he should stop playing for the national team. He is 37 years old and it really shows. He lags on Mexico's attacks and most of the time makes really crappy passes. Hopefully (more likely probably) he will retire from national play after this cup.
Group A Standings:
- Uruguay 4pts
- Mexico 4pts
- France 1pt
- South Africa 1pt
Group B Standings:
- Argentina 6pts
- South Korea 3pts
- Greece 3pts
- Nigeria 0pts
Predictions:
I am posting this late so I really can't make any :P.
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