Watch the Costa Rica vs Argentina live stream in the international friendly on 29/3/2011 as the Central Americans welcome the world’s best player Lionel Messi to their new Estadio Nacional in San Jose on Tuesday. While there is no question that the home side are excited to be up against him in this live online stream commentary and live online radio broadcast international friendly match between Costa Rica and Argentina they are also determined to put in a good performance and secure a memorable result against the South American giants. That will be especially true for Costa Rica coach Ricardo La Volpe who has had a history of grudges against current Argentina manager Sergio Batista and will look to get one over the visitors. While the home side will be fresh and motivated, their opponents will come into the game on the back of a less than impressive 1-1 draw with the USA on Saturday. However, while the scoreline may be unexpected, the Albiceleste did dominate that match and created plenty of chances to have thrashed their previous opponents. The lack of a cutting edge may worry Batista but he will be making full use of this opportunity to further test players in his preferred tactics. There is speculation that the coach will make all round changes to the side that took on the USA but one player who will definitely be retained against Costa Rica is Barcelona star Lionel Messi.

This piece of news will delight Costa Rican football fans who turn up at the stadium for the match hoping to get a close up glimpse of their football idol but it has not been welcomed by the player’s club and Spanish media, who regard Messi as one of their own. However, Batista will pay little lip service to those concerns as he prepares his squad for the upcoming Copa America and future World Cup qualifiers. Messi remains central to his plans to restore the South Americans to their podium at the top of world football and having failed to fulfill his potential in previous tournaments, the Barcelona star is also hopeful to finally make his mark on the highest stage with a coach whom he has had great success with at younger age groups with Argentina. Meanwhile, Messi is expected to line up in a three pronged attacking lineup with Palermo’s Javier Pastore and Benfica’s Nicolas Gaitan as Batista looks to see which players can best operate alongside the high scoring attacking midfielder.

Costa Rica will have to play better in the live international friendly online streaming football match against Argentina compared to their weekend friendly with China that saw them manage only a 2-2 draw. Despite having gone into an early lead the Central Americans did not play very well and had plenty of misplaced passes and faults. Having gone into a 2-0 half-time lead, the Costa Ricans then conspired to throw it all away by conceding two second half goals and ended the game all square with the equaliser coming in injury time. A similar display against Argentina is likely to lead to a heavy defeat unless La Volpe organises his defenders better. Otherwise, Batista could once again have the last laught in the battle of wits between the two managers.

Prediction: Despite playing in front of a sell out home crowd, Costa Rica are unlikely to trouble a new look Argentina side much. They might be able to take advantage of some unfamiliarity amongst their opponents but the visitors’ overall quality should see them through. A defeat is definitely on the cards for Costa Rica but perhaps only by two goals or three.

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