Group B : Argentina magic

Argentina as expected no major problems facing the challenges of group B when they successes all the matches to emerge the winner. Scramble for second place between three teams eventually shocked by the Asian nation South Korea after collecting four points as a result of a win, a draw and a lose. Nigeria is expected to stand at the tournament failed to prove when they two times lost and a draw to end at the bottom of the group.

South Korea soccer king Asia
South Korea win easy against former European champions Greece 2-0 which is the first win team at this competition when two matches previously finish by draw.

Korea get the first goal from Lee Jung-soo after collect a ball from Huh Jung Moo free kick, he was unmarked shoot the ball into the net in 7th minute.

Park Ji-sung adding Greece wounds when his solo runs of scoring seven minutes after half-time starts. South Korea defeats Greece to extend its records without scoring a goal or a point along the two World Cup appearances.

Heinze golden header
Argentina started the World Cup campaign with 1-0 win by a nose over Nigeria. Lionel Messi became the focus and hope for his country after named World Best Player 2009.

Argentina gets the early goal header from Heinze collecting Veron corner kick ball in the sixth minute, the goal was enough to escort them to collect full point’s victory over Korea, which began early.

Lionel Messi the World Best Player has a number of opportunities but failed to complete due to the efficiency of Nigerian goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama..

Argentina superb, Higuan Hat-trickHiguan scored the first hat-trick since Pauleta scored a hat-trick Portugal against Poland at the World Cup in 2002. This goal also first for Argentina since Gabriel Batistuta against Jamaica in 1998.

Argentina get the first goal from own goal by Korean players in the 16th minute followed by a second goal from Higuan at minute 33. Before half-time stretch apart Korea narrowed the score by Lee Choong Yong goal in the 45th minute.

In the second half, Argentina continued to press South Korea to the fortress secured two more goals both from Higuan at minute 75 and 79. This victory lightens their path to the second round, while South Korea needs to win the match with Nigeria to confirm the second round.

The first victory of Greece
Greece welcomed their first victory in the World Cup since 1994 because they never win any games during the two last appearances in the World Cup.

The victory was the good news to the Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou who postponed press conference at the EU conference in Brussels alone to watch this matches.

"The boys made us proud," Papandreou said. “At a time when Greece has had a lot of bad press recently (due to the debt crisis), I think it was a very important revival for all of us.”

First of Nigeria is in front of Kalu Uche goal in minutes to 16. But the pace began to come apart when Nigeria Sani Kaita booked red card on 33 minutes.

Greece to use the opportunity to play against 10 mans with equalize from goal of Salpingidis a minute before half-time ends. Vassilis Torosidis poked home a loose ball in the 71st minute after a mistake from Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama to make history for Greece, which had lost all four previous World Cup matches, including three in 1994.

The first Asian team to qualify for knockout stageSouth Korea book their ticket to the second round for the first time outside South Korea ranked second after the Group B. Their last match-ending 2-2 draw against Nigeria.

Nigeria starts with a list of vivid sensation of their players Nwanko Kanu for the first time; they get a first goal at minute 12 through Kalu Uche.

Nigeria to continue the pattern of attacks, but only two times out of 11 attempts shot on goal. In South Korea, the pressure equalization could steal goal by Lee Jung Soo minutes to 38.

In the second half, Korea leads Nigeria for the first time through Park Chu Young free kick on 49th minutes. But they failed to defend it when Nigeria scored a penalty in the 69th minute through Yakubu Aiyegbeni. Position remained until the end of the game with a 2-2 draw.

Argentina top of the group
Martin Demichelis and Martin Palermo scored second-half goals Tuesday to help Argentina beat Greece 2-0 at the World Cup and earn the two-time world champions first place in Group B.

Maradona made seven changes to the lineup that beat South Korea 4-1 five days earlier. Captain Javier Mascherano and strikers Carlos Tevez and Gonzalo Higuain were all benched. However, Messi did start and he was given the captain's armband for the first time.

Demichelis scored from short range in the 77th minute after his header bounced off teammate Diego Milito and back into his path. Palermo doubled the score in the 89th from a rebound after Greece goalkeeper Alexandros Tzorvas saved a shot by Lionel Messi.
It sent Argentina into the knockout phase to face Mexico full of confidence on the back of three successive wins as Greece's best defensive efforts ultimately proved to be in vain. South Korea's 2-2 draw with Nigeria put them through as Group B runners-up.

"We are doing our duty. We are defending the Argentine jersey,” Argentina coach Diego Maradona said. “Mexico is not going to be easy, a very difficult opponent. But we are calm and we are going to receive Mexico with all the respect Mexico deserves.”