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The friendly between the United States of America and Argentina in New Jersey on Saturday evening
saw the visitors dominate and produce moments of really nice play, but eventually only get a draw
against a well-motivated American side. After a ... Continue reading →
Sergio Batista has just announced a preliminary squad for the 2011 Copa América which starts in
Argentina one month tomorrow which will be trimmed slightly to 22 players for the final squad.
Carlos Tevez, after the amazing about-turn ... Continue reading →
With Argentina's friendly against Portugal in Geneva just a few hours away, HEGS readers have a
wide choice of previews. First, if you'd like to remind yourself of the main players in the
Argentine side, you can get yourself over ... Continue reading →
Sergio Batista has announced his first Argentina squad as permanent boss, having been only
caretaker manager when he named the squad to face Brazil late last year. When Argentina take on
Portugal in Switzerland on the 9th February, they'll do ... Continue reading →
Argentina take on the United States in a friendly in New Jersey this evening, and Sergio Batista
has gone with virtually the same starting eleven as the one that saw off Portugal 2-1 in a friendly
last month. The only ... Continue reading →
Lionel Messi scored against a José Mourinho-coached team for the first time at the weekend, in the
clásico in Spain, but he wasn't the only Argentine to notch a goal in foreign lands. There were a
few beauties in the Mexican ... Continue reading →
Long-term HEGS readers will remember that in 2007, 2008 and 2009 I ran an award to find the Best
Argentine Abroad according to my readers. This year, in an attempt to widen the voting, the award
(which in 2009 was the ... Continue reading →
Sergio Batista announced on Saturday the three names to be cut from the 26-man preliminary list for
the Copa América. The Argentine press describe it as 'without surprises', but I have to confess
I'm slightly taken aback that Diego Milito ... Continue reading →
As kick off edges closer, now only just over three hours away, there's another preview of the Copa
América by me; this time focussing more on the Argentine national team and how they're likely to
line up, as well as ... Continue reading →
The first round of matches of the new year have featured a few Argentine-inspired flashpoints, as
well as the news that Gonzalo Higuaín's season is officially over; an operation on a hernia will
sideline him for six months. Carlos Tevez ... Continue reading →
Or rather, 'Argentines in Spain and Portugal,' with a few quick additions, since there wasn't a lot
to write home about elsewhere aside from Carlos Tevez's goal in the FA Cup. Ben Shave and David
Cartlidge, though, are here to ... Continue reading →
There wasn't much Argentine involvement during FA Cup weekend in England, but elsewhere there was
plenty to talk about. Another double from Lionel Messi this time late on was added to a Player Of
The Year award for ... Continue reading →
He's not in Argentina's squad to face Portugal on Wednesday, of course, but Carlos Tevez celebrated
his birthday on Saturday with a first half hat trick against West Brom for Manchester City, and on
the very same day the world's ... Continue reading →
Three big matches took place on Wednesday evening at various levels of the Argentine game. At the
most senior level, the least important game was played; Argentina beat Portugal in a friendly
thanks to a first half goal from Ángel ... Continue reading →
In Italy, Rodrigo Palacio hit a double for Genoa in an incredible comeback from 3-0 down at home to
Roma, in which he helped his side to a 4-3 win. In England, Carlos Tevez helped Manchester City add
some gloss ... Continue reading →
Argentines Abroad is up late this week in honour of an infamous anniversary; it's twenty years
today since Diego Maradona played his final match for Napoli, failing a doping test after the game.
Napoli's current Argentine star, Ezequiel Lavezzi, scored ... Continue reading →
This weekend sees Argentina face the United States of America in a friendly on Saturday, so this
week's Argentines Abroad acts as a bit of a prelude to that, in many ways. One player not included
in Sergio Batista's squad ... Continue reading →
The thirteenth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Dan, Seba and Dan discussing things in a remarkably
sober manner. We look back on the USA vs Argentina friendly on Saturday, considering the
performance. Seba has a few words he ... Continue reading →
Argentines Abroad is late this week because my birthday on Monday has ended up being celebrated in
some form or another for what seems like most of the week so far. It's well worth getting this
online now though, however ... Continue reading →
There wasn't a great deal of Argentine action last weekend, which is part of the reason this
edition of Argentines Abroad is going online so late. Carlos Tevez hobbled out of Manchester City's
Premier League game against Liverpool early on ... Continue reading →
We've a new correspondent on Argentines Abroad this week, to give us a more in-depth view of
Italy's Serie A, in which there was some decent Argentine action this week. In Spain, Sergio
Agüero scored yet again for Atlético Madrid, closing ... Continue reading →
The domestic football season has now come to an end across Europe, and also in Mexico. Argentines
have been key to the denouements of leagues and cups across western Europe, so here's the rundown
of who's won what from ... Continue reading →
Colombia beat Bolivia 2-0 on Sunday to finish top of Group A in the Copa América Argentina 2011,
and were joined in the quarter-finals on Tuesday night by the hosts, who finally played well and
won a match in this ... Continue reading →
Argentina beat Costa Rica 3-0 last night, becoming the first side to score more than two goals in a
game in this tournament, and qualifying for the quarter-finals by finishing second in Group A.
After the game, Lionel Messi announced ... Continue reading →
The 2011 Copa América knockout stage started heating up on Saturday with Peru's 2-0 extra time win
over Colombia through two superbly taken goals, and got white hot a little later in the day with a
brilliant match between great ... Continue reading →
This piece is the first of a new 'round table' feature which will be appearing here on HEGS and
other Argentine football blogs across the internet. Every now and then (probably roughly every two
weeks) someone will propose a bunch of ... Continue reading →
Hours after announcing his first Argentina domestic squad for the double-header of friendlies
against Brazil next month, Alejandro Sabella has announced his first Argentina senior squad. These
players will form the teams to take on Venezuela in Calcutta and Nigeria ... Continue reading →
The twenty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod is, as the milkmaid said to the parson, quite a whopper.
That's largely because Sam, Australian Dan and Seba have not one but two rounds of Torneo Apertura
matches to look back on, ... Continue reading →
That's not the best headline I'll ever put up on HEGS, I realise, but it is a fairly accurate one,
at least. There were a fair few impressive performances by Argentina's foreign legion during the
weekend just gone, as action ... Continue reading →
A little earlier today, Argentina took on Nigeria in the second match of their South Asian 'tour',
in Dhaka, Bangladesh. They won 3-1, with two goals from Gonzalo Higuaín and one from Ángel Di
María. You can watch those goals ... Continue reading →
It was another packed weekend in which Argentines around the world had a big say in footballing
matters, so here's another dose of Argentines Abroad. Sergio Agüero hit a hat-trick for Manchester
City, Fernando Belluschi for Porto and Javier Pastore ... Continue reading →
This week's Argentines Abroad is late, thanks to the midweek round of matches here in Argentina
keeping me busy. Better late than never, though. As well as Lionel Messi's hat-trick in Barcelona's
8-0 demolition of Osasuna, we've got videos of ... Continue reading →
I've been unable to get Argentines Abroad online so far this week, but my normal contributors have
submitted their pieces as diligently as ever, and it would be unfair not to use them. So, if you'd
like to find out what ... Continue reading →
We've got a neat finish from Javier Pastore, Gonzalo Higuaín's hat trick for Madrid, some lovely
goals form Mexico and, um, a description of Jonás Gutiérrez's brilliant solo effort for Newcastle
United (thanks to the Premier League not allowing videos ... Continue reading →
Alejandro Sabella, after playing four friendlies of dubious importance, finally had his competitive
debut as Argentina manager on Friday evening, and it could hardly have gone better. Chile provided
tricky opposition and deserved more for their own efforts, but Sabella's ... Continue reading →
Because I've had a somewhat disjointed week of deadlines not being what they normally are,
Argentines Abroad is going up ridiculously late this week. All the same, I did receive the normal
dispatches from France, Mexico, Portugal and Spain, so here ... Continue reading →
Argentines Abroad has been, to put it mildly, a bit out of sync so far this season. It's become
truly, monumentally bad this week and last, though, for a few reasons. For that, I apologise, but I
present here the updates ... Continue reading →
With the World Cup qualifiers approaching, it's time to take a look at how Alejandro Sabella's boys
and those he's not called up did in the weekend just gone for their clubs. Alejandro Faurlín
impressed in defeat in ... Continue reading →
The weekend just gone saw as many crucial contributions from Argentines as ever in the world's
biggest leagues, and a welcome return to form for the usual suspects in the Mexican league after
last week's no-show. With the usual contributions ... Continue reading →
Deadlines for previewing the final rounds of the 2011 Torneo Apertura have severely hampered my
style this week, so without further ado here's a quick catch-up in the main leagues covered by
Argentines Abroad. In England's Premier League, Sergio Agüero ... Continue reading →
