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06-22-2010, 10:16 PM
c/p from espn
Associated Press
POLOKWANE, South Africa -- Look out, world. Even playing mostly backups Argentina looks good.
Martin Demichelis and Martin Palermo scored second-half goals Tuesday as Argentina beat Greece 2-0 at the World Cup to win Group B.
Coach Diego Maradona replaced seven starters from the Albiceleste lineup that ran up a 4-1 victory over South Korea -- the other team to make it out of the group -- but it didn't matter much. Argentina still won its third straight game.
"We're showing ourselves that many of the things you (journalists) said were wrong," Maradona said, referring to predictions that his team, which struggled in South American qualifying, would do the same in South Africa.
"The players leave everything they have on the pitch, they're 100 percent professionals and they make the people happy."
Associated Press
POLOKWANE, South Africa -- Look out, world. Even playing mostly backups Argentina looks good.
Martin Demichelis and Martin Palermo scored second-half goals Tuesday as Argentina beat Greece 2-0 at the World Cup to win Group B.
Coach Diego Maradona replaced seven starters from the Albiceleste lineup that ran up a 4-1 victory over South Korea -- the other team to make it out of the group -- but it didn't matter much. Argentina still won its third straight game.
"We're showing ourselves that many of the things you (journalists) said were wrong," Maradona said, referring to predictions that his team, which struggled in South American qualifying, would do the same in South Africa.
"The players leave everything they have on the pitch, they're 100 percent professionals and they make the people happy."