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Alfio Basile has named his squad for Argentina's opening two World Cup 2010 qualifiers, at home to
Chile and away to Venezuela on the 13th and 16th of October. Juan Román Riquelme, despite being
stuck in limbo after failing to find his way to another club before the European transfer window
closed, is included, and [...]
Argentina's dream of winning a first Under 17 World Cup will have to wait another two years, after
they fell to Nigeria by 2-0 on Saturday in Cheonan. Argentina started the stronger but Nigeria took
the lead through a penalty in the 33rd minute after Lukman Haruna was felled in the box by Fernando
Meza, [...]
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 [...]
The long-awaited clash in Melbourne between Australia and Argentina finally arrived on Tuesday,
and it was the visitors who emerged victorious from a well-fought match, by a narrow margin but
having put in a performance that both the squad and the press back home were more than pleased
with.
There have been injuries left, right and centre in Argentine football in the last 24 hours. Both
the selección and leading club sides have been hit, as have Boca by the death of Gustavo Eberto
and the news that Juan Román Riquelme won't be arriving from Villarreal this year.
The most infamous piece of cheating and the most famous piece of individual footballing genius in
footballing history came of age this summer - it's now 21 years and a couple of months since Diego
Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal, coupled with that extraordinary slalom through half of England,
dumped England out of the 1986 [...]
Let's get the messy stuff out of the way first: Argentina's women's side became the unwitting
victims of a new record on Monday, as they were demolished 11-0 by Germany in their first match of
the Women's World Cup in China. Germany are seeking to defend their title and started in imposing
fashion with the [...]
One-hundred-and-ninety-one years after declaring independence from Spain, Argentina suddenly finds
itself very much directing proceedings - at least as far as some of La Liga's leading clubs are
concerned. After Leo Messi's superb show for Barcelona on Saturday night, both Madrid clubs found
themselves relying on contributions from Argentines.
Arsenal de Sarandí achieved the biggest result in the club's history on Wednesday night, a 1-1
home draw with Brazilian side Goiás seeing them through to the quarter-final of the Copa
Sudamericana in their first ever appearance in South American competition.
Alfio Basile may be having doubts about how exactly he's meant to replace Hernán Crespo in the
long run, with Diego Milito looking much less impressive during the Copa América than he does for
Real Zaragoza, but those will be eased for now by Valdanito's return to competitive action on
Sunday.
Alfio Basile can cheer up a bit. A good few weeks in advance of Argentina's opening World Cup
qualifier against Chile, it's become apparent that Lionel Messi's injury which kept him out of
Barcelona's 0-0 draw away to Osasuna on Sunday really isn't too bad - La Pulga is back training
with the squad now. [...]
A dreadful pun, I know, and I truly am sorry for it. But the point is to put across that there are
quite a few Argentines involved in this week's first round of UEFA Champions League action. Among
the more prominent ones, Javier Mascherano's Liverpool struggled to a 1-1 draw away to Lucho
González's and [...]
