Thursday, June 10, 2010

Changes in my Group B predictions: Greece will disappoint, Nigeria will shine

As a looked at some of the last few friendlies, I think Nigeria and some of the other African nations will do much better than many of us will predict.

I don't expect good results for Greece and South Korea though.

Here are the changes for my Group B predictions (check out old predictions here):

Greece vs Nigeria 1-3: : I originally had a 1-1 tie for these two teans but after looking at friendly results, I think Nigeria will dominate most of this match. Greece will score at least 1 goal and have some good chances.

Nigeria vs South Korea 2-0: : I don't see South Korea doing very well at all this World Cup. I'm looking more towards Japan or Australia to be the ones to keep Asia in the Round of 16.

Updated standings based on new predictions:

1. Argentina 2-0-1 7 pts 6-2 +4
2. Nigeria 2-0-1 7 pts 6-2 +4
3. Greece 0-2-1 1 pt 2-5 -3
4. South Korea 0-2-1 1 pt 0-5 -5

The only big difference is my view of Greece and South Korea in their match against Nigeria. I think Nigeria, like other African teams, will dominate because of the simple fact that they will be playing on their home continent for the first time for the World Cup.

Argentina and Nigeria would be tied for first place even after all tie breakers so drawing of lots will have be used. Since this is all luck at this point, I put Argentina on top simply because they have a higher rank in the world rankings.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

your view on soccer is a joke!