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| 2. | TOP 5 MATCHES (Daily Record) | | | | | Rafael Marquez rocked the tournament favourites with an early strike for Mexico only for Jared Borgetti's own goal to hand Argentina a way back into a match of the highest quality before Maxi Rodriguez's thumping 25-yard volley. |
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| 5. | Memories to last a lifetime (The Mercury) | | | | | FROM Argentina's 24-pass wonder goal to Graham Poll's yellow-card disaster, the world's top tournament more than lived up to its star billing. Jens Lehmann agreeing to step down early yesterday so his bitter rival Oliver Kahn could taste World Cup action. |
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| 5. | No. 1 gooooooooal for 31 teams: knock off Brazil | | | | | Contra Costa Times - Despite the omission of top star Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Mexico has exciting attackers in Jose Francisco Fonseca, Guillermo Franco and Jared Borgetti, the Mexican national team's all-time leading scorer. Speculate as we might, this year's World Cup shapes ... |
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| 6. | Borgetti out of Angola match | | | | | Welwyn & Hatfield Times - Mexico v Angola preview Bolton forward Jared Borgetti will definitely miss Mexico's second group match against Angola in Hanover on Friday. Mexico's star striker was taken off in El Tri's opening 3-1 victory over Iran in Nuremberg with a muscle tear ... |
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| 7. | Mexicans draw a blank | | | | | Welwyn & Hatfield Times - ... setback when Andre received a second booking and red card for handball. However, the Africans repelled wave after wave of Mexican attacks and the athletic Joao Ricardo refused to be beaten. Mexico sorely missed injured Bolton forward Jared Borgetti. ... |
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| 8. | Argentina take it to the Max | | | | | Welwyn & Hatfield Times - ... Barcelona defender Marquez nipped in unnoticed at the back post to fire into the roof of the net past keeper Roberto Abbondanzieri. Mexico's surprise lead was short-lived though, with Argentina level within five minutes. Bolton striker Jared Borgetti ... |
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| 9. | Bravo’s a two-goal hero | | | | | Welwyn & Hatfield Times - ... up by Iranian supporters. The fiesta was short-lived with Iran back on level terms just eight minutes later. Sanchez flapped at a corner and defender Yahya Golmohammadi pounced on the loose ball to make it 1-1. Mexico lost star striker Jared Borgetti ... |
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