Pekerman: We accomplish our objective
11/6/2006 10:52
Argentina coach Jose Pekerman said after his victory Saturday in
Hamburg that his team accomplished the objective fixed before the
game.
Argentina and Cote d'Ivoire presented on Saturday a spectacular game in
the first encounter of the so-called "Group of Death". Argentina won the battle
2-1.
During an after-match press conference, Pekerman said Cote d'Ivoire was
an important adversary and couldn't be considered as a debutant of the FIFA
World Cup.
He explained his team concentrated a defensive system in the last
ten minutes of game because Cote d'Ivoire has sent several forwards. "We should
not take risk," he said.
"We accomplished our objective. It's a collective
victory. Our defensive strategy has worked," he added.
Argentina will play a
next game against Serbia and Montenegro on June 16.
Xinhua
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