Argentines abroad
Saturday brought another match for Barcelona, and another paid of goals for Lionel Messi. The La Liga leaders travelled to Andalusia to take on Granada, and the hosts took the lead during the first half, but two goals from Messi ... Continue reading →
Following Mauro Icardi's ‘póker' earlier on Sunday afternoon, Lionel Messi clearly felt unable to leave the youngster to hog all the limelight back in their homeland and indeed their home town, since Icardi, like Messi, is from Rosario. Barcelona ... Continue reading →
Most of Europe's top leagues come to an end this weekend, so the final full-sized Argentines Abroad
of the year gets you ready for the remaining title run-ins in England and France, as well as
recapping the action from Spain ... Continue reading →
I  have had a very, very busy week indeed, which is why not much has shown up on HEGS during the
last few days, but here, prior to the beginning of the footballing weekend in Europe, is a quickÂ
Argentines Abroad catch-up ... Continue reading →
It's been another lively weekend for the Argentine footballers of the world, with Lionel Messi
poised to become the highest goalscorer in F.C. Barcelona's professional era on Tuesday if he can
get two goals against Granada tonight. Before that, let's ... Continue reading →
Argentines Abroad has been even more delayed than usual this week, so very briefly, here are
updates on last weekend's action from our intrepid correspondents in Mexico, Spain and Portugal.
Tom Clark, whose blog you'll find over here, is as ... Continue reading →
Argentines Abroad has been even more delayed than usual this week, so very briefly, here are
updates on last weekend's action from our intrepid correspondents in Mexico, Spain and Portugal.
Tom Clark, whose blog you'll find over here, is as ... Continue reading →
It's time for a quick roundup of the action from the Argentine foreign legion in Italy, Spain,
Mexico and Portugal, as Lionel Messi found the net after four games without a goal, Chelo Delgado
scored a fine goal in Mexico, ... Continue reading →
It's been a good while since the last lot of Argentines Abroad, partly because of the Claudio Yacob
exclusive on Tuesday night, partly because of an enormous storm in Buenos Aires over the last 24
hours which left me stranded ... Continue reading →
It's been another action-packed round of matches around the world, with Argentines once again
providing no shortage of highlights. Step this way for the latest on Lionel Messi's fine weekend
performance and some impressive contributions in Italy, Spain, France, Portugal ... Continue
reading →
Another weekend passed some time ago now, and illness during the week combined with the recording
of a couple of Hand Of Pod specials is the reason this post is going up late, but we've news of
Lionel Messi's return ... Continue reading →
Football has well and truly restarted in earnest after the new year festivities now, and with Â
action in Spain, Portugal, Italy, England and Mexico to report on Argentines Abroad is back as is
HEGS for that matter! Happy new year, everyone. ... 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 FaurlÃn 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 →
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 FaurlÃn
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 →
We've got a neat finish from Javier Pastore, Gonzalo HiguaÃn'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 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 →
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 →
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 →
Long-term HEGSÂ 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 isn't going to be a very complete Argentines Abroad post, because I've been very busy so far
this week, and of course Spain and Italy both have yet to get underway properly, but two of our
regular contributors from last ... 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 →
