Higuain leads Argentina's rout
Gonzalo Higuain scored two goals to lead Argentina to a 5-0 rout of Guatemala in an exhibition game at the Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday night.
Ezequiel Lavezzi, Jonatan Maidana and Marco Ruben each added a goal in the first meeting between the teams.
Boca Juniors midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme, who played in the 2006 World Cup, set up Argentina's first two goals after goalkeeper Oscar Ustari kept Guatemala from taking an early lead.
Ustari went to his right to catch Gustavo Cabrera's 13-yard header off Rigoberto Gomez's 24-yard free kick in the eighth minute.
Argentina scored in the 15th minute. Riquelme passed to Real Madrid's Higuain, who faced tight marking from defender Pablo Melgar but converted from 11 yards.
Lavezzi scored in the 34th minute. After taking Riquelme's pass, Lavezzi sent a 10-yard shot from the left flank that ricocheted off the netting inside the right post.
Higuain scored his second goal in the 71st minute. Lavezzi eluded Cabrera along the end line and passed to Higuain, who spun to avoid Melgar's attempted tackle and scored from 5 yards.
Maidana converted a 17-yard shot in the 84th minute and Ruben scored on a 14-yard shot in the 89th minute.
Argentina played without Atletico Madrid forward Sergio Aguero and Real Madrid midfielder Mauro Zarate, who are injured.
Barring injury, the Argentine players who took the field Wednesday night will play in the Olympics in Beijing in August.
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