HELLO, good evening and welcome.

Gullit and Van Basten, Ronaldo and Rivaldo, Salas and Zamorano, Bebeto and Romario, Pele and Jairzinho, Torres and Villa, Klinsmann and Voller; some of the greatest strike partnerships of all time have been forged at international level and provided the World Cup and European Championship with so many memorable moments.

The list of top goalscorers in the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying campaign read like a ‘who’s who’ of Samba stars Rivaldo, Batistuta, Salas, even Paraguayan goalie Jose Luis Chilavert. But the name that finished alongside Argentina striker Hernan Crespo at the top of the pile has a less familiar ring to it : Ecuador's Agustin Delgado