FIFA World Cup 2010 Super Sunday Soccer Argentina v Mexico 20:30 Local Time

The Match

Argentina-Mexico, Johannesburg (Soccer City)

In the other match today we see two more FIFA World Cup Giants battle it out for a place in the next round. Argentina qualified for the final 16 in glorious style winning all 3 of their group match’s despite difficulties in the early stages of qualification to the tournament. Mexico made it to the final 16 as second place to Uraguay and having helped in providing France with an early dispatch from the tournament.

Maradona, the Argentine coach, has the luxury of a fully fit squad with no suspensions. The team is playing well and seem to have shaken off any memories of the trouble’s they had in qualifying.

Mexico, with the memory of a great victory over France after a shaky start when drawing against the host nation, will be looking to recreate the same form and will certainly have to in order to compete with a seemingly unstoppable Argentina.

“We’re going to give Mexico the respect they deserve because, in spite of losing against Uruguay, they know exactly what they’re doing. We will try to get at them and look for their weaknesses. They will have to respect my players as well because we’re putting together a very good tournament and we’ll give everything for the shirt,” Diego Maradona, Argentina coach.

“It’s Argentina, but so what? There is always a lot of pessimism in Mexico. Unfortunately sometimes we don’t believe in ourselves and we don’t have that extra self-belief that other teams have. We need to change that mindset. Argentina can be beaten and that’s the way we need to approach the game,” Rafael Marquez, Mexico captain.