Argentina's in Seventh Heaven

Published on 7-Sep-2015 by srijan213

Soccer    Soccer Daily Review

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Argentina's in Seventh Heaven

Although Argentina specializes in runner-up spots in major competitions, they can be hard to beat in a friendly.

Los Gauchos dismantled poor Bolivia by an astonishing 7-0 scoreline.

The match was a proper definition of domination by a big fish over a minnow. Argentina might want to save such performances for a finals they'll eventually reach again.

It didn't take long to get the party started, compliments of Ezequiel Lavezzi in the sixth minute:

Seems like Bolivia were confused as to which star player to mark.

Manchester City's Sergio Agüero is an absolute gem of a player, as shown by this goal:

Looks like Lionel Messi is teaching his teammates how to lob.

Even better teamwork got Argentina a goal further:

Agüero got his second, as he received a dream assist.

He's not Fernando Torres when it comes to missing such chances.

Then, a rare event occurred, with Messi scoring a header:

Looks like Agüero and Messi have swapped styles.

But the world as we know it soon returned when Messi switched to his usual ways:

Dude could've been a World Cup skiier in another life. Then again, it's not good to mess with alternate realities:

Argentina then ended the game with a more conventional bang: