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).

The star of AC Milan valued quality blaugrana to which believes that harmed the poor role of his team.

The bright Ballon d2007, milanista Kaka, broke into praise Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, the two players who have followed him in the vote to award delivery "France Football."

Ronaldo represents the speed and power Messi and the skill and control of the ball. They are young and full of talent, I appreciate

The difference is that Messi has not won any major title this season, nor the Spanish league or the Champions League and that I think that has been a negative point for him

Admirador of RAI and Ronaldo

a dream come true for child
the worlds most desired trophy at the individual level

The trio comprised the winning podium youngest in history because Kaka is 25 years, Cristiano Ronaldo 22 and Messi 20. Moreover, the Argentine is also, like the other two that had preceded it, from the nominees to the FIFA World Player.

The midfielder and striker "rossonero" is the fourth Brazilian wins award since it was opened to all players playing in the European league. It is the first player of this nationality that is imposed in votes and has not played in Barça, unlike Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho. Five of the last ten editions have been for Brazilian footballers.

Kaka, who collected the award accompanied by his wife, his parents and his brother Digao, was also "escorted" by the leadership of Milan. Adriano Galliani declared "non-transferable" to the star who led the team to win the Champions League final. In addition, the club Lombard matches with Juventus as teams with more awards, with eight. Real Madrid has six, and Barça and Bayern, five each. For leagues, the Calcium is the most first prize amount, seventeen, eleven of the Spanish league, ten in the Bundesliga and five in the Premier League.

While Messi is the first player in the League in the classification of 2007, the first Spanish is the Catalan Cesc Fàbregas, Arsenal, located on the eighth position. Ronaldinho took the tenth second place, while Thierry Henry is the nineteenth and Eto or, Thirty. Fernando Morientes (Liverpool), Villa (Valencia), Raul Gonzalez (R. Madrid) also nominated, did not receive any votes.

What was an open secret is now official. France Football crowned yesterday at the Milan midfielder as the best player in the world this year. It is the seventh trophy that goes to the hands of an Italian player of this club.

Kaka repeated yesterday in Paris the same gesture he made nothing but win the last Champions in Athens. Alzó their hands to the sky and thanked God his triumph in the votes to win the Golden Ball in 2007. Kaka is deeply religious, belongs to the organization Athletes of Christ and has confessed that wants to be a pastor when evangelist withdraw. Hence their special dedication.

It was an open secret for several weeks, but yesterday it became official. Kaka, with the nickname is known to the Ricardos in Brazil, has been the best player in the world for 96 journalists selected by France Football, which awarded 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points to his five favorite players of a closed list by the magazine. The stylish midfielder of Milan, 25 years old, swept: 444 points. Almost turn its two arch-rivals, Cristiano Ronaldo (277) and Messi (255), which was also found at the FIFA World Player Gala to be held at the Zurich Opera the next day 17.

The merits of Kaka are indisputable. He was the best player on the Champions and the top scorer (10 goals). His performance in the semifinals against the Manchester was unforgettable. Enmudeció Old Trafford with two golazos and Italy opened 3-0 which gave way to the final. The Brazilian succeeds Milan for the eighth trophy, which equates to Juventus.

Ever since he is president of the Inter of Milan, Massimo Moratti has fichado 18 Argentine players. But it needs the one that more wishes: Leo Messi

The player which I do not have and that I would like to bring the Inter is Leo Messi. Long ago that I say that Messi is my great soccer weakness. He is the player who amuses to me more in the world. But, reason why they say to me, Barcelona is not going it to sell. To have to Messi will continue being a dream

By the others, Moratti remembers its relation with Argentine soccer.

My first ídolo in soccer was Antonio Valentin Angelillo. It arrived at Italy in 1957, when I was 12 years old. My father Angelo, who was president of the Intere in the 60, dreamed about the trio of Los Angeles of the dirty face, but Enrique Omar Sívori happened to the Juventus and Humberto Maschio ended up later dressing our colors years

And he is that the maximum leader of the Inter does not hide that

He enchants the Argentine soccer player to me: he has technique and personality, adapts express to live in Italy, perhaps because in the veins of the majority tana blood runs