Category Archives: World Cup Qualifiers

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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The Argentine national team: where to now?

Posted on Wednesday, 17 August 2011 by

This piece is the first of a new ‘round table’ feature which will be appearing here on HEGS and other Argentine football blogs across the internet. Every now and then (probably roughly every two weeks) someone will propose a bunch of … Continue reading →

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Honour and dishonour

Posted on Wednesday, 21 October 2009 by

On the day that retired ex River Plate, Argentinos Juniors, Villarreal, Cruzeiro and Argentina full back Juan Pablo Sorín was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Belo Horizonte (the city he’s lived in three times during his spells at … Continue reading →

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A qualification campaign to remember

Posted on Saturday, 17 October 2009 by

Argentina’s 2010 World Cup qualification campaign isn’t likely be forgotten easily by anyone who followed it from beginning to end. For anyone who wants to read a little about the likely fallout from the decision to give the managerial job … Continue reading →

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World Cup 2010 qualifying: Uruguay 0 – 1 Argentina

Posted on Thursday, 15 October 2009 by

It’s been a qualifying campaign no-one who followed it from start to finish will ever quite manage to forget, but eventually, somehow, in spite of their manager, their opponents and – let’s face it – their own often atrocious performances, … Continue reading →

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Argentina starting XI away to Uruguay

Posted on Wednesday, 14 October 2009 by

The moment of truth arrives tonight. At 8pm local time (7pm in Argentina; 11pm British Summer Time) Argentina will take to the pitch in the Estadio Centenario, the site of the first ever World Cup final back in 1930. They … Continue reading →

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Martín Palermo, we never doubted you

Posted on Sunday, 11 October 2009 by

Not I. Oh, heavens no. The heavens opened over the Estadio Monumental on Saturday night and, in a frantic finish, a substitute chosen by D10s himself scored the winning goal to keep Argentina – just – on track for qualification … Continue reading →

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