"El Burrito Ortega returns to the selection Argentina?

Amidst many rumors regarding the establishment of the list for the friendly against Ghana on 30 September, it emerged that the coupling of River, Ariel Arnaldo Ortega, again put on the albiceleste after 6 years of absence.

Maradona to travel to Spain, Bilardo and Mancuso have been in charge of preparing the squad for the local selection, which presumably would come face several names for the last qualifying date in which Argentina played the passage South Africa 2010. Among the rumors, mentioned the call for more players of Estudiantes de La Plata (Cellay, Enzo Perez, Desabato), some of the kids in the amazing Rosario Central (Jesus Mendez, Jorge Broun, William Burdisso), and two men Newell's (Insaurralde, Vangioni). But undoubtedly, the name that captures the attention is that of Ortega burrito: the coupling talented, who returned recently completed his loan River Independiente Rivadavia de Mendoza, has shown flashes of his magic (the goal to Chacarita, for example), but is far from his best physical form. However, Maradona has always shown a weakness for Jujuy ( "If you play three games well, called him" declared once).

To make the return, Ortega cut 6 years of absence from the senior team. His last game was in 2003, a friendly against Holland in Amsterdam that ended with victory for all orange by 1 to 0

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