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
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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.
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 >>>>>>>>>>>>>
InJonás 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
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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 →
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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
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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 →
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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.
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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If simply knowing which players are in the squad isn't enough, Argentina-watchers can rejoice
today: the full list of which players will use which shirt numbers during the 2010 World Cup has
been released. Lionel Messi takes the number 10, ... Continue reading →
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Argentina enjoyed their first training session as a full 23-man squad on Tuesday morning, with
European Cup finalist Martín Demichelis and two of the men who beat him in that final, Diego
Milito and Walter Samuel, training for the first ... Continue reading →
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First, apologies to anyone who saw the starting XI I posted shortly before kick off, and accepted
it as gospel. I was copying it from Cancha Llena (La Nación's sports website) and they got it
completely wrong (it wasn't the ... Continue reading →
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Hearts were in mouths this afternoon in Ezeiza when Lionel Messi hit the ground in training after a
collision with Javier Mascherano which saw Argentina's medical staff running over to help him. He
is, apparently, absolutely fine though. And whilst ... Continue reading →
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In the next couple of hours (supposedly) Diego Maradona will confirm the 23 names he's taking as
members of the Argentina squad to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Olé are confident
enough that they've got the list ... Continue reading →
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There were numerous lists before Maradona's preliminary squad of 30 was announced yesterday
speculating on who might be included, and outlining who the author would include if they were the
manager. Well, I thought I'd try something a little different. ... Continue reading →
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Having sat inside all bloody afternoon waiting for an announcement that was supposed to come at 3pm
and eventually arrived just after 7, this will only be a brief post, but all the same I thought I'd
put up a ... Continue reading →
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There were one or two talking points on Sunday. Seba Verón was sent off in the first half as
Estudiantes stumbled at the penultimate hurdle in their quest to win an unprecedented
Clausura-and-Libertadores double (a 0-0 draw with Rosario Central ... Continue reading →
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Copa Libertadores holders Estudiantes de La Plata went through to the quarter-finals of the
competition on Wednesday night with an easy 3-1 home win over Mexican strugglers San Luis in
Quilmes, to add to the 1-0 advantage the champions' substitutes ... Continue reading →
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The biggest winners of the weekend just gone were undoubtedly Racing Club, who took an enormous
step towards securing their place in the Primera División next season as their rivals fell by the
wayside. On Sunday night Ariel Ortega had a car accident (he, and the occupants of the other car,
are fine), Seba Verón [.
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Debut de "buen pie"1983: Torneo Nacional;
RIVER 1
HURACÁN 0
Ése día, el DT "millonario"
José Varacka hizo debutar en River al futbolista
uruguayo
Enzo Francescoli.
1994: En La Plata;
ESTUDIANTES 1 (
José Luis Calderón)
MANDIYÚ (Corrientes) 0
Aquella vez, el volante del "Pincha"
Juan Sebastián Verón debutó en 1°
División.
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Debut de "buen pie"1983: Torneo Nacional;
RIVER 1
HURACÁN 0
Ése día, el DT "millonario"
José Varacka hizo debutar en River al futbolista
uruguayo
Enzo Francescoli.
1994: En La Plata;
ESTUDIANTES 1 (
José Luis Calderón)
MANDIYÚ (Corrientes) 0
Aquella vez, el volante del "Pincha"
Juan Sebastián Verón debutó en 1°
División.
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Estudiantes de La Plata secured their place in the second round of the 2010 Copa Libertadores de
América on Tuesday night with a 1-0 win over Peru's Alianza Lima. The defending champions huffed
and puffed in Quilmes, without quite managing to blow Alianza's house down, until they were awarded
a penalty in stoppage time.
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In a few short hours, Argentina take on Germany in one the highest-profile international friendlies
of the week, in Munich. With Diego Maradona claiming he already knows the vast majority of the
squad he's taking to South Africa, the match is likely to give us some clue as to his thinking, if
indeed that isn't [.
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