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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 [.
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 [.
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 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 [.
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.
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 [.
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.
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 [.
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 [.
It was a quiet Sunday afternoon, really. Sergio Agüero was man of the match as Atlético de Madrid
comfortably beat Deportivo La Coruña 3-0 in A Coruña, setting up two and scoring the second.
Fabricio Coloccini, who started for the hosts, didn't have the best of matches. Oh, and a Clarín
online poll which is [.
With the absence of Lio Messi and Gaby Milito from Barcelona's lineup against Real Murcia, and
Inter's Serie A campaign not re-starting until tomorrow, it was left to England and France to
provide the main stories for Argentina's foreign legion on Saturday. Carlos Tevez carried on his
stellar form for Manchester United, whilst Fernando Cavenaghi [.
Prior to tonight's Torneo de Verano match between Boca and San Lorenzo, there have been a few other
games from some of the other sides in Primera A. Following a fight in training on Friday between
Germán Denis and an Independiente youth-team player, there were more fisticuffs during Banfield
vs. Central.
On Monday, there arrived some proof that you can't trust all my opinions on matters footbally. Back
in June, Vélez Sársfield's then-19-year-old forward Mauro Zárate moved to Al-Sadd of Qatar, and
I suggested it was madness for him to think that Europe's top clubs would still be interested
regardless of how well he did in [.
César Luís Menotti, Argentina's World Cup-winning manager in 1978, has resigned his charge of
Mexican club Tecos UAG, preferring to keep his reasons to himself beyond talk of some
'disagreements' with directors. Argentine champions Lanús, meanwhile, had a happier time on
Monday, beginning their pre-season training in earnest in Mar del Plata with a stable [.
Ramón Cabrero has a little over two weeks remaining to get his charges ready for their first taste
of Copa Libertadores action, but insisted on Monday that Lanús are up to the challenge of going
head-to-head with some of South America's biggest clubs. First, of course, they've got to get past
Ecuadorian side Olmedo.
One of the groups for the 2008 Copa Libertadores is now complete, with América de México
defeating Cruz Azul on penalties in the final of their country's Interliga, the Mexican qualifying
tournament for the Copa. With this victory, América will go into Group 5, where they'll be taking
on Diego Simeone's River Plate, as well as San [.
Lionel Messi's training with Barcelona during the week has gone well, and he's included in Frank
Rijkaard's squad for Sunday's Spanish First Division match against Racing de Santander. In perhaps
the only Argentine-player-related story that could have eclipsed that one, the Torneo de Verano
will see a big moment for Boca Juniors later on Saturday: [.
