Argentina demolish Serbia & Montenegro 6-0

Argentina produced a world class display of attacking flair to move into the second round with a 6-0 battering of Serbia & Montenegro in Group C.

1st goal: Rodriguez toe-poked a goal from the left after Javier Saviola, fed by Juan Pablo Sorin with a back heel on the left wing, steered a square ball into the box.

2nd goal: Saviola fed Crespo who stepped over the ball and backheeled it for Cambiasso to fire into the roof of the net past a static Dragoslav Jevric.

3rd goal: Again Saviola created the chance. He robbed the ball from Mladen Krstajic out on the right wing and ran into the box to shoot low. Jevric got a hand to the ball but it fell to Rodriguez to tap in at the far post for his second.

4th goal: With 12 minutes left he made his presence felt, breaking down the left and sending a low ball into the box for Crespo to tuck in.

5th goal: Tevez cut in from the left, nutmegged a defender before finishing calmly with a low shot home.

6th goal: Messi scored in the 88th minute with a low shot through the legs of the keeper after finding room in the area.

A solid performance with creativity coming from all sides of the Argentinian team. It will be a pleasant headache for any manager to choose the first XI from this array of talents. If they carried on this form, Soccer Pundit has no doubt that they will be in the semi-finals with relative ease. Saviola was difficult to contain and his running and passing gave all sorts of problems to the Serbia and Montenegro's defence.

Coach Pekerman brought on Tevez and Messi in the second half and both, despite their youth and inexperience at the world stage, peformed with the confidence and assurance of veterans. The former maestro, Maradona, was absolutely elated with their performance. It has been a long wait since 1986 when he led Argentina to the trophy.

Since then, Argentina has been disappointing in their outings. This could just be their year but whatever it is, Soccr Pundit feels that the future of Argentina looks very bright indeed...