The Group B of the World Cup 2010, will see again an Argentina - Nigeria like in the WC 1994 and 2002 as well as in the Olympic Games 1996. In addition to these two contenders, Greece (European Champion 2004) and South Korea have also been drawn in this group.

NIGERIA
The Super Eagles return from afar - Last guests of this world in the African qualifying zone, Nigerians did get their visa for South Africa, thanks to Mozambique defeating Tunisia 1-0 in the last fixture of the group.

One question that all football fans are asking " Is Nigeria back to the top like in the mid 90s? We'll know more during this coming African Nations Cup. For now the "Green and White" have shown us some potential in the past 18 months but the fans still need to be convinced. The midfield is still an orphan of the metronome "Okocha" and uses Mikel Obi in a role that is not his. The Chelsea midfielder is so much more comfortable in a defensive midfield role. By cons, when speaking of potential and talent of the Nigerian side ... they do exist. The team that beat France 1-0 at St Etienne in 2009 with several players missing.

footballproafrica.com specialists think that Nigeria is back. Despite a fairly young group of defenders led by an experienced Joseph Yobo (Everton) the team can count on the talented goal keeper, Vicent Enyama. But most of all, the strength of this West African squad comes from their unpredictable midfielders. When players like Uche brothers, Kalu and Ikechukwu Victor Obinah and Peter Odemwingie are inspired, Nigeria can suprise any team.

ARGENTINA
Argentina is one of the top team in the World when it gets to list the indivudual players and their skills ! But the "Albiceleste" has struggle in the qualifying round and finished 4th in the race to the World Cup! Argentina hashas 23 stars that many teams fear. But as for France, this squad needs to play as a team to excel.

Such as Nigeria, Argentina has a huge offensive potential, which promises a great game between the two countries. Footballproafrica.com specialists thinks that "Argentina remains Argentina" despite the recent struggle. But Diego Maradona team is not invincible - And that was again proved during the last friendly they lost 1-2 against Spain.

SOUTH KOREA
South Korea will again be part of the World top sport event in 2010! Their cohesive game will remind us of Mexico.  A team well organized, difficult to maneuver that maintains a high tempo throughout the game.

Accustomed to the FIFA World Cup Final stage, South Korea will have no pressure. The team has more quality players than before, a dozen  exporting t heir skills to the best European leagues: Cha Du-Ri, Freiburg's defender (Germany), Kim Dong-Jin, Zenit St. Petersburg's defender (Russia), Park Ji-Sung, midfielder at Manchester United (England) and captain of the Korean National squad, and Park Chu-Young, Monaco striker (France) are amongst others.

Koreans players have already proved that we can count on them - Their recent friendly results speak by themselves: 3 months ago  they won 1-0 in Seoul against Paraguay, 3 - 1 against Australia, and 2-0 against Senegal. And more recently they drew 0-0 in Denmark before losing 1-0 to Serbia in London.

GREECE
The 2004 European champion was once again called for a global competition, despite some difficulties during the playoff stages. very cohesive, well organized, Greece still has a weak point - its heroes of the Portuguese Euro are 6 years older. Greece has were hstruggle to win the World Cup ticket this time, defeating Ukraine (0-0;0-1) in the playoff stage. But the worse is that the qualifying campaign was more than mediocre. Greece for example, won only 2-1 in Athens against Luxemburg, drew in Moldova 1-1, or even lost 1-2 against Switzerland at home!

In this very tough group, according to our experts footballproafrica.com, it will be very difficult for the European squad to take one of the top two spots. But in football nothing is impossible! Who would have thought in 2004 that Greece was going to win against Portugal (twice), France and the Czech Republic?

Footballproafrica.com quote for the qualification to the second round
Argentina   70%
Nigeria   50%
South Korea   50%
Greece   30%

List of Nigerian players used during the 2009 fixtures

Vincent ENYEAMA, Hapoël Tel-Aviv, L1 Israël
Austin EJIDE, Hapoël Petah Tikva, L1 Israël
Dele AIYENUGBA, Bnei Yehoudah, L1 Israël

Onyekachi APAM, OGC Nice , L1 France
Taye TAIWO, Marseille, L1 France
Joseph YOBO, Everton FC, L1 England
Obinna NWANERI, FC Sion, L1 Switzerland
Danny SHITTU, Bolton Wanderers, L1 England
Chidi ODIAH, CSKA Moscou, L1 Russie
Mohammed YUSUF, FC Sion, L1 Switzerland
Olubayo ADEFEMI, US Boulogne, L1 France
Uwa ECHIEJILE, Rennes, L1 France
Dele ADELEYE, Sparta Rotterdam, L1 The Netherlands

John OBI MIKEL, Chelsea, L1 England
Seyi OLOFINDJANA, Hull City, L1 England
Sani KAITA, Kuban Krasnodar, L1 Russia
Dickson ETUHU, Fulham, L1 England
Yusuf AYILA, Dinamo Kiev, L1 Ukraine
Kalu UCHE, Almeria, L1 Spain
Nwankwo KANU, Portsmouth, L1 England
Ebenezer AJILORE, Groningen, L1 The Netherlands

Ikechukwu UCHE, Saragossa, L1 Spain
Victor OBINNA NSOFOR, Malaga, L1 Spain
Peter ODEMWINGIE, Lokomotiv Moscow, L1 Russia
Obafemi MARTINS, Wolfsburg, L1 Germany
Yakubu AIYEGBENI, Everton, L1 England
Chinedu OGBUKE, Hoffenheim, L1 Germany
Joseph AKPALA, FC Bruges, L1 Belgium
Michael ENERAMO, Espérance Tunis, L1 Tunisia

Coach/Manager: Lars Lagerbäck (Sweden)