Category Archives: Selección

Argentines Abroad: Messi’s clásico masterclass and more

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

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

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)

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!)

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

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

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

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

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)

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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