Date/Time: Jun 27, 2010, Sunday, 19:30GMT
Competition: FIFA World Cup
Live/Repeat: Live
Venue: Ellis Park, Johannesburg
One of the most exciting World Cup football match is going to happen within few hours. Argentina? Mexico? Who will laugh ultimately? No doubt no team will stop until their last effort. After all its World Cup. No matter where you are but do not miss this challenging, colourful football war.
Argentina vs Mexico Match Preview
Once again, Argentina and Mexico will face each other to see who makes it to the Last eight. Four years ago, Maxi Rodriguez gave Argentina a much suffered victory, will history repeat this Sunday?
Diego Maradona is leading Argentina to one of its best performances in the last decades. Three matches played, three victories and 7 goals scored, the Albiceleste is indeed a solid candidate for the title, but a step should be walked at a time, and to prove their worth they'll need to stand against Mexico's electric play. For this matter Mexico is expected to display a versatile formation, with a three or four-man back line to strengthen midfield's play. Former Argentinean Guillermo Franco will be the only striker in the squad (Vera might join him if he fully recovers), forcing Giovani Dos Santos to put his wits to work to earn Mexico its first victory against Argentina in a World Championship.
Argentina vs Mexico: Maradona's illusion
During the first week in South Africa, Maradona declared the world championship won't begin until the round of 16, where "no mistakes will be allowed". Having found the perfect starting eleven after the first three matches, there have only been two modifications from the first match against Nigeria: Nicolas Otamendi has taken over Jonas Gutierrez place leading the advance in the right band, and Maxi Rodriguez - perhaps thanks to his background against Mexico, or maybe thanks to his superior speed - will be replacing Juan Sebastian Veron.
Lionel Messi is confident he'll be able to score his first goal in the competition, but he'll have to face a tough defender he knows since he was a little child in Barcelona, Rafa Marquez. Against Greece it was clearly shown that no man-to-man mark defense is enough against La Pulga. With Carlos Tevez's return to the starting squad Maradona will once again recover the unchallenged speed and ball control needed in the last meters, but the many opportunities granted by Argentina's defense (Especially Martin Demichellis, responsible for the only goal Argentina received up to the moment, as well as offering Giorgios Samaras endless face-to-face situations with Sergio Romero) might pose a problem when facing the Tri.
At least Demichellis was able to redeem himself against Greece, when he used his aerial prowess to give Argentina the first goal. As well as Gabriel Heinze, both Argentina's central backs have shown Albiceleste's weak aerial play is nothing but a myth.
Argentina is one of the deadliest squads in South Africa. No team has shot as many times as the Argentinean (64 against 57 for Brazil), forcing their rival's goalkeeper on 30 occasions. Lionel Messi is the players with most shots (11) though luck has not been on his side. Argentina and Netherlands are the only two teams that have perfect scoring up to now, will this be enough to secure Argentina a ticket for the next stage?
Walter Samuel is not yet fully recovered, but this does not worry Diego Maradona, who knows Roma's Nicolas Burdisso can be a solid replacement for Il Muro. Will young Javier Pastore be given an opportunity against the Tri after a solid performance in the last minutes of last week's match?
... Argentina... And so what?
Mexico's main weakness is, without a shadow of a doubt, its defense. Team's goalkeeper Oscar Perez has been one of the main responsibles for the team to advance for this stage. This will be particularly dangerous against Argentina, so it is expected for Mexico to go for an aggressive formation to keep Argentina busy on their own goal. Arsenal Carlos Vera's return to the squad (He's been experiencing some problems in its right leg since the French game and thus he was unable to perform against Uruguay) will sharpen team's offense, as well as Efrain Juarez's presence in the back line will offer additional securities to face La Liga's top strikers.
Mexico will try to overwhelm Argentina from the wings, as Maxi Rodriguez and Di Maria will be busy trying to lead the team towards Tri's goal. As long as Dos Santos is given space to create, Mexico can surprise and Argentina and find a place within World's best eight, do they have what it takes?
Argentina vs Mexico Live Streams and TV Channels
Country Channels
Algeria ENTV Television Algerienne
Andorra TF1 (HD, 3D)
Angola Televisao Publica de Angola
Argentina Canal 9, DirecTV Latin America (HD), Canal 7
Australia SBS One Australia (HD, 3D)
Austria RTL Television
Brazil ESPN Brasil (HD), SporTV Brasil (HD), Globo TV (HD, 3D), ESPN HD Brasil (HD)
Cameroon Cameroon Radio Television
Canada CBC (HD, 3D), CBC Sports Live Streaming, CBC Bold (HD), ABC (HD), Societe Radio-Canada (HD, 3D), Telelatino
Cape Verde Televisao de Cabo Verde
Caribbean SportsMax
Central African Republic Tele Centrafrique
Chile DirecTV Latin America (HD), TVN Online
China China Central Television CCTV (HD), China Central Television Broadband
Congo Television Nationale Congolaise
Costa Rica Repretel - Canal 4, Canal 6, Canal 11
Ecuador DirecTV Latin America (HD)
England BBC Sport Broadband
Finland YLE Broadband
France TF1 (HD, 3D)
French Guiana TF1 (HD, 3D)
French Polynesia TF1 (HD, 3D)
Germany RTL Television
Ghana TV3 Ghana, Metro TV, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Greece ERT Greece
Honduras Televicentro Honduras, Sky Latin America (HD)
Hong Kong i-Cable Sports (HD)
India ESPN Star Sports
International FIFA.com
Ireland RTE Ireland (HD)
Italy Sky Italia (HD, 3D)
Ivory Coast Radiodiffusion Television Ivorienne
Japan SKY PerfecTV (HD, 3D)
Korea SBS Korea (HD, 3D)
Malaysia Radio Televisyen Malaysia
Mexico Sky Latin America (HD), Televisa Mexico (HD), TV Azteca (HD)
Middle East Al Jazeera Sports Broadband, Al Jazeera Sports (HD, 3D)
Monaco TF1 (HD, 3D)
Mozambique Televisao de Mocambique
Netherlands NOS Television Netherlands (HD)
Paraguay Canal 9 Paraguay
Peru Andina de Television (HD)
Portugal SporTV Portugal (HD), RTP Radio Televisao Portuguesa (HD, 3D)
Russia Russia State Television
Senegal Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise
Singapore MioTV Singtel (HD), Starhub (HD)
Slovakia Slovenska Televizia
Slovenia Radiotelevizija Slovenija (HD)
South Africa SuperSport Broadband
Spain Cuatro (HD), Canal + Liga Espana (HD, 3D)
Thailand Bangkok Broadcasting TV, Thai TV3
Turkey TRT Turkey
UK TalkSport Radio, BBC HD (HD)
Uruguay DirecTV Latin America (HD), Canal 10 Uruguay
USA Univision (HD), ESPN Deportes (HD), ESPN Mobile TV, ABC (HD), ESPN 3D USA (HD, 3D), Univision Futbol (HD), Futbol de Primera Radio, ESPN Radio
Venezuela Meridiano Television
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