I know most people know more than a little about Argentina’s national team, but just for entertainment’s sake I thought I would repeat the experiment from this year’s Ecuador game and give another opponent preview, courtesy of Youtube, of some of the Argentine players likely to start against the US Mens National Team in Venezuela on Thursday, plus a noteworthy possible sub or two. Please bear in mind: I can not vouch for the video quality, nor would I be too surprised if somebody gets fired up and pulls one or more of these for "terms of usage" violations.

Lionel Messi:
Often compared to Maradona, here are two reasons why.
"Hand of God", Messi-style:

And the slalom run:

Juan Sebastián Verón

Juan Román Riquelme

Diego Milito

Gabriel Milito (Diego's little brother)

Carlos Tevez

Hernán Crespo

Javier Zanetti

Roberto Ayala

Javier Mascherano

Esteban Cambiasso

Argentina Roster
Goalkeepers: Roberto Abbondanzieri* (Getafe, Spain), Juan Pablo Carrizo (River Plate, Argentina), Agustín Orión (San Lorenzo, Argentina)
Defenders: Roberto Ayala* (Valencia, Spain), Javier Zanetti (Inter, Italy), Nicolás Burdisso* (Inter, Italy), Hugo Ibarra (Boca Juniors, Argentina), Daniel Díaz (Boca Juniors, Argentina), Gabriel Milito* (Zaragoza, Spain), Gabriel Heinze* (Manchester United, England)
Midfielders: Luis González* (FC Oporto, Portugal), Javier Mascherano* (Liverpool, England), Esteban Cambiasso* (Inter, Italy), Fernando Gago (Real Madrid, Spain), Pablo Aimar* (Zaragoza, Spain), Juan Sebastián Verón (Estudiantes de La Plata, Argentina), Juan Román Riquelme* (Boca Juniors)
Forwards: Lionel Messi* (FC Barcelona, Spain), Hernán Crespo* (Inter, Italy), Diego Milito (Zaragoza, Spain), Carlos Tevez* (West Ham, England), Rodrigo Palacio* (Boca Juniors, Argentina)
* Member of 2006 World Cup team