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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="Sebasg1973" data-source="post: 94515" data-attributes="member: 2037">Awesome Argentina dance to top of Group C Argentina 6 - 0 Serbia & MontenegroRodriguez 6, 41; Cambiasso 29; Crespo 78; Tevez 84: Messi 87 Paul DoyleFriday June 16, 2006 The general consensus after this tournament's first series of matches was that only Argentina, Spain and the Czech Republic had shown the fizz, finesse and fearsome finishing of potential world champions. But on the evidence of Argentina's awesome destruction of Serbia and Montenegro today, the Spaniards and Czechs will have to up their game considerably if they're to thwart the boys from Buenos Aires.Jose Pekerman's troops began at a cracking pace and were three up at half-time before adding another three after the break - two of the goals, in particular, being works of rare beauty.Article continues----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Serbia and Montenegro are certainly no mugs - they had conceded only one goal in 10 qualifying matches - but they were dominated from the outset, Argentina forcing two corners in the first minute. Seven minutes later, Maxi Rodriguez knocked the ball wide to Juan Pablo Sorin, who helped it on to Javier Saviola with a wonderful flick. The little striker skipped past his marker to lay the ball into the path of the in-rushing Rodriguez, who finished what he'd started by firing first-time past goalkeeper Dragoslav Jevric.The second goal, after 32 minutes, was even better, concluding a majestic 24-pass move that went the whole length of the pitch. The climax came when Juan Roman Riquelme exchanged a snappy one-two with Saviola, who clipped it to Esteban Cambiasso at the edge of the box. The Internazionale man took one touch to find Hernan Crespo, who returned the ball to him with a smart back-heel and Cambiasso blasted it into the roof of the net. If you didn't see it, don't worry: it will be shown on TV over and over again for decades to come.The fact that Cambiasso had only come on as a substitute 14 minutes earlier in place of the injured Luis Gonzalez proved that in addition to class, speed and cohesion, the Albiceleste have strength in depth. When Lionel Messi and Carlos Tevez came on in the second half, the point was underlined emphatically.The third goal was more straight-forward than the previous two but illustrated yet another quality of this exhilirating young Argentinina team: their hunger. Two minutes before half-time, 5ft 5' Saviola chased a rare punt from defence and outmuscled 6ft 4' Mladen Krstajic before twisting past Milan Dudic and into the box. His low shot was blocked by Jevric, but as ever an Argentinian was first to the rebound, Rodriguez pouncing to slam it home.Argentina had the match won and everyone knew it, from the elated Diego Maradona dancing in the stands to the outclassed Serbian players battling gamely throughout the second half in a bid to preserve their pride. Savo Milosevic even had a chance to grab a goal for Ilija Petkovic's charges, but he headed weakly wide from six yards after excellent work on the right by Danijel Ljuboja.Though they played with slightly less adventure in the second period, Argentina continued to zing the ball around via sublime one-touch football or extravagant dribbles and flicks. Any straw of hope the Serbians were clutching was ripped from their grasp in the 65th minute, when Mateja Kezman was harshly sent off for a two-footed tackle on Javier Mascherano, even though he got the ball.When Messi joined the fray moments after that the Serbians must have feared a massacre and, sure enough, the precocious Barcelona forward soon created a fourth goal, hurtling down the left to deliver a low cross to the back post, where Crespo slid it into the net.Six minutes from time, it was the turn of another substitute, Tevez, to bring his tricks to the party. Collecting a dainty chip from Mascherano, the 22-year-old nutmegged one defender then barged past another before curling it deftly past the keeper's outstretched arm.Crespo could have made it six two minutes later but Jevric made a solid block. That was only delaying the inevitable, however, as Argentina were playing at such a rarefied height their opponents simply couldn't live with them. Their sixth goal came in the 88th minute and was almost as breathtaking as the second. After yet more slick interplay, Crespo and Tevez performed a one-two before the latter released Messi, who stormed into the box and rifled it underneath the keeper. That concluded by far the best team display of the tournament. Possibly of any tournament.</blockquote>

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