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Wednesday, 23 February 2000
A Nationwide International Friendly Match

England 0 Argentina 0 [0-0]

Match Summary
England Squad
Argentina Squad
Team Records
 
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The Argentina Squad for the match against England  February 2000
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G
Almeyda, Matias Jesus 21 December 1973 26 M SS Lazio Spa, Italy 24 -
Matias Almeyda withdrew from the squad injured.
Arruabarrena, Rodolfo Martin 20 July 1975 24 D CA Boca Juniors 4 0
Arruabarrena was given a late call to the squad as a replacement for the injured Sorin.
Ayala, Roberto Fabian 14 April 1973 26 D Milan AC SpA, Italy 55 2
Batistuta, Gabriel Omar 1 February 1969 31 F AC Fiorentina SpA, Italy 69 50
Burgos, German Adrian Ramon 16 April 1969 30 G RCD Mallorca SAD, Spain 25 19 GA
Cavallero Rodriguez, Pablo Oscar 13 April 1974 25 G RCD Espanyol de Barcelona SAD, Spain 4 3 GA
Chamot, Jose Antonio 17 May 1969 30 D Milan AC SpA, Italy 39 2
Crespo, Hernan Jorge 5 July 1975 24 F Parma AC SpA, Italy 20 7
Gonzalez Peret, Cristian Alberto 4 August 1974 25 M Valencia CF SAD, Spain 2 2
Husain, Claudio Daniel 20 November 1974 25 M CA Valez Sarsfield - -
Lopez, Claudio Javier 17 July 1974 25 F Valencia CF SAD, Spain 32 5
Lopez Pablo, Gustavo Adrian 13 April 1974 25 M RC Celta de Vigo SAD, Spain 9 3
Ortega, Arnaldo Ariel 4 March 1974 25 F SSD Parma Calcio 1913 Srl, Italy 64 14
Pochettino Trossero, Mauricio Roberto 2 March 1972 27 D RCD Espanyol de Barcelona SAD, Spain 7 1
Sensini, Roberto Nestor 12 October 1966 33 D SS Lazio SpA, Italy 51 0
Simeone Gonzalez, Diego Pablo 28 April 1970 29 M SS Lazio SpA, Italy 87 1
Sorin, Juan Pablo 5 May 1976 23 M Cruzeiro EC, Brazil 17 3
Juan Pablo Sorin withdrew from the squad with an injury
Veron, Juan Sebastian 9 March 1975 24 M SS Lazio SpA, Italy 27 2
Vivas, Nelson David 18 October 1969 30 D RC Celta de Vigo SAD, Spain on loan from Arsenal FC, England 24 1
Zanetti, Javier Adelmar 10 August 1973 26 M FC Internazionale Milano SpA, Italy 48 3

Squad details correct up to and including Argentina's match against Spain on 17 November 1999.

Diary

Tuesday, 9 February 2000 - Coach Marcelo Bielsa announces a full-strength nineteen-man Argentina squad that will face England later this month at Wembley Stadium.  It contains seventeen players from European clubs and only two based in South America, midfielder Claudio Husain of Argentina's Valez Sarsfield and defender Juan Pablo Sorin of Brazil's Cruzeiro.

Most of the players based in Argentina are unavailable for selection because Argentina's top four club sides begin their Copa Libertadores campaigns just before the England match.  Bielsa also said he wishes to see his main foreign-based players under the pressure of a match against a top opponent.


The most notable absentees are midfielders Fernando Redondo of Real Madrid and Marcelo Gallardo of AS Monaco.  Argentine news reports indicated that Bielsa preferred the more combative duo of Matias Almeyda and Diego Simeone, both of Lazio, over the playmaking Redondo, apparently a reflection of his estimate of English football.  Gallardo is injured.

The match at what Argentine newspaper El Claron called the "
Catedral del Futbol" will serve as a preparatory exercise for Argentina's marathon 18-match World Cup 2000 qualification campaign, which opens on 29 March with a home match against Chile.

Friday, 18 February 2000 - Bielsa has called up Boca Juniors defender Rodolfo Martin Arrubarrena to replace the injured Juan Pablo Sorin and as confirmed that midfielder Matias Almeyda will also miss the England match through injury.  Almeyda suffered torn muscle fibres in his right thigh during training with his club side Tuesday.

Argentina Form: last six games
W L L W W  f 11:a 7 success: 67%
722 7 July 1999 - Uruguay 0 Argentina 2 [0-1]
Estadio Feliciano Caceres, Luque
  SAC NW
723 11 July 1999 - Brazil 2 Argentina 1 [1-1]
Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, Ciudad del Este
  NL
724 4 September 1999 - Argentina 2 Brazil 0 [1-0]
Estadio Antonion Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
  Fr HW
725 7 September 1999 - Brazil 4 Argentina 2 [2-1]
Estadio Beira Rio, Porto Alegre
  AL
726 13 October 1999 - Argentina 2 Colombia 1 [1-0]
Estadio Olimpico, Cordoba
  HW
727 17 November 1999 - Spain 0 Argentina 2 [0-0]
Estadio Olimpico, Sevilla
  AW

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