Declared admirer of Argentine striker Lionel Messi, the U.S. basketball star Kobe Bryant of today was one of the most enthusiastic spectators of 3-0 on goals for Brazil to Argentina that allows seek his second gold in the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Kobe spent the whole week eager to that party. He was eager to return to see act to Lionel Messi, Ronaldinho and also

The star of the Los Angeles Lakers remained in the VIP box of the Workers' Stadium, where Diego Maradona was also celebrating the victory of the "albiceleste".

A little over a week, Bryant was excited to find those players from the "albiceleste" in the Olympic village. "Messi is my favorite footballer. A phenomenon", he assured dpa, adding that in his view, Messi is the most creative of all.

I love to see him play, is talented with the ball. Never know what to do with the ball

The Argentina Messi, and Riquelme Agüero gave no reason to repent by Bryant go to the stadium facing slow traffic on the streets of central Beijing. Chinese give people a "show" football and took his revenge for their last defeat to Brazil, just over a year in the Cup finals americas of Venezuela.

His instead, the Brazilian Ronaldinho on a night off, failed to match the high expectations of the star of the "Dream Team". Perhaps disappointed by the performance verdeamarillo, Bryant left the stadium ten minutes before the end of the match, shortly after the third Argentine goal.

The coach of Brazil, Dunga, who admitted his team did not know how to defend the small Barca striker, who was one of the figures in the victory (3-0) of Argentina in the semifinals of the Olympic Games

"Messi is a superstar and we had talked about how to mark it. But there are days when you can dial and days on which no. When the individual talent, not much can be done, expressed disappointment Dunga.

The party tactic was ineffective, said Dunga, whose continuity at the head of Brazil was questioned after the defeat. However, the coach announced that it will continue in his post, although he admitted that it is a sensitive time. "This defeat increases the pressure on our work. It's a delicate moment, but we must keep working hard and maintain belief."

In the Cup final won 3-0 americas him to Argentina, and now we played loose, "said Dunga." The match was very even when they marked the first goal. After complicated, but I remain confident in my work, "added the coach, referring to the semi-final, which Brazil was largely overcome. Brazil, who never won the gold medal in the Olympic Games, will play Belgium on Friday before a third place.

Argentina humiliates Brazil and gets into the finals

Argentina will be the rival Nigeria in the final of the Olympic Games after a disappointing 3-0 Gol Brazil

The Argentine striker Sergio Kun Agüero, with two goals, infiltrated the Messi-Ronaldinho duel to bring the clothing of a runner that Argentina will fight with Nigeria next Saturday to revalidate the gold medal in the Olympic Games in Beijing after winning Today Brazil (3-0).

The duel will be a repeat of the finals of the Atlanta96 Games, which Nigeria is imposed on Argentina and the thirst for revenge is served.

Definitely, Brazil has not behaved in this tournament banner of their "jogo bonito" longed to add its first Olympic gold. The team looks like a photocopy of what was Dunga as a player and sometimes that reminds the World U.S. canarinha bet when the "muscle". However, suffers from a lack of identity that offers a copy and has no Romario, Bebeto even one.

Above, Rafael Sobis is the benchmark Brazilian, but the front of Betis is not a tip nato, is a second front, which needs to fall a la banda breathing. Nevertheless, Brazil and Sobis began undertaking, although had the best chance Sergio "Kun" Agüero (min. 11). His finishing was marched off.

The team Batista waited to see what was playing his rival for maneuver. It was the behaviour of an expert. Indeed, Argentina has many players with a wealth of remarkable. See today with the albiceleste to Gago, Riquelme, Messi, Mascherano or Agüero, plus the push racial always have the Argentines, is a "delicious bite" of football.

Rarely seen in the Olympic Games as a team "done" with so many players from a hypothetical selection absolute. That was just noticing and Argentina became the government for a few minutes of the meeting, as Gago made the pace and Messi was a couple of times by Anderson, his marker on an exclusive basis.

Brazil played in pushing. Iba and the pace of the match came from Ronaldinho, but the Porto Alegre, formerly worth two, or many more, now only makes himself. And it already has enough. Its touches of fantasy there who are quite, they also appeared today, but also before decanting parties. />
Messi, with one of theirs, which was decided almost a first-time tactical and no spaces. It was 41 minutes, but his play, arrogance, not culminated anyone.

At rest, both teams went without damage on the scoreboard (0-0). The feeling was that only lived Brazil and Argentina stopped the ball, but appeared higher, and Messi was only Messi. However, Rosario had a problem today because Anderson did something else to think about it.

In the Headline resumption occurred. Agüero took center Di Maria to finish with the arm to fund the network. It was not God's hand, the player of the athletes had his arm stuck to the body and the ball hit him almost by accident.

It was 51 minutes and shortly after Sobis awoke from their slumber to shoot to the post. This game has revolutionized Agüero and became a center for Garay of Argentina in the second (min. 57). In a hat the albiceleste had two as many as loot and would have space for the counterattack.

The game was so ugly that for Brazil Dunga, dared to order, radically changed its proposal. Alexandre Pato and Thiago Neves came to rescue their comrades and precisely Pato scored after launching the pole but Ronaldinho's goal in clear offside, was cancelled.

With the 2-0, and Argentina looked attire and a finalist for Agüero on a penalty converted by Riquelme certified the triumph of albiceleste. There was no more, the expulsion of Brazilian Lucas and Thiago Neves but did add one point more than opposition to a Brazilian team that finished crumbling.

Friends yes, but rivals. Rivals now at all. Rivals with the selection, in the semifinals of the Olympic Games, competing in Europe, when AC Milan go into their añitos hell for not having qualified for the Champions League this season. Rivals and friends. So much so that there will be no shirt who asked, because it will share the rest. Because although you may not be Messi and Ronaldinho sending messages to answer calls, when in the Stadium of Workers kiss and teach the world that an Argentine and Brazilian share much more than football. We spoke with Messi of what goes through his head in the media after the match most of the time.

Does Ronaldinho against Messi?
No, Brazil against Argentina.

And who is better?
Both come from a large attrition in the extension of our parties quarter. Brazil has a equipazo, but ours is enormous. We play through the same thing, by qualifying for the gold medal, and last won the final. I still have anger in the Cup finals americas. Now we are left to us ...

Already, Brazil but never won the gold…
I do not. From our selection only what has won Mascherano. And we have come to a medal, this is our dream.

Strange to see him in front, as rival…
Difficult, I prefer to Ronnie on my computer. If you have against is a disadvantage because anytime you can liar. I know what I say, I played with him, I know what you can do at any time. You may be tired, he has played the last four games of the entire Olympic tournament, but Ronnie does not need to move marearte for clavarte a goal from outside the area without assistance or give you a look that is half goal…

He speaks as if still play together…
Already, Brazil is, I know, but that is many times I've Viewed do incredible things in the field…

And now, how he sees it?
The truth is we could not see almost nothing because, as all matches are played on the same day does not give you time to be by other things. Yes I have seen a summary and is happy, he sees always laughing, with the same smile Barcelona.

And when Ronaldinho smiles, danger!
Yes, because it means that it's going well and if he enjoys ago to enjoy others.

Do Pesa bringing the number 10 shirt with Ronaldinho at Barca?
Move 10 is a pride, but I will have to do very well in order to give as much as he has in the club. To lay all of what Ronnie least, is a genius. I still miss the most, because it's friend.

Now AC Milan will be…
Will, what do I know ... I am a team where Ronaldinho plays.

And Diego? /> Grande Do dresses?, 30 hours stuck plane to be with us, came the same day in the morning and evening were motivated in the dressing room, in the tier. When you're with us makes it happen barbaric, is a large.

A forecast for the semifinals…
I'm not giving results, but Ronnie: gold is for Argentina! It will be hard, it's always difficult against canarinha, but my dream is the dream of the whole Argentinian team. And now, Ustari, by my friend (seriously injured in the left knee)

Argentina beats Netherlands and is poured into the semifinals

The selection of Olympic soccer semi-finals Argentina will be measured in 2008 from Beijing to Brazil in a new edition of the classic South American, after classified tonight in Shanghai after a game in which he suffered beat Holland 2-1 in the extension.

The match began with a game loaded with nerve and speed on both teams, although Holland tended to cede some space to start the Argentinians to try to recover the ball in the closing defense and betting for a swift and forceful counterattack.

Despite an early opportunity to Emanuelson (min. 6), Argentina reacted quickly and Lionel Messi, alone, was responsible for the 1-0 mark.

After snatch the ball to a defence, the striker escaped from Rosario and Marcellis, followed by Jong-A-Pin, arrived to driblar to Vermeer to mark a pleasure crossing shot from the left of the goal (min. 14).

The goal was warmly celebrated in the gallery of personalities by Diego Armando Maradona, who had lunch today with the Olympic selection argentina, according to Efe was able to confirm, and who witnessed the match sitting to the right of the president of the football associations of Argentina (AFA) , Julio Grondona.

After several arrivals with danger for both teams, and shortly after a lack of Babel that earned him the yellow Young, a new shot of lack favourable to the Netherlands ended up bringing the goal of a tie (min. 36).

Emanuelson, instead of throwing to door, he passed the ball to Sno, who knew how to send it over to the heart of the area Ustari, where he appeared Bakkal, right in front of the goal for the 1-1 mark with ease without the Argentine goalkeeper reached to react.

The game hardens
In the Last minutes of the first part of the nerve Netherlands intensified and the game was tightening, but the rest came without further goals, with three shots to door by two of Argentina versus Holland.

In the second Argentina began to look over his good touch and approach the area Vermeer more slowly, trying to create more danger, as in a header from Agüero (min. 54) that went off, but while still insisting, the marker was they resisted.

The difficulties for albicelestes worsened in minute 71 when Ustari injured left foot to try to hit a ball that came in deep and had to leave and be replaced stretcher at the door by Romero (min. 74).

Shortly after Messi saw the yellow card for a dangerous entry that finished pounding the knee Zuiverloon (min 80).

The Madrid Drenthe was about to give them the shock end, when De Guzman served a ball between the defense just before the door Romero, though his finishing high cross by left little (min. 86), and if Messi came close to mark similarly immediately (min. 89) also achieves what almost immediately after Babel (min. 90 ).

With the 1-1 at the end of regulation time, had to resort to the 30-minute extension.

The Argentines showed again broader than its rivals, but without being decided the match, until a providential long pass from Messi, which Cole diagonally between the Orange defense allowed Di Maria, pursued in vain by Beerens, signing 2-1 in the final minute of extra part.

The combined albiceleste won today with the emblem of the AFA booted his shirt, despite lucid and in the three matches prior to probably not contradict the Olympic standard by which should not jump to the field with the coat of his national federation but with the symbol of the committee Olympic his country.