On the 14th November Diego Maradona's Argentina will face Spain in Atlético de Madrid's Estadio Vicente Calderón in a friendly as the first part of their preparation for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. On Friday, Maradona named his squad for the match, which will consist solely of players playing for clubs outside Argentina, [. Click to continue reading...

It was a mixed week for Argentines in England Pablo Zabaleta was sent off and Carlos Tevez had to toil on his own up front as Manchester City could only draw 1-1 with Wigan Athletic, and Javier Mascherano and Emiliano Insúa's Liverpool lost in circumstances which were either hilarious or exasperating depending on your [. Click to continue reading...

The Italian Serie A had two matches on Saturday, October 17, 2009 as Inter Milan faced Genoa and Juventus played Fiorentina. Here's a recap of both matches along with video highlights.

Inter Milan beats Genoa 5-0 Video Highlights

Inter Milan (Internazionale) easily beat Genoa as they had goals from five different players.

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Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho has stoked up old rivalries with former Premier League adversaries Arsene Wenger and Rafa Benitez, claiming he has to win trophies to keep his job.
The former Chelsea manager, speaking about the pressures of managing in Serie A, drew less than complimentary comparisons to the recent records of the Arsenal and Liverpool managers, saying:
"[Arsene] Wenger has been Arsenal's coach for 15 years but he hasn't won even a Carling Cup for six years. Click to continue reading...

Today is the second day of UEFA Champions League Matchday One and features the FC Barcelona-Inter Milan showdown we've all been waiting for.

There are other matches today, seven others to be exact, but most eyes will be on the battle between the defending Champions League title holders and the Serie A champions.

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.Few football matches are more exciting, enthralling and passionate than the Derby della Madonnina. When two of the powerhouses of Italian football meet it is rarely a dull affair and this weekend's match promises to really kick start the season. After a disappointing 1 – 1 draw at home to Bari on the opening weekend, Inter [. Click to continue reading...

Jose Mourinho's men will be missing a key component match day 1, after Esteban Cambiasso injured...
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Gallery, Images, Photos & Pictures of Inter Milan v AC Milan World Football Challenge Championship, the 26th of July, 2009. Teams/Clubs: Inter Milan, AC Milan Players/People: Diego Milito, Sulley Muntari, Paolo Orlandoni, Ronaldinho, Onguchi Onyewu, Esteban Cambiasso, Mario Balotelli, Leonardo, Julio Cesar, Gianmarco Zigoni, Cristian Chivu. Click to continue reading...

Boca Juniors' squad took off for Europe on Sunday in readiness to take part in the Audi Cup in Munich (their first match is on Wednesday against Manchester United), but over the weekend there have already been some Argentine clubs and players in pre-season action. River Plate beat Everton thanks to a great Ariel Ortega [. Click to continue reading...

Those who saw last night's World Football Challenge clash between Internazionale and Chelsea must have noticed a solid performance from a rapidly emerging star wearing the blue shirt. Branislav Ivanovic, who played fullback for 65 minutes of Chelsea's dominant 2-0 victory over the reigning Italian champions seemed to be the player who was more eager than anyone else to cement his reputation during the high-profile friendly at the Rose Bowl.

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Soccerlens was at the Chelsea-Inter World Football Challenge game in California tonight - what follows is a live blog from that game.

Chelsea take on and humble their previous manager Jose Mourniho at the hirstoric Rose Bowl stadium on a sunny California night.

A very festive atmosphere out here at the Rose Bowl as mostly Chelsea fans continue to pour in to fill the stadium close to capacity.

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Inter Milan and the World Football Challenge were kind enough to setup this press conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in LA with Inter Milan midfielder, Esteban Cambiasso, ahead of Tuesday's World Football Challenge match of Chelsea vs Inter Milan at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA.
Some of the highlights of the press conference were:
-He believes that the World Football Challenge match is just a friendly and that the animosity between Chelsea coach Ancelotti and Inter coach Mourinho will have no effect. Click to continue reading...

Inter Milan and the World Football Challenge were kind enough to setup this press conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in LA with Inter Milan midfielder, Esteban Cambiasso, ahead of Tuesday's World Football Challenge match of Chelsea vs Inter Milan at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA.
Some of the highlights of the press conference were:
-He believes that the World Football Challenge match is just a friendly and that the animosity between Chelsea coach Ancelotti and Inter coach Mourinho will have no effect. Click to continue reading...

Summer in the east. After a short break in June which felt almost as long as the frozen abyss of winter, football across eastern Europe is underway once more on green fields and under blue skies, half a continent and a whole world away from the frenzied din of a Bernabéu unveiling. And yet something is missing.

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Skysports.com understands Liverpool are lining up a move for Inter Milan's Esteban Cambiasso in case they lose either Xabi Alonso or Javier Mascherano.
Reds boss Rafa Benitez is fighting to keep hold of midfield duo Alonso and Mascherano with the pair being strongly linked with moves to Spain. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have laid their eyes on Inter midfielder Esteban Cambiasso as an alternative if Xabi Alonso leaves Anfield this summer, according to Tuttomercatoweb.com.
Today's report suggests Reds manager Rafael Benitez is preparing himself just in case Spain star Alonso joins Real Madrid. Click to continue reading...

The European league seasons are now all over, as is the Mexican championship, but Argentines have once again had a say, with European places still up for grabs, another title claimed in France and one of Maradona's new boys very nearly turning the tide of the Mexican playoff final. With the trophies wrapped up in [. Click to continue reading...

The final full-length Argentines Abroad of 2008-2009 comes with just a day and a half left for you to get your nominations in for the HEGS / Mundo Albiceleste award for the Best Argentine Abroad of the season that's now finishing. So far we've had relatively few nominations in, so if you'd like your favourite [. Click to continue reading...

After last week's midweek cup finals in Spain and Italy, the gongs are starting to be handed out for the competitions people actually care about now, and already we've got three more league champion sides in Europe with Argentine representation to add to AZ in the Netherlands and Porto in Portugal. The Spanish, Italian and [. Click to continue reading...

It's somewhat rare these days to see an Englishman trying his luck in Europe's top leagues, especially in the tactical cauldron that is Serie A. In fairness, for many, life seemingly begins and ends with the Premier League where visions of a move abroad are often distorted by what many perceive as the ‘greatest league in the world'.

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After 36 weeks & a New Years/Christmas break, Italy has its champions. Congratulations to FC Internazionale Milano for clinching their 17th Scudetto. The Nerazzurri won the title after arch-rivals AC Milan lost on Saturday 2-1 on the road to Udinese. For good measure, Inter gave their home fans a show by trouncing Siena 3-0 at home to solidify their place as Italy's best team.

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After 36 weeks & a New Years/Christmas break, Italy has its champions. Congratulations to FC Internazionale Milano for clinching their 17th Scudetto. The Nerazzurri won the title after arch-rivals AC Milan lost on Saturday 2-1 on the road to Udinese. For good measure, Inter gave their home fans a show by trouncing Siena 3-0 at home to solidify their place as Italy's best team.

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HEGS Award voting season (nominations to the address in that post please) got underway with another championship for a team with Argentine representation this weekend, as Porto claimed their fourth consecutive Portuguese crown. Elsewhere Martín Demichelis celebrated the birth of his child with a rare goal in Germany, and Hernán Crespo started for Internazionale! Click to continue reading...

...Plus the European Cup semi-final second legs. That's an easy one to get out the way quickly: Carlos Tevez didn't feature as Manchester United booked their place in the final, whilst Lionel Messi had a quiet game for Barcelona but set up a last-gasp equaliser for Andrés Iniesta to put Barcelona through on away goals [. Click to continue reading...

With league titles on the verge of being decided across Europe, there were some important contributions made by Argentines this weekend, and at least one other could come on Tuesday when Lionel Messi's Barcelona take on Chelsea in the European Cup semi-final first leg. To see who did what over the weekend just gone, though, [. 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...

With the possible signing of the clever defensive midfielder Ever Banega it appears Napoli along with its new coach Donandoni is looking to Argentine players to secure a successful future. This is a similar path Inter Milan took a few years ago when they acquired several high profile Argentine players (see below) all of which have been national team players. Click to continue reading...

The latest double-header of qualifying matches for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa is upon us this weekend, so with my head now sufficiently back on track after two weeks back home, it seems as good a time as any to have a look at what our boys abroad have been doing this weekend. [...] Click to continue reading...

See what I did there? Feel free to use that in future Inter victories (sounds a bit better than "japanesey" or "lemon-squeezy", no?). For there are few words more appropriate than "piece of cake" to define the Nerazzurri's victory over Reggina Sunday. Juventus thought that by keeping the pressure on their rivals, Mourinho's boys [. Click to continue reading...

So remember that great "Serie A vs. EPL" section on La Gazzetta which I promised I'd partially translate? Here's the first batch of pink-goodness: a look at ALL THE PLAYERS from tonight's Inter Milan vs. Manchester United UEFA Champions League match. Boy I can't wait for game-time. Meanwhile, feast your eyes on this. Click to continue reading...

Fresh from the great minds of Gazzetta dello Sport, here is a look at ALL THE PLAYERS from UEFA Champion's League Inter Milan vs. Manchester United. Enjoy! . . . . . . . . . . . JULIO CESAR Our impression is that the Seleçao keeper will have a lot of work on his hands (no pun intended), especially at Old Trafford. Click to continue reading...

So remember that great "Serie A vs. EPL" section on La Gazzetta which I promised I'd partially translate? Here's the first batch of pink-goodness: a look at ALL THE PLAYERS from tonight's Inter Milan vs. Manchester United. Boy I can't wait for game-time. Meanwhile, feast your eyes on this. (oh, and credit goes where credit [. Click to continue reading...

No, that's not the title of the latest Nintendo Wii game; it's who Inter have to thank for their three points against Bologna Saturday. Two protagonists: an expected one (it would be useless to point out that right this moment, Julio Cesar is the best goalkeeper on Earth) and a very unlikely one. And I [. Click to continue reading...

No, that's not the title of the latest Nintendo Wii game; it's who Inter have to thank for their three points against Bologna Saturday. Two protagonists: an expected one (it would be useless to point out that right this moment, Julio Cesar is the best goalkeeper on Earth) and a very unlikely one. And I [. Click to continue reading...

It's been a quiet-ish week for the main Argentine contingent in Europe, but there have been one or two scorers. In Mexico, meanwhile, the new year's championship is already underway, and there were five goals from Argentines as well as a couple of other decent contributions there. Step this way... In Italy, Serie A leaders Internazionale [. Click to continue reading...