Thursday, 17 June 2010 08:24
If one of these sides win today, that side can be pretty confident that they will be playing in the last 16 of the 2010 World Cup and if there isn't a winner in the match between Greece and Nigeria later - they will be confirmed as the first team to qualify for the last sixteen.
We don't think that will happen and we will have to wait for a cracking match between Nigeria and South Korea - because one of those will win today and one is going to lose.
You don't need to be a genius to work it out, but it will make this group pretty exciting.
Prediction
This is going to be a good match and I was pleasantly surprised in the way that South Korea beat Greece in the first match but it was Greece - the worst team I have seen in the World Cup this time round.
Because of that and because they are playing Mad Maradona and Magic Messi, I have to say that Argentina are going to win because along with Spain and Brazil, Argentina have become one of our tournament favourites.
View from the Opposition
Argentina defender, Jonas Gutierrez
It was a little worrying that we couldn't score a second [goal] but Nigeria made it a little difficult for us. More importantly I feel that we played well. We have gained confidence from these three points, now we are focusing on the second game.
South Korea midfielder, Kim Nam-Il
To be honest we are a little nervous heading into the match-up with Argentina as they have some of the world's best players. But we are not intimidated by their qualities and we have unwavering confidence in ourselves. They may boast Messi, but we can count on captain Park Ji-Sung to lead us to a good result.
End Notes
We would like both of these teams to go through but we also want a win today and we think it will be Argentina. We also think Argentina are one of the favourites but we also think Maradona might implode and it might all go wrong. If he does it will be him making a decision that nobody understands and Maradona will be found out.
I hope it doesn't happen, but I think Maradona will think too much.
World Cup 2010 Group B Table
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Korea |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 Argentina |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Nigeria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
 Greece |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
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Final World Cup 2010 Group Tables
A
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Uruguay |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
 Mexico |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 South Africa |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
 France |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
B
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| South Korea |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| Greece |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| Nigeria |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
C
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
 England |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
 Slovenia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
 Algeria |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
D
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Germany |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
 Ghana |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
 Australia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
 Serbia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
E
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Netherlands |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
 Japan |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
 Denmark |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
 Cameroon |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
F
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Paraguay |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
 Slovakia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
 New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Italy |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
G
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brazil |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
 Portugal |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
 Ivory Coast |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Korea DPR |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -11 | 0 |
H
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spain |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
 Chile |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
 Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
 Honduras |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
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