Group B of the 2010 FIFA World Cup turned out to be more of a one sided match in its first day debut.
Rather than having draws like Group A, the teams in Group B showed that a team can win in the World Cup.
The first match which was at 4:30 a.m. (and I was able to get up to see a bit of) had South Korea facing off with Greece.
South Korea took a early 1-0 lead after Lee Jung Soo scored a goal off his head from a corner kick in the first seven minutes.
The Koreans maintained the one goal differential for the remainder of the half.
Seven minutes into the second half, the Koreans scored again.
This time the team had Park Ji Sung grab the 2-0 lead when he took away the ball from one of the Greece defenders and scored against the goal keeper with little pressure.
2-0 would be the fine result of the match, and South Korea grabbed three points.
The second match had Argentina vs. Nigeria.
Many people and including myself predicted a Argentina blow out.
Argentina has what most people would consider the best player in the world,Lionel Messi.
But it did not matter to the Nigerians, instead it was a surprisingly 1-0 victory in favor of Argentina.
The only goal of the match came in the first six minutes of the match when Gabriel Heinze scored off one of the Argentina's corner kicks.
Give Nigeria's goalkeeper a lot off credit. The guy was not scared to get his hands dirty, because he was diving and jumping all over the place to deflect all of what should been goals for Argentina.
This game could have been easily a 6-0 win for Argentina, but Nigeria was saved of the embarrassment by their goalkeeper.
Group B now standing: Argentina and South Korea with three points each and Greece and Nigeria with zero points.
Next matches in Group B: Argentina vs. South Korea at 4:30 a.m. and Greece vs. Nigeria at 7 a.m. Both games are on June 17.
I am going to pick Argentina to win this group, and with South Korea winning today, than I have them as the second team to come out of this group.
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