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Some strikers participate in the match. Luis Artime mainly waited for the moment when the match became a sentence, then delivered the final word. A pure Argentine centre forward, he was not built around fantasy, wide movement or decorative combinations, but around positioning, timing and a ruthless understanding of where goals are born. River Plate, Independiente, Palmeiras and especially Nacional all saw the same essential truth: give him service near the box and the punishment arrived quickly. His record with Argentina was almost absurd, 24 goals in 25 caps according to several statistical records, the kind of ratio that makes scouting reports look nervous. At Nacional, he added Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup prestige to a career already defined by finishing instinct. Artime was a penalty area specialist of the highest order, sharp, cold and wonderfully allergic to waste.
