Category Archives: Diego Simeone

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

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

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Argentines Abroad: Another Messi double and more

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

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

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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

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The twenty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod is, as the milkmaid said to the parson, quite a whopper. That’s largely because Sam, Australian Dan and Seba have not one but two rounds of Torneo Apertura matches to look back on, … Continue reading

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Argentines Abroad: Tevez returns to Champions League, & more (videos)

This week saw confirmation on Tuesday that two Argentines – Carlos Tevez and Pablo Zabaleta – will feature in next season’s European Cup; at least assuming Tevez stays with Manchester City, who beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 to confirm a top … 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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A very quick notice, to inform you that readers in the UK (and selected lucky ones who live in other countries) will find a piece by me on the Diego Maradona succession story in the new issue of When Saturday … Continue reading

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Diego Simeone resigns

Diego Simeone stood down as manager of San Lorenzo on Saturday afternoon following yet another home defeat for the Boedo team. Having lost 1-0 against Gimnasia La Plata, El Cholo announced his decision to the press on the basis that, … Continue reading

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Parting shots

A quick news update this one: It was confirmed on Thursday that the Argentine national team will play two friendlies in Buenos Aires prior to leaving for the World Cup. The original plan was to play the matches in Europe … Continue reading

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