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Injured Aguero risks Man City rage for Argentina

ESPN staff
September 5, 2012
Sergio Aguero was sidelined against Southampton © PA Photos
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Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero is preparing to risk the wrath of his manager Roberto Mancini by playing for Argentina in their second 2014 World Cup qualifier next week.

Aguero was sidelined with a knee injury on the opening day of the season, a knock that the Premier League champions expected to keep him out of action until after the current international break.

But Aguero was subsequently called up by Argentina boss Carlos Sabella despite still struggling with the injury, a decision Mancini immediately branded ridiculous.

"It is impossible [for Aguero to play] because Sergio needs a minimum of two weeks without training," Mancini said when the international squad was announced. "After two weeks he can start again.

"If in one week if he could be ready to play it is different, but I think he needs another two weeks.

"He can go [for medical assessment] and fly back quickly. These are the rules and we need to respect them - they are ridiculous rules."

Aguero, however, will not be returning to the Etihad Stadium before the rest of his team-mates. Suspended for the opening qualifier against Paraguay, he has now insisted he could play a part in Tuesday's contest against Peru.

"I'm here until the Peru game," said Aguero. "The knee still hurts at the moment and it bothers me, but maybe in two or three days the landscape will change.

"Now I'm going to see the doctors of the Argentinian Football Association."

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