ARGENTINA: SOCCER / FOOTBALL - Argentines celebrate their team's 2-1 victory over Mexico that advances the South Americans into the quarter finals

Record ID: 447809

  • Title: ARGENTINA: SOCCER / FOOTBALL - Argentines celebrate their team's 2-1 victory over Mexico that advances the South Americans into the quarter finals
  • Date: 25th October 2005
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PARIS IVANISEVICH, FAN, SAYING: "It was difficult but good! Argentina will always come out ahead." (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ALBERTO RONDON, NICARAGUAN FAN OF ARGENTINA, SAYING: "The nicest football that I've seen in my life is played by Argentina. Argentina!" (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) JUAN AVALOS, FAN, SAYING: "Let's go Argentina! We're going to be world champions. We beat Mexico and now we're going for Germany, Brazil, all of them. We're going to be champions! Let's go!" FANS CELEBRATING
  • Embargoed: 9th November 2005 12:00
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  • Location: Argentina
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA907AUUKG5TOAYFNG49JNYDBY8
  • Story Text: Excitement was high in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires as soccer fans watched their team beat Mexico, in a game that set up what will likely be an unforgettable quarter-final between the favourites and the hosts Germany at Berlin's Olympia stadium on Friday.
    Fans wearing blue and white jerseys crowded into sports bars and restaurants to watch the second-round game.
    Women, men and children wore clothing with the colours of the Argentinean flag and painted their faces in a show of support for their team.
    Mexico took the game from Argentina from the kick-off and shocked the favourites by taking the lead.
    Tension rose quickly as Mexico took the game from Argentina from the kick-off and shocked the favourites by taking the lead with a goal by captain Rafael Marquez in the sixth minute .
    Just minutes later, the crowd erupted in cheers as Argentina tied 1-1 when Mexico's Jared Borgetti scored an own goal.
    Messi had the ball in the net just before the end of the 90 minutes, but the goal was ruled out for offside.
    It wasn't until extra time when Argentina's Maxi Rodriguez gave his country the 2-1 win over Mexico that the crowd so desired.
    For post match celebrations thousands of cheering fans gathered in downtown Buenos Aires.
    "It was difficult but good! Argentina will always come out ahead," said confident fan Paris Ivanisevich.
    The victory settled one of the best games of the tournament so far.
    The quarter-final in Berlin on Friday brings together the countries that contested the 1990 final in Rome when West Germany beat Argentina 1-0 to clinch their third world title.
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