Category Archives: Alejandro Sabella

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 →

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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 →

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Venezuela claim an historic win over Argentina in South American qualifiers (video)

Posted on Wednesday, 12 October 2011 by

Tuesday night saw Argentina’s second qualifier for the 2014 World Cup, and an historic result in Puerto La Cruz. In eighteen previous matches between Argentina and Venezuela, Argentina had won every single one, but tonight Venezuela played better and got … Continue reading →

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World Cup 2014 qualifying: Higuaín hits a hat trick as Argentina demolish Chile 4-1 (video)

Posted on Friday, 7 October 2011 by

Alejandro Sabella, after playing four friendlies of dubious importance, finally had his competitive debut as Argentina manager on Friday evening, and it could hardly have gone better. Chile provided tricky opposition and deserved more for their own efforts, but Sabella’s … Continue reading →

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Brazil beat Argentina; Independiente lose in Quito (video)

Posted on Thursday, 29 September 2011 by

In the Superclásico de las Américas, Argentina’s domestic national team lost 2-0 to their Brazilian counterparts on Wednesday night in Belém, going down to a 2-0 aggregate loss. Lucas opened the scoring for Brazil, and Vélez Sarsfield defender Emiliano Papa … Continue reading →

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In the thirty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba begin with a discussion of just how much of a massive idiot Carlos Tevez is, and conclude with a reflection on Cristian Fabbiani’s suitability for the second division … Continue reading →

Posted on Wednesday, 28 September 2011 by

The thirty-third episode of Hand Of Pod goes online just before the first leg of the double-header between Argentina’s and Brazil’s ‘domestic international’ teams, and Sam, Dan and Dan look at what Alejandro Sabella might reveal in these matches. We … Continue reading →

Posted on Thursday, 15 September 2011 by

Friendly goals: Argentina 3 – 1 Nigeria (video)

Posted on Tuesday, 6 September 2011 by

A little earlier today, Argentina took on Nigeria in the second match of their South Asian ‘tour’, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. They won 3-1, with two goals from Gonzalo Higuaín and one from Ángel Di María. You can watch those goals … Continue reading →

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Sabella starts with a win for Argentina, and Friday’s Apertura goals (video)

Posted on Saturday, 3 September 2011 by

Alejandro Sabella’s first match in charge of the Argentine national team wasn’t a walk in the park, but brought a victory and a performance no-one had any particular complaints about. Against Venezuela, one of the (many) shock teams of the … Continue reading →

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In the latest episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and the Dans discuss Denis Stracqualursi, and what Everton fans can expect from him in the Premier League, and an interesting weekend of Torneo Apertura matches which saw the championship finally … Continue reading →

Posted on Thursday, 1 September 2011 by