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Argentina trio post celebratory selfies
Wednesday, July 02, 2014 From 101 GREAT GOALS
World Cup football is intense and can evoke great emotion from the world’s best footballers. With a goal late in extra-time being their doom, we saw how Switzerland were crushed by the late blow. Whereas on the other hand we could see the absolute ... [View All]
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Lichtsteiner: Switzerland made one mistake too many
Wednesday, July 02, 2014 From Goal.com
The Juventus defender was unable to contain his frustration after the Swiss' narrow loss and feels they deserved better Stephan Lichsteiner has voiced his disappointment with Switzerland's World Cup exit in the wake of their 1-0 round of 16 defeat after e... [View All]
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Messi carries too much burden for Argentina
Wednesday, July 02, 2014 From Telegraph.co.uk
Argentina continually looked to Lionel Messi against Switzerland and that deference is damaging them Argentina have become overly reliant on Lionel Messi at the World Cup This one can be filed under the Messi complex: the realisation that one player is so... [View All]
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Messi ready for Switzerland game
Tuesday, July 01, 2014 From Guardian.co.uk
• Manager Alejandro Sabella says mistakes must be eliminated• ‘We are in good spirits and very positive, but this is different’ Argentina's Lionel Messi has already cast a daintily skilled shadow over the last 16 match with Switzer... [View All]
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Argentina vs Switzerland preview
Tuesday, July 01, 2014 From PAArgentina coach Alejandro Sabella knows there will be no margin for error in their first knock-out match against Switzerland. La Albiceleste reached the last-16 as Group F winners, although their victories over Bosnia, Iran and Nigeria were far from convi... [View All]
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Injured Aguero could miss rest of World Cup
Friday, June 27, 2014 From Goal.com
The Argentina striker picked up a muscle problem in his side's 3-2 win over Nigeria on Wednesday and his recovery will be assessed after Tuesday's last-16 clash Argentina striker Sergio Aguero has been ruled out of his side's second-round clash against S... [View All]
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Messi: I want to be World Champion
Thursday, June 26, 2014 From Marca.com
After scoring two goals against Nigeria, Messi said that he wants to become world champion for his "country". "I don't think there is anything more wonderful than being the World Champion. I want to achieve that with my national team to give joy to my co... [View All]
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Nigeria 2 - 3 Argentina
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 From PA
Lionel Messi scored twice, including a sumptuous free-kick, to help Argentina beat Nigeria 3-2 and ensure qualification to the knockout stages as winners of Group F. Messi's two goals were twice cancelled out by Nigeria's Ahmed Musa but Marcos Rojo's sec... [View All]
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Argentina have an overdependence on Messi
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 From Goal.com
The Albiceleste boss admits that his side have a natural tendency to rely on the Barcelona forward and need to show more as a team in their clash with Nigeria Alejandro Sabella believes that his Argentina side need to learn to depend less on Lionel Messi... [View All]
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Nigeria vs Argentina preview
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 From PAAll eyes will again be on Lionel Messi as Argentina look to smooth their passage into the World Cup last 16 by claiming top spot in Group F. The South American giants are already assured of a place in the knockout stages in Brazil after two Messi-inspired... [View All]
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