Well, the national team were abroad, of course, but we're not counting them. The Brazilian and
Mexican leagues were the major top flights in action in spite of the international break during the
weekend just gone, and there were goals in both of them. You can read about them and watch them
right here, as [.
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On Saturday one group of Argentines abroad got off to a very good start in a new campaign José
Luis Brown's national Under 17 team beat Honduras 1-0 in the first match of their age group World
Cup in Nigeria. Sergio Araujo scored the only goal of the game. Around the world in the [...]
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This is probably the shortest Argentines Abroad update you're ever likely to read, but after
leaving it for such a long time before last week I'm eager not to break the habit. Also, with so
few leagues playing during the recent international break, Our Man In Mexico, Tom Clark, has
effectively written it for me [.
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As the selección converge on Ezeiza from all corners of the world (well, western Europe) for the
final, must-not-balls-up-this-time double-header of World Cup qualifiers against Peru (Saturday in
El Monumental) and Uruguay (a week on Wednesday in Montevideo's Estadio Centenario), it's
heartening that some of them have had more auspicious weekends than Carlos Tevez, who [.
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Well that's what they say he's going to become, anyway. Javier Pastore, the just-turned-20-year-old
hero of Huracán's championship challenge during the Torneo Clausura, was unveiled as the newest
signing at Palermo, where he told the press, 'my model is Riquelme.' Elsewhere in Europe, various
Argentines played in pre-season friendlies for their clubs, including Javier Mascherano, [.
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En el partido de ida celebrado en el Estadio Beira-Rio el campeón de la
Copa Sudamericana, Internacional de Porto Alegre, recibió hoy al
campeón de la Copa Libertadores, Liga Deportiva Universitaria de
Quito, donde este último logró el triunfo de visitante por 1 a 0 con gol del argentino Â
Claudio Beiler ante una gran jugada de Cristian Lara.
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After last week's midweek cup finals in Spain and Italy, the gongs are starting to be handed out
for the competitions people actually care about now, and already we've got three more league
champion sides in Europe with Argentine representation to add to AZ in the Netherlands and Porto in
Portugal. The Spanish, Italian and [.
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An anniversary was marked in fitting fashion by one of our foreign contingent in the weekend just
gone, whilst another won a league title and two claimed a Brazilian state trophy - to find out
which ones, you'll have to read on. The winners in Brazil were Andrés D'Alessandro and Pablo
Guiñazú, who helped Internacional do [.
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Juan Sebastián Verón was named on the 1st January as the 2008 South American Footballer
Of The Year by Uruguayan newspaper El País, in a bit of a surprise for many critics because in
spite of not winning any titles during 2008, he beat of competition from the likes of Juan
Román Riquelme and other [.
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Estudiantes de La Plata went into the second leg of the 2008 Copa Sudamericana final trailing 1-0
on aggregate, thanks to a Nilmar goal in the first leg in La Plata last Wednesday. On Wednesday
night, though, they kept hosts Internacional out in Porto Alegre and, with a second half goal from
Agustín Alayes, got [.
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The Argentina squad for the 2010 World Cup Qualifiers against Paraguay in Buenos Aires, and Peru in
Lima, has been almost finalised prior to the weekend's domestic action in Argentina, after which
three Boca Juniors players will be added to the list. Alfio Basile has called up Getafe defender
Daniel Díaz to replace Nicolás Burdisso, [.
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Andrés D'Alessandro was heading back out of the country on Wednesday, again in a
north-easterly direction, but not this time as far as Europe. In fact, he's making a short hop over
the Río de la Plata and Uruguay to the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, where 2005
Copa Libertadores winners Internacional are waiting [.
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San Lorenzo wanted a sizeable win on Thursday night against Liga de Quito, Estudiantes' conquerors
in the previous round of the Copa Libertadores. Knowing they'll have to travel to the Ecuadorian
capital to play a high-altitude second leg, Ramón Díaz's team needed to attack and get a
couple of goals ahead for their fans to [.
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The two outstanding matches from the first half of the Torneo Clausura were played on Wednesday, to
leave all sides now having played 11 games going into the twelfth weekend. In the sixth round match
postponed following the death of fan Emanuel Alvarez, San Lorenzo beat Vélez by a single goal
in the Nuevo Gasometro, [.
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Estudiantes took the summit of Primera A on Saturday afternoon with a narrow win at home to fellow
challengers Vélez Sársfield. The La Plata side lead River Plate and Boca Juniors by a single
point, but could draw further ahead when the AFA confirm whether they're taking all three points
from the Racing match which [.
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San Lorenzo garnered a key three points in their quest to read the knockout stages of the Copa
Libertadores on Tuesday night, beating Real Potosà for the second time, this time in rather less
incredible fashion than the comeback from 2-0 down in Bolivia two weeks ago - although the decisive
goal was a penalty [.
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The kind folk at Pitch Invasion have published another of my musings, this time on the opening
weeks of the Clausura and Racing's truly terrible start to the year. 'Micó isn't to blame - he
only came in after Gustavo Costas left in December – and nor are most of his players. Aside from
the return [.
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River and San Lorenzo kept up their respective records at the start of the season regarding goals:
San Lorenzo still haven't scored, and River still haven't conceded in the league. Ramón DÃaz and
Andrés D'Alessandro both returned to the Monumental for an opposing team for the first time and
had contrasting receptions from the home [.
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Ramón DÃaz's side had lost three matches in a row prior to this one - two in the league as well
as last week's Copa opener against Caracas - and went out looking to end the run with a win against
one of the favourites for the trophy on Thursday night. As it was, they [...]
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The 2008 Copa Libertadores has begun as it will surely carry on, with a shock. San Lorenzo didn't
exactly excel themselves over the summer, and had a bad result against Newell's on the opening day
of the Clausura, but before last season, when their hosts tonight dumped River Plate out in the
group stage, Venezuelan [.
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On the eve of the Clausura, Argentine clubs have been trying to get through one or two last-minute
deals, with Independiente finally signing Freddy Grisales after much coming and going, and Andrés
D'Alessandro and Maxi Moralez being unveiled at their respective new (or in Moralez's case, old)
clubs.
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The 2008 Torneo Clausura kicks off at long last following the summer break on Friday evening, with
Lanús aiming to defend the title they won so improbably back in December, whilst the likes of Boca
will be wanting to get back to winning ways. Other big sides need improved performances, for a
variety of reasons, [.
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It's been an interesting few days whilst I've been away, and I hope I don't miss anything out of a
whirlwind summary: Saturday's superclásico in Mendoza was a thriller, seeing five goals and four
red cards as River avenged their 1-0 defeat of the Torneo de Verano with a 3-2 victory. On the same
day, [.
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Yesterday, HEGS reported that Andrés D'Alessandro's move to San Lorenzo from Real Zaragoza was all
but done. On Thursday, it fell through after the clubs failed to agree a fee. And guess who might
be sweeping in to pick up the pieces and bring the player back home? The club of his boyhood,
that's who: [.
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Two transfers involving Argentine players are moving towards a definition at the moment, the more
solid-looking being Andrés D'Alessandro's transfer from Real Zaragoza in Spain to work under his
former manager Ramón DÃaz with San Lorenzo. Ezequiel Garay, the Racing Santander defender, could
be on his way to Barcelona - or Lyon, or Real Madrid.
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Sergio Batista named the 15 under-23 players to represent Argentina at the Beijing Olympics on
Tuesday, but what with putting up three other stories last night, I thought I'd leave it until now
to publish the list. One of those players, River Plate forward Marco Rubén, has now become
Villarreal forward Marco Rubén, in what [.
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A good day for Argentine forwards in La Liga. Against Ever Banega's new club, Sergio Agüero got
the better of his compatriot, scoring the game's only goal in the Calderón as Atlético de Madrid
beat Valencia 1-0. Elsewhere, Diego Milito bagged a brace but was let down by his team-mates as
Real Zaragoza could [.
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Andrés D'Alessandro has already expressed an eagerness to return home to Buenos Aires for a
six-month loan spell, in order to keep match-fit and playing first-team football, since he's not
being considered regularly for the starting lineup at Real Zaragoza. His former club River Plate
were his preferred destination, but Ramón DÃaz, who was in [.
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Two transfer stories have dominated the Argentine headlines more than any others today. Andrés
D'Alessandro, following four-and-a-half years in Europe for Wolfsburg, Portsmouth and Real
Zaragoza, may soon be on his way back to River Plate, whilst a young Argentine who's never played
professionally in his homeland is making a move from Chile to Chelsea.
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I should admit something before I begin: I'd already had a couple of cocktails when in Messi's
honour, I decided to end the evenining with a fernet with Coke (very popular in Argentina, you
see) about half an hour before coming back to my hostel to write this, so how coherent the
following will be, I'm not [...]
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