Up front they have two world class strikers in Gabriel Batistuta and Claudio Lopez.

BBC: News Online

It was the first World Cup hat-trick since Portugal's Pauleta in 2002 and the first from an Argentine since Gabriel Batistuta in 1998.

BBC: Argentina 4-1 South Korea

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.

BBC: Argentina's road to the finals

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.

BBC: Argentina's road to the finals