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Gabriel Batistuta scored a hat-trick as Argentina overran Bosnia 5-0 at Cordoba on Thursday in a World Cup warm-up match.

The Fiorentina striker opened the score in the fifth minute and struck again after 24 and 79 minutes.

Inter Milan wing-back Javier Zanetti and Valencia midfielder Ariel Ortega got the other goals in an impressive display by Argentina who continue their World Cup buildup by playing Chile at Mendoza next Tuesday.

Argentina 5 (Batistuta 5, 24, 79, Zanetti 55, Ortega 60) Bosnia 0

Att: 48,000

Argentina: Roa (Burgos 46), Ayala, Sensini, Paz, Zanetti, Almeyda (Astrada 89), Simeone (Gallardo 63), Veron, Ortega (Delgado 83), Batistuta, Lopez

Bosnia: Dedic, Katana, Varesanovic, Ramcic, Kapetanovic, Demirovic, Dodic (Kevric 58), Barbarez (Bakic 85), Mujdza, Salihamidzic, Bolic (Hota 76)