The Argentine Olympic selector, Sergio Batista, confirmed the 18 players who will participate in the Games in Beijing. Thus, Argentina will be attended by Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero and Fernando Gago to defend the gold medal in Athens 2004 obtained.



The biggest uncertainty of the call was resolved with the inclusion of the Inter defence, Nicolas Burdisso, as a third player older than 23 years, before the negative Bayern Munich's Martin Demichelis to give in to and Deportivo La Coruna for this square had been for Fabricio Coloccini.

Besides Burdisso, Juan Roman Riquelme and Javier Mascherano will be the other two Olympic completing the list of Sergio Batista. Others who surprised by its inclusion on campus were Argentine Olympic Lautaro Acosta, new recruitment of Seville, and Boca defender youth, Luciano Munoz.

List summoned:
Goalkeepers: Oscar USTARI (Getafe) and Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar).

Defenders: Pablo Zabaleta (Espanyol), Luciano Monzon (Boca Juniors), Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid), Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan), Federico Fazio (Seville) and Lautaro Acosta (Seville).

Midfielders: Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Juan Roman Riquelme (Boca Juniors), Ever Banegas (Valencia), Javier Mascherano (Liverpool) and Jose Sosa (Bayern Munich)

Strikers: Diego Buonanotte (River Plate), Sergio Agüero (athletics Madrid), Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Naples) and Angel Di Maria (Benfica).

Substitutes: Nicolas Navarro (Naples), Lucas Biglia (Anderlecht), Nicholas Young (Anderlecht) and Emiliano Insúa (Liverpool).

Several members of the Brazilian team was angry when his public goodbye with a standing ovation to Lionel Messi. Iban 46 minutes into the second half when Alfio Basile decided that Rodrigo Palacio joined by "The Flea", and hence began to lose the applause for Rosario.

Recognition for the first crack of Barcelona came from the little Argentine public who was at the stadium MINEIRA, but then generalized to the Brazilians, which fell like a bucket of cold water on pentacampeones the world.



Julio Baptista

What happened is very sad. Argentina will not conquest titles several years ago and we do not win much in our court. Nonetheless, Brazilians prefer to recover them

Gilberto

It's hard for one who is in his country to see 60,000 people booed the technician to a Dunga and applauding as rival soccer player Messi. We leave our families to come to play in MINEIRA and do the best we can. We fail to win, but we strive as much as possible and not lost

Messi is a great player of world football, but the Brazilians should applaud us for everything that we

Juan

We are already accustomed to that, because every time we played in Brazil and we did not make a good result things like that happen. I deplore this attitude

The most criticized and repudiated by the Brazilian was swollen Dunga. "Burro!", The Korean public for failing to coach. The cries of "Goodbye Dunga!" Also in atronaron MINEIRA when Brazil could not find ways to play well and came to bow Argentine only sporadically. After seven dates of Eliminatory, Brazil sum nine points, two product wins, three draws and a defeat. It is the worst campaign since the introduction americas in the current system of playing everyone against everyone. The fans also claimed that Zico, historical idol and former coach of Flamengo Fenerbance of Turkey, takes over from selected.

He was more
The principal means of Buenos Aires said that the selection was close to winning. "Argentina took it to Brazil, but in the end was a tie," titled "Clarin". "Succeed" said, "The Nation". "Argentina took the tie with tranquility," he said. "Olé" put on top "Voce wrinkles" and said: "Argentina was more and deserved to beat Brazil until the last minute." (NA)

The Barça sees no door. And one of its greatest exponents is Messi. The Argentine Pichichi was in the early days of League door watching with great ease. But he stayed stuck in the day thirteen.

Rijkaard clung to the Argentine to alleviate the great evil of Barcelona, the lack of scoring. It should be borne in mind that the team reached Sánchez Pizjuán with the baggage poorest of recent times, four goals in five matches, and that Messi is currently the footballer who is more in the form of staffing culé. But it seems to have been infected by the lack of success of the classroom. The attacker does not hold somewhat since last November 24, when it marked the Recreativo. Since then, are two and a half months without scoring.

Without Etoo without Bojan, with Ronaldinho on the bench the first part and with a lot of casualties, Rijkaard was forced to set up eleven with many changes and a significant change tactics. When more normal seemed that he was going to be a triplet attacker with Messi, Henry and Iniesta, the technician decided to align Giovanni despite his jet-lag, forcing Messi playing as a centre forward for the Mexican occupy your position natural and Henry could act on the left, where else is paying.

The demarcation Messi also led to a lack of understanding with Henry, as many times the two were at the centre of the attack culé. The usual permutations position among front barcelonistas not occurred and Giovanni were not separated from the band right.

What they have said of Messi

- “I believe that it does not have limit, is an inspiration source and soccer expresses it as it takes it inside and it has an extraordinary magic. Es the essence of fútbol”, Joan Laporta (president of the F.C. Barcelona).

- “jewel for ojos Is una. It has things that almost are not seen. He is a candidate very hard and it is a jewel for the eyes. I believe that the Gold Ball is deserved”, Frank Rijkaard (trainer of the F.C. Barcelona).

- “There is many players of quality, but I that I have lived the evolution on Messi, voto by Leo like winner of the Ball of Oro. I have other friends who also behaved very well during the season, which they gained important things, but to me I would like that Leo won. If alive that moment, I believe that I will be the happiest person of the world ", Ronaldinho (player of the F.C. Barcelona).

- “What he does is incredible and debo to have well-taken care of of not being to me watching his movimientos. We have not played many together parties, but so far we are understood well”, Thierry Henry (player of the F.C. Barcelona)

- “All we are important but Messi is impressive. It does not let surprise to me. In cada started off it makes something different because diferente is a player. It is extremely important for us”, Gaby Milito (companion of Messi in Barcelona and in the Argentine selection)

- “Surely Messi is today the best player of mundo”, Victor Fernandez (trainer of the Real Zaragoza).

- “Messi is a great soccer player and hay that to enjoy him, mainly like espectador”, Juande Ramos (trainer of Seville).


What/> has said of Omen

uno of the best soccer players of the firmament futbolístico”, Enrique Cherry tree (President of the Athletic one of Madrid).

- “Yes, it is very well. One feels important. Tactical one is very to taste and Dios it gave to that magic him”, Javier Aguirre (Trainer of the Athletic one of Madrid).

- “Es crack, all we know the quality that it has and it is going to give many joys to us”, Maxi Rodriguez (companion of Omen in the Athletic one of Madrid and in the Argentine selection).

- “the Kun has become more fort, protects the ball with the body very well and in two meters it can escape of the defense. When going away Torres se has turned ídolo of equipo “, Jose Eulogio Gárate (ex- player of the Athletic one of Madrid)

- “Omen sobresale by its change of ritmo in short spaces and by the rapidity with which it arms the leg to shoot”, Manolo Sanchez (ex- player of the Athletic one of Madrid).

- “Omen is an impressive soccer player. He is a player to whom I have to him been following for a long time, since it played in his country, and is a player who puede to get to be what he quiera. Technically it is very good”, Joaquin Caparrós (Trainer of the Athletic of Bilbao).

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