Argentina Vs Portugal: Line-up

Here is the Line-up for the Argentina Vs Portugal friendly on Feb 9th in Geneva. The biggest surprise here is the omission of Carlos Tevez & Sergio Aguero. It seems that coach Batista is going to force the team to be centered around Messi. I guess it's worth a shot.

Confirmed team for the game:Sergio Romero, Javier Zanetti, Nicolás Burdisso, Gabriel Milito, Marcos Rojo; Ever Banega, Javier Mascherano, Esteban Cambiasso; Ezequiel Lavezzi, Lionel Messi y Ángel Di María.

Complete Roster
Goalkeepers:
Sergio Romero - Az Alkmaar - Holand
Mariano Andújar - Catania - Italy

Defenders:
Pablo Zabaleta - Manchester City - UK
Javier Zanetti - Internazionale de Milán - Italy
Nicolás Pareja - Spartak de Moscú - Russia
Ezequiel Garay - Real Madrid - Spain
Gabriel Milito - Barcelona - Spain
Nicolás Burdisso - Roma - Italy
Nicolás Otamendi - Porto - Portugal
Marcos Rojo - Spartak de Moscú - Russia

Midfielders:
Javier Mascherano - Barcelona - Spain
Esteban Cambiasso - Internazionale de Milán - Italy
Fernando Gago - Real Madrid - Spain
Ever Banega - Valencia - Spain
Lucas Biglia - Anderlecht - Belgium
José Sosa - Nápoli - Italy
Javier Pastore - Palermo - Italy
Ángel Di María - Real Madrid - Spain

Forwards:
Ezequiel Lavezzi - Nápoli - Italy
Lionel Messi - Barcelona - Spain
Nicolás Gaitán - Benfica - Portugal
Juan Manuel Martínez - Vélez Sarsfield - Argentina
Diego Milito - Internazionale de Milán - Italy

Argentina Vs Germany - Maradona's secret weapon (Javier Pastore)

It appears Maradona is ready commit his ultra crafty 21 year old midfielder Javier Pastore (ex-Huracan, Arg & currently @ Palermo,Italy) to ensure a win against Germany. He will be the catalyst necessary to unleash Messi's fury. The second half of Argentina's game against Greece is still fresh in Maradona's mind where Pastore liberated the midfield connecting with Messi time after time. In one of today's interviews, Pastore stated that playing with Messi is easy since they share a similar understanding of the game.



Javier Pastore Compilation

Argentina Vs Greece - Maradona changes things up

Due to injuries & yellow cards, Maradona decided to make the following modifications for tomorrow's Game - All eyes will be on Inter's lethal striker Gabriel Milito - Let's see if this new group can jive with Messi.

Out >>>>>>>>>>>>> In
Jonás Gutiérrez >>> Nicolás Otamendi
Walter Samuel >>> Nicolás Burdisso
Gabriel Heinze >>> Clemente Rodríguez
Javier Mascherano >>> Mario Bolatti
Angel Di Maria >>> Juan Sebastián Verón
Carlos Tevez >>> Sergio Agüero
Gonzalo Higuaín >>> Diego Milito

Gonzalo Higuain is the new Batistuta

After today's impressive 4-1 win over South Korea, it appears Argentina has their new new Batigol - We Argentines love comparing the younger talented players with past superstar legends - How many times have you heard "He is the new Maradona" - Higuain with his number 9 shirt (same as Batigol) had Argentina's first Hat trick performance since Batigol's 1998 & 1994 World Cup performances. I think it's an honor to be compared to Batistuta so hopefully Higuain will find a way to make his own unique mark on the team so he can keep passing on the torch of great strikers.


Gonzalo Higuain Goals



Batigol

Possible Line-up for Argentina in World Cup

Based on what the Argentine media is saying - Maradona's selections seem to be coming together. Below is a very likely scenerio


Goalie
Sergio Romero
Mariano Andújar
Diego Pozo

Defense
Nicolás Otamendi
Martín Demichelis
Walter Samuel
Gabriel Heinze
Nicolás Burdisso
Clemente Rodríguez
Marcos Angeleri or Javier Zanetti or Nicolás Pareja

Mid-Field
Jonás Gutiérrez
Javier Mascherano
Juan Sebastián Verón
Angel Di María
José Sosa
Javier Pastore
Mario Bolatti or Rodrigo Braña or Jesús Dátolo or Maximiliano Rodríguez or Juan Mercier

Stiker/Fowards
Lionel Messi
Gonzalo Higuaín
Carlos Tevez
Sergio Agüero
Diego Milito
Martín Palermo or Ezequiel Lavezzi

Messi bends it for Dynamo Kiev

Messi puts the exclamation mark to his Balon de Oro prize with a bending free kick to win the game against Dynamo Kiev.

Weekend Highlights: Messi, Tevez, Lisandro Lopez, Higuain

This weekend’s highlights include several game winning goals from the usual suspects ,as well as, a hat trick from Lisando Lopez.


Lisandro Lopez’s hat trick against Lille was very impressive but unfortunately not enough to win the game. He continues to prove why he is considered by many the best player in France.




Messi continues to prove why he deserved the Balon de Oro with two goals against Deportivo La Coruna for a 3-1 win.




Tevez once again came up big with a a stunning free kick to win a huge game against Chelsea. It is just amazing how Tevez always finds a way to win when it counts the most.




Gonzalo Higuain also added his contribution to Real Madrid's 4-2 win over Almeria.