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 Barca through despite Krakow loss - World Soccer - Yahoo! Sports
Barca through despite Krakow loss - World Soccer - Yahoo! Sports
Barcelona made it safely through to the group stages of the Champions League despite losing 1-0 at Wisla Krakow on Tuesday. The Spanish giants went into this third qualifying round second leg tie on the back of a 4-0 first leg win over the Polish champions and qualified 4-1 on aggregate. The two-time European champions were missing Lionel Messi, the Olympic gold medalist with Argentina...
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 2008 Men's Olympic Soccer: The Best XI
2008 Men's Olympic Soccer: The Best XI
The 2008 Men's Olympic Soccer Tournament will be remembered for some classic matchs, amazing goals, and for most American fans, for a terrible elbow and tournament that was shorter than it could have been. It should also be remembered for ...

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 HOTTEST VIDEOS - The Top 5 Hottest Moments from Beijing 2008
HOTTEST VIDEOS - The Top 5 Hottest Moments from Beijing 2008
Beijing 2008 was a great Olympiad, and it had no shortage of hot moments. Here are The Top 5. Featuring Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, Redeem Team USA and more!
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 What will happen to Olympic soccer?
What will happen to Olympic soccer?
Soccer Examiner explores the fate of Olympic soccer after an entertaining tournament in China these past few weeks.
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 Olympics:  ARGENTINA takes Gold over NIGERIA
Olympics: ARGENTINA takes Gold over NIGERIA
August 23 --- MLSNet.com: Argentina achieved revenge over Nigeria for their 1996 defeat with a narrow victory in the Olympic final in the blazing heat of the Bird's Nest stadium. --- Lionel Messi, the 21-year-old Barcelona player whose participation in the tournament was threatened after his club won a legal battle with FIFA, proved the pivotal influence laying on a goal for Angel di Maria...
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 Argentina defends Olympic gold.
Argentina defends Olympic gold.
Second gold in his pocket and to end 12 years of trauma Nigerian: the argentina soccer team today won the title at the Olympic Games in Beijing to a 1-0 defeat by Nigeria with a great performance Angel Di Maria and decisive presence of Lionel Messi. With the success before 91,000 spectators in the emblematic "of Bird Nest", the soul of the Games, Argentina...
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Video Argentina 1 - 0 Nigeria (Final Soccer - Beijing Olympics)
Argentina defeated 1 - 0 Nigeria in the Final of the Beijing Olympics 2008. Angel Di Maria scored the single goal of the match, after receiving a beautiful pass from Lionel Messi. Nigeria did not took advantage of some danger situations they created and did not gave too many problems to the "albiceleste" national team.
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 HOTTEST VIDEO - Highlights of Argentina repeating as Olympics soccer champions!
HOTTEST VIDEO - Highlights of Argentina repeating as Olympics soccer champions!
Angel Di Maria's graceful floater over Nigerian goalie Ambruse Vanzekin in the 58th minute and Argentina's defense got the job done 1-0, and Argentina are Olympics champions for the second straight Games!
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 (OLYMPICS 2008) Nigeria 0-1 Argentina: Albiceleste Retain Their Olympic Crown
(OLYMPICS 2008) Nigeria 0-1 Argentina: Albiceleste Retain Their Olympic Crown
Four years after the gold in Athens, another 1-0 scoreline confirmed Argentina as Olympic football champions. In 2004, the match-winning goal had been scored by a certain Carlos Tevez; this year in Beijing, salvation came from above. “Little Angel” Di María flapped his celestial wings and delivered a fatal blow to finalists Nigeria, exploiting an inch-perfect pass by Lionel Messi.
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 Barcelona win appeal to prevent Lionel Messi playing in Olympic Games | European Football
Barcelona win appeal to prevent Lionel Messi playing in Olympic Games | European Football
Barcelona have won their Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) appeal to keep Argentina's Lionel Messi out of the Olympic football tournament in Beijing. Barcelona, Werder Bremen and Schalke 04 had taken their case to Cas after arguing that Fifa's ...
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 Video and Story:  Messi cleans up -  ARGENTINA defeats NIGERIA 1-0 in Saturday's Men's Soccer Final
Video and Story: Messi cleans up - ARGENTINA defeats NIGERIA 1-0 in Saturday's Men's Soccer Final
August 23 --- NBCOlympics.com: Angel di Maria provided the finish to another piece of Lionel Messi magic and Argentina won its second Men's Olympic soccer title in a row, a 1-0 victory over Nigeria on Saturday afternoon. --- This match was watched by a crowd of 89,102 at Beijing's 'Bird's Nest'. (Nigeria were the 1996 Olympic Champions, and had earlier knocked out the USA in this tournament.)
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 Match Recap:  NIGERIA v ARGENTINA  (Olympics)
Match Recap: NIGERIA v ARGENTINA (Olympics)
August 23 --- NBCOlympics.com: Here are the official results; this is the second consecutive Gold for the Argentina Men's Olympic Team, who won Saturday afternoon's Final 1-0. --- Angel Di Maria collected a through ball from Lionel Messi in the 58th minute for the victory, leaving Nigeria, champions in 1996, the Silver. --- This match was watched by a crowd of 89,102 at Beijing's 'Bird's Nest'.
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Nigeria vs Argentina Olympic Football Gold Medal Match 2008
The defending champion Argentina has come all the way to the final to take on Nigeria, inspired by Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi. If you have missed the match, catch it on MightyFootball.com website.
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 Not a fan of Olympic soccer? Just watch Messi
Not a fan of Olympic soccer? Just watch Messi
One more match to go in the Olympic soccer tournament. We should all be taking the advantage to watch Lionel Messi, one of the world’s finest players, do his thing.
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 HOTTEST VIDEO - Argentina destroying Brazil 3-0 in Olympics soccer semifinals
HOTTEST VIDEO - Argentina destroying Brazil 3-0 in Olympics soccer semifinals
Neither Lionel Messi of Argentina nor Ronaldinho of Brazil could find net, but Argentina's Sergio "Kun" Aguero stole the show by scoring twice and drawing a penalty to singlehandedly lead Argentina's 3-0 beatdown of Brazil.
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 Video - Highlights of Brazil vs. Argentina, World Cup Qualifiers
Video - Highlights of Brazil vs. Argentina, World Cup Qualifiers
Does the bad blood between these two soccer superpowers ever take a break?
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 Argentina in Gold Medal Soccer Final against Nigeria
Argentina in Gold Medal Soccer Final against Nigeria
Sergio Aguero is the toast of Argentina as he scored two second half goals, and an assist, to shut out the Brazilians. Argentina played a great match with intelligence and personality. "It was Argentina's best match in the Olympics so far,"
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 Argentina Takes Down Brazil 3-0 in Olympic Semifinal
Argentina Takes Down Brazil 3-0 in Olympic Semifinal
Check out the Soccer Examiner take on Argentina knocking out Brazil with three second half goals in the Olympic semifinals to reach the gold-medal game, where they will play Nigeria. Lionel Messi helped set up two of the scores, and Brazil had two men sent off in the second half. Messi got the better of his duel with former Barcelona teammate Ronaldinho.
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Lionel Messi The New Maradona
Lionel Messi The New Maradona
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 Humble Messi at center of Olympics
Humble Messi at center of Olympics
August 18 --- MLSNet.com: Soccer fans and media have called him the new Maradona, but Lionel Messi knows better. --- He likes to say that he is the first Lionel Messi and that will do fine for Argentina's Olympic soccer team, thank you.
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Argentina vs Holland (1 - 1) Olympic Football Quater-finals 2008
Argentina vs Holland (1 - 1) Olympic Football Quater-finals 2008 Argentina needed an extra time effort from Di Maria to see them into the Semi Finals of Olympic Men’s tournament. 14′ Lionel Messi 36′ Bakkal Extra Time 105′ Di Maria
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Argentina not quite realizing potential in gold medal defense - Gregory Sica - SI.com
Lionel Messi (left) and Juan Román Riquelme have helped Argentina through to the medal round with three victories in group play.