Chelsea needed an instant response, and Crespo provided it with the crucial away goal six minutes later.
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Batistuta has been left out of several internationals during the last year, and Crespo's World Cup preparations have been hampered by an ankle injury.
Ariel Crespo and Nadia Sanders in Mexico City, Al Goodman in Madrid, and Nick Valencia and Catherine E.
Rothen's free-kick evaded the diving Crespo and Prso took advantage of a favourable bounce to direct a powerful header past Marco Ambrosio into the top corner.
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Gabriel Batistuta, Pablo Aimar, Herman Crespo and Juan Sebastian Veron are all considered among the best players in the world and it will be major surprise if Argentina fail to reach the last eight.
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Scott Parker set up Eidur Gudjohnsen, who slipped but managed to find the lurking Crespo, who turned and scored from eight yards.
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Chelsea boss Mourinho immediately sent on Geremi for Joe Cole, and also replaced the injured Hernan Crespo with Didier Drogba at the start of the second half.
CNN's Ariel Crespo, Laura Reyes and Nadia Sanders in Mexico City, Al Goodman in Madrid, and Nick Valencia and Catherine Shoichet in Atlanta contributed to this report.
Pena Nieto has shown "that yes, he has the capacity to take decisions like arresting Elba Esther Gordillo, difficult decisions that require strength, " said Jose Antonio Crespo, a historian and researcher at the Center for Economic Research and Teaching in Mexico City.
Crespo owns a house in Italy and says returning there is more important than money - adding that he has turned down incentives presented by billionaire Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.
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CNN's Sanjay Gupta, Ariel Crespo, Ted Rowlands, Al Goodman and Jeanne Meserve contributed to this report.
"He offered me a house, a private jet and more money, but money and success doesn't come into it, " Crespo said.
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CNN's Ariel Crespo in Mexico City, Al Goodman in Madrid, and Nick Valencia and Catherine Shoichet in Atlanta contributed to this report.
Howard had denied Crespo early on - one of only three shots on target over the 90 minutes - and was fortunate when Kaka's driven volley, after a poor touch from Mikael Silvestre, grazed the crossbar.
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