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.

Diego Perotti gets called up by Maradona

Diego Perotti has been called up in a last minute request to Sevilla for Argentina’s friendly with Spain this Saturday. As soon as Maradona realized that Jonas Gutierrez & El Kun Aguerro would not be available he made the SOS call for the young 21 year old Perotti. It appears Maradonna has had his eye on Perotti since the beginning of the Season which doesn’t surprise me given that Perotti has been a outstanding asset with his 2 goals, 1 assist. His very aggressive offensive style has helped position Sevilla in 3rd place right behind Real Madrid. He has total command of the left wing but can play other key offensive midfield positions very much a la KAKA.