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Riquelme looks forward to being in the Olympics
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The talented Argentine soccer player Juan Ramon Riquelme of Boca Juniors club, said Monday that he "was looking forward to go to the Olympic Games" of Beijing-2008 with the soccer national team.

Riquelme said "I have arrange everything with the club" to participate in the competition "and the national team coach (Sergio Batista) said he wants to take me," Riquelme said during an interview in TyC Sports channel.

"After the match against Fluminense" of Brazil, for the semifinals of Libertadores Cup, "I will think on the Eliminatory" of South America for the South Africa World Cup-2010, Riquelme said.

In that sense, he said "if I have to imprisoned myself in the headquarters of Ezeiza and train for the Olympics, I will do it very happy."

Finally Riquelme said that he also dreams with playing again a Soccer World Cup after the bad experience in Germany-2006, where Argentina was eliminated by Germany in quarterfinals by penalties.

(Xinhua News Agency May 27, 2008)

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