Monthly Archives: May 2010

Not much happening

Posted on Monday, 31 May 2010 by

It’s a quiet one now, as we fall further and further into the ‘gravity of the World Cup’ (© Bostero Forever) and, for the next week and a half at least, there’s not likely to be very much of any real … Continue reading →

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Not much doing at River

Posted on Saturday, 29 May 2010 by

With the transfer news at Boca Juniors largely covering the extensions of existing players’ contracts, River Plate Ángel Cappa has been getting impatient about the Núñez side’s ability to even do that. The season may only have ended two weeks … Continue reading →

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The Argentine national team arrived in South Africa at around 8am Buenos Aires time this morning, but before they left Ezeiza yesterday a few late changes were made to the list of squad numbers published a few days ago. Sergio … Continue reading →

Posted on Saturday, 29 May 2010 by | 1 Comment

Contract talks at Boca

Posted on Thursday, 27 May 2010 by

Boca Juniors are currently going through something of a miserable post-season tour of the United States – a few evenings ago they lost 1-0 to Los Angeles Galaxy and on Wednesday night they crashed 3-0 against Seattle Sounders (you can … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentine football, Argentine league, Boca Juniors, Claudio Borghi, Domestic, Football, Football clubs, Football managers, Juan Román Riquelme, Martín Palermo, Mauro Boselli, Players, Primera A, Results, Transfers | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

With the World Cup squad set to fly out to South Africa from Ezeiza airport on Friday, I thought I’d revisit the questionnaire I set two weeks ago today asking who HEGS readers felt should have been included (but weren’t) … Continue reading →

Posted on Wednesday, 26 May 2010 by | 1 Comment

Argentines Abroad: the final chapter, and Maradona’s terrifying threat

Posted on Wednesday, 26 May 2010 by

If you thought before that Diego Maradona must be trying to sabotage Argentina’s bid for World Cup glory, then your suspicions have been gloriously confirmed. He threatened promised on Wednesday that, if the selección win the trophy in South Africa, … 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 →

Posted on Tuesday, 25 May 2010 by | 4 Comments

The gang’s all here

Posted on Tuesday, 25 May 2010 by

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 →

Posted in Argentine football, Argentine national team, Diego Milito, Football, International football, Javier Mascherano, Juan Sebastián Verón, Lionel Messi, Martín Demichelis, Maxi Rodríguez, Players, Selección, Walter Samuel, World Cup | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Friendly: Argentina 5 – 0 Canada

Posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by

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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Argentina starting lineup vs Canada

Posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by

In ten minutes, Argentina vs Canada will kick off in the Estadio Monumental, and Diego Maradona’s starting XI looks a little different to that which, following the Germany friendly last year, he’d insisted would be his starting lineup for the … Continue reading →

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