O futebol bonito vai ficar mais cinzento no próximo domingo quando Juan Sebastián Verón der por
terminada uma meritória e honrosa carreira. Para além de ter passeado classe em Itália (Parma,
Lazio e Inter) e Inglaterra (Manchester United e Chelsea), o brilhante médio argentino nunca
renegou s suas origens, nem renunciou selecção do seu país, como muitos outros fizeram.
Though Sir Alex has a shrewd eye for talent and is ably supported by his scouting team, but they
too have made a few mistakes. After all, humans only commit mistakes but when they are done in
football, sometimes it proves too costly for the club, its reputation and its squad. Here are 5
worst signings by Manchester United in the last 20 years.
Aquí algunas historias del hombre que fichó a Pochettino (de 13
años) a las 3 de la madrugada, clavó maderas a medianoche para que los operarios no pisaran el
césped y supo instalar un reproductor de video en la furgoneta.
Dedicatoria(cuenta Rafael Bielsa)"Es la noche del 28 de
diciembre; suena el teléfono y respondo.
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A partir de las 17 (hora argentina) Estudiantes de La Plata, líder con dos puntos de ventaja sobre
Vélez (39-37), visita River Plate con la ilusión y la posibilidad de consagrarse campeón.
Estudiantes llega con dos ausencias clave: Juan Sebastián Verón (5 amarillas) y Enzo Pérez
(suspendido) ante un Ríver que sólo necesita acumular puntos, evitar la promoción y que den la
vuelta olímpica en su estadio.
O argentino Juan Sebastián Verón segue sendo observado por conta das dores na panturrilha direita
que o levaram a deixar o campo no segundo tempo da vitória por 1 a 0 contra a Nigéria, na estreia
da Copa. Segundo informações dos médicos da Argentina, o jogador vem "evoluindo favoravelmente",
mas ainda não está confirmado como titular para a próxima partida, diante da Coreia do Sul, na
próxima quinta-feira.
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 →
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 →
In the fourteenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan are once again back on the fernet (after
an alcohol-free episode 13), whilst Seba is dry as ever. We discuss the two giants of Argentine
football; Boca Juniors, ... Continue reading →
The first clásico platense in the new Estadio Único de La Plata didn't feature Juan Sebastián
Verón, but his team won anyway, 2-0, thanks to Gastón Fernández and Enzo Pérez, the latter from
the penalty spot. Racing, meanwhile, took a ... Continue reading →
Andrés D'Alessandro has been named by Uruguayan newspaper El País as the 2010 South American
Footballer Of The Year, an award informally known as the 'King Of The Americas'. The Internacional
de Porto Alegre playmaker succeeds countryman Juan Sebastián Verón, who ... Continue reading →
The third episode of Hand Of Pod, featuring myself and the Dans English and Australian, is online
now. We discuss Cristian Fabbiani's girth, Martín Palermo's slowness, Juan Sebastián Verón's
lack of pace and reveal just how little we know about ... Continue reading →
The fourth round of the Torneo Apertura 2010 finally came to an end four-and-a-half weeks after it
started on Wednesday afternoon, with Estudiantes' 2-0 victory over Gimnasia y Esgrima, which left
Gimnasia without a manager. Federico Fernández headed the Pincha ... Continue reading →
I'm a bit late with this, but here it is at last. Last weekend saw a lot of goals scored in the
first division, but in some ways perhaps the most important ones were scored in Floresta at the
clash ... Continue reading →
Juan Sebastián Verón has confirmed that he thinks it unlikely he'll play for Argentina for much
longer, if ever again, due to age and the need for Sergio Batista who looks increasingly likely to
be given charge of the ... Continue reading →
After more ins and outs, ups and downs and all round tedious moaning than a particularly tawdry
adult film, Juan Román Riquelme has finally signed his new four-year contract with Boca Juniors.
Putting pen to paper earlier today, the Boca ... Continue reading →
If you're an Argentine football fan and a bit of a glutton for punishment or if you're otherwise
interested in what exactly Diego Maradona demonstrated to us during Argentina's World Cup campaign
you can click here to read ... Continue reading →
With two days still to go before Argentina take on Germany in perhaps the most evenly-matches
quarter-final of the South Africa 2010 World Cup, there's not a lot interesting to report Diego
Maradona won't be changing the formation, though ... Continue reading →
Carlos Tevez is, according to Diego Maradona, el jugador del pueblo ('the player of the people').
On Sunday, hours after the controversy during Germany's 4-1 thrashing of England, linesman Stefano
Ayroldi confirmed to the world that he was indeed one ... Continue reading →
Diego Maradona's been keeping everyone second-guessing for the last few days. It looked a day or
two ago like there would only be a couple of changes to the Argentina side that beat Nigeria 1-0 in
their first match of ... Continue reading →
Following Friday afternoon's training session, Diego Maradona looks like he's making two changes to
the Argentina team that started the first match of the World Cup against Nigeria. Maxi Rodríguez
keeps his place on the right of midfield ahead of ... Continue reading →
Argentina's preparations for their World Cup second round match on Sunday against Mexico continue
apace, with FIFA officially confirming that Juan Sebastián Verón's 135 successful passes against
Greece is a new record for a single player in a single match ... Continue reading →
Argentina's passage to the second round of the 2010 World Cup having been confirmed on Tuesday, the
country's main concern during Wednesday's matches was who their rivals in the quarter-finals will
be should they see off Mexico on Sunday. There ... Continue reading →
Argentina confirmed their place in the second round of the 2010 World Cup on Tuesday with a 2-0 win
over a very defensive Greece side in Lionel Messi's first match as captain of the selección. It
took a while for ... Continue reading →
Lionel Messi will turn 23 years old on Thursday. He's managed quite a lot already in his club
career (indeed, if he keeps scoring for Barcelona at his current rate he'll be their all-time
highest scorer six months before he ... Continue reading →
Argentina will almost certainly secure their qualification for the second round of the 2010 World
Cup on Tuesday when they take on Greece. They can afford to lose by five goals against Greece, and
even then they might not go ... Continue reading →
A quick note to say that those who are interested can now see a map of the birthplaces of all of
the Argentina squad for the 2010 World Cup, provided to me by Bill's Sports Maps, on the new 'Squad
... Continue reading →
Argentina's preparation for the second match of their World Cup challenge gathers apace. The main
issues following the flawed but encouraging performance in the 1-0 win against Nigeria on Saturday
were the right back position where Jonás Gutiérrez clearly ... Continue reading →
After an opening performance from Argentina which ranged from the outstanding (Lionel Messi) to the
anonymous (Ángel Di María) by way of the pity-inducing (Jonás Gutiérrez), I've done a write-up
of the reaction in Argentina for ESPN Soccernet. You can ... Continue reading →
Argentina's World Cup campaign is up and running, courtesy of a Gabriel Heinze header early on to
give them a 1-0 win against Nigeria on Saturday. It wasn't a match with very many highlights, and
those that there were invariably ... Continue reading →
In forty minutes, Diego Maradona will return to direct involvement in a World Cup for the first
time since that drug test in USA 94. Argentina vs Nigeria will be underway. Maradona has named the
starting XI that was predicted ... Continue reading →
It's yet to be officially announced, but the Argentina starting eleven for the first match of their
World Cup campaign is now widely known and there are unlikely to be any surprises, barring
injuries. Jonás Gutiérrez is in at right ... Continue reading →
After the military-style concentración for the first week of Argentina's stay in South Africa, and
the opening-up of training to the press over the last few days, the selección's players have
finally been allowed an afternoon off following a morning ... Continue reading →
Diego Maradona's selección trained with an audience for the first time since arriving in South
Africa on Thursday, inviting the press to watch. They opened more than just the gates to the
complex though, with several players commenting on the ... Continue reading →
Entendemos que en Sudafrica 2010 están conteniendo los máximos exponentes del balompié
mundial, es cierto, faltan figuras, pero en honor a la verdad tenemos que aceptar que la Copa del
Mundo marca tendencias por ciclos y es el máximo nivel competitivo que el fútbol tiene.
Es por eso que vale la pena echarle un vistazo a los números que están arrojando los equipos
allá en tierras africanas: Hasta este momento se anotan 2.
Due to injuries & yellow cards, Maradona decided to make the following modifications for tomorrow's
Game - All eyes will be on Inter's lethal striker Gabriel Milito - Let's see if this new group can
jive with Messi.
Out >>>>>>>>>>>>> In
Jonás Gutiérrez >>> Nicolás Otamendi
Walter Samuel >>> Nicolás Burdisso
Gabriel Heinze >>> Clemente Rodríguez
Javier Mascherano >>> Mario Bolatti
Angel Di Maria >>> Juan Sebastián Verón
Carlos Tevez >>> Sergio Agüero
Gonzalo Higuaín >>> Diego Milito
Due to injuries & yellow cards, Maradona decided to make the following modifications for tomorrow's
Game - All eyes will be on Inter's lethal striker Gabriel Milito - Let's see if this new group can
jive with Messi.
Out >>>>>>>>>>>>> In
Jonás Gutiérrez >>> Nicolás Otamendi
Walter Samuel >>> Nicolás Burdisso
Gabriel Heinze >>> Clemente Rodríguez
Javier Mascherano >>> Mario Bolatti
Angel Di Maria >>> Juan Sebastián Verón
Carlos Tevez >>> Sergio Agüero
Gonzalo Higuaín >>> Diego Milito
El pincha se trajo de Rosario un valioso punto para comenzar de buena manera el campeonato Apertura
2011, al empatar en cero frente al local Newell´s old Boys. El equipo de Russo (hizo su
presentación de manera oficial como DT albirrojo) tuvo un flojo primer tiempo, pero en el segundo
hizo valer la jerarquía del plantel, que apunta alto, tanto en el certamen local como en la
próxima Copa Sudamericana.
Buenas noticias para la afición del Monterrey, equipo que hoy por hoy es el orgullo de la
"Sultana del Norte". El ariete chileno, Humberto Suazo, se encuentra en la lista de nominados para
llevarse el premio a "El Mejor de América".
Éste reconocimiento lo entrega el diario "El País", que es de origen uruguayo.
