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Brad
06-04-2010, 06:09 PM
Argentina v Nigeria
Key Points
23 - Argentina hit the post! A poor clearance from the Nigerian defender leads to a glorious chance for Argentina, but despite the shot being relatively weak, the goalie is left stranded, but his left-hand post comes to his rescue.
41 - Argentina hit the post again! A great little pass by the CM thread's through the attacker who takes it past the left-back and unleashes a furious shot that beats the goalie but hits the frame of the goal and goes out!
67 - A strong effort by Nigeria is saved brilliantly by the Argentine goalie, who only just puts it behind for a corner.
84 - ARGENTINA SCORE! A throw in on the right hand side of the pitch lands at the feet of the winger who whips in a driven ball just outside the box. The striker turns inside the defender and dinks it past the helpless Nigerian goalie. 1-0!
HT: 0-0
FT: 1-0

Table After Match 1

|P|Team |W|D|L|GF|GA|GD|Pts|
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|1|Argentina |1|0|0|1 |0 |1 |3 |
|2|Korea Republic|0|1|0|2 |2 |0 |1 |
|3|Greece |0|1|0|2 |2 |0 |1 |
|4|Nigeria |0|0|1|0 |1 |-1|0 |

Argentina v Korea Republic
Key Points
14 - A fantastic move by Argentina as a wonderful through ball ends up at the strikers feet, but despite a quick turn and hard shot, the Korean keeper manages to tip it behind for a corner.
38 - Another quick piece of play produces the clearest chance of the game, the ball bounced through the Korean defence, but another great save by the keeper keeps Argentina at bay. The Korean keeper is definately keeping his team in the game, as they look out of ideas up front already.
42 - Completely against the run of play, Korea play a great ball through the heart of midfield, and the Argentine defender who came to meet with the danger completely misses the ball, and the Korean attacker manages to get in a good shot which rockets off the post and out of play! Close one for Argentina!
49 - SO SO CLOSE FOR ARGENTINA! A smooth piece of play from the two central midfielders results in a cracking shot which deflects off one of the Korean defenders and hits the post! If it wasnt for that deflection, it would have certainly been Argentina in front.
67 - Korea could just nick it here if Argentina are'nt careful. Some sloppy defending by the Argies allows the Korean striker through on goal, but the right-back manages to clear the ball before the Korean striker is able to pull the trigger.
71 - 1-0 ARGENTINA! The goalkeeper clears the ball and it lands right at the feet of the right-winger, who thread's it through to the Argie striker who dummy's the defender and passes it across goal to his teammate who slots home to break the deadlock. 1-0!
90 - 2-0 NOW! Korea have been dreadfull since conceding, and a piece of sloppy clearing following a corner results in the Argentina striker latching onto the ball and curling the ball around the goalkeeper. 2-0!
HT: 0-0
FT: 2-0

Table After Match 2

|P|Team |W|D|L|GF|GA|GD|Pts|
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|1|Argentina |2|0|0|3 |0 |3 |6 |
|2|Korea Republic|1|1|0|4 |3 |1 |4 |
|3|Greece |0|1|1|2 |4 |-2|1 |
|4|Nigeria |0|0|2|1 |3 |-2|0 |

Argentina v Greece
I completely forgot to note down the key points in this game, however the result finished 0-0 at full time, a bore draw!

Table After Match 3

|P|Team |W|D|L|GF|GA|GD|Pts|
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|1|Argentina |2|1|0|3 |0 |3 |7 |
|2|Greece |1|2|0|4 |3 |1 |5 |
|3|Nigeria |1|0|2|3 |3 |0 |3 |
|4|Korea Republic|0|1|2|2 |6 |-4|1 |