Champions League Draw Announced, with Argentina Represented Well

Todays sub20 game is at 21.00pm UK time and 22.00pm Europe time. Just in case those times are not helpful it’s in exactly: 4 HOURS from the time this post is pasted, so look at the time that i wrote this and add 4 hours from that time and that’s when the match starts.

I hope that’s helpful.

Will post the links soon,

Some Paraguay players are claiming that they will start three forwards. That would be great. I hope Messi is back in form he did not look to good for barcelona last week. hey everyone can have a bad game. Messi rarely has one lest alone two in a row so i expect him to play great.

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If Morel Rodriguez plays for Paraguay (left full back), Zanetti will get pretty busy.
That lane might become a war zone.

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here’s the links for the arg-chile sub20 match:

http://www.justin.tv/misionlandiatv

http://www.justin.tv/supercanal

http://www.justin.tv/futbolarg4

Match hasn’t started yet. It will in about 15 minutes.

coverage has started.

we’re 1-0 down.

Who are the starters anyone playing well ?

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this comment has all the brasilians in an uproar. Made by the president.

Lula: Brazilians Should Look At Messi
Brazilian president Lula has risked upsetting his compatriots by naming Lionel Messi as the world’s best player and stating that Brazilians become famous before proving if they are any good.
»Comments (19) Print This Story Send To A Friend Contact Us galleria zoom The politician is dismayed by the current state of the national team and believes that a few of his country’s so-called stars should be given a reality check.

Lula is a big fan of Messi not just for his ability on the ball, but also his willingness to work when he does not have it. As such he thinks that Brazil’s players could learn from him.

“He is the best player in the world. When I see Messi lose possession he runs to win it back or commits a foul,” he told reporters.

“When our players lose the ball they just fold their arms.”

Brazil are still producing some star names but Lula thinks that the national side is suffering because players are being paid enormous sums for their potential before they have proved themselves.

“Brazil is going through a difficult time rebuilding the squad,” he continued.

“They are becoming famous prematurely. There are a lot of athletes earning money before proving if they are any good or not.”

Hundreds of Brazilian players look to move abroad, especially to Europe, every year for financial gain, but Lula wants that to change in order to maintain the quality of the national league.

“We need to change the idea that players need to move abroad to be successful,” he concluded.

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We’re down 1-0 at halftime.

The team as far as i can make out is:

Scapparoni
Meza
Tobio
Fideliff
Machuca
Benividez
Lizlo
Bella
Neira
Salvio
Hoyos

Those are our U-20 B

The real U-20 are in Ezeiza “sparring” our NT.

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Most of these lads look 6′ tall and built!…is this the new breed of argie youngsters? and god they play too fast

1-1 now..good pressure resulted in a handball and penalty

1-1 Salvio equalises with a penalty

2-1 now:)

2-1, Pato Rodriguez scores

I love Batista:)

Great second half performance after a lacklustre first half.

Two words about Paraguay. They are really a good team all around. The #1 spoilers in the world, in my opinion.
They’re a balanced team. And they combine the typical strength the Paraguayans always had with great tactical work of Argy coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino (Bielsa’s guy).
He is a low key, humble guy, he admires la Albiceleste, but as he said to the press:
“We came out here to play for the 3 points”.
They have won all the games, leading in points and scoring, they beat Brazil in Asunción.
GK Justo Villar has already demonstrated his class (1 goal in 5 matches).
In the back, Da Silva, Cáceres and Morel Rodriguez are excellent players.
The rotation by Enrique Vera, Johnathan Santana and Edgar Barreto makes the midfield a hard problem to solve.
Forwards Salvador Cabañas, Roque Santa Cruz and Nelson Haedo are pretty well known already.
I suppose that both Cáceres and Morel Rodriguez are going to go at Messi.
I hope nobody gets hurt.
Vamos Argentina Carajo !!!

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John from Mundo — no, no, I wasn’t talking to you. Sorry about the confusion!

Everyone– do we know if any tv channel will be showing the game tomorrow? Live???

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No TV will be showing the game in the US – except for PPV. This is due to JumpTV – and they charge 30 bucks / game. Its ridiculous. Even Nevada Smiths (the bar) in NYC charge 20 bucks at the door for people to get in to watch Argentina games.

I don’t know why Heinze is starting. I’m actually excited to see Apache. He’s going to go there and fight for every ball. Lets hope he keeps his cool this game.

The jump tv price that I see is 12.99. I might buy it….rojadirecta will probably provide streams…

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Match thread post for tomorrow going up in a few minutes. Unfortunately I’ve been swamped with work lately and won’t be able to catch the game, but I look forward to all your comments. Good luck to all.

anyone know where I can see the highlight u20 team just beat Chile?

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marindrianto, here’s the u20 match you wanted to watch, it’s the full match, ignore the first ten minutes it’s tennis, after that the match starts:

http://www.justin.tv/supercanal/219878/>>Argentina_v_Chie_VivoLive_Amistoso

day1star thanks for the link but it’s removed. maybe i just wait for youtube…

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