I'm not a River fan myself, but as an Aimar's football fan (for I think he's a great player), I was also happy to see him play. But I wouldn't go as far as saying that he made the difference. He scored a nice goal, that's true (although Messi was preparing what could have been a beautiful shot just behind him. Would he have got it right, I wonder), but so did Tevez, who played only for a few minutes. Riquelme had flashes of a good performance, but most of the time he was kind of disconnected from the game. Messi, in my opinion, was the one who made the difference in the second half. Playing through the left wing he had much more space in the second half.

I too would like to see Argentina playing Aimar (who did play very well, don't get me wrong) instead of Cambiasso. Especially against Colombia, once that Cambiasso's defensiveness is not gonna be so necessary... But will that happen?

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