Higuain should probably have sealed Argentina's place in the last eight before the break but headed wide from six yards, while Mexico's Manchester United-bound Javier Hernandez was inches from connecting with a cross in injury time.

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However, they made a more incisive opening to the second half and the impressive Gervinho drilled a strike across the face of goal, while Salomon Kalou was inches away from connecting with a cross from the right and finally forced Eduardo into action with a low shot from the edge of the box.

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Aberdeen substitute Steve Lovell was then only inches away from connecting with Ricky Foster's cross.

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To the south, in Juarez, there are new highways and overpasses connecting the manufacturing plants to the cross-border transit routes.

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The striker was then inches away from connecting with Jean Beausejour's cross.

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But it was Gomez who finally broke the deadlock, connecting with Sami Khedira's cross from the right, cleverly guiding a header past Patricio.

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Standing in front of the mirror, she repeatedly rubbed a white cross on her forehead, an action that she could only have performed by connecting her reflected image with her own body.

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