The twenty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod is, as the milkmaid said to the parson, quite a whopper. That's largely because Sam, Australian Dan and Seba have not one but two rounds of Torneo Apertura matches to look back on, ... Continue reading →

18.08.2011 - Apenas vuelto de su gira europea, el flamante técnico de la Selección Argentina, Alejandro Sabella, hizo pública la lista de (50) convocados para los próximos compromisos.
Dividiendo el asunto en "Selección Absoluta" y "Selección local" (por llamarlas de algún modo), convocó a la primera para los amistosos programados contra Venezuela y Nigeria (2 y 6 de septiembre 2011 respectivamente) y la "Selección local" para enfrentar a Brasil (no fecha FIFA) el 14 y el 28 de septiembre (2011).

Alejandro Sabella has named his first squad as Argentina manager, in preparation for a pair of friendlies against Brazil next month. The matches, before anyone gets too excited, will feature only players from the domestic leagues of the two nations, so ... Continue reading →

1- Juan Pablo Carrizo (River)
2- Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid)
3- Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City)
4- Nicolás Burdisso (Roma)
5- Esteban Cambiasso (Inter)
6- Gabriel Milito (Barcelona)
7- Angel Di María (Real Madrid)
8- Javier Zanetti (Inter)
9- Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid)
10- Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
11- Carlos Tevez (Manchester City)
12- Mariano Andújar (Catania)
13- Nicolás Pareja (Spartak Moscú)
14- Javier Mascherano (Barcelona)
15- Lucas Biglia (Anderlecht)
16- Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid)
17- Marcos Rojo (Spartak Moscu)
18- Javier Pastore (Palermo)
19- Ever Banega (Valencia)
20- Fernando Gago (Real Madrid)
21- Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli)
22- Diego Milito (Internazionale)
23- Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar)
Desafectados
Enzo Pérez (Estudiantes Lp)
Diego Valeri (Lanús)
Luciano Monzón (Boca jrs)
Doble 5: "Los 23 de Batista: ¿Qué decir?

The Copa America 2011 squad for tournaments hosts and favorites Argentina was named by manager Sergio Batista on Saturday. The 23-man roster includes reigning FIFA World Player of the Year Lionel Messi along with a host of European-based stars that includes Carlos Tevez, Gonzalo Higuain and Javier Mascherano.

In the 23rd episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Seba and Dan return to guide our listeners into the closing rounds of the Torneo Clausura. We cover the Nigeria v Argentina match last week which is being investigated by ... Continue reading →

Sergio Batista has just announced a preliminary squad for the 2011 Copa América which starts in Argentina one month tomorrow which will be trimmed slightly to 22 players for the final squad. Carlos Tevez, after the amazing about-turn ... Continue reading →

31.05.2011 - Batista dio la lista (previa) de los convocados para la Copa América (2011) con 26 nombres de los que se borrarán cuatro. Los entrenamientos comienzan el 8 de junio en Ezeiza.
ARQUEROS:
Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar, Holanda)
Juan Pablo Carrizo (River Plate)
Mariano Andujar (Catania, Italia).

25.05.2011 - Con olor a locro por el 201º aniversario de la patria, Argentina (local) venció (4-2) a Paraguay (local) en lo que fue la inauguración oficial del estadio "Centenario Campeones del Mundo", del Club Atlético Sarmiento de Resistencia (Chaco) y la primera visita de la selección a la provincia en la historia (lo más cerca había sido en 1981 cuando el equipo de Menotti llegó a Formosa para la apertura oficial del estadio de la Liga provincial).

Argentina's two giants had weekends of stark contrast: Estudiantes' draw on Friday combined with River Plate's 1-0 win over Banfield on Saturday leaves the Millonarios top of the Clausura table on their own, whilst Boca Juniors, after two straight, Riquelme-inspired ... Continue reading →

Here is the line-up for the Argentina Vs Venezuela (friendly) on Mar 16th in San Juan, Argentina. The coach, Sergio Batista, is going to experiment with an "all domestic" team from Argentina's 1st Division to see which standouts he can eventually include to the main all-star team which includes all the top international players (Messi, lavezzi, Mascherano .

Here is the line-up for the Argentina Vs Venezuela (friendly) on Mar 16th in San Juan, Argentina. The coach, Sergio Batista, is going to experiment with an "all domestic" team from Argentina's 1st Division to see which standouts he can eventually include to the main all-star team which includes all the top international players (Messi, Tevez, Mascherano .

In the ninth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba talk about River Plate and Olimpo, the league leaders who are also battling against relegation. The non-Argentines also field a question on how they came to support ... Continue reading →

Monday evening saw the final two matches of the first round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura, and Lanús vs Arsenal de Sarandí turned unexpectedly into a thriller in the closing stages. Mauro Camoranesi made his debut for the hosts, and ... Continue reading →

January Transfer Window 2011 – done deals (La Liga) is a post from: Just Football

Here are all the completed transfers in Spain's La Liga. As you might imagine, in Spain spending during the January transfer window was a lot less than in the Premier League:

ALMERÍA

Ins: Juanito (Málaga), Antonio Luna (loan from Sevilla) Sofiane Feghouli (loan from Valencia).

ALL BOYS Altas: Ariel Ortega (Ríver), Emanuel Gigliotti (Novara Calcio, Italia), Gustavo Bartelt (libre).Bajas: Jonathan Ferrari (San Lorenzo), Matías Saad y Matías Pérez García (Universidad de Chile), Marcelo Vieytes (Tiro Federal).
ARGENTINOS Altas: Cristian Sánchez Prette (Cluj de Rumania), Santiago Salcedo (Lanús).