World Cup scally wags Argentina put on a thrilling performance for all of 10 minutes against a peppy looking Nigeria side.
For the most part, some guy called Lionel Messi, whoever he is, bossed play about for the most part of the first ten, with little more than 77 shots in that space of time. One of those shots was wonderfully saved, and pushed out for a corner. 152 year old midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron played a beautiful cross onto the head of Gabriel Heinze, who duefully powered the header home. And that, for the first half at least, was that.
Argentina shut up shop early, and Nigeria didn't really know the rules. You felt sorry for the Africans, who passed the ball about willy nilly, without any consideration for how to score.
After the half time, Nigeria came straight out and attacked. Clearly they'd read the rules, or watched some highlights involving South Korea, because they started to shoot. The shots weren't on target, but you knew they were giving it their all.
And God bless 'em, they tried to play excitingly. Thats more than we can say for Argentina. They were boring.
The whistle blew, and pirate captain look-a-like Diego Maradona hopped off the port bow, and took a swig from his bottle of rum that he had attached to his belt, before making Messi walk the plank.
At the end of all this, a star has been born. Lionel Messi hasn't recieved any praise this season. But if he can come out of the unknown like that, then I cannot wait to see who Serbia produce.
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