PE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> 2006: Group C( Group of Death) - Sports - Nigeria NewStats: 3,263,463 , 8,180,207 topics. Date: Friday, 06 June 2025 at 03:30 AM 2006: Group C( Group of Death) - Sports - Nairaland 2006: Group C( Group of Death) (9880 Views) (4) (1) Go Down) Akolawole(m): 1:14pm On Jun 05, 2006 Welcome to group C. Pie1ect and I will give you finish here. I bet it you don't need to listen to Larry Izamoje, Feyi Ogunduyile etc.We will give you all that is needed. You will read what you never know about Messi, Drogba,Van Nilsteroy,Crespo, Boateng etc These is the group:ARGENTINA, HOLLAND, SERBIA & M and IVORY COAST. Welcome on board. spikelord(m): 1:17pm On Jun 05, 2006 You didn't mention Inter Milan's crazy midfielder Dejan Stankovic! Grizzly(m): 1:29pm On Jun 05, 2006 Yeah right Akola, ! just look at the kind of juicy team u selected for urself, !! I no gree o!! well just joking, i'll get to work already, spikelord(m): 1:39pm On Jun 05, 2006 What group d'u belong to Grizzly? Akolawole(m): 1:43pm On Jun 05, 2006 @Grizzzly Not at all. I actually want a group with an African side. I dont want Brazil and to win it. Grizzly(m): 1:43pm On Jun 05, 2006 Yeah right, Spike, Group G, spikelord(m): 2:14pm On Jun 05, 2006 Okay, waiting for you to come up with your thang! Priscila(f): 3:22pm On Jun 05, 2006 Am feeling Argentina and Holland might reach the 1/4 s. Good luck Ivy Coast Wonder kid Messi and Riquelme are a nightmare to my Brazil. hope they dont meet in finals. Grizzly(m): 3:45pm On Jun 05, 2006 hmmmn. Grizzly(m): 6:03pm On Jun 05, 2006 Serbia and Montenegro are also a tough side, do u know they conceeded just a single goal throughout their qualifiers, !!! thats simply scary, Akolawole(m): 8:12pm On Jun 05, 2006 Few of the stars to watch out for: Akolawole(m): 8:13pm On Jun 05, 2006 more: Akolawole(m): 12:06am On Jun 06, 2006 Watch out for this:Messi & Drogba ( Both good players but good divers)Crespo & Drogba ( Chelsea strike patner but now Enemies) andy4wisdom(m): 12:13am On Jun 06, 2006 ;d andy4wisdom(m): 12:22am On Jun 06, 2006 i learnt dat didier drogba is the minister for offside affairs, true? Akolawole(m): 12:28am On Jun 06, 2006 FIXTURES Match 1 : Argentina vs Ivory Coast Match 2 : Serbia Vs Holland Match 3 : Argentina Vs Serbia Match 4 : Holland Vs Ivory coast Match 5 : Holland Vs Argentina Match 6 : Ivory Coast Vs Serbia Akolawole(m): 1:58am On Jun 06, 2006 COUNTRIES FACT FILE Country Name: Serbia & M Country Population: 10.5m Wonderful performance in the qualifiers. Team Captain: Mladen Krstajic( Shalke 04 ) World Cup appearance: None due to break-away from Yugoslavia. Star Man : Nikola Zigic ( world tallest footballer)Extra Do you know that Manchester United 's Vidic has a webbed foot with two toes welded together. Akolawole(m): 2:15am On Jun 06, 2006 2) IVORY COAST Team captain : Didier Drogba Country Population: 17.1 millon Coach: Henry Mitchell [who took over in 2004] World Cup appearance: None ( In fact only became African Champion once in 1992) Other notable players include Arsenal pair of Ebuoe and Toure. Latest result: Ivory coast 3 vs Slovenia 0 [ two goals from Drogba] Akolawole(m): 9:37am On Jun 06, 2006 HOLLAND Poularly called "The Orange boys" Poulation : 16.3 million The country of the Van(s) Van Bronckhorst( Barcelona) Van Persie (Arsenal F.C) Van Nilsteroy (Manchester United) Van Der Sar (Manchester United ) & Team Captain #### Did you know that : 1) Van Der Sar is a friend to our own King Kanu, they were both together in that Ajax team that conquer Europe in 1995. 2) Sex is legalised in Holland 3) Nigeria's most successful Coach in Clemence Westerhof is from Holland. Akolawole(m): 9:50am On Jun 06, 2006 ARGENTINA CAPITAL : Buenos Aires Population :39.3 million Coach: Jose Pekerman World Cup Appearance: Champions in 1978 and 1986, Runners-up in 1930 & 1990 Star Player: Juan Roman Riquelme( Villarea) Too many Stars but this man stand out. Quote Drogba is a great player, he is showing that all the time. Marking him is based on a lot on concentration and positioning we have to have. He waits for diagonal or lurks behind the back of the central defender furtherest from the ball. by Gabriel Heinze ( Manchester United & Argentina) who has played against Didier in french league and premiership. spikelord(m): 11:26am On Jun 06, 2006 That group is indeed a group of death for the Ivoriens! Funny enough, Argentina might not go beyond the Group Stages! slimgene(m): 1:06pm On Jun 06, 2006 Argentina will claim this group and they are the only team i know that can stop Brazil. If Argentina can get above the under-currents and self-destruct phenomenom that always kills the team spirit they can reach the finals. With Gabriel Heinze, Messi, Aimar and Tevez-these bunch of boys will light up the event. Holland should produce good football as well. Robben,Van Persie and Van Nistelrooy(Goal-Machine) will kill teams off easily. Van Basten, just like most Dutch Managers is a manager that has a flair for attacking football. I think this group is a group of Death and Cote D'Ivorie simply has no chance. Toure and Eboue will be used and abused by monsters like Robben,Van Persie, Crespo and Van Nistelrooy. mukina2: 2:23pm On Jun 06, 2006 really a group of death the ivorians have a good team but a crazy keeper hope he stays steady tha argentines will come out with force to win this group but they wont holland lots of good players but aw far wud they go serbia and montenegro hope they win a match i tip tha ivorians and the argentines Akolawole(m): 4:23pm On Jun 06, 2006 If the Ivorians can get a draw or win against Argies, they will qualify, if not, they may be heading towards Abidjan. Priscila(f): 5:50pm On Jun 06, 2006 I am abit upset. How could Ivy Coast draw with those sharp homo erectus'es? Bonny Kalou,Romaric Ndri,DD,Eboue,Toure,Zokora wow.-good boys. Solomon Kalou! what happened with his citizenship? He wants to be adopted ke Akolawole(m): 10:06am On Jun 07, 2006 His name is MESSI. 18 years old Whizkid, who plays for Barcelona of Spain. #He diplays lethal pace, brillant close control, incisive ing and an eye for goal.# #He scored his first international goal in the 3-2 friendly defeat by Croatia in Bassel# # He has a buy-out clause of £100m [probably the only footbller with such in the World.# # Best Player and highest goal scorer in the last World Youth Tournament in Holland # mukina2: 11:44am On Jun 07, 2006 i believe ivory coast will go further in the world cup more than anypther west african side ban(m): 5:27pm On Jun 07, 2006 nothin for the ivorians. they cant even beat any team in this group GUNNER(f): 3:36am On Jun 08, 2006 who is gonna come out of this group "ALIVE" i really wonder i tip the orange boys and the south americans to go thru lalaboi(m): 7:08am On Jun 08, 2006 Dats why dis group is d group of death. U cant predict who goes tru. Breakn news: serbian n M, d coachs' son pulls out because of claims of favouratism. He didnt take part in d qualifyn and he was pickd in d squad 4 d world cup. pie1ect(m): 11:52am On Jun 08, 2006 I must aplogise Akolawole, for not responding on this thread earlier than this. I haven't been too frequent on here lately and I've just come across this thread. Thanks for your choice of teams, BTW - Makes it a whole lot easier to analyse. pie1ect(m): 12:30pm On Jun 08, 2006 Anyways, let me start with Argentina.Complete Squad list: 1 ABBONDANZIERI Roberto (GK) 2 AYALA Roberto 3 SORIN Juan 4 COLOCCINI Fabricio 5 CAMBIASSO Esteban 6 HEINZE Gabriel 7 SAVIOLA Javier 8 MASCHERANO Javier 9 CRESPO Hernan 10 RIQUELME Juan 11 TEVEZ Carlos 12 FRANCO Leonardo (GK) 13 SCALONI Lionel 14 PALACIO Rodrigo 15 MILITO Gabriel 16 AIMAR Pablo 17 CUFRE Leandro 18 RODRIGUEZ Maxi 19 MESSI Lionel 20 CRUZ Julio 21 BURDISSO Nicolas 22 GONZALEZ Luis 23 USTARI Oscar (GK)Source: FIFA This looks like a squad of potential World Cup wiiners to me. If I was to choose a formation for these guys, I'd go with a 3-3-1-3 (which could actually be a 3-4-3) formation. That'd have: Defenders : Collocini Milito/Ayala Heinze Midfielders: Rodriguez Mascherano Sorin Riquelme Attackers: Messi Crespo Tevez Subs: Cruz, Aimar, Milito, Gonzalez, Cambiasso and Saviola. Given the fact that Argentina have the best midfeild [in of ing the ball around], this team would be too hot to handle. The only downside for me and something I can not understand, is Pekerman's decision to leave out Zanetti. That guy deserves to be there more than anyone else. (1) Reply) Uk Pool Week 19 Live Draws. 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