Category Archives: Football managers

Argentines Abroad: Messi disappoints, Lucho moves back to an old home and more

Posted on Friday, 3 February 2012 by

It’s been a good while since the last lot of Argentines Abroad, partly because of the Claudio Yacob exclusive on Tuesday night, partly because of an enormous storm in Buenos Aires over the last 24 hours which left me stranded … Continue reading →

Posted in Diego Simeone, Goal videos, Javier Mascherano, José Sand, Lionel Messi, Lisandro López, Lucho González, Marcelo Bielsa, Mauricio Pochettino | Tagged

Argentines Abroad: Another Messi double and more

Posted on Thursday, 19 January 2012 by

Another weekend passed some time ago now, and illness during the week combined with the recording of a couple of Hand Of Pod specials is the reason this post is going up late, but we’ve news of Lionel Messi’s return … Continue reading →

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Argentines Abroad: 2012 is upon us

Posted on Wednesday, 11 January 2012 by

Football has well and truly restarted in earnest after the new year festivities now, and with  action in Spain, Portugal, Italy, England and Mexico to report on Argentines Abroad is back – as is HEGS for that matter! Happy new year, everyone. … Continue reading →

Posted in Angel Di María, Diego Milito, Diego Simeone, Goal videos, Javier Zanetti, Jonás Gutiérrez, Results | Tagged , ,

Apertura 2011: ¡Boca campeón! (video)

Posted on Monday, 5 December 2011 by

Boca Juniors were crowned champions of Argentina on Sunday, with two matches left of the 2011 Torneo Apertura. A 3-0 win against Banfield gave Julio César Falcioni’s men the title – all they’d needed was a draw. Darío Cvitanich scored … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 Torneo Apertura, Argentine football, Argentine league, Banfield, Belgrano de Córdoba, Boca Juniors, Domestic, Football, Football clubs, Football managers, Goal videos, Godoy Cruz, Independiente, Julio César Falcioni, Newell's Old Boys, Primera A, Results | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

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 , , , , , ,

Copa Sudamericana: Vélez win a thriller late on to advance to the semis (video)

Posted on Friday, 11 November 2011 by

Thursday night was the time for Vélez Sarsfield’s quarter-final second leg in the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, and it was a brilliant match. Having drawn the first leg 1-1 away to Santa Fe of Colombia last week, Vélez stormed into a … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentine football, Continental football, Copa Sudamericana, Football, Football clubs, Football managers, Goal videos, Results, Ricardo Gareca, Vélez Sarsfield | Tagged , , , , ,

Argentines Abroad: the pre-international roundup

Posted on Thursday, 10 November 2011 by

With the World Cup qualifiers approaching, it’s time to take a look at how Alejandro Sabella’s boys – and those he’s not called up – did in the weekend just gone for their clubs. Alejandro Faurlín impressed in defeat in … Continue reading →

Posted in Angel Di María, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Argentines abroad, César Delgado, Daniel Montenegro, Ever Banega, Ezequiel Garay, Fernando Belluschi, Football, Football managers, Germán Denis, Goal videos, Gonzalo Higuaín, International football, Javier Mascherano, Jonás Gutiérrez, Lionel Messi, Marcelo Bielsa, Mauricio Pochettino, Maxi Moralez, Neri Cardozo, Nicolás Otamendi, Pablo Aimar, Players, Results, Selección, Sergio Agüero | Tagged , , , , , , , , , ,

Apertura: San Lorenzo ease the pressure, Olimpo & Tigre draw (video)

Posted on Saturday, 15 October 2011 by

San Lorenzo de Almagro got a 1-0 win over Banfield on Friday evening that lifts some of the pressure that was coming down on manager Omar Asad’s head, thanks to a goal from Juan Manuel Salgueiro halfway through the second … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 Torneo Apertura, Argentine football, Argentine league, Banfield, Descenso, Domestic, Football, Football clubs, Football managers, Goal videos, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, Omar Asad, Primera A, Results, San Lorenzo, Tigre | Tagged , , , , , , , , ,