09 August 2008

Argentina v. Australia August 10, 2008 2008 Beijing Olympics your predictions

Argentina 1-0 Australia

Lavezzi
August 10, 2008
2008 Beijing Olympics, Men's preliminary round
Argentina's 2nd game
2 AM USA Pacific time



It's at 2 am in my time zone. I'm going to watch it live on TV. Watching it on NBC.

I expect coach Batista to put the same starting lineup from Argentina v. Ivory Coast.

Ustari
Zabaleta -- Garay -- Pareja -- Monzón

Mascherano-- Gago -- Messi -- Riquelme

Lavezzi -- Agüero


However, Lavezzi was not convincing. Di Maria was as a substitute. El Kun Aguero had plenty of chances but needed finishing skills. As long as the Messi- Aguero partnership is not broken, Argentina will be fine.

Some more 'toque toque' short passes during the whole game.

Prediction: Argentina 3-1 Australia

Struggled to win. Not as sharp. Especially 3 bad passes by Messi, shots wide.


Your thoughts before the game? Final score?

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