Argentina versus Costa Rica – Copa http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390 2011: Match Preview
Argentina take on Costa Rica in their pen-ultimate group stage encounter as a part of Group A on 12th of July, 2011 at Estadio Mario http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alberto-c4309 Kempes. Both the teams will take the field looking for a win which will confirm
their participation in the knockout round of the 2011 Copa America, thus let’s take a look at how both the teams might line up on Tuesday night...
Argentina
The South American giants will be fighting for their place in the Copa America knockout out rounds when they take on Costa Rica. On paper this match might look like a miss-match but Argentina’s woeful form coupled with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Batista-c7379’s
clueless tactics have made things incredibly difficult for the host nation. Lionel Messi and co. are under tremendous pressure right now, both from the press as well as the Argentinean football fans as anything but a win against Costa Rica will see them knocked
out of the competition.
Argentina are currently third in Group A rankings behind the likes of Costa Rica and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841 drew their previous two groups stage matches
at the Copa America 2011. Out of their last five competitive international fixtures, Argentina have won one, lost two and drawn two which signifies their wayward run of form at the moment.
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The Central American minnows have a great chance to writing their name into the history of Copa America when they take on Argentina at Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes. Presently Costa Rica are fortunate enough to occupy the 2nd
place spot in Group A which means that they only need a draw against Argentina in order to seal their place in the last eight teams of the competition. Copa America 2011 has been a tournament of dull draws up till now but Costa Rica have become the first team
to inflict a major upset if they knockout Argentina.
However such a task is easier said than done. Group A competitors will need to play on the counter attack against a slick Argentinean attack which will be playing for their lives against Costa Rica. Nonetheless, Costa Rica can
take heart from the fact that they won their last Group A match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bolivia-c7828 by two goals to nil before that they lost to Colombia by a solitary goal.
Team News
Sergio Batista is under pressure to bench http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-c8346 Tevez whose presence in the Argentinean starting line up as imbalanced the side. Gonzalo Higuain is a favourite to start alongside Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria in attack.
Expected Argentina line up: Romero, Zanetti, Milito, Burdisso, Zabaleta, Mascherano, Pastore, Messi, Aguero, Higuain, Di Maria.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ricardo-c30950 La Volpe will go with a two pronged attack in order to unsettle Argentina’s
fragile back line.
Expected Costa Rica line up: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martinez-c24468, Campbell
Prediction
Argentina will win this encounter, they have too much quality in their ranks to succumb to a draw against Costa Rica, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 to score and take his team to the quarterfinals of the 2011 Copa America.
Prediction: Argentina 2 – 0 Costa Rica.
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