Argentina squad vs. Egypt

Posted on Thursday, 13 March 2008 by hastaelgolsiempre

On Wednesday, Alfio Basile announced the squad of 20 players to face Egypt in a friendly in Cairo on the 26th of March. The squad consists entirely of Europe-based players, since the home- (and one Mexico-) based ones are in action next week in the Copa Libertadores and their domestic leagues.

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Arsenal lack ammunition but River flow - slowly

Posted on Thursday, 13 March 2008 by hastaelgolsiempre

Argentina had two sides in the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday night, and there were mixed feelings for them. Arsenal de Sarandí were aiming to atone for the 6-0 drubbing they received in the Maracana against Fluminense a week ago, but couldn’t do so, losing at home to LDU Quito. River Plate, a couple of hours [...]

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Real Potosí 2 - 3 San Lorenzo: the goals

Posted on Thursday, 13 March 2008 by hastaelgolsiempre

Prior to coverage of Wednesday night’s two Argentine appearances in the Copa Libertadores, here are the goals from Tuesday’s amazing fightback by San Lorenzo. Albeit that you’ll mainly want to watch them for Real Potosí’s superb couple of strikes.

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