Recap + Argentina vs South Korea

Afternoon Emiratweeters! After being away for a day due to traveling i bring to you a much rejuvenated writer and the competition seems to be underway with the second round of matches. Spain Lost, South Africa humbled and Switzerland on top of the World? or just the European champions. We kick off today at Johannesburg with one of the favourites-Argentina looking to book their place in the next round of the competition against Korea. There has been allot of talk about the M & M show (Messi and Maradona) and they will continue to dominate the headlines for obvious reasons. However, I wonder how Argentina will fair in the later stages without one player that can win you a game on breaking up the oppositions play and distributing the ball simply to one of the more attacking players. That player is the experienced Cambiasso and having just won the Champions league,the Cup and Seria A only time will tell whether the “invisible wall”will be missed in Maradonas side. Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain scored a hat-trick as Argentina saw off South Korea at Soccer City to all but book their place in the last 16 of the World Cup.The in form striker has the tendency and strikers instinct to be in the right place at the right time and displayed his attributes today. Park Chu-young’s own goal was not the start South Korea had in mind and Argentina continued to display wave after wave of the Ski blue flair.The fans were treated to some real fluent two touch football that the tournaments been yearning and it goes back to basics which I’m sure Maradona has reminded the players that simplicity is key to the eye because if you try to hard like Spain did yesterday it over complicates the rhythm and looks desperate.But with half-time looming, Dimichelis handed South Korea an unlikely lifeline. Caught between deciding to clear his lines or pass back to his goalkeeper he did neither, and Lee nipped in to steal the ball off him and superbly finish past the advancing Sergio Romero. Both teams traded attacks but Maradona emphasised the depth in the squad by modestly bringing on Sergio Aguero-his son in law and replaced the “pitbull” Carlos Tevez-whos hard work and determination is an example to any youngster who wishes to learn the art of Closing down and defending from the front line.. Aguero didn’t take long to settle as Argentina added the icing on the cake moments later as Higuain wrapped up his hat-trick with a close-range header after Aguero’s unselfish cross from Messi’s flick carved South Korea’s defence to pieces.

South Korea head coach Huh Jung-moo could only watch and admire but would still be confident of qualification after the positive signs displayed over the two games. Argentina 4 South Korea 1