The Observer:
Argentina's long wait for a 15th Copa América victory is likely to end tomorrow night if they can maintain the form shown in the previous rounds of the competition when they meet Brazil in the final in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The 63-year-old Alfio Basile, who returned as Argentina's head coach after last summer's World Cup disaster, will send out a combination of veterans and young stars to confront a side managed by Carlos Dunga and a win would reinforce the views of those who believe them to be currently the best side in international football.
Basile was in charge of Argentina for their last two wins in the Copa América, in 1991 and 1993. When the call came to take over the national side from José Pekerman in the summer of 2006, he was celebrating a season in which he had led Boca Juniors to victories in the domestic championship and the South American super cup.
His squad for Venezuela included one major surprise: the return of Juan Sebastián Verón. Thoroughly discredited in English eyes after his expensive and unsuccessful periods with Manchester United and Chelsea, Verón returned to Argentina last year and, at the age of 32, guided Estudiantes de la Plata, his first club, to the league title. Basile uses him as a kind of midfield pivot, a role that does not expose his lack of pace.
Ed:
Veron, Heinze and Tevez are all scheduled to play for Argentina and Anderson may get a call from Brazil.