World Soccer

Tevez takes title

“It is the biggest game in our history,” runs the Argentinian FA campaign. “And we need to win.”

Amid the slightly laboured football analogy imploring people not to go out – “if you leave home you’ll be caught offside and hurt the team” – was the simple message of unity in a time of crisis. Star players appeared in another video saying: “There are no colours, we have to wear the same shirt.”

Carlos Tevez no

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