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Argentina and Chile both won in 2014 World Cup Qualifying in the CONMEBOL (South America)
region. Below is a recap of all the matches on June 3, 2012.
Argentina 4-0 Ecuador
Lionel Messi scored a first half goal as Argentina cruised to a comfortable victory. Sergio
Aguero, Angel Di Maria, and Gonzalo Higuain provided the other goals as the home side are now top
of the WCQ table.
Saturday saw Argentina take on Ecuador in the Estadio Monumental in a World Cup qualifier, and in
spite of a midfield supposedly lacking in creativity (yes, some people had that complaint), they
won 4-0 with goals from Sergio Agüero, Gonzalo ... Continue reading →
With the season coming to an end, it will soon be time for another double-header of World Cup
qualifiers in South America. With hosts Brazil not playing qualifiers, each South American nation
has one of these double rounds in which ... Continue reading →
As those who follow me on Twitter and/or listen to Hand Of Pod may already be aware, I interviewed
Paris Saint-Germain star and Argentina player Javier Pastore during the second half of last year.
The resulting article is published today in ... Continue reading →
In an international friendly on Wednesday afternoon (or evening, depending which continent you were
watching from), Alejandro Sabella's Argentina took on Switzerland in Berne and after a performance
that was neither stunning nor poor from the team as a whole, ... Continue reading →
In England, the Premier League had a quiet weekend for Argentine action for the most part. Last
week's Hand Of Pod introducer Alejandro Faurlín featured as usual for Queens Park Rangers in a 1-0
loss away to Liverpool, and many ... 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 →
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 →
As ever, there were a number of Argentine goals during the weekend just gone in leagues across
Europe. Oddly, there were none in Mexico this weekend (for the first time since I began accepting
contributions for this post!), so Tom ... Continue reading →
Argentina's qualifying campaign for the 2014 World Cup hit another bump in the road on Friday
afternoon where, in the glorious Monumental sunshine, Bolivia took the lead and eventually held the
hosts to a 1-1 draw in the third round ... Continue reading →
In under two hours, Argentina and Bolivia will be contesting their third 2014 World Cup qualifying
match in the Estadio Monumental, and these are the teams that will be doing it. A late injury in
training yesterday to Sergio Agüero ... 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 →
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 →
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 →
Tuesday night saw Argentina's second qualifier for the 2014 World Cup, and an historic result in
Puerto La Cruz. In eighteen previous matches between Argentina and Venezuela, Argentina had won
every single one, but tonight Venezuela played better and got ... 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 →
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 →
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 →
In the Superclásico de las Américas, Argentina's domestic national team lost 2-0 to their
Brazilian counterparts on Wednesday night in Belém, going down to a 2-0 aggregate loss. Lucas
opened the scoring for Brazil, and Vélez Sarsfield defender Emiliano Papa ... Continue reading →
In the thirty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba begin with a discussion of just
how much of a massive idiot Carlos Tevez is, and conclude with a reflection on Cristian Fabbiani's
suitability for the second division ... 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 →
The thirty-third episode of Hand Of Pod goes online just before the first leg of the double-header
between Argentina's and Brazil's 'domestic international' teams, and Sam, Dan and Dan look at what
Alejandro Sabella might reveal in these matches. We ... 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 →
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 →
Alejandro Sabella's first match in charge of the Argentine national team wasn't a walk in the park,
but brought a victory and a performance no-one had any particular complaints about. Against
Venezuela, one of the (many) shock teams of the ... Continue reading →
In the latest episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and the Dans discuss Denis Stracqualursi, and what
Everton fans can expect from him in the Premier League, and an interesting weekend of Torneo
Apertura matches which saw the championship finally ... 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Hand Of Pod's two resident Racing fans are both on holiday this week, but Sam and Australian Dan
are battling on, insistent that their partners' absence is but a flesh wound, and are joined by the
one and only Joel ... Continue reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre is back, ladies and gents. I apologise for the long absence of any posts on
here since the Copa América final, but I've been just as busy working as I was during the Copa
itself, if not ... Continue reading →
Apologies that I've not been posting on HEGS since the Copa América final on Sunday, but it's
been a busy week. Normal service will soon be resumed, honest. The twenty-seventh episode of Hand
Of Pod is our look back on an ... 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 →
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 →
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 →
The final round of group matches at the 2011 Copa América is well underway, with Colombia leading
Bolivia 2-0 as I type. Last night, after Venezuela's win over Ecuador which took the vinotinto to
the top of Group B, I ... Continue reading →
Argentina's second performance in the 2011 Copa América they are hosting had to be better than the
first, or people were going to start getting angry. Well, people are starting to get angry.
Argentina were a side without imagination or ... Continue reading →
Tuesday is a day off after the opening round of games in the 2011 Copa América have seen everyone
play once. You can find my thoughts on the tournament, of course, over on ESPNSoccernet, where I
discuss how remarkably closely-fought ... Continue reading →
