Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria Clasico Displays Boost Argentina’s Brazil Dream

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Published: March 27, 2014

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This week's pulsating Clasico derby between Real Madrid and Barcelona was one of the greatest games seen in top-level football in recent years. But more than that, it was a sign that, driven by two stars from opposite sides of one of the sport's fiercest rivalries, one South American team nation will be a force to be reckoned with in Brazil 2014. 

From almost the very first minute, Argentine talent was a key factor in the action-packed Clasico. Unsurprisingly, it was Lionel Messi who led the way for Albiceleste fans.

It was the Rosario native’s intricate pass that split open the Madrid back line after just six minutes, allowing Andres Iniesta to smash home Barcelona’s opener at the Santiago Bernabeu. But another famous son of Argentina’s third-biggest city was determined to show his worth.



Having had to work so hard to secure his place in the Madrid first XI, a task made no easier by the record signing of Gareth Bale at the start of the season, Angel Di Maria has finally succeeded in convincing the Merengue faithful that he is a top-class footballer. He might not electrify the home crowd to quite the same extent as the bombastic Welshman, but he is arguably a more effective player in the distinctive white of the Spanish capital club.

A perfectly placed cross following Iniesta’s opener found Karim Benzema’s head, and in the blink of an eye Madrid equalized. The next time Di Maria found himself in possession in Barca's final third the outcome was almost identical: a cross intricately placed, Benzema in position, a volley and a goal. Those two superb assists took the former Benfica man's Primera Division tally to 10 for the season.

But the night really belonged to Leo. A low shot driven past Diego Lopez on the brink of half-time marked the Argentine out as the Clasico's all-time top scorer, a tremendous achievement for the man who seems to be continuall...
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