Asociación de Fútbol Argentino (AFA) president, Julio Grondona and veteran midfielder Juan Sebastián Verón have officially presented the Argentina World Cup 2010 home kit to the public. The new Albiceleste first choice strip will make its on the field debut in Madrid on November 14th when Argentina meets Spain in a friendly. Click to continue reading...

It's been a qualifying campaign no-one who followed it from start to finish will ever quite manage to forget, but eventually, somehow, in spite of their manager, their opponents and let's face it their own often atrocious performances, Argentina have qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Click to continue reading...

The moment of truth arrives tonight. At 8pm local time (7pm in Argentina; 11pm British Summer Time) Argentina will take to the pitch in the Estadio Centenario, the site of the first ever World Cup final back in 1930. They need a result against their oldest rivals to secure qualification for South Africa 2010. Click to continue reading...

Argentina's full selección may be struggling to stagger across the line in the race to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, but one country who are already there will take on a locally-based B team in Córdoba on Wednesday night. The starting XI isn't being reported as I type this up, but [. Click to continue reading...

Diego Maradona has announced a list of just eighteen Europe-based players for Argentina's final two World Cup qualifying matches at home to Peru and away to Uruguay. There are numerous big-name casualties of Diego's refusal to consider that any part of the defeats to Brazil and Paraguay might have been his fault. Click to continue reading...

We've been here before, and there's not a lot else more to say. In Asunción on Wednesday night, needing a win to remain in the automatic qualification spots for the 2010 World Cup, Argentina slumped to a defeat which sees Paraguay qualify for South Africa. Seba Verón was sent off early in the second half [. Click to continue reading...

Saturday night saw the big South American clásico in Rosario as Argentina hosted Brazil in the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup, and Diego Maradona's reign as manager will be marked forever by the result: Argentina lost a qualifier at home for only the second time in their history. The first was the 0-5 loss [. Click to continue reading...

One of the most eagerly awaited fixtures on the international football calendar will be staged in Rosario on Saturday night, with Argentina in need of a win and Brazil no doubt eager to put one over the on their great rivals and inflict what would be only Argentina's second ever home defeat in World Cup [. Click to continue reading...

Here are the remaining players called up by Maradona for the big showdown against Brasil:

D – Sebastián Domínguez (Velez Sarsfield)
D – Nicolás Otamendi (Vélez Sarsfield)
D – Emiliano Papa (Velez Sarsfield)

M – Juan Sebastián Verón (Estudiantes)
M – Mario Bolatti (Huracán)
M – Sebastián Battaglia (Boca Juniors)

F – Eduardo Salvio (Lanús)

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Juan Sebastian injured his right leg today in the La Plata derby against Gimnasia.

Now it is doubtful that he will be available for the Brasil game.

Who will lead Argentina's attack against Brasil?

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Juan Sebastián Verón sufrió una contractura y es duda para el clásico Argentina-Brasil

BUENOS AIRES El centrocampista Juan Sebastián Verón, de Estudiantes de La Plata, sufrió una contractura en su pierna derecha y es duda para el partido del próximo sábado entre Argentina y Brasil, correspondiente a las eliminatorias del Mundial de Sudáfrica 2010.

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Friday saw the announcement of Diego Maradona's national team squad to face Brazil in Rosario on the 5th September, which will then take on Paraguay days later in Asunción. Matches between Argentina and Brazil are always intense affairs, but with so much riding on this game for Maradona's men in particular, el pibe de oro [. Click to continue reading...

Luís Figo garante que não pensa voltar a jogar, mas deixa a porta entreaberta perante o hipotético convite do Maiorca. Segundo o atleta, «trata-se unicamente de um interesse» e «a pessoa em causa ainda não é o actual presidente», pelo que se mantém determinado a permanecer fora dos relvados, embora continue a ter convites: «Ouvir [propostas] oiço, porque não sou surdo», disse Figo, acrescentando que «neste momento não existe nada de sério nem concreto». 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...

So sang Manchester United fans in the Old Trafford stands when Verón played for our club. And with a slightly altered headline, you can read all about La Brujita's latest trophy win over on ESPN Soccernet. Want to relive that amazing pass on Wednesday night to Christian Cellay one more time? Then check this link [. Click to continue reading...

Si alguien merece más que nadie el título de Estudiantes en la Copa Libertadores, es Juan Sebastián "La Brujita" Verón.

Verón siente los colores rojiblancos en sus venas y ama a este equipo como nadie.

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The dust has settled on the trophy presentation and Estudiantes' squad are preparing for their triumphant return to La Plata on Thursday afternoon with the Copa Libertadores de América. If you'd like to see how they came from behind to win their fourth continental crown, look no further there's a ten minute highlight video [. Click to continue reading...

The 50th edition of the Copa Libertadores has been won by Estudiantes de La Plata, who lift the trophy for the fourth time in their history, after a 29 year wait. Winning in Belo Horizonte's feared Minerão, where Argentine sides fear to tread (but have succeeded before all the same), Juan Sebastián Verón emulated his [. Click to continue reading...

Estudiantes celebrate in the Minerão

Brazilian team, Cruzeiro, contrived to lose 1-2 at home to Argentina's Estudiantes in the second leg of the Libertadores and left the estádio Mineiro in tears. 0-0 from the first leg in Argentina, Cruzeiro were favourites to lift the trophy. Things looked on course when Henrique scored in the second-period.

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The second leg of the final of the 50th Copa Libertadores de América begins in around half an hour (that's the plan, anyway), and you will of course be able to follow it with almost-live text updates � right here on HEGS. As we wait for the clock to tick down to kick off though, you [...] Click to continue reading...

An entertaining match ended 0-0 in La Plata last night in the first leg of the 2009 Copa Libertadores final, as Estudiantes dominated but couldn't find a way past the inspired goalkeeping of Cruzeiro's Fábio. If you've read about it but would like to see some highlights, step this way. Copa Libertadores 2009, final first leg: [. Click to continue reading...

The Cruzeiro starting XI was (educatively) guessed at last night, but with the first leg of the final of the 2009 Copa Libertadores de América now just twenty minutes away (theoretically), both sides' teams are known. If you're not able to watch the match yourself, you'll be able to follow almost-live text updates here on [. Click to continue reading...

The first leg of the 2009 Copa Libertadores final is played on Wednesday night in La Plata, to a full house tickets went on sale on Tuesday and all 40,000-plus of the home allowance had been sold out by the evening. Brazilian club Cruzeiro are the visitors to the Estadio Ciudad de La Plata [...] Click to continue reading...

In spite of the dreadful showing by Argentine clubs in this year's Copa Libertadores, one of them will be in the semi-finals, after Estudiantes beat Uruguay's Defensor Sporting on a better-than-expected pitch in La Plata 1-0, to complete a 2-0 aggregate win in the quarter-final tie. Waiting for them in the next round are Defensor's [. Click to continue reading...

On Wednesday evening Argentina will attempt to get over their recent altitude sickness with a World Cup 2010 qualifier away to Ecuador. Victory would� be a massive step towards ensuring� that Gabriel Heinze will be blighting the first African World Cup next year (injuries permitting of course), but after the debacle against Bolivia on the 1st April [. Click to continue reading...

On a terrible pitch, Argentina played poorly on Saturday but took three points all the same from a Colombian side who pressured them all the way and made them work hard for the points. Getafe defender Daniel 'Cata' Díaz made the breakthrough in the eleventh minute of the second half. It wasn't a pretty performance, [. Click to continue reading...

Saturday sees Diego Maradona and his men finally get the chance, after a two-month wait, to put well and truly behind them that astonishing 6-1 humping they took in La Paz on April Fools' Day. They take on Colombia on a pitch in the Estadio Monumental which Diego has said 'is worse than the one [...] Click to continue reading...

'Estudiantes are more of a team than Boca,' Defensor Sporting manager Jorge Da Silva had said in the buildup to the first leg of the 2009 Copa Libertadores quarter-final first leg. On Thursday night Estudiantes showed that where Carlos Ischia's side had failed against Defensor in the previous round, they're well equipped to succeed, going [. Click to continue reading...

Issues of playing staff have dominated on Tuesday in spite of the lack of matches. At Independiente, Américo 'Tolo Gallego has announced that ten current first-teamers will no longer be first-teamers from now on in reaction to the side's terrible form and woeful 2-0 defeat to River Plate at the weekend. Click to continue reading...

Diego Maradona has announced the squad for Argentina's next competitive matches, the World Cup 2010 qualifiers at home to Colombia on the 6th of June, and away to Ecuador on the 10th. The purpose of that 'B' international on Wednesday night has been revealed no fewer than nine players from the domestic game have [. Click to continue reading...

Tuesday saw the start of training for Argentina B, who now include Esteban Fuertes after his late call-up on Monday. At the age of 36, Fuertes becomes the oldest player ever to be called up to the Argentine national squad (note for first-time readers who are confused: 'Argentina B' is what I'm calling them because [. Click to continue reading...

It could have been a tricky tie for Estudiantes, facing Paraguayans Libertad. The visitors are adept at getting on the nerves of sides from bigger countries, and a visit to Asunción in the second leg won't have been what Alejandro Sabella and his boys were dreaming of. It took just 28 seconds for Gastón 'La [. Click to continue reading...

On the 20th of this month, a national side consisting solely of players from the domestic league (which HEGS shall� henceforth refer to as 'Argentina B') will take on Panama in Santa Fe. Diego Maradona announced the� squad (including six� Boca Juniors or Estudiantes players who won't� be involved unless their club have been eliminated from the Copa Libertadores [. Click to continue reading...

Lazy, unprofessional, infuriating. Not fit to clean Eric Cantona's boots. Juan Sebastián Verón Mark II. They were some of the more polite barbs aimed in the direction of Dimitar Berbatov on fans' forums yesterday when Manchester United supporters vented their spleen over the Bulgaria striker's dire miss in the FA Cup semi-final penalty shoot-out defeat by Everton at Wembley on Sunday. Click to continue reading...

After the frustration of River's 0-0 draw on Tuesday, and the disappointment of San Lorenzo's elimination, the week got rather better for Argentina's Copa Libertadores representatives. Both Estudiantes and Boca Juniors enjoyed impressive home wins, over Cruzeiro and Guaraní respectively. Estudiantes' was especially sweet - having been battered a few weeks ago 4-0 in Belo [. Click to continue reading...

Diego Armando Maradona made his competitive debut as Argentina manager on Saturday night in a packed Estadio Monumental, with a team shorn of Juan Román Riquelme, who threw a hissy fit retired from the international game the day this squad was announced. Diego's old shirt - the number 10 - was handed from Román to [. Click to continue reading...