Asian soccer star, London – Argentina beat Nigeria in a convincing 1-0 victory that should have seen Maradona‘s men put at least 3 or 4 goals in the back of the net. Lionel Messi saw sight of goal a number of times only to be stopped by some fine saves from Nigeria’s in-form goal keeper Vincent Enyeama.
As Germany’s ex-International Jurgen Klinsmann so eloquently put it, “It was an impressive performance by Argentina, they controlled the game for long periods and could have been 3-0 or 4-0 up by half-time. It was risky, because Nigeria had chances in the second half, but they deserved to win.”
Messi lived up to his reputation and the crowd sensed something would happen every time he got the ball. If Maradona has done one thing well, he’s managed to give the whole team an emotional uplift and confidence that they can win this world cup.
Where the living legend lacks in tactical understanding he more than makes up in providing the glue to gel the team together. As they say, ‘ the proof is in the pudding ‘ and we wait and see if Argentina can get better with each game or lose direction trying.
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