First 11 for Ivory Coast revealed (?) (1 Jun 2006 23:45 GMT)
IMPORTANT! Xtratime forum folks says that it does not necessairly is true as Sky Sports translated Pekerman's words wrongly and Pekerman didn't really say that first 11 is decided. Sorry for this confusion.
"The line up of the team for the debut in the World Cup will be the same as the one that played the last friendly match in Buenos Aires before we travelled to Italy," said Pekerman from their training base in Rome.
In light of Pekerman's comments, the Argentine team to face Ivory Coast will be as follows:
Roberto Abbondanzieri; Nicolas Burdisso, Roberto Ayala, Gabriel Heinze, Juan Pablo Sorin; Maxi Rodriguez, Javier Mascherano, Esteban Cambiasso, Juan Roman Riquelme; Carlos Tevez, Julio Cruz.
Pekerman believes Argentina are approaching concert pitch ahead of this summer's tournament.
"We have been working very well and we still have ten more days and that will be very important," added Pekerman.
source : Sky Sports