Argentina+team

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Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is the second largest country in South America. It is the eighth-largest country in the world. In Argentina the largest city is Cordoba, before Buenos Aires. One of the most beautiful beaches of Argentina is the Bristol beach. In Argentina, there are a lot of varieties of languages, for example: Spanish ,German ( the third of four most spoken), Italian, Portuguese and other indigenous languages ( Guaraní, Quechua..)

FOOD AND DRINK

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Argentina have got one of the most various gastronomies of the world. It have an important influence with the spanish gastronomy. The most part of it gastronomy is a indigenous creation, with include "empanadas", "locro"( a mixture of corn, beans, meat, bacon, onion, and gourd), humitas and the most famous drink, "Yerba mate". For the lunch, the famous Argentine barbecue includes meats ( "chorizo", chitterlings "menudos de cerdo" and blood sausage, morcilla).======

Cordoba is the first one and the second one is Buenos Aires. Bristol beach.

The official national sports of Argentina is pato, played with a six-handle ball on horseback, but the most popular sport is association football. The National Football Team has won 25 major international titles including 2 FIFA World Cups, 2 Olympic Gold Medals and 14 Copa Americas. Basketball is the second most popular sports; a number of basketball players play in the NBA and European leagues. Other popular sports include field hockey (particularly amongst women), tennis, autoracing (Nasscar), boxing, volleyball, polo and golf. The Argentina national foorball team has won the most international titles by any national team (19). Argentina has twice won the FIFA world cup, in 1978 and 1986. Argentina and France are the only national teams which have won the three most important men's titles: the World Cup, the Confederations Cup and the Olympic tournament. __Trainer: Diego Armando Maradona__ Now Diego Armando Maradona is the trainer of Argentina. But, when he was young, he was one of the best football player of all time. He was born in Lanús ( Buenos Aires) on 1960. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Sevilla, Newell's Old Boys and Napoli. He played in four FIFA World Cup tournaments and on 1986, Argentina won the FIFA World Cup and he won the Golden Ball award as the tournament's best player. In that same tournament scored the most famous goals: Hand of god and the espectacular 60-metre weave through six England players, commonly referred to as "The Goal of the Century". He was one of the best players, although he was considered one of the sport's most controversial and newsworthy figures. He was suspended from football after failing a doping test for cocaine in Italy. However he haven't previous managerial experience, he became head coach of the Argentina national football team.
 * __SPORTS__**
 * __ARGENTINA FOOTBALL TEAM__**


 * Players**

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 * **Goalkeeper**: Segio Romero (AZ Alkmaar), Mariano Andujár (Catania) and Diego Pozo (Colón de Santa Fe)
 * **Defense Position**: Nicolás Otamendi (Vélez Sarsfield), Martín Demichelis (Bayern Munich), Walter Samuel (Inter Milan), Gabriel Heinze (Olympique de Marsella), Nicolás Burdisso (Roma), Clemente Rodrígez (Estudiantes de la Plata) and Ariel Garcé (Colón de Santa Fe).
 * **Mid-Field Position**: Jonás Gutierrez (Newcastle), Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Juan Sebastián Verón (Estudiantes de la Plata), Ángel Di María (Benfica), Javier Pastore (Palermo), Mario Bolatti (Fiorentina) and Maximiliano Rodríguez (Liverpool).
 * **Foward Position:** Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Gonzalo Higuaín (R.Madrid), Carlos Tevez (Manchester City), Sergio Agüero (A.Madrid), Diego Milito (Inter Milan) and Martín Palermo (Boca Juniors).