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| Argentina were sweating over the fitness of the Manchester City striker Sergio Agüero on Thursday night, with doubts over whether the 26-year-old will play any further part at the World Cup. | Argentina were sweating over the fitness of the Manchester City striker Sergio Agüero on Thursday night, with doubts over whether the 26-year-old will play any further part at the World Cup. |
| Agüero limped off the pitch in the first half of Argentina’s 3-2 win over Nigeria on Wednesday, with the coach, Alejandro Sabella, revealing afterwards that he was substituted because of a muscle problem. | |
| The newspaper Clarín reported that he had already been ruled out of the tournament because of a torn thigh muscle, but the Argentina spokesman Andres Ventura said no decision would be made until medical examinations had been completed. | |
| “It has not been confirmed that it is a tear, it could be a strain,” said Ventura. “It is a muscle injury, as Sabella already said after the match. To go from that to saying that he might not be able to play again in the World Cup is nonsense.” | “It has not been confirmed that it is a tear, it could be a strain,” said Ventura. “It is a muscle injury, as Sabella already said after the match. To go from that to saying that he might not be able to play again in the World Cup is nonsense.” |
| A simple strain could leave Agüero on the sidelines for around 10 days, but a tear would probably keep him out for around two to three weeks. He endured an injury-affected season with City, starting just 20 Premier League games, and has not produced his best form so far at the World Cup. | |
| Agüero’s struggles add to Sabella’s concerns in attack. Rodrigo Palacio is recovering from a minor ankle injury and Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Higuaín is only getting back to peak fitness after a spell on the sidelines of his own. | |
| The win against Nigeria – courtesy of two goals from Lionel Messi and one from Marcos Rojo – took Argentina through to a last-16 tie with Switzerland in São Paulo on Tuesday. | The win against Nigeria – courtesy of two goals from Lionel Messi and one from Marcos Rojo – took Argentina through to a last-16 tie with Switzerland in São Paulo on Tuesday. |