The first round of the 2012 Torneo Clausura continued apace on Sunday, with four more matches. In
the first, Atlético de Rafaela beat a woeful Banfield 3-0 to creep closer to 30 points for the
season, and later on there ... Continue reading →
Saturday saw the continuation of the first round of matches in this year's Torneo Clausura, with
San Martín de San Juan claiming a 1-0 win over Independiente and the day's other two games
finishing in draws. Estudiantes drew 1-1 with ... Continue reading →
Lanús and champions Boca Juniors both began their 2012 Torneo Clausura title campaigns on Friday
night, the opening evening of the new championship in Argentina. Both won: Boca beat Olimpo de
Bahía Blanca 2-0 in La Bombonera, Darío Cvitanich and ... Continue reading →
It's time for a quick roundup of the action from the Argentine foreign legion in Italy, Spain,
Mexico and Portugal, as Lionel Messi found the net after four games without a goal, Chelo Delgado
scored a fine goal in Mexico, ... Continue reading →
On the 4th February 2012, the last game of the 2011 Torneo Apertura was finally completed.
Estudiantes' home match against Banfield in the 15th round had been called off 13 minutes in with
the score at 1-0 to the visitors ... Continue reading →
It's been a good while since the last lot of Argentines Abroad, partly because of the Claudio Yacob
exclusive on Tuesday night, partly because of an enormous storm in Buenos Aires over the last 24
hours which left me stranded ... Continue reading →
Now that the January transfer window has closed in England, I've been given the go-ahead to report,
exclusive to HEGS, that a few days ago a representative of Arsenal's scouting team in London
enquired about offering a contract to Claudio ... Continue reading →
It's been another action-packed round of matches around the world, with Argentines once again
providing no shortage of highlights. Step this way for the latest on Lionel Messi's fine weekend
performance and some impressive contributions in Italy, Spain, France, Portugal ... Continue
reading →
Tuesday night sees Arsenal de Sarandí get the ball rolling in the first match of the 2012 Copa
Libertadores, which is being played as this post goes online because I hadn't realised it kicked
off so early in the evening. ... Continue reading →
Another weekend passed some time ago now, and illness during the week combined with the recording
of a couple of Hand Of Pod specials is the reason this post is going up late, but we've news of
Lionel Messi's return ... Continue reading →
Football has well and truly restarted in earnest after the new year festivities now, and with
action in Spain, Portugal, Italy, England and Mexico to report on Argentines Abroad is back as is
HEGS for that matter! Happy new year, everyone. ... Continue reading →
I've just got in from celebrating Christmas with a friend, on the night of the 24th December as is
tradition in Argentina. And as usual, I'd like to wish HEGS readers old and new a very Merry
Christmas, if you celebrate ... Continue reading →
It's been relatively unheralded here on HEGS so far, but Hand Of Pod listeners will be aware that
there's a new competition in Argentine football this season which is well underway. The Copa
Argentina is the AFA's first attempt at ... Continue reading →
In the forty-sixth epsiode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Seba and English Dan look back on the 2011 Torneo
Apertura, which ended on Monday. Boca Juniors ended as undefeated champions, and the champions with
the most points difference ahead of ... Continue reading →
In England, the Premier League had a quiet weekend for Argentine action for the most part. Last
week's Hand Of Pod introducer Alejandro Faurlín featured as usual for Queens Park Rangers in a 1-0
loss away to Liverpool, and many ... Continue reading →
