Palermo stars for Maradona's Argentina

Martin Palermo led Argentina to a 2-0 win over Ghana as Diego Maradona's side prepare for the culmination of their World Cup qualifying campaign.

Boca Juniors' record goalscorer gave Argentina a two-goal lead by half-time as the Albicelestes sought an impressive win in Cordoba despite playing with a domestically-based squad.

Palermo, who turns 36 next month, captained Argentina and opened the scoring in the 28th minute with a volley, after a Luciano Fabian Monzon cross from the left.

Eleven minutes later, the attacker headed a cross from his club team-mate Federico Insua to widen the gap over the Africans, who have already booked a berth in the World Cup finals...[source]