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Messi goal against Albania.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZwNVvmKR2s]YouTube - ‪Lionel Messi GOAL - Argentina vs Albania 4-0 [International Friendly] 20/6/11‬‏[/ame]
The goal against ManU in final and this one - no matter which team, which tournament, which venue, I just dont know how this guy creates spaces.
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thanks Perumthachan for the video post..Originally Posted by Perumthachan
Every flight begins with a fall.
Striker Carlos Tevez, who seemed to be out of Argentina's Copa America plans little more than a month ago, was named on Saturday in the hosts' 23-man squad for the tournament.
There were no surprises among coach Sergio Batista's selections, posted on the Argentine Football Association's website (AFA) five days after their last warm-up -- a 4-0 rout of Albania at the Monumental.
Batista dropped three home-based players from those named in his provisional squad -- Boca Juniors defender Luciano Monzon, Lanus midfielder Diego Valeri and Estudiantes winger Enzo Perez.
Goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo of River Plate, on loan from Lazio, is the only man in the squad to have played his club football in Argentina this season.
Tevez was dropped by Batista last year over a no-show for a friendly against arch-rivals Brazil in Qatar which Argentina won 1-0 with a goal by Lionel Messi.
However, the coach and player had a heart-to-heart and Tevez, who last season became the first Argentine to finish as top goalscorer in the English Premier League, was included in Batista's provisional 26-man squad on June 1.
The immensely popular Manchester City captain's inclusion was reported as being at least partly down to the fans' clamour.
Tevez was a second-half substitute against Albania on Monday, scoring the fourth goal in added time as Batista displayed his 4-3-3 tactics with Messi as a roving centre forward.
Favourites Argentina open the tournament against Group A rivals Bolivia in La Plata on Friday. The final is scheduled for July 24.
Every flight begins with a fall.
River Plate, the most successful club in Argentinian football, were today relegated for the first time in their history. The Buenos Aires giants went into their relegation/promotion play-off against National B side Belgrano needing to overturn a 2-0 first leg deficit but fell short, drawing the return at a sold-out Monumental 1-1. It started promisingly for River when they went ahead through Mariano Pavano after just six minutes, but they failed to build on it and Guillermo Farre equalised 17 minutes into the second half. The home side had the chance to restore their advantage midway through the second half but Pavone saw a penalty superbly saved by visiting keeper Juan Olave. River, who won the last of their 33 Argentinian titles in the second half of the 2007-08 season, sunk into a play-off after a dismal end to the Clausura campaign meant their three-season points average required them to beat Belgrano to preserve the top-flight status they have enjoyed for the entirety of their 110-year existence. But a 2-0 defeat on Wednesday night in the first leg in Cordoba prompted angry demonstrations from supporters and the home fans had already started to express their anger when the referee decided to blow for full-time with 30 seconds still scheduled to play. Objects were thrown onto the field, while some fans battled with riot police.
Every flight begins with a fall.
Relegation will bring huge financial hardship for "The Millionaires" as heavily indebted giants River Plate have been known since the early years of professional soccer in Argentina.
River, the record 33 times champions who were relegated on Sunday, are grappling with a debt of 280 million Argentine pesos ($68.33 million) according to the website MuyRiver - Magazine de River Plate and stand to lose 26.5 million pesos in television revenue when they play in the Nacional B division next season.
Arch-rivals River and Boca Juniors, Argentina's most popular and successful clubs, take 26.5 million pesos a year in match broadcasting revenue in the top flight, but in the second tier teams earn 3.5 million pesos.
Other belt tightening losses are expected to include lower gate receipts at home and none on the road given the ban on away fans at Nacional B matches due to "barrabrava" violence set against the high costs of opening the Monumental.
River's main sponsor is the Brazilian petroleum company Petronras whose contract of $2.5 million per season is up for renewal in June 2012. They are also being paid $600,000 by Brazil's kitchenware manufacturers Tramontina in a deal until the end of this year.
Sports goods makers Adidas have a contract until 2014 for $3 million per season but much of that money, paid in advance, has already gone to settle debts inherited by club president Daniel Passarella from the previous administration 18 months ago.
There is a question mark over what new deals, if any, the sponsors, unwilling to discuss the future, will agree with River outside the first division.
River, who earned their nickname in the 1930s when they paid a then world record transfer fee for striker Bernabe Ferreyra from rivals Tigre, will have to sell players for revenue and to offload their highest salaries.
They had a golden era in production of world class players in the 1990s and early 2000s fetching big fees for the likes of Pablo Aimar, Javier Saviola and Andres D'Alessandro to name only three.
Now, their main assets are teenage playmaker Erik Lamela and 20-year-old striker Rodrigo Funes Mori, whose promising form has dipped badly with River's recent poor run and the confused first team selections of out-of-depth coach JJ Lopez.
Passarella, former captain and coach of River and Argentina, has been waiting on improved offers for the pair after reported interest from European clubs willing to pay between $10 and $12 million but now risks having to settle for less.
Every flight begins with a fall.
....River Plate......
River Plate's agony!!
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMk5AYi9ZSA]YouTube - ‪River Plate vs. Belgrano 1:1 - Riots after the Match *Full Version*‬‏[/ame]
Every flight begins with a fall.
sad to hear about River plate..For years Argentine league used to be a two horse race ...with river and Boca ..
ARG will win copa...................
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