Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Official Olympic Squad List


Burdisso will anchor the backline in the Olympics.

U-23 manager Sergio Batista presented the official list of 18 players that will represent Argentina in the upcoming Olympic Games. It still remains to be seen if Gago and Messi will make the trip to China. Both of their club teams have been pressuring the players into not participating in the Olympics.

Argentina Olympic Team:

GK - Oscar Ustari (Getafe)
GK - Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar)

D - Pablo Zabaleta (Deportivo Espanyol)
D - Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid)
D - Federico Fazio (Sevilla)
D - Nicolás Burdisso (Inter Milan)
D - Luciano Monzón (Boca Juniors)

M - Fernando Gago (Real Madrid)
M - Ever Banega (Valencia)
M - Javier Mascherano (Liverpool)
M - Juan Román Riquelme (Boca Juniors)
M - Angel Di María (Benfica)
M - José Sosa (Bayern Munich)
M - Diego Buonanotte (River Plate)

F - Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
F - Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli)
F - Lautaro Acosta (Sevilla)
F - Sergio Aguero (Atlético Madrid)

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