In under two hours, Argentina and Bolivia will be contesting their third 2014 World Cup qualifying match in the Estadio Monumental, and these are the teams that will be doing it. A late injury in training yesterday to Sergio Agüero means that, at long last, Javier Pastore will have a chance to impress in a full-strength Argentine team.
Argentina v Bolivia, Fri 11th November 2011, Buenos Aires
Argentina (manager: Alejandro Sabella)
S. Romero
P. Zabaleta —- M. Demichelis —- N. Burdisso —- C. Rodríguez
F. Gago —- J. Mascherano —- R. Álvarez
L. Messi (C) —- G. Higuaín —- J. Pastore
Bolivia (manager: Gustavo Quinteros)
C. Arias (C)
C. Vargas —- L. Méndez —- R. Rivero —- L. Gutiérrez
E. Rojas —- W. Flores —- J. Robles —- R. Cardozo
P. Escobar
A. Andaveris
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