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Argentine national team news today, I'll start by pointing out that this has nothing at all to
do with the Olympic Football Tournament. Argentina's senior side (minus Riquelme and Mascherano of
course) take on Belarus in Minsk at 8pm local [.
The squad as expected by the Argentine press (and subsequently here) prior to Diego Maradona's
first press conference as Argentina boss yesterday turned out to be not quite accurate, so here's
the list as announced by the man himself in that press conference, along with a bit of opinion (my
own and others') on it.
In 1994, when Diego Maradona played his last match for Argentina, you could have got very long odds
on him one day becoming the manager of the national side. What about the likelihood that his first
match in charge would take place against the same country he scored his first senior international
goal against?
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 [.
A capacity crowd at Giants Stadium in New York were treated to an utterly boring scoreless draw
between the United States and Argentina on Sunday night which proved, if nothing else, that
there's only so much managers can learn from friendlies. Argentina didn't look interested in spite
of playing for fifteen of the last twenty minutes [.
With just a few days remaining before the 2008 Torneo Clausura begins, some of the sides are still
going over their options when it comes to the formations and personnel for their opening matches.
No such trouble for Argentina's Olympic manager Sergio Batista, who already seems to know his
starting XI for Wednesday's match against Guatemala [.
Argentina's friendly in Cairo has just kicked off and whilst I can't help you with any updates, I
can give you the team. Julio Cruz gets the nod over Fernando Cavenaghi for the starting berth in
the number 9 shirt, whilst Lucho González is the captain. Read on for the formation... Argentina
starting XI vs.
Diego Maradona's first match in charge of Argentina saw few surprises. Against improving and
tenacious opponents, a big win was never on the cards, but those who've doubted the wisdom of
Maradona's appointment can take some encouragement from a performance in which the Albiceleste
actually played like a team.
Boca Juniors take on Fluminense in the second leg of the Copa Libertadores semi-final on Wednesday
night, needing to win or get an extremely high-scoring draw in the Maracanã (the first leg was
2-2). Much later - a midnight kick off Argentine time - the selección will be renewing their
rivalry with Mexico in San [.
The AFA will hold their press conference in a few hours' time to allow Diego Armando Maradona to
announce his first Argentina squad (read on to see who's made it), and already there's controversy
surrounding the nature of the appointment (not to mention the exclusions of three key players).
Maradona declared on Radio La Red [.
The final squad for Argentina's defence of their gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Football
Tournament has been announced by Under 23 coach Sergio Batista. Following Bayern München's
refusal to allow Martín Demichelis to join the squad, and Real Madrid doing likewise with
Gonzalo Higuaín, the side looks slightly different to that originally named [.
In a couple of hours' time, Argentina will be going for a second gold medal of the Beijing 2008
Olympic Games when the men's football team take on Nigeria, their conquerors in Atlanta 1996, in
the OFT final. Argentina are seeking to defend their title, having demolished arch-rivals Brazil
3-0 in the semi, with Liverpool [.
Argentina advanced to the semi-finals of the Olympic Football Tournament in China on Saturday,
after beating the Netherlands 2-1 after extra time in Shanghai. Barcelona star Lionel Messi was the
key man for an Argentine side who found it hard, at times, to get out of first gear, but who still
created more good chances [.
The goals from Wednesday night's World Cup qualifying draw between Peru and Argentina in El
Monumental de Lima are online now - read on to watch them. Peru 1 - 1 Argentina, World Cup 2010
qualifying
With the completion of the two-match 'tour' of the United States on Sunday, the Argentina squad returned to Buenos Aires to begin preparations for the next round of South American qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. On Sunday, Argentina will host Ecuador in El Monumental, before travelling to take on Brazil in Belo Horizonte [.
After finally ending a run of six matches without defeat in a 2-1 win over Uruguay on Saturday,
Argentina followed it up on Wednesday night by losing to trans-Andean neighbours Chile for the
first time ever in a competitive match. It was a win Marcelo Bielsa's team thoroughly deserved, and
followed on from Paraguay's one-goal [.
Yes, him. As everyone will now surely be aware, Diego Armando Maradona has been named as the new
manager of the senior Argentine national football team. For those few who've not heard of him:
Maradona is a deeply unsuccessful manager who has been in charge of Deportivo Mandiyú (today
reformed as Textil Mandiyú) and Racing [.
The Argentine Olympic football squad had their first preperatory friendly under Sergio Batista's
stewardship in the early hours (Argentine time) of Thursday morning, and easily beat Guatemala by
five goals to nil. Accepting that their rivals will hardly be challenging for the title themselves,
Batista none the less declared himself 'very pleased with the attitude' [.
Following the experimentation of the North American friendlies last week, it was back to serious
business for the selección on Sunday night, with a World Cup qualifier against Ecuador which
was expected to be a mere warm up for the midweek clash away to Brazil. It proved a little trickier
than that, though, with Argentina's [.
As if to prove that he can put together quite a handy team without including the Olympic-bound
Lionel Messi, Juan Román Riquelme, Sergio Agüero et al, Alfio Basile has named the
Argentina squad to face Belarus in a friendly in Minsk, two weeks from today (Weds). There are a
couple of surprises in the all-Europe [.
Alfio Basile has named Argentina's starting lineup for the World Cup qualifier against Brazil in
Belo Horizonte, and it includes both Juan Román Riquelme and Lionel Messi. Sensibly, Messi
will partner Julio Cruz rather than form part of the little-and-little combo which featured against
Ecuador on Sunday, as Sergio Agüero drops to the bench.
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, [.
Esteban Cambiasso had the goal and, without actually impressing anyone, Argentina were putting to
bed the run of six matches without a win that's seen them slip from first to fourth in the South
American qualification table for South Africa 2010. A poor performance but the result was still as
expected.
What will Diego Maradona's appointment as manager of Argentina mean for the fans and players of the
national team? You can find out on Soccernet, where I've written a terrible first paragraph and an
otherwise pretty good (I hope) article on the new technical team for the selección. You can
read it here.
The three players who will be Argentina's 'over age' inclusions in their squad for the Olympic
Games in Beijing in September have been named. Sergio Batista, the 1986 World Cup winner, will be
the manager. Don't worry - Alfio Basile's not lost his job. The AFA just want to give things a bit
of variety [.
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, [.
Brazil and Argentina convened for their first meeting of the qualifying campaign for the 2010 World
Cup in South Africa on Wednesday night, with Argentina aware that a win would take them back to
joint top of the table alongside Paraguay, after the Guaraní fell to a shock 4-2 defeat to
Bolivia in La Paz [.
The goals from the first match of the men's Olympic Football Tournament between Argentina and Ivory
Coast are online now, and you can watch them right here. I offer a metaphorical doff of the cap to
anyone who can tell me what on earth Oscar Ustari is doing for Ivory Coast's equaliser... Argentina
2 - 1 [.
The publication of this editorial got pushed back by a few days because I was ill earlier in the
week not not up to spending too much time typing, but it's coincided nicely with the Arab new year.
We've got a few readers in that part of the world, so happy new year to all [...]
The Olympic Football Tournament kicks off on Thursday (yes, that is before the official start of
the Games, which is on Friday), and Argentina, as the defending gold medalists from four years ago
in Athens, will be red-hot favourites to retain the title, thanks in large part to an attacking
lineup that would terrify most [.
Argentina are still a long way from shining as brightly as they might do, but they confirmed their
place in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Football Tournament on Sunday, beating Australia by a
solitary goal after an underwhelming performance which saw the Aussies' spirited rearguard
eventually broken by a brilliant counter-attacking goal from Napoli's Ezequiel [.
Four years ago it was Carlos Tevez, on Saturday Benfica's Angel Di María secured his place in
Argentine football history by becoming the second man to score a gold medal-winning goal for his
country in the Olympic Football Tournament. In a final played in scorching heat in the Bird's Nest
Stadium in Beijing, Argentina rode [.
The Olympic Football Tournament is the one international tournament Brazil have never won (of the
ones they compete in of course, because obviously they've never been crowned champions of Europe or
what have you), and it will have to remain as such for at least the next four years. On Tuesday the
selecção met the [.
There's been commotion in Italy on Saturday, as Juventus manager Claudio Ranieri walked out of a
press conference after the assembled hacks pushed him on the future of Argentine playmaker Sergio
Almirón, who's wanted by River Plate. Boca Juniors signing Julio César Cáceres revealed he's
taking a pay cut to join his new side, and [.
Sergio Agüero stepped into the limelight in Lionel Messi's absence on Wednesday night and helped
Argentina to a 2-0 win over the African champions in Cairo, after a tricky opening half gave way to
a more impressive performance from Argentina in the second. Without Messi and Juan Román Riquelme,
Alfio Basile's side were testing out [.
Argentina rounded off their Olympic Football Tournament group campaign with an academic defeat of
Serbia on Wednesday. Having already qualified for the quarter-finals, Sergio Batista rested Juan
Román Riquelme, Javier Mascherano and (to the disappointment of a Chinese crowd who'd turned
up specially to see him) Lionel Messi, and was rewarded with a 2-0 win [.
On Wednesday, Alfio Basile announced the squad of 20 players to face Egypt in a friendly in Cairo
on the 26th of March. The squad consists entirely of Europe-based players, since the home- (and one
Mexico-) based ones are in action next week in the Copa Libertadores and their domestic leagues.
Argentina squad to face Egypt, [.
As ever, Coco Basile won't be revealing his starting XI until very shortly before kick off in
Santiago, but with Juan Román Riquelme having rejoined the Boca Juniors squad to prepare for
Sunday's superclásico following his suspension and with Carlos Tevez also ruled out, it's
thought after the team's final training session at Ezeiza on [.
Sergio Batista has added another name to Argentina's squad for the Olympic Football Tournament in
August. Or, more specifically, for the friendly against Catalunya in Camp Nou on Saturday.
Nicolás Pareja, the young defender for Anderlecht of Belgium, joins up with the rest of the
squad, some of whom flew to Barcelona from Buenos Aires [.
Argentina complete their mini-tour of the United States on Sunday evening with a match against
their hosts in New York, but Alfio Basile had on Saturday night still not confirmed either the
formation or indeed any of the starting lineup for the match. Basile's expected to experiment and
give a few fringe players the chance [.
