Argentina Vs Nigeria 2010

Argentina and Nigeria are to play their first match of FIFA World Cup today at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa. Argentina and Nigeria will be playing their first matches of the tournament and fans are already going mad about this. Specially, Argentina, which is also one of the favorite teams of the tournament, is making a huge buzz in print and electronic media. The sports analysts are saying that this will not be an easy match for Argentina team and they better not to take Nigeria a sloppy opponent. Nigeria is an African team, so as being an African team, they might have some edge in this game. They know African soul better than Argentina. Secondly, they will have more support from the crowd in the ground.

This world cup is a huge challenge for Diego Maradona, the coach of Argentina team. Maradona, who took whole three hours to announce his 30-man squad, is facing one of the big challenges of his life. A lot of rumors spread around when Maradona dropped two talented players in the squad. During his press conference, Maradona said that Lionel Messi was the most important player for him in the team and he had a lot of expectations from this player. He, jokingly, said that he would be like a cherry on the cake in this tournament. The other prominent players are Carlos Tevez, Manchester United player, Diego Milito and Gonzalo Higuain.

The first two matches of the tournament ended without any result. A total of three matches will be played today. The other two are between South Korea vs. Greece and England vs. USA.