Category Archives: World Cup

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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The Hand Of God turns 25

Posted on Wednesday, 22 June 2011 by

You’ve probably already seen elsewhere, but this is an Argentine football website, so I couldn’t let it pass un-noticed. 25 years ago today, Argentina took on England in the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup in the Estadio Azteca in … Continue reading →

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World Cup in Argentina & Uruguay 2030?

Posted on Friday, 1 October 2010 by

FIFA President Sepp Blatter Joseph S. Blatter is currently in Colombia for the World Youth Cup, and when he arrived on Wednesday he made an exciting announcement for Argentines and Uruguayans. The two countries’ FAs have already put forward their … Continue reading →

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Maradona ‘impatient to return to the national side’

Posted on Friday, 24 September 2010 by

At 5pm on Friday, a pre-recorded interview with Diego Maradona was broadcast on Fox Sports, and true to form, the former manager of the Argentine national team came out firing on all verbal cylinders. He still believe he can retake … Continue reading →

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RIP Francisco Varallo

Posted on Monday, 30 August 2010 by

The football World Cup today lost one of its final links with its origins, when Francisco Varallo, the former Boca Juniors forward, died in the early hours in La Plata, aged 100 years and six months. He had been the … Continue reading →

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Riquelme finally signs, and Seba Verón wades in on Maradona

Posted on Thursday, 12 August 2010 by

After more ins and outs, ups and downs and all round tedious moaning than a particularly tawdry adult film, Juan Román Riquelme has finally signed his new four-year contract with Boca Juniors. Putting pen to paper earlier today, the Boca … Continue reading →

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