Monthly Archives: June 2010

Argentina starting XI vs Nigeria, and stuff from back home

Posted on Thursday, 10 June 2010 by

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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Under investigation?

Posted on Tuesday, 8 June 2010 by

As the selección engaged in a game of attack vs defence which supposedly revealed Diego Maradona’s first-choice eleven for Saturday’s World Cup debut against Nigeria, funny goings-on were underway on Tuesday morning back in Buenos Aires. The barra bravas deported … Continue reading →

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Running free, and getting caught

Posted on Monday, 7 June 2010 by

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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When the Argentine national team flew to South Africa a week ago today, twenty-two barra bravas from Chacarita Juniors and Boca Juniors were on the same flight, in the economy section. The AFA denied any knowledge of this, but one … Continue reading →

Posted on Friday, 4 June 2010 by

Argentina open their doors

Posted on Thursday, 3 June 2010 by

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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Maradona speaks

Posted on Tuesday, 1 June 2010 by

Diego Maradona broke the Argentine national side’s self-imposed media blackout (bar Sergio Agüero’s infuriatingly over-exposed Twitter account) on Tuesday with a press conference two days before he’d been expected to call one. Javier Mascherano sat alongside him, mute for the … Continue reading →

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