Maradona ready to start three strikers
Published:Thursday | June 10, 2010 | 9:43 AM
Diego Maradona seems to have settled on starting strikers Carlos Tevez, Lionel Messi and Gonzalo Higuain for the team\'s World Cup opener against Nigeria on Saturday.
Most reporters were barred from watching two practice matches yesterday.
Team officials said Higuain and Javier Mascherano scored in a 2-0 victory against Argentina\'s backups. In another match, the second-stringers defeated a youth team 1-0, with Sergio Aguero scoring.
Argentina are the favorite to win Group ‘B’, which also includes Greece and South Korea.
Maradona is widely expected to start Sergio Romero in goal behind defenders Gabriel Heinze, Martin Demichelis and Walter Samuel. The midfield will be Jonas Gutierrez, Angel Di Maria, Mascherano and Juan Sebastian Veron.
They will be joined by the three strikers.