Monthly Archives: December 2010

Happy new year to all HEGS readers! 2011 has now arrived in England. I’ll be back to posting regularly before long, don’t worry. At the start of 2011, though (this post will show up as having been published on the … Continue reading →

Posted on Friday, 31 December 2010 by

D’Alessandro is the King of the Americas

Posted on Thursday, 30 December 2010 by

Andrés D’Alessandro has been named by Uruguayan newspaper El País as the 2010 South American Footballer Of The Year, an award informally known as the ‘King Of The Americas’. The Internacional de Porto Alegre playmaker succeeds countryman Juan Sebastián Verón, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Alejandro Sabella, Andrés D'Alessandro, Argentine football, Argentine league, Argentines abroad, Continental football, Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, Football, Football awards, Football managers, International football, Juan Sebastián Verón, Marcelo Bielsa, Players | Tagged , , , ,

Feliz Navidad

Posted on Friday, 24 December 2010 by

Merry Christmas to all those HEGS readers who celebrate it! Whether you did it on Friday night in true Hispanophone style, or are celebrating on the 25th with me, I hope you have a good one. HEGS will be back … Continue reading →

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A week of managerial changes in Argentina

Posted on Thursday, 23 December 2010 by

It’s been a week of as many changes off the pitch as we expected following the exodus of managers in the closing few weeks and immediately after the conclusion of the Torneo Apertura. Julio César Falcioni took charge at Boca … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 Torneo Clausura, Angel Cappa, Argentine football, Argentine league, Banfield, Boca Juniors, Continental football, Copa Libertadores, Domestic, Football, Football clubs, Football managers, Gimnasia, Godoy Cruz, Julio César Falcioni, Omar Asad, Players, Primera A, Ricardo Caruso Lombardi, Ricardo Gareca, Sebastián Méndez, Tigre, Transfers, Vélez Sarsfield, Walter Erviti | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Argentines Abroad bumper Christmas special

Posted on Wednesday, 22 December 2010 by

This extended Argentines Abroad has been made possible by the fact that I didn’t have time to do one last week, but forgot to let my correspondents know – and as a result we’ve got two weeks’ worth of submissions … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrés D'Alessandro, Angel Di María, Argentine football, Argentine league, Argentine national team, Argentines abroad, Carlos Tevez, Club World Championship, Diego Milito, Esteban Cambiasso, Ever Banega, Football, Gabriel Heinze, Germán Denis, Goal videos, International football, Javier Mascherano, Javier Saviola, Javier Zanetti, Lionel Messi, Lisandro López, Lucho González, Martín Demichelis, Mauro Zárate, Maxi López, Neri Cardozo, Nicolás Otamendi, Pablo Aimar, Pablo Piatti, Players, Results, Selección, Sergio Agüero, Walter Samuel | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Torneo Clausura 2011: the fixtures in full

Posted on Sunday, 19 December 2010 by

The full fixture list has been released for the 2011 Torneo Clausura de Primera División. The campaign will start on the weekend of the 13th February and end on the weekend of the 19th June, in time for the Copa … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 Torneo Clausura, All Boys, Argentine football, Argentine league, Argentinos Juniors, Arsenal de Sarandí, Banfield, Boca Juniors, Clásicos, Colón de Santa Fé, Descenso, Domestic, Estudiantes, Fixtures, Football, Football clubs, Gimnasia, Godoy Cruz, Huracán, Independiente, Lanús, Newell's Old Boys, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, Primera A, Quilmes, Racing Club, River Plate, San Lorenzo, Tigre, Vélez Sarsfield | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The fifth episode of Hand Of Pod is online now, and you can listen to it right here on the HOP blog. Myself and the Dans discuss the climax of the Torneo Apertura as well as Independiente’s Copa Sudamericana win … Continue reading →

Posted on Saturday, 18 December 2010 by

Torneo Apertura 2010: the managerial fallout

Posted on Tuesday, 14 December 2010 by

A day after the 2010 Torneo Apertura came to an end (for everyone bar Independiente and Tigre), the consequences of the campaign are being felt at clubs across the league. Whilst some have pleasingly exceeded their targets (All Boys) and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alejandro Sabella, Argentine football, Argentine league, Banfield, Boca Juniors, Daniel Passarella, Domestic, Estudiantes, Football, Football clubs, Football managers, Gimnasia, Julio César Falcioni, Omar Asad, Primera A, Ramón Díaz, Ricardo Gareca, River Plate, San Lorenzo, Tigre, Vélez Sarsfield | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

River go out with a bang; Palermo hits the 300 mark

Posted on Tuesday, 14 December 2010 by

There were an awful lot of ones on the scoreboards of Argentina’s top flight on Monday as the 2010 Torneo Apertura drew to a close, but River Plate, at least, ended a difficult year on a high note with a … Continue reading →

Posted in 2010 Torneo Apertura, All Boys, Argentine football, Argentine league, Argentinos Juniors, Arsenal de Sarandí, Banfield, Boca Juniors, Colón de Santa Fé, Domestic, Estudiantes, Football, Football clubs, Gimnasia, Goal videos, Godoy Cruz, Huracán, Independiente, Lanús, Martín Palermo, Newell's Old Boys, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, Players, Primera A, Quilmes, Racing Club, Results, River Plate, San Lorenzo, Tigre, Vélez Sarsfield | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Estudiantes take the title, and San Lorenzo sign off on a high

Posted on Monday, 13 December 2010 by

Estudiantes de La Plata were crowned champions of the 2010 Torneo Apertura on Sunday thanks to a 2-0 win over Arsenal de Sarandí with two goals late on from Rodrigo López. Vélez Sarsfield also won 2-0, away to Racing with … Continue reading →

Posted in 2010 Torneo Apertura, Argentine football, Argentine league, Arsenal de Sarandí, Banfield, Colón de Santa Fé, Domestic, Estudiantes, Football, Football clubs, Goal videos, Newell's Old Boys, Primera A, Racing Club, Results, San Lorenzo, Vélez Sarsfield | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,