So, there's all these talks about the captaincy. This had become the new craze among Argies, to guess the next captain.
Does it matter who wears the armband?
Does it matter when your DT is son of god?
In this case, the armband will mean nothing but that the player is allowed to have a word with the ref. Click to continue reading...

I haven't been around lately, sorry for the lack of updates.
In the last 2 weeks, some important matters took place.
First, we have Roman back with Boca Junior. Villarreal allowed Riquelme to break his contract, and the CAM is already in Japan preparing for club world cup with his beloved team. Click to continue reading...

Without Tevez, there was only Messi up front.
Let's be honest, our defense is not that good to begin with. When pushing for width and adding help to the front, especially when one of the forwards is missing, it became even wearker... I mean, the best defenders we have playing are probably Zanetti and Demichelis, one is old, one had barely made a name for himself. Click to continue reading...

Not only did we allow goals, we lost.
Red card for Tevez, 2nd Columbian goal also has some offside possibilities.
Torrent & review coming up.Argentina National Football Team Formations, Strategies, Tactics and Player Selections The keepers of 4-3-1-2 Representatives of Offensive Football, Attractive Football and Positive Football Mortal Enemies of Negative, Defensive and Opportunistic Football VAMOS ARGENTINA, TENEMOS QUE GANAR! Click to continue reading...

starting lineup:
Pato
Ibarra Demichelis Milito Zanetti
Mascherano Cambiasso
Messi Riquelme Tevez
Aguero
Don't think I'll have to say more. This is pretty much what I always wanted. 4-2-3-1 and it got us a 3-egg without an ideal #9.
International goal #1 for Aguero.
Roman got 2 again.
Gago went on about 70th minute replacing Cambiasso. Click to continue reading...

According to Ole
Bottinelli in
Heinze out
Thank you Jesus!Argentina National Football Team Formations, Strategies, Tactics and Player Selections The keepers of 4-3-1-2 Representatives of Offensive Football, Attractive Football and Positive Football Mortal Enemies of Negative, Defensive and Opportunistic Football VAMOS ARGENTINA, TENEMOS QUE GANAR! Click to continue reading...

I think not, but his position is definitely threatened.
It is likely that Argentina will continue not having a suitable #9, but it is necessary to deploy such player even if he isn't on par with Tevez in term of skills and speed. The physical attribute of height is by itself a very important quality after all.
Consider this:
Aguero is more used to the center forward role and he's on form. Click to continue reading...

Squad:
Goalkeepers: Roberto Abbondanzieri (Getafe), Agustin Orion (San Lorenzo), Mariano Andujar (Estudiantes)
Defenders: Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan), Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan), Martin Demichelis (Bayern Munich), Gabriel Milito (Barcelona), Gabriel Heinze (Real Madrid), Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo Coruna), Hugo Ibarra (Boca Juniors)
Midfielders: Esteban Cambiasso (Inter Milan), Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Maximiliano Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid), Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal), Federico Insua (America-Mexico), Sebastian Battaglia (Boca Juniors)
Forwards: Hernan Crespo (Inter Milan), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), Carlos Tevez (Manchester United), German Denis (Independiente)Argentina National Football Team Formations, Strategies, Tactics and Player Selections The keepers of 4-3-1-2 Representatives of Offensive Football, Attractive Football and Positive Football Mortal Enemies of Negative, Defensive and Opportunistic Football VAMOS ARGENTINA, TENEMOS QUE GANAR! Click to continue reading...

Thanks Jack for reminding us of the list.
Goalkeeper: Roberto Abbondanzieri (Getafe, ESP).
Defenders: Gabriel Heinze (Real Madrid, ESP), Javier Zanetti y Nicolás Burdisso (Inter, ITA), Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo La Coruña, ESP), Gabriel Milito (Barcelona, ESP) y Martín Demichelis (Bayern Munich, GER). Click to continue reading...

This Columbian team could be dangerous.
17.11.2007 Argentina vs Bolivia
20.11.2007 Columbia vs ArgentinaArgentina National Football Team Formations, Strategies, Tactics and Player Selections The keepers of 4-3-1-2 Representatives of Offensive Football, Attractive Football and Positive Football Mortal Enemies of Negative, Defensive and Opportunistic Football VAMOS ARGENTINA, TENEMOS QUE GANAR! Click to continue reading...

1. Argentina U-20 coach Hugo Tocalli had resigned. More details from Ole. This is confirmed. Many of us saw this coming. Check my article in August.
2. There's rumor that Basile will resigned from NT coaching position due to health problem. Further more, it's said that Grondona will bring up Simeone if Basile cannot continuous with the WC campaign. Click to continue reading...

I cannot fucking believe this, but it made a whole lot of sense.
Today, Dragonlord posted the following on bigsoccer forum. (click on the title to go to the actual page).
Quote: Originally Posted by Pints Even Forlan was quoted as saying Roman has no right to bash his team and coach. Click to continue reading...

Torrent for the Venezuela match.Argentina National Football Team Formations, Strategies, Tactics and Player Selections The keepers of 4-3-1-2 Representatives of Offensive Football, Attractive Football and Positive Football Mortal Enemies of Negative, Defensive and Opportunistic Football VAMOS ARGENTINA, TENEMOS QUE GANAR! Click to continue reading...

There's some serious problem with our left back Since Maxi's form isn't ideal, Zanetti becomes an option for right wing, so he's not there to take care the left back substitute job.
Burdisso didn't look good on the left. THe head injury he suffered looked very serious. He was unconscious when carried out, with a neck bracer. I hope he's ok because he's an important option for CB. Click to continue reading...

We play Venezuela tomorrow 8:40pm. That's UTC-4, so same as eastern time in US.
Unfortunately, GolTV will be airing other stupid qualifier, again. So use livefooty for shitty quality webcast. I'll have torrent posted here afterwards.
VAMOS!Argentina National Football Team Formations, Strategies, Tactics and Player Selections The keepers of 4-3-1-2 Representatives of Offensive Football, Attractive Football and Positive Football Mortal Enemies of Negative, Defensive and Opportunistic Football VAMOS ARGENTINA, TENEMOS QUE GANAR! Click to continue reading...