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After finally ending a run of six matches without defeat in a 2-1 win over Uruguay on Saturday,
Argentina followed it up on Wednesday night by losing to trans-Andean neighbours Chile for the
first time ever in a competitive match. It was a win Marcelo Bielsa's team thoroughly deserved, and
followed on from Paraguay's one-goal [.
As ever, Coco Basile won't be revealing his starting XI until very shortly before kick off in
Santiago, but with Juan Román Riquelme having rejoined the Boca Juniors squad to prepare for
Sunday's superclásico following his suspension and with Carlos Tevez also ruled out, it's
thought after the team's final training session at Ezeiza on [.
Friday is the last full day of training for Argentina's squad ahead of the World Cup qualifying
clásico against Uruguay in the Monumental on Saturday. It's been a disrupted week for Alfio
Basile's men but on Thursday, Juan Román Riquelme returned to training with the squad. Things
aren't all quite to plan so far, though - [.
In my absence, Argentina finally returned to winning ways after six matches of forgetting what it
felt like. In the Monumental, in the clásico against their ancient cross-river rivals Uruguay,
Alfio Basile's side finally looked like a team again. It took seven minutes of the first half -
between the fifth, when Lionel Messi opened [.
Breaking news from the AFA: Alfio Basile has met with AFA bigwigs, and TN are reporting as I type
that he's resigned from his post in charge of the selección. Olympic coach Sergio Batista,
River Plate manager Diego Simeone, and San Lorenzo boss Miguel Angel Russo are the early favourites
to replace him.
Two pieces of news regarding Argentine selecciones today, both of which took place on Sunday whilst
the league action was going on. In the Brazil 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup, Argentina drew 2-2
against Ukraine in a frantic end to a highly entertaining match which saw all the goals come in
the closing minutes (in spite [.
Argentina play Uruguay in the Monumental on Saturday and whilst things are rarely friendly between
two of the oldest rivals in international football, the sniping has come from an unexpected angle
on Tuesday: Julio César Cáceres. That's Julio César Cáceres of Paraguay.
Obviously seeking to crank up the pressure on a team currently trailing in [.
With Messers Tevez and Riquelme suspended, and Sergio Agüero injured, Barcelona's Lionel Messi
will be the only one of Argentina's 'fantastic four' (the phrase is Olé's and not, I would
like to impress upon you, my own) who will feature against Chile in Santiago on Wednesday night.
Agüero, who only picked up a minor knock [.
On Thursday, the Argentine squad went their separate ways as they returned to club duty following
Wednesday night's pathetic surrender to neighbours Chile in Santiago. Speaking at Ezeiza airport
before flying back to Barcelona, Lionel Messi own up to his own mistakes frankly, whilst Real
Madrid defender Gabriel Heinze did likewise.
Julio Grondona returns, on Monday, from a FIFA congress in Zurich. When he flew out to Switzerland
last week he told the press that the 27th, when he returned, would be the day on which he would be
announcing the new manager of the Argentine senior men's national team. The commonly held view is
that [.
As Alfio Basile was resigning as Argentina manager last night, I was preparing to email an article
to Soccernet about the pressure he was under. A complete re-write ensued (at one o'clock in the
bloody morning with work the following day - thanks, Coco!), and you can read the result now,
taking in Basile's resignation [.
