Argentina are becoming quite the enigma internationally. They’re definitely not overshadowed by Brazil anymore, but wasn’t it a little extreme tabbing them a favorite at Germany 2006? Still, there’s an some real eye-catching quality of where their starters settling professionally when you look at that starting World Cup XI. It includes two of tonight’s Champions League stars — Carlos Tevez and Lionel Messi — plus Javier Mascherano tomorrow:
G Abbondanzieri, Getafe
D Heinze, Real Madrid
D Ayala, Zaragoza
D Coloccini, Deportivo La Coruna
D Sorin, Hamburg
M Riquelme, Boca Juniors
M Rodriguez, Athletico Madrid
M Gonzalez, FC Porto
M Mascherano, Liverpool
F Crespo, Inter Milan
F Tevez, Manchester United
*Select subs — Messi (Barcelona), Saviola (Real Madrid), Burdisso (Inter)
[…] ever-growing awareness about the power Argentinian soccer holds has even been broached here before — what you might notice off the bat if you go to the Post piece is the impressive regard the […]