Category Archives: Fernando Gago

Argentines Abroad: Maxi downs Chelsea, Gago’s brilliant strike and more (video)

Posted on Tuesday, 22 November 2011 by

As ever, there were a number of Argentine goals during the weekend just gone in leagues across Europe. Oddly, there were none in Mexico this weekend (for the first time since I began accepting contributions for this post!), so Tom … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentine football, Argentine national team, Argentines abroad, Emiliano Insúa, Ezequiel Garay, Fernando Gago, Football, Football managers, Germán Denis, Goal videos, Gonzalo Bergessio, Gonzalo Higuaín, International football, Javier Mascherano, Javier Pastore, Javier Saviola, Lionel Messi, Lucho González, Marcelo Bielsa, Martín Demichelis, Maxi López, Maxi Rodríguez, Nicolás Otamendi, Players, Results, Selección, Sergio Agüero | Tagged , , , , , , , ,

World Cup qualifying 2014: Argentina 1 – 1 Bolivia: match highlights (in HD!)

Posted on Friday, 11 November 2011 by

Argentina’s qualifying campaign for the 2014 World Cup hit another bump in the road on Friday afternoon where, in the glorious Monumental sunshine, Bolivia took the lead and eventually held the hosts to a 1-1 draw in the third round … Continue reading →

Posted in Alejandro Sabella, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Fernando Gago, Football, Football managers, Goal videos, Gonzalo Higuaín, International football, Javier Mascherano, Javier Pastore, Lionel Messi, Martín Demichelis, Nicolás Burdisso, Players, Results, Selección, Sergio Romero, World Cup, World Cup Qualifiers | Tagged , , , , ,

World Cup qualifying 2014: Argentina v Bolivia starting lineups

Posted on Friday, 11 November 2011 by

In under two hours, Argentina and Bolivia will be contesting their third 2014 World Cup qualifying match in the Estadio Monumental, and these are the teams that will be doing it. A late injury in training yesterday to Sergio Agüero … Continue reading →

Posted in Alejandro Sabella, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Fernando Gago, Fixtures, Football, Football managers, Gonzalo Higuaín, International football, Javier Mascherano, Javier Pastore, Lionel Messi, Martín Demichelis, Nicolás Burdisso, Players, Selección, Sergio Romero, World Cup, World Cup Qualifiers | Tagged , , , , , ,

Argentines Abroad: what happened last weekend

Posted on Saturday, 22 October 2011 by

Because I’ve had a somewhat disjointed week of deadlines not being what they normally are, Argentines Abroad is going up ridiculously late this week. All the same, I did receive the normal dispatches from France, Mexico, Portugal and Spain, so here … Continue reading →

Posted in Angel Di María, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Argentines abroad, Ever Banega, Ezequiel Garay, Fernando Belluschi, Fernando Gago, Football, Goal videos, Gonzalo Higuaín, International football, Javier Pastore, Javier Saviola, José Sand, Juan Iturbe, Lionel Messi, Lisandro López, Lucho González, Neri Cardozo, Pablo Piatti, Players, Results, Selección | Tagged , , , ,

Argentines Abroad: Messi leads Barcelona to an 8-0 win & more (video)

Posted on Thursday, 22 September 2011 by

This week’s Argentines Abroad is late, thanks to the midweek round of matches here in Argentina keeping me busy. Better late than never, though. As well as Lionel Messi’s hat-trick in Barcelona’s 8-0 demolition of Osasuna, we’ve got videos of … Continue reading →

Posted in Angel Di María, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Argentines abroad, César Delgado, Daniel Montenegro, Diego Milito, Emiliano Insúa, Esteban Cambiasso, Ever Banega, Ezequiel Garay, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Fernando Belluschi, Fernando Gago, Football, Franco Di Santo, Germán Denis, Goal videos, Gonzalo Higuaín, International football, Javier Mascherano, Javier Pastore, Javier Saviola, Javier Zanetti, Jonás Gutiérrez, Lionel Messi, Martín Demichelis, Mauro Zárate, Maxi López, Maxi Moralez, Nicolás Burdisso, Nicolás Otamendi, Pablo Aimar, Players, Results, Rodrigo Palacio, Selección, Sergio Agüero, Walter Samuel | Tagged , , , , ,

Argentines Abroad: Agüero hits a hat-trick, goals galore in Italy & more (video)

Posted on Wednesday, 14 September 2011 by

It was another packed weekend in which Argentines around the world had a big say in footballing matters, so here’s another dose of Argentines Abroad. Sergio Agüero hit a hat-trick for Manchester City, Fernando Belluschi for Porto and Javier Pastore … Continue reading →

Posted in Angel Di María, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Argentines abroad, Carlos Tevez, Daniel Díaz, Diego Milito, Emiliano Insúa, Esteban Cambiasso, Ever Banega, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Fernando Belluschi, Fernando Gago, Football, Gabriel Heinze, Germán Denis, Goal videos, Gonzalo Higuaín, International football, Javier Mascherano, Javier Pastore, Javier Zanetti, Jonás Gutiérrez, José Sand, Lucho González, Mariano Andújar, Mauro Zárate, Maxi López, Maxi Moralez, Nicolás Burdisso, Nicolás Otamendi, Players, Results, Sergio Agüero, Walter Samuel | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Copa América 2011: Uruguay dump hosts Argentina out, Peru get past Colombia (video)

Posted on Saturday, 16 July 2011 by

The 2011 Copa América knockout stage started heating up on Saturday with Peru’s 2-0 extra time win over Colombia through two superbly taken goals, and got white hot a little later in the day with a brilliant match between great … Continue reading →

Posted in Selección, Copa América, Results, Goal videos, Football, Argentine football, Carlos Tevez, Argentine national team, Lionel Messi, International football, Players, Gonzalo Higuaín, Football managers, Sergio Romero, Sergio Agüero, Angel Di María, Javier Mascherano, Fernando Gago, Javier Zanetti, Sergio Batista, Javier Pastore, Nicolás Burdisso | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Copa América 2011: Argentina splutter to another draw

Posted on Thursday, 7 July 2011 by

Argentina’s second performance in the 2011 Copa América they are hosting had to be better than the first, or people were going to start getting angry. Well, people are starting to get angry. Argentina were a side without imagination or … Continue reading →

Posted in Selección, Copa América, Results, Goal videos, Football, Carlos Tevez, Argentine national team, Lionel Messi, International football, Players, Gonzalo Higuaín, Football managers, Gabriel Milito, Sergio Romero, Sergio Agüero, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Javier Mascherano, Fernando Gago, Ever Banega, Esteban Cambiasso, Javier Zanetti, Sergio Batista, Nicolás Burdisso | Tagged , , , , | 11 Comments

Copa América 2011: Argentina squad finalised

Posted on Saturday, 25 June 2011 by

Sergio Batista announced on Saturday the three names to be cut from the 26-man preliminary list for the Copa América. The Argentine press describe it as ‘without surprises’, but I have to confess I’m slightly taken aback that Diego Milito … Continue reading →

Posted in Angel Di María, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Carlos Tevez, Copa América, Diego Milito, Esteban Cambiasso, Ever Banega, Ezequiel Garay, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Fernando Gago, Football, Football managers, Gabriel Milito, Gonzalo Higuaín, International football, Javier Mascherano, Javier Pastore, Javier Zanetti, Juan Pablo Carrizo, Lionel Messi, Marcos Rojo, Mariano Andújar, Nicolás Burdisso, Players, Selección, Sergio Agüero, Sergio Batista, Sergio Romero | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

It’s the Argentines Abroad Award! Your votes wanted!

Posted on Sunday, 5 June 2011 by

Long-term HEGS readers will remember that in 2007, 2008 and 2009 I ran an award to find the Best Argentine Abroad according to my readers. This year, in an attempt to widen the voting, the award (which in 2009 was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentines abroad, Goal videos, Football, Argentine football, Carlos Tevez, Lionel Messi, International football, Players, Gonzalo Higuaín, Rodrigo Palacio, Lucho González, Gabriel Milito, Javier Saviola, Mauro Zárate, Sergio Romero, Sergio Agüero, Ernesto Farías, Angel Di María, Pablo Piatti, Maxi Rodríguez, Daniel Montenegro, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Diego Milito, Gabriel Heinze, Hernán Crespo, Javier Mascherano, Germán Denis, Fernando Gago, Fernando Belluschi, Ever Banega, Lisandro López, Esteban Cambiasso, César Delgado, Franco Di Santo, Andrés D'Alessandro, Javier Zanetti, Pablo Aimar, Rodrigo Archubi, Fernando Cavenaghi, Darío Cvitanich, Julio Cruz, Ezequiel Garay, Neri Cardozo, José Sand, Mauro Boselli, Gonzalo Bergessio, Marcelo Gallardo, Jonás Gutiérrez, Mariano Andújar, Daniel Díaz, Alejandro Gómez, Javier Pastore, Emiliano Insúa, Maxi López, Mario Bolatti, Martín Demichelis, Walter Samuel, Nicolás Otamendi, Juan Iturbe, Nicolás Burdisso, Marcos Rojo | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments