Category Archives: Gabriel Milito

Copa América 2011: Messi claims, ‘another Copa has started’ as Argentina go through (video)

Colombia beat Bolivia 2-0 on Sunday to finish top of Group A in the Copa América Argentina 2011, and were joined in the quarter-finals on Tuesday night by the hosts, who finally played well and won a match in this … Continue reading

Posted in Angel Di María, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Copa América, Football, Football managers, Gabriel Milito, Goal videos, Gonzalo Higuaín, International football, Javier Mascherano, Javier Pastore, Javier Zanetti, Lionel Messi, Players, Results, Selección, Sergio Agüero, Sergio Batista, Sergio Romero | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Copa América 2011: Argentina splutter to another draw

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

Copa América 2011: Argentina squad finalised

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!

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

Argentina squad for Copa América: Tevez in, Heinze out

Sergio Batista has just announced a preliminary squad for the 2011 Copa América – which starts in Argentina one month tomorrow – which will be trimmed slightly to 22 players for the final squad. Carlos Tevez, after the amazing about-turn … Continue reading

Posted in Angel Di María, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Carlos Tevez, Copa América, Diego Milito, Diego Valeri, 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 , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Argentines Abroad: the end-of-season finale

The domestic football season has now come to an end across Europe, and also in Mexico. Argentines have been key to the denouements of leagues and cups across western Europe, so here’s the rundown of who’s won what – from … Continue reading

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Argentines Abroad: a new correspondent, & Agüero scores his 9th in 7 games (video)

We’ve a new correspondent on Argentines Abroad this week, to give us a more in-depth view of Italy’s Serie A, in which there was some decent Argentine action this week. In Spain, Sergio Agüero scored yet again for Atlético Madrid, closing … Continue reading

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Argentines in… um… Spain & Mexico

In spite of not having done anything in particular this week out of the ordinary, Thursday night has arrived and I’ve still not yet put up Argentines Abroad. I have had two contributions sent in, though, from Spain and Mexico, … Continue reading

Posted in Argentine football, Argentine national team, Argentines abroad, Ever Banega, Football, Gabriel Milito, Goal videos, Gonzalo Higuaín, International football, Javier Mascherano, Lionel Messi, Players, Results, Selección | Tagged , , , , ,

USA 1 – 1 Argentina: the goals (video)

The friendly between the United States of America and Argentina in New Jersey on Saturday evening saw the visitors dominate and produce moments of really nice play, but eventually only get a draw against a well-motivated American side. After a … Continue reading

Posted in Angel Di María, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Esteban Cambiasso, Ever Banega, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Football, Football managers, Gabriel Milito, Goal videos, International football, Javier Mascherano, Javier Zanetti, Lionel Messi, Marcos Rojo, Mariano Andújar, Nicolás Burdisso, Players, Results, Selección, Sergio Batista | Tagged , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Argentina: starting XI vs USA

Argentina take on the United States in a friendly in New Jersey this evening, and Sergio Batista has gone with virtually the same starting eleven as the one that saw off Portugal 2-1 in a friendly last month. The only … Continue reading

Posted in Angel Di María, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Esteban Cambiasso, Ever Banega, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Fixtures, Football, Football managers, Gabriel Milito, International football, Javier Mascherano, Javier Zanetti, Lionel Messi, Marcos Rojo, Mariano Andújar, Nicolás Burdisso, Players, Selección, Sergio Batista | Tagged , , , ,