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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 →
With little going on during the summer break, HEGS has been quiet as I've been earning some
spending money whilst on my visit to England, and seeing friends. Off the pitch though, some
transfer dealing has been happening, and some ... 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 →
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 →
In early June, a side representing Argentina will play friendlies away to Nigeria (on the 1st, in
Abuja) and Poland (the 5th, in Warsaw). It won't be a full Argentina team, but it's infinitely more
worthwhile than the ‘local selección' ... 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 →
A dramatic weekend's action ended in Argentina with Martín Palermo's final match at La Bombonera
as Boca Juniors drew 1-1 with Banfield, but although that got more of the headlines and TV
coverage, Vélez Sarsfield are the biggest winners of ... Continue reading →
You've probably already seen elsewhere, but this is an Argentine football website, so I couldn't
let it pass un-noticed. 25 years ago today, Argentina took on England in the quarter-finals of the
1986 World Cup in the Estadio Azteca in ... 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 43rd Copa América kicked off in La Plata on Friday night, and once again Bolivia were the side
charged with playing the hosts on the opening day, as they did in the previous two editions in 2007
and 2004. ... Continue reading →
Alejandro Sabella has named his first squad as Argentina manager, in preparation for a pair of
friendlies against Brazil next month. The matches, before anyone gets too excited, will feature
only players from the domestic leagues of the two nations, so ... 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 →
Those who can remember the events of around a week-and-a-half ago (or who can scroll down the page
a little way) will remember that Andrés D'Alessandro was recently awarded the 2010 South American
Footballer Of The Year gong. If you'd ... Continue reading →
River Plate legend Ariel Ortega on Monday confirmed his exit from the Núñez club, remarking that
he'd felt 'uncomfortable' ever since J.J. López was given charge of the giants on the eve of the
superclásico against Boca Juniors. A few ... 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 →
After some unconvincing showings in their first three matches which, nevertheless, brought
qualification for the final group stage, Argentina's Under 20s improved a lot last night in their
final group match against Chile, winning 3-1 to top the group. Banfield's ... Continue reading →
Since Sergio Batista's Argentina squad list was made official on Monday, it's been strongly hinted
that one particular change would be made, and so it has come to pass. In a move that frankly makes
one wonder why the Estudiantes ... Continue reading →
It's transfer deadline day in England, and with numerous things still up in the air it remains to
be seen whether Blackburn Rovers really are going to secure the signature of Newell's Old Boys'
playmaker Mauro Formica whose move ... 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 →
After a poor showing and a 1-0 loss to Ecuador in the first match of the final stage of the
Sudamericano Sub 20, Argentina got their campaign back on track on Thursday night, and kept
themselves in with a fighting ... 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 →
HEGS readers with good memories might remember that for several seasons, there was a very
impressive full back playing for Estudiantes by the name of Marcos Angeleri. He's ceased to exist
since the end of last year's Clausura, hasn't he? ... 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 →
It was an understated weekend last week for Argentines in the world's leagues, and as such I've
really only got some words from our contributors, for the most part. This post is late going up, by
the way, because after ... Continue reading →
In the tenth episode of Hand Of Pod, listeners are welcomed into my new home with my flatmate
Katie, friend Jenny and of course the Dans, English and Australian, (Seba couldn't make it this
week) to discuss Javier Pastore's potential ... Continue reading →
In the ninth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba talk about River Plate and Olimpo, the
league leaders who are also battling against relegation. The non-Argentines also field a question
on how they came to support ... Continue reading →
In a friendly to mark the opening of the new Estadio Bicentenario in San Juan, one of the stadia to
be used in this July's Copa América, an Argentina side made up solely of players from the local
league beat ... 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 →
In the fourteenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan are once again back on the fernet (after
an alcohol-free episode 13), whilst Seba is dry as ever. We discuss the two giants of Argentine
football; Boca Juniors, ... Continue reading →
In the fifteenth episode of Hand Of Pod Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba discuss what we can only term a
startling revelation from Racing full back Iván Pillud. We round up all the salient points from
the Torneo Clausura in ... 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 →
In spite of not having done anything in particular this week out of the ordinary, Thursday night
has arrived and I've still not yet put up Argentines Abroad. I have had two contributions sent in,
though, from Spain and Mexico, ... 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 →
On Monday, Diario Libre reported, in their first ever edition, that River Plate playmaker Erik
Lamela had been bought by a management group, and is to be sold on to a European club at the end of
the season (possibly Juventus). ... Continue reading →
This week saw confirmation on Tuesday that two Argentines Carlos Tevez and Pablo Zabaleta will
feature in next season's European Cup; at least assuming Tevez stays with Manchester City, who beat
Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 to confirm a top ... Continue reading →
For the 20th episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba welcome special guest Asli Pelit to the
show. Asli's a Turkish TV presenter who was at La Bombonera to see Boca Juniors beat River Plate
2-0 in ... 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 →
