Gold Medals Abound in Beijing Olympics | Voice of America - English
Argentina has successfully defended its men's Olympic football (soccer) title with a 1-0 victory over Nigeria.  VOA's Jim Stevenson was at the game in China's National Stadium, which was one of several highlights on the second busiest day of the games in Beijing.Bright sunshine and clear blue skies greeted almost 90,000 spectators inside the Bird's Nest Saturday as the South American team claimed its second consecutive Olympic gold medal.  Argentina's coach, Sergio Batista, says through an interpreter that his team had to contain a strong Nigerian offense.
"We knew that upfront, Nigeria from midfield upfront had very good players. So we tried to make sure we did not get uptight. And just play our own game. We wanted to play intelligently, move the ball around. We did not want to run as much. We wanted the ball to do the work," he said. "Now I am very strong and thinking more about the race. So that is why I achieve tonight," he said. "Kenyans were saying 'hey, guys it is now your time.' And therefore we were really under a lot of pressure. I would say that. And at the end of the day, we are happy for what we got," he said. "We just wanted to go out there and run our races like we know how. And run all out. And when we crossed the finish line and saw the Olympic record, we were ecstatic," he said.