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World Cup Preview: Argentina v Iran

Park the bus

I wonder how Iran will approach this? Only joking!

They went with a nine man defence against Nigeria, with a sole isolated front man and made no attempt to attack.

Argentina went with a very defensive looking 3-5-2 in the first half against Bosnia & Herzegovina , looking much better when switching to 4-3-3 after the break, with the introduction of Gonzalo Higuain. Surely coach Alejandro Sabella did not make the formation decision just on the basis that Higuain was not ready for 90 minutes, it must have more to do with his belief that 4-3-3 leaves too much space for the better teams to exploit.

World Cup Preview: Honduras v Ecuador

Enner Valencia

Firstly, we can look at Honduras, once again they looked to kick anything that moved in the France game, but as expected, the French got at least some protection and Stoke City's Wilson Palacios , who along with Maynor Figueroa is their most experienced outfield player, received a red card and will miss today, the Hondurans also have one or two others carrying knocks, which is ironic.

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