They produced an all-round brilliant performance in that match with strikers Crespo, Carlos Tevez and Lionel Messi and midfielder Esteban Cambiasso also finding the net.

Since then, however, Argentina have found goals hard to come by, having drawn 0-0 with Netherlands, and on Saturday their equaliser against Mexico, which was attributed to Crespo, was helped in by Mexican striker Jared Borgetti.