Almost as much as the US-England showdown this afternoon, I think this Argentina-Nigeria game should be one of the best of the group stage, if not the whole tournament.
Surprise, surprise, Argentina came out flying and defender Gabriel Heinze scored in the 6th minute off a corner kick. His header went in the top shelf for a 1-0 lead.
Here are the starting 11's:
Argentina
G
22Sergio Romero
CD-L
13Walter Samuel
CD-R
2Martín Demichelis
LB
6Gabriel Heinze
RB
17Jonás Gutiérrez
LM
14Javier Mascherano
RM
8Juan Sebastián Verón
F
9Gonzalo Higuaín
RCF
10Lionel Messi
AM-L
7Ángel Di María
AM-R
11Carlos Tévez
Nigeria
G
1Vincent Enyeama
CD-L
6Danny Shittu
CD-R
2Joseph Yobo
LB
3Taye Taiwo
RB
17Chidi Odiah
CM
15Lukman Haruna
LM
14Sani Kaita
RM
20Dickson Etuhu
F
19Chinedu Ogbuke
LF
8Yakubu Aiyegbeni
RF
18Victor Obinna
Higuain and Messi (you might have heard of him) already have had great chances too although Nigeria has put a few juicy crosses into the box. Nigeria is one of the few teams that can match up Argentina's absurd skill.
1-0 in the 14th minute, I am looking forward to a very free-flowing offensive game with some funny shots of Maradona on the sideline.
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