It's crunch time for Argentina under the leadership of coach Maradona as they travel to Paraguay to try and nail an increasingly elusive berth to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Defeat is not an option today, since it will relegate the two-time world champions to the ignominy of fighting for a berth in the play-off stage. Barcelona’s superstar Lionel Messi (pictured left), the leader of the Argentine strike force, in the meantime will lose his spot in the FTBL Top 23 in case of defeat.
Messi has an overall FTBL rating of 140.56 points and has lost a whopping 40 rating points in his last 3 appearances. He will have a high plank of approximately 28 rating points to beat in today’s game, and only a goal, coupled with victory for Argentina, will guarantee him a bonus in our system.
Messi is currently in 4th place in the FTBL World Ranking of midfielders. He is the best Argentine midfielder at the moment.
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