Category Archives: International football

Argentines Abroad: Messi’s clásico masterclass and more

Posted on Friday, 16 December 2011 by

In England, the Premier League had a quiet weekend for Argentine action for the most part. Last week’s Hand Of Pod introducer Alejandro Faurlín featured as usual for Queens Park Rangers in a 1-0 loss away to Liverpool, and many … Continue reading →

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Argentines Abroad: another catch-up

Posted on Wednesday, 7 December 2011 by

Deadlines for previewing the final rounds of the 2011 Torneo Apertura have severely hampered my style this week, so without further ado here’s a quick catch-up in the main leagues covered by Argentines Abroad.

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Argentines Abroad: the final weekend in November

Posted on Thursday, 1 December 2011 by

The weekend just gone saw as many crucial contributions from Argentines as ever in the world’s biggest leagues, and a welcome return to form for the usual suspects in the Mexican league after last week’s no-show. With the usual contributions … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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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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 →

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Argentines Abroad over the last week-and-a-half

Posted on Friday, 4 November 2011 by

Argentines Abroad has been, to put it mildly, a bit out of sync so far this season. It’s become truly, monumentally bad this week and last, though, for a few reasons. For that, I apologise, but I present here the updates … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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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