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Lanús and champions Boca Juniors both began their 2012 Torneo Clausura title campaigns on Friday
night, the opening evening of the new championship in Argentina. Both won: Boca beat Olimpo de
Bahía Blanca 2-0 in La Bombonera, Darío Cvitanich and ... Continue reading →
It's time for a quick roundup of the action from the Argentine foreign legion in Italy, Spain,
Mexico and Portugal, as Lionel Messi found the net after four games without a goal, Chelo Delgado
scored a fine goal in Mexico, ... Continue reading →
On the 4th February 2012, the last game of the 2011 Torneo Apertura was finally completed.
Estudiantes' home match against Banfield in the 15th round had been called off 13 minutes in with
the score at 1-0 to the visitors ... Continue reading →
It's been a good while since the last lot of Argentines Abroad, partly because of the Claudio Yacob
exclusive on Tuesday night, partly because of an enormous storm in Buenos Aires over the last 24
hours which left me stranded ... Continue reading →
It's been another action-packed round of matches around the world, with Argentines once again
providing no shortage of highlights. Step this way for the latest on Lionel Messi's fine weekend
performance and some impressive contributions in Italy, Spain, France, Portugal ... Continue
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Another weekend passed some time ago now, and illness during the week combined with the recording
of a couple of Hand Of Pod specials is the reason this post is going up late, but we've news of
Lionel Messi's return ... Continue reading →
Football has well and truly restarted in earnest after the new year festivities now, and with
action in Spain, Portugal, Italy, England and Mexico to report on Argentines Abroad is back as is
HEGS for that matter! Happy new year, everyone. ... Continue reading →
In England, the Premier League had a quiet weekend for Argentine action for the most part. Last
week's Hand Of Pod introducer Alejandro Faurlín featured as usual for Queens Park Rangers in a 1-0
loss away to Liverpool, and many ... Continue reading →
The 2011 Torneo Apertura ended on Monday with, among other matches, three games which affected the
battle for Copa Libertadores 2012 qualification. With Racing, Independiente, Tigre and Godoy Cruz
all going into the last round with hopes of qualifying for ... Continue reading →
Boca Juniors became the third team in the history of the short championships to go unbeaten through
a campaign on Sunday, when a Darío Cvitanich header gave them a 1-0 win at home to All Boys in
their final Apertura ... Continue reading →
The penultimate round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura ended on Thursday night with wins for
Independiente and Vélez Sarsfield against San Lorenzo and Tigre respectively. On Wednesday,
Arsenal de Sarandí became the first side all season to score twice against ... Continue reading
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Deadlines for previewing the final rounds of the 2011 Torneo Apertura have severely hampered my
style this week, so without further ado here's a quick catch-up in the main leagues covered by
Argentines Abroad. In England's Premier League, Sergio Agüero ... Continue reading →
The penultimate round of matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura started on Tuesday with a fairly dull
few games. Olimpo and Estudiantes played out a dull goalless draw, and in the four matches as a
whole there were only three ... Continue reading →
After Sunday saw Boca Juniors win the title, Monday saw a match that could prove just as important
come the end of the season (i.e. Clausura); the relegation battle between San Lorenzo and Tigre.
The resurgent visitors were beaten by ... Continue reading →
Boca Juniors were crowned champions of Argentina on Sunday, with two matches left of the 2011
Torneo Apertura. A 3-0 win against Banfield gave Julio César Falcioni's men the title all they'd
needed was a draw. Darío Cvitanich scored ... Continue reading →
Friday's and Saturday's matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura have seen no shortage of goals, and as
expected, one postponed match San Lorenzo v Tigre will now be played on Monday at 20:30, for the
reasons outlined in this ... Continue reading →
The weekend just gone saw as many crucial contributions from Argentines as ever in the world's
biggest leagues, and a welcome return to form for the usual suspects in the Mexican league after
last week's no-show. With the usual contributions ... Continue reading →
Boca Juniors moved nine points clear with just nine to play for in the 2011 Torneo Apertura table
on Sunday, meaning they need just one more point from their remaining three matches to claim their
first league title in three ... Continue reading →
The 2011 Torneo Apertura matches on Friday and Saturday have seen a number of eye-opening results.
First, on Friday, Tigre beat Atlético Rafaela 3-0 at home and, astonishingly given where they were
at the start of the season, climbed out ... Continue reading →
Vélez Sarsfield suffered a setback in Quito in the first leg of their Copa Sudamericana
semi-final, away to LDU Quito. With two goals from Hernán Barcos, the Argentine former Racing
and Huracán striker, Liga won 2-0 at home to set ... Continue reading →
As ever, there were a number of Argentine goals during the weekend just gone in leagues across
Europe. Oddly, there were none in Mexico this weekend (for the first time since I began accepting
contributions for this post!), so Tom ... Continue reading →
I've had a fun-packed weekend (okay, there was a bit of a hangover involved as well) and the
fifteenth round of the Torneo Apertura only ended on Monday night. These two facts have combined to
result in my not getting ... Continue reading →
Tigre beat Newell's Old Boys by a goal to nil on Friday afternoon, to keep their battle against
relegation alive and, incidentally, move joint second of the 2011 Torneo Apertura (albeit
temporarily). Carlos Casteglione got the goal with nine minutes ... Continue reading →
River Plate slipped up on Sunday, losing 2-0 to Atlético Tucumán on their return to the Estadio
Monumental after a five match ban from playing there. Luis Rodríguez and César Montiglio scored
the goals, one in each half. Having dominated ... Continue reading →
This weekend, of course, sees no regularly scheduled matches in the Primera División in Argentina,
due to the international break for the World Cup qualifiers. We have, however, had the delayed
match from the thirteenth round played between San Lorenzo ... Continue reading →
Argentina's qualifying campaign for the 2014 World Cup hit another bump in the road on Friday
afternoon where, in the glorious Monumental sunshine, Bolivia took the lead and eventually held the
hosts to a 1-1 draw in the third round ... Continue reading →
Thursday night was the time for Vélez Sarsfield's quarter-final second leg in the 2011 Copa
Sudamericana, and it was a brilliant match. Having drawn the first leg 1-1 away to Santa Fe of
Colombia last week, Vélez stormed into a ... Continue reading →
With the World Cup qualifiers approaching, it's time to take a look at how Alejandro Sabella's boys
and those he's not called up did in the weekend just gone for their clubs. Alejandro Faurlín
impressed in defeat in ... Continue reading →
This is a later than usual summary, but it is timed nicely to coincide with the launch of the
Guardian's new Sports Network, of which HEGS is proud to be a part. Boca Juniors edged closer to
the title with a ... Continue reading →
On Friday, the fourteenth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura saw three draws from as many matches,
and by three different scorelines at that; 0-0, 1-1 and 2-2. The goalless draw was between promoted
sides Atlético de Rafaela and Belgrano, ... Continue reading →
Argentines Abroad has been, to put it mildly, a bit out of sync so far this season. It's become
truly, monumentally bad this week and last, though, for a few reasons. For that, I apologise, but I
present here the updates ... Continue reading →
Boca Juniors have now opened up a nine point advantage in the title race for the 2011 Torneo
Apertura, beating their closest challengers Atlético Rafaela 3-1 on Sunday before seeing Racing
held 0-0 by Estudiantes on Monday. Elsewhere, Lanús beat ... Continue reading →
Saturday saw Argentinos Juniors claim a comfortable win over Vélez Sarsfield by three goals to one
in La Paternal; it was only Argentinos' second win of the season, and almost certainly puts the
final nail in the coffin of Vélez's ... Continue reading →
The twelfth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura has been a poor one for the title race, with Boca
Juniors moving on to 28 points and Racing missing a chance to keep on their tails with a 1-1 draw
against ... Continue reading →
Before the start of the twelfth round of Torneo Clausura action, I thought I'd give HEGS readers a
chance to catch up the Argentine clubs in the Copa Sudamericana. Apologies that these videos
weren't posted after the matches in question, but ... Continue reading →
Because I've had a somewhat disjointed week of deadlines not being what they normally are,
Argentines Abroad is going up ridiculously late this week. All the same, I did receive the normal
dispatches from France, Mexico, Portugal and Spain, so here ... Continue reading →
The eleventh round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura concluded on Sunday with a 2-1 win for Clausura
champions Vélez Sarsfield over the the team they pipped to the title, Lanús. Earlier in the day,
Estudiantes had seen off Atlético Rafaela ... Continue reading →
Saturday's matches in the Primera División saw mixed fortunes for Avellaneda's two clubs.
Independiente got a win to lift some of the gloom following the midweek Copa Sudamericana exit, and
later on Racing drew 0-0 with San Martín de San ... Continue reading →
San Lorenzo de Almagro got a 1-0 win over Banfield on Friday evening that lifts some of the
pressure that was coming down on manager Omar Asad's head, thanks to a goal from Juan Manuel
Salgueiro halfway through the second ... Continue reading →
Defending Copa Sudamericana champions exited the tournament at the hands of 2009 winners Liga de
Quito on Wednesday night, winning 1-0 on the night in the Estadio Libertadores de América but
losing 2-1 on aggregate by virtue of Liga's 2-0 ... Continue reading →
