Sunday, June 2 in Ibaraki (1:30 am ET) Group F: ARGENTINA (0-0-0, 0 pts.) vs. NIGERIA (0-0-0, 0 pts.) (TV: Live, ESPN2, Univision 1:30 am ET; Tape, Telefutura, 10 am ET/PT) With France's loss to Senegal, Argentina is now the favorite to win the World Cup. It has experience (11 players have played in previous World Cups) and depth (Gabriel Batistuta — 9 goals in 9 World Cup games — begins the tournament on the bench). A key for the Argentines will be for Ariel Ortega on the right and Juan Sorin and Kily Gonzalez on the left to get behind the Nigerian defense. The Nigerians are very young — they have 10 players who are 21 or younger — and will have to deal with early jitters. Julius Aghahowa, 20, is one of Africa's best young strikers. Coach Shaibu Amodu toyed with the idea of starting Bartholomew Ogbeche, 18. PROBABLE LINEUPS: Argentina — 1 Burgos, 4 Pochettino, 2 Ayala, 6 Samuel, 14 Simeone, 8 Zanetti, 11 Veron, 3 Sorin, 10 Ortega, 19 Crespo, 18 Kily Gonzalez. Nigeria — 1 Shorunmu, 16 Sodje, 6 West, 14 Udeze, 2 Yobo, 8 Adepoju, 7 Ikedia, 10 Okocha, 18 Akwuegbu, 17 Aghahowa, 4 Kanu. REFEREE: Gilles Veissiere (France). SUSPENSIONS: None. NUMBER: 14 The number of countries the Nigerians play in: Switzerland, France, England, Germany, Ukraine, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Greece, China, Israel, Russia, Qatar and Nigeria.