Group B (Argentina, Greece, Nigeria, South Korea)

[Shaggy]

Argentina:

Goalkeepers: Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar), Mariano Andujar (Catania), Diego Pozo (Colon)

Defenders: Nicolas Burdisso (Roma), Martin Demichelis (Bayern Munich), Walter Samuel (Inter Milan), Gabriel Heinze (Marseille), Nicolas Otamendi (Vélez Sarsfield), Clemente Rodriguez (Estudiantes), Ariel Garce (Colon)

Midfielders: Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Juan Sebastian Veron (Estudiantes), Maximiliano Rodriguez (Liverpool), Mario Bolatti (Fiorentina), Angel Di Maria (Benfica), Jonas Gutierrez (Newcastle), Javier Pastore (Palermo)

Strikers: Sergio Aguero (Atlético Madrid), Diego Milito (Internazionale), Martin Palermo (Boca Juniors), Carlos Tevez (Manchester City), Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid), Lionel Messi (Barcelona)


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Greece:

Goalkeepers: Michalis Sifakis (Aris Salonika), Alexandros Tzorvas (Panathinaikos), Kostas Chalkias (PAOK Salonika)

Defenders: Giorgos Seitaridis (Panathinaikos), Loukas Vintra (Panathinaikos), Evangelos Moras (Bologna), Socrates Papastathopoulos (Genoa), Sotiris Kyrgiakos (Liverpool), Avraam Papadopoulos (Olympiakos), Vasilis Torosidis (Olympiakos), Nikos Spiropoulos (Panathinaikos), Stelios Malezas (PAOK Salonika)

Midfielders: Kostas Katsouranis (Panathinaikos), Alexandros Tziolis (Siena), Giorgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos), Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos), Christos Patsatzoglou (Omonia), Sakis Prittas (Aris Salonika), Tonto 'Paddy' Papadopolous (Shamrock Rovers)

Strikers: Angelos Charisteas (Nuremberg), Dimitris Salpigidis (Panathinaikos), Pantelis Kapetanos (Steaua Bucharest), Theofanis Gekas (Hertha Berlin), Giorgos Samaras (Celtic)


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Nigeria:

Goalkeepers: Dele Aiyenugba (Bnei Yehuda), Austin Ejide (Hapoel Petah Tikvah), Vincent Enyeama (Hapoel Tel Aviv)

Defenders: Dele Adeleye (Sparta Rotterdam), Rabiu Afolabi (Red Bull Salzburg), Elderson Echiejile (Stade Rennes), George Agdgdgwngo (Grenoble), Chidi Odiah (CSKA Moscow), Danny ****tu (Bolton Wanderers), Taye Taiwo (Olympique Marseille), Joseph Yobo (Everton)

Midfielders: Yusuf Ayila (Dynamo Kiev), Dickson Etuhu (Fulham), Sani Kaita (Alania Vladikavhaz), Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth), Haruna Lukman (Monaco), John Obi Mikel (Chelsea), Kalu Uche (Almeria), John Utaka (Portsmouth)

Strikers: Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Everton), Obafemi Martins (VfL Wolfsburg), Obinna Nsofor (Malaga), Chinedu Obasi (Hoffenheim), Peter Odemwingie (Lokomotiv Moscow)

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South Korea:

Goalkeepers: Kim Young-kwang (Ulsan), Lee Woon-jae (Suwon), Jung Sung-ryong (Seongnam)

Defenders: Kim Dong-jin (Ulsan), Kim Hyung-il (Pohang), Oh Beom-seok (Ulsan), Lee Young-pyo (Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia), Lee Jung-soo (Kashima, Japan), Cha Doo-ri (Freiburg, Germany) Cho Yong-hyung (Jeju), Kang Min-soo (Suwon)

Midfielders: Ki Sung-yong (Celtic, Scotland), Kim Bo-kyung (Oita, Japan), Kim Nam-il (Tomsk, Russia), Kim Jae-sung (Pohang), Kim Jung-woo (Gwangju), Lee Chung-yong (Bolton, England), Park Ji-sung (Manchester United, England)

Strikers: Park Chu-young (Monaco, France), Ahn Jung-hwan (Dalian, China), Lee Seung-ryul (Seoul), Yeom Ki-hun (Suwon), Lee Dong-gook (Jeonbuk)

Saturday, June 12

12.30pm - South Korea v Greece - ITV 
3pm - Argentina v Nigeria - BBC 


Thursday, June 17

12.30pm - Argentina v South Korea - ITV 
3pm - Greece v Nigeria - BBC 


Tuesday, June 22

7.30pm - Nigeria v South Korea - BBC 
7.30pm - Greece v Argentina - BBC

[elrichio86]

Tonto 'Paddy' Papadopolous (Shamrock Rovers)

George Agdgdgwngo (Grenoble)

Oh Beom-seok (Ulsan)

is apparently real

[Matt]

George Agdgdgwngo

There's a lot of Lee's and Kim's in that Korea squad.

[Craig_H]

Shaggy playing silly buggers in a few of these group threads

[Pablo]

http://www.teachinternational.com/images/destinations/flags/southkorea.gif

South Korea:

Defenders: Kim Dong-jin (Ulsan), Kim Hyung-il (Pohang), Oh Beom-seok (Ulsan), Lee Young-pyo (Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia), Lee Jung-soo (Kashima, Japan), Cha Doo-ri (Freiburg, Germany) Cho Yong-hyung (Jeju), Kang Min-soo (Suwon)

Easy to see how this brown-noser made it into the squad

[Neil Young]

I didn't realise both Koreas had qualified.

In the unlikely event they get through, when would South Korea meet North Korea?

It would make for an interesting final, especially if decided in extra time, or on penalties, or by first strike nuclear attack.

[Fernandinho]

I didn't realise both Koreas had qualified.

In the unlikely event they get through, when would South Korea meet North Korea?

It would make for an interesting final, especially if decided in extra time, or on penalties, or by first strike nuclear attack.

[SK]

if argentina have a weak spot it's the goalkeepers..i've never heard of any of them

[Fernandinho]

that makes them automatically **** lol?

[SK]

that makes them automatically **** lol?

did i say they were ****? i said "if they have a weak spot" it's them, and by looking at their team which is full of fantastic talent, their 3 goalies don't inspire much confidence do they?

well see how they do in the tournement..

[RedReet]

did i say they were ****? i said "if they have a weak spot" it's them, and by looking at their team which is full of fantastic talent, their 3 goalies don't inspire much confidence do they?

well see how they do in the tournement..

Romero is good on FM. Their defence (bar Masch) is **** as a whole.

[dww]

I know it sounds odd but I think people will be surprised by how good Argentina are at the World cup, a lot of people seem to be quit critical of them. Maradonna looks like he has been a mentalist but he has established a pattern of play and it is worth remembering that they were struggling to qualify before he took over. They look more united now and if Aguero or Messi ignite I think they are good shouts for the win.

[RedReet]

Does he play his Aguero now though? The first few games I watched he didn't get a look in.

[SK]

Romero is good on FM. Their defence (bar Masch) is **** as a whole.

like i've said i haven't heard a lot about their goalkeepers, i have heard about Romero before one or twice but nothing else bar his name

he might have a good tournament, who knows but on paper that's their weakest link imo.

the defence with burdisso, demichelis,walter samuel and heinze looks more than decent imo.

[RedReet]

like i've said i haven't heard a lot about their goalkeepers, i have heard about Romero before one or twice but nothing else bar his name

he might have a good tournament, who knows but on paper that's their weakest link imo.

the defence with burdisso, demichelis,walter samuel and heinze looks more than decent imo.

Is that using your ‘heard of them’ criteria?

Nah, Burdisso has never really impressed me any time I’ve seen him play. Heinze looked a shadow of the player he was when leaving Madrid, although for all I know he might have played brilliantly in France last year. Samuel is a quality player and seemed to settle well back in Italy, but unfortunately I seen more of him when he played at Madrid. And Demichelis was just an accident waiting to happen against United.