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Never let it be said that Barcelona's scouts are lazy. Not content, in recent years, with
discovering Lionel Messi, Bojan Krkic and Giovani Dos Santos to name but three, the club's newest
signing has just been confirmed - and impressed by Messi, they've gone for another young Argentine.
Mauro Iscardi turns 15 on Tuesday of next [.
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 [.
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.
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 [.
Happy new year, everyone. The year may only be two days old, but already 2008 is well underway in
the Argentine footballing world. One basic but important thing to mention first: new president
Cristina Kirchner's decision to bring a daylight savings system back to Argentina means the country
is now only two hours behind Greenwich [.
Andrés D'Alessandro has already expressed an eagerness to return home to Buenos Aires for a
six-month loan spell, in order to keep match-fit and playing first-team football, since he's not
being considered regularly for the starting lineup at Real Zaragoza. His former club River Plate
were his preferred destination, but Ramón Díaz, who was in [.
Sergio Batista, the manager of the Under 20 national side, named his squad on Wednesday for the
Under 20 South American championships to be held in Venezuela in January 2009. The championships
will double up as qualifiers for the Under 20 World Cup in Egypt, at which of course Argentina will
be the defending champions.
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 [.
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' [.
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 [.
Lionel Messi made a return to the starting lineup for Barcelona; Internazionale stumbled at the top
of Serie; Carlos Tevez helped take Manchester United through to the 6th round of the FA Cup, whilst
Javier Mascherano did likewise for Liverpool, where he may soon be joined by Pablo Aimar. Lionel
Scaloni, meanwhile, has already moved to [.
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, [.
With the Clausura effectively over before the final weekend for Estudiantes and Boca Juniors as
well as newly-crowned champions River Plate, the summer transfer market has already begun. River
boss Diego Simeone wants to bring in a new goalkeeper, and has set his sights on Atlético de
Madrid's Leo Franco, whilst Boca and Estudiantes are [.
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, [.
River, Huracán and San Lorenzo all welcomed new signings on Wednesday, with Boca suffering a minor
injury setback to their pre-season training schedule. Meanwhile, Independiente have had another
hard day in training following Germán Denis's dog attack on Monday, and Germán Herrera, the
Argentine striker who's just signed for recently relegated Corinthians in Brazil, receiving a
somewhat backhanded [.
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 [...]
Two transfers involving Argentine players are moving towards a definition at the moment, the more
solid-looking being Andrés D'Alessandro's transfer from Real Zaragoza in Spain to work under his
former manager Ramón Díaz with San Lorenzo. Ezequiel Garay, the Racing Santander defender, could
be on his way to Barcelona - or Lyon, or Real Madrid.
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 [.
No, still not Santiago. This is a quick correction to the story I posted a couple of hours ago
(below). Despite Olé's reporting, the Solari brother who Olimpo are claiming to have signed is not
youngest brother David, but in fact middle brother Esteban, who doesn't play in the lower divisions
in Italy but, rather [.
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 [.
Copa Libertadores holders Boca Juniors crashed out of the tournament at the semi-final stage on
Wednesday night after a thrilling second half in the Maracanã which saw them take the lead
through Martín Palermo before hosts Fluminense hit back with a three-goal blitz in the closing
half hour. Fluminense, who've never got this far in [.
Well, it pays to have an attention-grabbing headline. No, the Internazionale striker hasn't decided
to pack in his Italian career in order to help the Aurinegro out with their relegation battle.
But his little brother, the generous soul, has done exactly that. David Solari becomes Olimpo's
first summer reinforcement.
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, [.
It's a little bit late this week, on account of my having spent Monday night working on a piece for
Soccernet, but there's one player who deserves mention on his own, so here's a very brief
Argentines Abroad roundup from the week in which Guillermo Barros Schelotto was named the Most
Valuable Player in the [.
And us English think Newcastle United are a joke team. The pre-season in Argentina continues, and
there's been more mudslinging and attempts to get out at one of the country's biggest clubs - and
this time some of it's even come from the manager himself. OK, you know I'm talking about Racing
because you've read [.
Racing's abysmal pre-season has received a small ray of sunshine on Tuesday, with the news that
former fans' favourite Maxi Moralez will return to the club on a one-year loan deal from FC
Moscow, the club he joined at the start of the 2007-2008 season. Racing manager Miguel Micó will
be hoping the youngster can provide [.
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 [.
Independiente aren't yet out of the hunt for a Copa Sudamericana place, but if they qualify for continental competition they'll be playing in it next season without their top scorer Germán Denis, whose transfer to Napoli is looking more and more like a done deal. Colón manager Antonio 'El Turco' Mohamed, meanwhile, is refusing to apologise [.
So you've read the Argentina squad profile for the Olympic Games that I wrote for Soccerlens, and
still want more? You're in luck, because I was very busy this weekend. Another one has now gone up
on new Australian online magazine The 84th Minute, edited by ocassional HEGS commentor Neil
Zimmerman, who wanted to me [.
With the season having started, it's been a little while since we made mention of the transfer
market, but there are a few deals being talked about at present which merit mention. Prior to this
weekend's clásico with River Plate, San Lorenzo welcome a new arrival on a year-long loan,
Santiago Solari, having beaten several [.
That's 'Pre Diego', for those who can't work it out. The Argentina manager and most of his squad
have arrived in Glasgow and begun training for Wednesday's friendly against Scotland in the city
where Maradona scored his first senior goal for his country, back in 1979. It makes sense,
then, to take a quick look at [.
A good day for Argentine forwards in La Liga. Against Ever Banega's new club, Sergio Agüero got
the better of his compatriot, scoring the game's only goal in the Calderón as Atlético de Madrid
beat Valencia 1-0. Elsewhere, Diego Milito bagged a brace but was let down by his team-mates as
Real Zaragoza could [.
A little late in coming, but with two weeks remaining of the Torneo Clausura, which will be
followed by Argentina's final World Cup qualifiers of the season, it's time to list the nominees
for the second annual HEGS Award for Best Argentine Footballer in a Foreign League! Nominations
were very narrowly spread this season, and [.
Two transfer signings involving Spanish clubs have also involved Argentines today, with one rather
more polemic than the other. Jonás Gutiérrez, having impressed at Real Mallorca and
broken into the selección, has followed compatriots Carlos Tevez, Javier Mascherano and Julio
Arca (among others) to England, where he signs for Newcastle United.
HEGS is back, but it feels, I must say, a bit like I hadn't really been away. When I left for
Havana, Sergio Batista had named Lionel Messi in the squad for the Olympic Football Tournament, and
Barcelona president Joan Laporta was making some decidedly 'we'll have to see about that'-type
noises. The novel seems [.
Andrés D'Alessandro was heading back out of the country on Wednesday, again in a
north-easterly direction, but not this time as far as Europe. In fact, he's making a short hop over
the Río de la Plata and Uruguay to the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, where 2005
Copa Libertadores winners Internacional are waiting [.
