Preview: Nigeria vs. South Korea
June 21st, 2010 | 
Author: Here’s an interesting post from World Cup Soccer – South Africa 2010 about “Preview: Nigeria vs. South Korea” .
THE BIG PICTURE
It’s all been getting rather serious in the Nigeria camp, with Sani Kaita reportedly receiving over 1,000 death threats since his sending off against Greece. Nigeria certainly haven’t had the tournament they planned. Both sides have been swept away by the quality of Argentina but a defeat to Greece has angered many Nigerian fans who felt their side should’ve played much, much better against weaker opposition. Fortunately the group remains wide open and both nations stand a chance of going through to the next stage with a win. Argentina are expected to beat Greece so this affectively becomes a second place cup final. It won’t fill Nigeria with confidence that against Asian opposition, only one African side has ever come out victorious in 8 World Cup attempts, with Cameroon beating Saudi Arabia 1-0 in 2002. They should be spurred on by the fact they still have a chance despite two group losses and will keeping everything crossed that Argentina can do them a favour on the final day.
WHAT’S AT STAKE
Group B Qualification Picture
The good news for the Nigerians: Somehow, despite an atrocious tournament, they can still qualify for the knockout stages, and realistically too, with a win here. The bad news: they are without a win in their last seven World Cup matches, losing six of those in the process. If they want to give themselves a genuine chance they have to turn that stat around. They’ll be expecting more from some of their big Premier League stars like Yakubu whilst everyone by now knows what to expect from the South Koreans. They’ll know they can’t rely on Greece to get them a decent result in the other game, so despite a 3 point advantage over the Nigerians, they know just how important a win is themselves.
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OUR PREDICTION
Despite the romance of Nigeria somehow sneaking through on the final day, I just can’t see them overcoming the South Koreans who are gritty and determined, with a lot of skill to match. They’ll give it a real good go but South Korea will finish 2-1 victors.
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