Argentina Demolish Serbia & Montenegro

Argentina vs Serbia & Montenegro
Gelsenkirchen

It only took a little over five minutes for Javier Saviola to slip a pass in from the left, for Maxi Rodríguez to put Argentina in front; against Serbia & Montenegro, in Gelsenkirchen.

Substitute Esteban Cambiasso doubled Argentina's lead just after the half-hour, when Hernán Crespo's back-heel to him was the culmination of twenty four passes by Argentina.

Five minutes before half-time, Saviola won the ball off a defender, near the right corner flag, and ran into the area. As his shot was palmed away by Dragoslav Jevric, Maxi Rodríguez was on hand at the far post to slam home his second goal of the game; in off the woodwork.

Half-time: (3:0).

Serbia & Montenegro tried to gain some initiative by bringing on Danijel Ljuboja for Ognjen Koroman, who will miss the next game for picking up two yellow cards, just after half-time.

Riquelme and Sorin continued to Tango, as Argentina totally dominated the game.

Mateja Kezman was getting more and frustrated as the game went on and his two-footed challenge earned him a red card in the 65th minute.

Diego Maradona led the cheering when Lionel Messi finally made his World Cup appearance, fifteen minutes before the end.

With twelve minutes to go, Messi ran the ball into the area, down the left side, and crossed low for Hernán Crespo to score Argentina's fourth goal; at the far post.

Carlos Tevez continued the Argentina rout when he beat two defenders on the left, to calmly roll the ball past Jevric; six minutes from time.

Messi added his name to the scoresheet, as Argentina continued to press forward with short, quick passing moves forward.

This is what World Cup football is all about.

Final Score:
Argentina 6 - Serbia & Montenegro 0

Goalscorers:
1:0 Maxi Rodríguez (6)
2:0 Esteban Cambiasso (31)
3:0 Maxi Rodríguez (41)
4:0 Hernán Crespo (78)
5:0 Carlos Tevez (84)
6:0 Lionel Messi (88)

Teams
Argentina: (Captain Juan Pablo Sorin)
1 Roberto Abbondanzieri; 2 Roberto Ayala, 3 Juan Pablo Sorin, 6 Gabriel Heinze, 21 Nicolas Burdisso; 8 Javier Mascherano, 10 Juan Riquelme, 18 Maxi Rodríguez, 22 Lucho Gonzalez; 7 Javier Saviola, 9 Hernán Crespo.

Serbia & Montenegro: (Captain Savo Milosevic)
1 Dragoslav Jevric; 6 Goran Gavrancic, 15 Milan Dudic, 20 Mladen Krstajic; 4 Igor Duljaj, 7 Ognjen Koroman, 10 Dejan Stankovic, 11 Predrag Djordjevic, 17 Albert Nadj; 8 Mateja Kezman, 9 Savo Milosevic.

Referee:
Roberto Rosetti (Italy)