**Official Match Thread - Nigeria v Argentina**

[perseus]

Albion 1 Plymouth 0

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Ponytails on men are obviously still big in Argentina.

Where's the justice when George Best, Ryan Giggs etc never get to play in a World Cup but Danny Shittu and Dickson Etuhu do?

 

[FKalinx]

Just watching the game over the internet. Nigeria have some very good players - i would like to see some strong and pacy africans in our squad next year. Lua Lua and some solid central midfielder general. They'd obviously need to be counterbalanced with some latino flair too.

 

[The Wizard]

FOUL THROW, why does it never get noticed by the ref?

 

[The Wizard]

Superb save.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Sign that Goalkeeper up, he looks too chunky to be a professional footballer but he's amazing.

 

[nwgull]

Sign that Goalkeeper up, he looks too chunky to be a professional footballer but he's amazing.

Premiership clubs already interested in him, can see why!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Maradona seems to have spent most of the half arguing with the fourth official.

 

[The Wizard]

Maradona seems to have spent most of the half arguing with the fourth official.

Talking of Maradona, what a hypocrite..

BBC Sport - Football - World Cup 2010: Maradona calls for fair play

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Oooh, I've just spied an early contender for ugliest player of the tournament: Angel di Maria of Argentina.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Adebayor is very difficult to understand, which you'd have thought the BBC would consider something of a handicap in a TV analyst.

 

[perseus]

12 yard diving header from Heinze on 6 minutes.

From Juan Veron's resulting corner Gabriel Heinze sends in a bullet header which defender Chidi Odiah, standing on the line, can't keep out. Great header, terrible marking.

 

[Lush]

Is that Jurgen Klinsmann in the studio?

Looks like Martina Navratilova.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Is that Jurgen Klinsmann in the studio?

Looks like Martina Navratilova.

I love Jurgen Klinsmann, he's great at least you can understand him, and he's not as boring as Alan Shearer.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Who set up the Argie goal?

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Messi wunnit.

 

[The Wizard]

Messi is shit.

 

[FKalinx]

Argentina are poo at the back. They won't win tournament if they don't shore up their defences.

 

[The Wizard]

What a move that was, unlucky.

 

[pasty]

Argentina are poo at the back. They won't win tournament if they don't shore up their defences.

Fortunately for them, Nigeria are poo up front