May 7. In the second leg of eighth-finals, Boca beat Cruzeiro 2-1 at the Mineirão Stadium with goals from Palacio at 36th and Palermo -header- at 44th. Wágner closed the gap at 56th. Goals. In quarter-finals, Boca will host Atlas.
Apr 30. In the first leg, Boca won 2-1 over Cruzeiro with goals from Riquelme at 6th and Dátolo at 65th. Fabrício closed the gap at 78th. Goals.

May 6. In the second leg of eighth-finals, Estudiantes won 2-1 over Liga de Quito but that was not enough and they were eliminated. Liga started winning with goal from Bolaños at 26th. Estudiantes came back with goals from Alayes at 42nd and Maggiolo at 65th but they needed two more. Goals.
Apr 29. In the first leg, Estudiantes lost 2-0 to Liga Universitaria at Quito with goals from Guerrón at 64th and Manso at 77th. Goals.

May 6. In the second leg of eighth-finals, Lanús drew 2-2 with Atlas at Guadalajara. Atlas went ahead twice with goals from Bruno Marioni at 29th and Mendivil at 78th. Lanús managed to draw twice with goals from Sand at 64th and Acosta at 90th. Goals. Lanús were also eliminated.
Apr 29. In the first leg, Lanús lost 1-0 to Atlas at home with a back-heels goal from Bruno Marioni at 37th.

Vélez won 2-0 over Tigre with goals from Escudero at 65th and Silva at 80th.

Rosario Central beat Racing 3-2 in final minute. The 'Academy' went ahead with an own goal from Raldes at 43rd and Navarro had saved a penalty shot by Vizcarra at 34th. Central came back with goals from Vizcarra at 77th and Díaz at 83rd. Sava scored the equaliser from a header at 87th and 'Kily' González gave the victory to the 'Scoundrels' at 90th. Goals.

Estudiantes, River and San Lorenzo lead the standings with 27 points followed by Boca with 26, Vélez with 24, Independiente with 23 and Newell's with 21. In week 14, on Friday, Gimnasia de Jujuy hill host Colón. On Saturday, Vélez will host Rosario Central. On Sunday, Estudiantes will host Boca, San Lorenzo will host Independiente and River will host Gimnasia LP.

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Independiente hammered Newell's 3-0 with two goals from Denis at 32nd and 36th and one from Guillermo Rodríguez at 45th. Goals.

Colón won 3-2 over Banfield with one goal from Prediger at 1st and two from Ramírez at 49th and 71st. Goalkeeper Blázquez -own goal- at 23rd and Cvitanich at 89th closed the gap for the 'Drill'. Goals.

Next friendlies will be played by Major National Team: June 4 vs Mexico at San Diego and June 8 vs USA at New York.

In WC Preliminary Round, Paraguay lead the standings with 10 points, followed by Argentina with 9 and Brazil and Colombia with 8. Week 5 will be played in June. Argentina will host Ecuador and then they will visit Brazil.

Tigre lost 1-0 to Argentinos Jrs with a penalty from Bárzola at 56th and ended at the second place.

The squad is: 1-Sergio Romero (RAC), 2-Federico Fazio (SEV-SPA), 3-Emiliano Insúa (LIV-ENG), 4-Gabriel Mercado (RAC), 5-Éver Banega (BOC), 6-Matías Cahais (BOC), 7-Claudio Yacob (RAC), 8-Matías Sánchez (RAC), 9-Mauro Zárate (VEL), 10-Sergio Agüero (ATM-SPA), 11-Damián Escudero (VEL), 12-Javier García (BOC), 13-Germán Voboril (SLO), 14-Leonardo Sigali (NCH), 15-Alejandro Cabral (VEL), 16-Alejandro Gómez (ARS), 17-Maxi Morález (RAC), 18-Ángel Di María (ROS), 19-Pablo Piatti (EST), 20-Lautaro Acosta (LAN), 21-Bruno Centeno (SLO).

Jun 24. In eighth-finals, at Leipzig, Argentina beat Mexico 2-1 in extra time. Rafa Márquez opened the scoring for the Mexican team at 5th and Crespo scored the equaliser at 10th after a corner-kick shot by Riquelme from the right. In extra time, at 98th, Maxi Rodríguez received an air pass, stopped the ball with his chest out of corner of the area on the right, and shot high with his left foot before the ball touched the ground to the opposite angle of the goalkeeper. Argentina line up: Abbondanzieri; Scaloni, Ayala, Heinze, Sorín; Maxi Rodríguez, Mascherano, Cambiasso (76th Aimar), Riquelme; Saviola (84th Messi), Crespo (75th Tévez). Mexico had a very good start, played better than Argentina and deserved a bit more in first half. In second half, Mexico defended more but Argentina only had two clear goal chances. Argentina didn't play well but could take advantage thanks to a great shot.

Jun 21. In the third match of Group C in Frankfurt, Argentina and Netherlands ended in a scoreless draw. Argentina lined up: Abbondanzieri; Burdisso (24th Coloccini), Ayala, Milito, Cufré; Maxi Rodríguez, Mascherano, Cambiasso, Riquelme (80th Aimar); Tévez, Messi (70th Cruz). Argentina looked for the victory a bit more than the Netherlands but they were not as effective in the area as in previous games. It was not necessary to take many risks because we have to play again in three days for the final rounds.

Jun 16. In the second match of Group C in Genselkirchen, Argentina hammered Serbia & Montenegro 6-0. At halftime they were winning 3-0 with goals from Maxi Rodríguez at 6th after pass from Saviola from the left; Cambiasso at 31st, great goal after great team play with a wall pass between Cuchu and Crespo's backheels pass; and Maxi Rodríguez again at 41st shooting from the left to correct a Saviola's shot from the right which Serbian defense had saved. In second half, Crespo scored at 78th after Messi's pass from the left, Tévez extended the advantage at 84th dribbling on the left with two tunnels to the defenders and Messi closed the scoring at 88th. Lucho González got injured. Argentina lined up: Abbondanzieri; Burdisso, Ayala, Heinze, Sorín; Mascherano, Lucho González (17th Cambiasso), Maxi Rodríguez (75th Messi), Riquelme; Saviola (59th Tévez), Crespo. Argentina were very effective in first half and during second half they took advantage of Serbia keeping the 0-3 and played at excellent level with many skill plays.

Jun 10. In the first match at Hamburg, Argentina won 2-1 over Cote d'Ivoire. Crespo scored the first goal at 24th after a free kick from Riquelme from the left and rebound in the defense. Saviola extended the advantage at 38th after a great pass from Riquelme that let him alone with the goalkeeper. Drogba closed the gap at 82nd.
During first half Cote d'Ivoire had more possesion of the ball and attacked more but Argentina could take profit of their chances. Good job of our National Team defense. In the second half, Argentina controlled the game in the first twenty minutes and when Pekerman took Crespo out, the African team began to attack but they only could close the gap. Argentina lined up: Abbondanzieri; Burdisso, Ayala, Heinze, Sorín; Mascherano, Cambiasso, Maxi Rodríguez, Riquelme (92nd Aimar); Saviola (76th Luis González), Crespo (64th Palacio).

Boca, the champions, lead the standings with 40 points, followed by Lanús with 34, Gimnasia LP with 32 and River with 31. In week 19, last one, Boca will celebrate against Olimpo, Lanús will host Estudiantes, Gimnasia will host Banfield and River will visit Quilmes.

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Stars: Oscar Córdoba (45th Carini(60th Higuita)); Ciro Ferrara, Bermúdez, Iván Córdoba (45th Lothar Mattheus), Gamarra; Solano, Riquelme (45th Recoba (60th Aguilera)), Valderrama, Francescoli (45th Leo Rodríguez); Stoichkov (45th Cantona), Suker (60th Careca).