So the stars have aligned and the weekend thus far has worked out beautifully for los Che to move up int he table.

A win in Almeria and we move up to 5th place and within striking distance of the top 4.

These are a vital 3 points.

Now Valencia, truth be told should win this.

Silva is in.

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The French city of Toulon is hosting a friendly Under 21 international tournament this month which Sergio Batista's boys have travelled to, and on Wednesday they played their first match against the Netherlands, and demonstrated after the embarrassment of the Under 20s' failure to qualify to defend their crown at the the Egypt 2009 World [. Click to continue reading...

An anniversary was marked in fitting fashion by one of our foreign contingent in the weekend just gone, whilst another won a league title and two claimed a Brazilian state trophy - to find out which ones, you'll have to read on. The winners in Brazil were Andrés D'Alessandro and Pablo Guiñazú, who helped Internacional do [. Click to continue reading...

Ever Banega, centrocampista argentino del Atlético de Madrid en calidad de cedido por el Valencia, estaría en el punto de mira del Nápoles, según publican varios medios italianos. El ex de Boca, que no está teniendo oportunidades en el plantel de Abel -tampoco las tuvo cuando Aguirre era el técnico- no seguirá en la disciplina [. Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

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 [. Click to continue reading...

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 [. Click to continue reading...

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 [...] Click to continue reading...

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 [. Click to continue reading...