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El Diario de the Guardian uno delos mas duros con los Argentinos Titula y hace esta nota. Para Beckham que lo mira por TV!!
Imperious Argentina give Serbia six of the best
Argentina 6-0 Serbia & Montenegro
Rodriguez 6 41, Cambiasso 31, Crespo 78, Tevez 84, Messi 88
Jon Brodkin in Gelsenkirchen
Saturday June 17, 2006
The Guardian
Dumped out of the last World Cup at the group stage after a disastrous campaign in which they scored just twice, both times from set pieces, Argentina are clearly in for the long haul this time. Yesterday's magnificent performance humiliated Serbia & Montenegro and produced a series of stunning goals, the second of which could prove the tournament's finest team effort. It said everything that the move was finished by Esteban Cambiasso, a defensive midfielder. Diego Maradona roared his approval at what his countrymen served up.
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The combination of silk and steel - when required - was marvellous, and the margin of victory could have been greater. Argentina's players ended by twirling shirts above their heads in front of their celebrating fans to mark what must rank among the finest performances of any World Cup. Serbia & Montenegro are competing as a unit for the final time in Germany, and this Argentina display felt good enough to beat two countries.
Talk of them taking Brazil's crown is now inevitable. With Javier Saviola sharp in movement and possession, Maxi Rodríguez bursting from midfield to score twice, and Juan Román Riquelme decorating proceedings with a number of fine touches, Argentina were 3-0 ahead by half-time. As if to tease every other country with the depth of their attacking talent, the South Americans then brought on Lionel Messi and Carlos Tévez. The electric Messi set up a goal and scored another on his long-awaited return from injury and Tévez also found the net. For all the talk of Brazil's resources up front, Argentina can match that.
Although the final three strikes came after a flailing Serbia had been reduced to 10 men by the 65th-minute sending-off of Mateja Kezman, that should not detract from Argentina's showing. They demonstrated their ability to hold possession and suddenly quicken the pace of the game with phenomenal thrusts, and their fluid interplay featured countless excellent flicks, passes and movements as they showed they share a wavelength and touched the heights. In the second half they were content to play in bursts, rather than at full throttle, but what bursts!
This victory and a win over a tough Ivory Coast have them galloping towards the second round and their run will surely go much further. Serbia had conceded only two goals in their previous 12 competitive matches and got to this tournament by winning a qualifying group that included Spain, who scored against them once. Admittedly, Serbia were weakened here without Nemanja Vidic and their left-back Ivica Dragutinovic.
With Riquelme moved into a central position, having played the previous game from the left, Argentina would surely have been 4-0 up by half-time had Hernán Crespo not been wrongly flagged offside. Crespo would get his goal later from Messi's cross. Before half-time Saviola more than caught the eye, and it is extraordinary to think Barcelona have told him he can leave. By drifting from side to side and dropping deep he found space from which to torment Serbia.
His pass, after Juan Pablo Sorín's backheel, enabled Rodríguez to put Argentina ahead, but the best was yet to come. In a blur of a move, Serbia were two down. The ball was transferred from Saviola to Riquelme and then to Cambiasso, who played a pass to Crespo and ran on to receive the Chelsea striker's backheeled return before finishing. The closed roof here almost came off.
Rodríguez made it three after Saviola had robbed the dithering Mladen Krstajic and drifted past Milan Dudic before having a shot parried, but it was not just Argentina's attacking that stood out. They prevented Serbia from posing a threat apart from one whiff of goal early in the second half, with Javier Mascherano shielding the defence well and dropping into a centre-half position to cover when required. Although Sorín looked to attack down the left, Nicolás Burdisso rarely got forward from right-back, ensuring Argentina almost invariably had three defenders and Mascherano to deal with any breaks. In Roberto Abbondanzieri they also have a goalkeeper comfortable catching crosses.
Serbia were broken even before Kezman showed his frustration with a studs-up challenge on Mascherano for which he received a red card. Messi duly set up Crespo before Tévez beat two defenders to slot in number five, and another fine move involving Tévez and Crespo paved the way for Messi to finish the rout. As they might say in Barnsley - but not Buenos Aires - it was like watching Brazil.
Imperious Argentina give Serbia six of the best
Argentina 6-0 Serbia & Montenegro
Rodriguez 6 41, Cambiasso 31, Crespo 78, Tevez 84, Messi 88
Jon Brodkin in Gelsenkirchen
Saturday June 17, 2006
The Guardian
Dumped out of the last World Cup at the group stage after a disastrous campaign in which they scored just twice, both times from set pieces, Argentina are clearly in for the long haul this time. Yesterday's magnificent performance humiliated Serbia & Montenegro and produced a series of stunning goals, the second of which could prove the tournament's finest team effort. It said everything that the move was finished by Esteban Cambiasso, a defensive midfielder. Diego Maradona roared his approval at what his countrymen served up.
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The combination of silk and steel - when required - was marvellous, and the margin of victory could have been greater. Argentina's players ended by twirling shirts above their heads in front of their celebrating fans to mark what must rank among the finest performances of any World Cup. Serbia & Montenegro are competing as a unit for the final time in Germany, and this Argentina display felt good enough to beat two countries.
Talk of them taking Brazil's crown is now inevitable. With Javier Saviola sharp in movement and possession, Maxi Rodríguez bursting from midfield to score twice, and Juan Román Riquelme decorating proceedings with a number of fine touches, Argentina were 3-0 ahead by half-time. As if to tease every other country with the depth of their attacking talent, the South Americans then brought on Lionel Messi and Carlos Tévez. The electric Messi set up a goal and scored another on his long-awaited return from injury and Tévez also found the net. For all the talk of Brazil's resources up front, Argentina can match that.
Although the final three strikes came after a flailing Serbia had been reduced to 10 men by the 65th-minute sending-off of Mateja Kezman, that should not detract from Argentina's showing. They demonstrated their ability to hold possession and suddenly quicken the pace of the game with phenomenal thrusts, and their fluid interplay featured countless excellent flicks, passes and movements as they showed they share a wavelength and touched the heights. In the second half they were content to play in bursts, rather than at full throttle, but what bursts!
This victory and a win over a tough Ivory Coast have them galloping towards the second round and their run will surely go much further. Serbia had conceded only two goals in their previous 12 competitive matches and got to this tournament by winning a qualifying group that included Spain, who scored against them once. Admittedly, Serbia were weakened here without Nemanja Vidic and their left-back Ivica Dragutinovic.
With Riquelme moved into a central position, having played the previous game from the left, Argentina would surely have been 4-0 up by half-time had Hernán Crespo not been wrongly flagged offside. Crespo would get his goal later from Messi's cross. Before half-time Saviola more than caught the eye, and it is extraordinary to think Barcelona have told him he can leave. By drifting from side to side and dropping deep he found space from which to torment Serbia.
His pass, after Juan Pablo Sorín's backheel, enabled Rodríguez to put Argentina ahead, but the best was yet to come. In a blur of a move, Serbia were two down. The ball was transferred from Saviola to Riquelme and then to Cambiasso, who played a pass to Crespo and ran on to receive the Chelsea striker's backheeled return before finishing. The closed roof here almost came off.
Rodríguez made it three after Saviola had robbed the dithering Mladen Krstajic and drifted past Milan Dudic before having a shot parried, but it was not just Argentina's attacking that stood out. They prevented Serbia from posing a threat apart from one whiff of goal early in the second half, with Javier Mascherano shielding the defence well and dropping into a centre-half position to cover when required. Although Sorín looked to attack down the left, Nicolás Burdisso rarely got forward from right-back, ensuring Argentina almost invariably had three defenders and Mascherano to deal with any breaks. In Roberto Abbondanzieri they also have a goalkeeper comfortable catching crosses.
Serbia were broken even before Kezman showed his frustration with a studs-up challenge on Mascherano for which he received a red card. Messi duly set up Crespo before Tévez beat two defenders to slot in number five, and another fine move involving Tévez and Crespo paved the way for Messi to finish the rout. As they might say in Barnsley - but not Buenos Aires - it was like watching Brazil.