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Feet of greatness

INTERNET SOURCE, Athens
Argentina has not won an Olympic gold medal in any event since 1952. That could change Saturday thanks to Carlos Tevez, the 20-year-old Argentine soccer star, who has Europe's top scouts salivating after scoring seven goals in five matches and leading his team to the final against Paraguay.
The Saturday final ensures a South American soccer winner for the first time in 76 years. The last South American team to win gold was Uruguay in 1928.
Tevez scored one goal and set up the other two in a 3-0 semifinal win against Italy on Tuesday night, following up on a hat trick against Costa Rica in the quarterfinals. Paraguay ended Iraq's fairy-tale run with a 3-1 victory.
"So many years with no gold medal for Argentina, and so many years no South American team winning in soccer, but we can't worry about all that history," said Argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano. "We have to write our own story."
The leading character is Tevez,
whose price tag goes up every time he steps on the field. Bayern Munich of Germany and PSV Eindhoven of the Dutch league have already offered Tevez's club, Boca Juniors, $14 million for the forward. Speculation is he will end up in Spain or Italy for much more money.
While he might be an unfamiliar face to much of the world, Tevez was already beloved in South America, partly because of his humble beginnings. "Carlitos" or "Apeche," as he is known by his legion of fans, comes from Fuerte Apeche, the poorest, most dangerous area of Buenos Aires. It is a neighborhood even the police are reluctant to tread.
Tevez has said he has no fear of important soccer matches because he survived the rough "potreros" (neighborhood soccer fields) as a young boy, dribbling through glass shards, cans and rocks against bigger, stronger kids. He was such a playground legend that second-division All Boys signed him at age 8. He signed with the Boca junior team at 12 and last month led his team to the Copa America championship.
"I was born to play football," Tevez told World Soccer magazine. "If I had not made it, I would be a scavenger like the hundreds you see on Buenos Aires' streets at night trying to make a living by rifling through the trash for cardboard, paper or anything they can sell for a few
coins."
Tevez has not let success change him. He wears a chipped front tooth and a giant, unsightly scar on his neck from when a pot of boiling water fell on him as a baby. Boca Juniors offered to pay for plastic surgery, but Tevez declined when he found out he would have to miss a few weeks of playing time. Besides, he said, "the scar is part of who I am."
Tevez' short, stocky build, and the fact he wears the No. 10 jersey, have led to comparisons with Argentine legend Diego Maradona. While those comparisons are premature, Tevez is certainly worthy of all the attention he is receiving.
"Tevez, Por Vos Viaje a Grecia" (Tevez, for you I traveled to Greece) read one banner hanging at Karaiskaki Stadium on Tuesday. Several other banners also paid tribute to the 5-6 player.
He delivered, scoring from 12 yards out in the 16th minute. In the 69th minute, Tevez fed Luis Gonzalez, who right-footed a shot into the right corner. Then, with six minutes remaining, Tevez found Mariano Gonzalez, who had been in the game less than a minute.
"God got us into the final," Tevez said. "Now, we just have to win one more to fulfill our dream. We want to make history."