The Argentine selection underwent too much to take the victory before Algeria (4-3) in the Camp Nou, whereas Brazil tied without goals in Dortmund, in front of Turkey.

The key of the Argentine victory was Leo Messi, that played in house and obtained two of four so many, one of penalti and another one in a pride played pranced with the zaragocista Aimar.

The African combined one, that got to be overcoming just on the brink of madness the rest (1-2), left to the turf culé without complexes and it did not come down after fitting a goal of Tévez in the first minute of the shock, when transforming penalti to Diego I militate.

The Algerians recovered and turned around the tanteador with goals of Yahia and Bougherra, that a defensive misalignment took advantage of those of Basile to end only to pleasing (min.42).

In the rest, the Argentine selector chose to introduce to Mascherano instead of the madridista Gago, that walked very thick and without being able to maintain the possession of the ball. Thus, the albiceleste woke up, with a grown Messi, that revolutionized to its selection Pablo Aimar along with. The 3-2 was work of Cambiasso, of tremendous blow on the head.

Messi extended the festival of his with a pretty play (4-2, min.74) and seemed to calm the gale, but Algeria returned to take the uncertainty to the launching slip when Bechadj (min.76) put 3-4.