Tag Archives: Brazilian football

Hand Of Pod end of season review with special guest Tim Vickery

Posted on Wednesday, 29 June 2011 by

The end of season special of Hand Of Pod is an epic – an hour and three quarters – for which I apologise, but there’s good reason: South American football broadcasting legend Tim Vickery was talking to us in person over … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 Torneo Clausura, Argentine football, Argentine league, Argentine national team, Continental football, Copa Libertadores, Descenso, Domestic, Football, Football clubs, International football, Players, Primera A, Results, River Plate, Selección | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

It won’t have escaped the attentions of many HEGS readers that Brazilian club Internacional won the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday night in a very entertaining second leg of the final against Mexicans Chivas (3-2 on the night, 5-3 on aggregate). … Continue reading →

Posted on Saturday, 21 August 2010 by

Copa Libertadores 2010: Internacional take the initiative

Posted on Thursday, 13 May 2010 by

In the first leg of the quarter-final between defending Copa champions Estudiantes de La Plata and Internacional, the Brazilian club who won the competition in 2006, it was the Brazilians who took a lead to head into the second leg … Continue reading →

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Lionel Messi wins the Ballon d’Or (and Argentines Abroad: 28th & 29th November)

Posted on Wednesday, 2 December 2009 by

The reason for AA going up a little later this week was, of course, widely forecast, but I still wanted to wait for it to be made official. Don’t count your chickens and all that. On Tuesday (or late on … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentine football, Argentines abroad, Carlos Tevez, Diego Milito, Football, Football awards, Franco Di Santo, Gabriel Heinze, Germán Denis, Goal videos, Gonzalo Higuaín, Hernán Crespo, International football, Javier Mascherano, Jonás Gutiérrez, Lionel Messi, Lisandro López, Lucho González, Maxi López, Maxi Rodríguez, Players, Results, Rodrigo Palacio, Sergio Agüero | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Argentines Abroad: 14th & 15th November 2009

Posted on Wednesday, 18 November 2009 by

Well, the national team were abroad, of course, but we’re not counting them. The Brazilian and Mexican leagues were the major top flights in action in spite of the international break during the weekend just gone, and there were goals … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrés D'Alessandro, Argentine football, Argentines abroad, Boca Juniors, Estudiantes, Football, Football clubs, Goal videos, Independiente, International football, Newell's Old Boys, Players, Results | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

Riquelme’s Corinthian spirit

Posted on Sunday, 15 November 2009 by

Stories in the Brazilian press at the start of the week had Corinthians, one of the country’s biggest clubs and the current employers of Ronaldo, planning to sign Juan Román Riquelme from Boca Juniors in a bid to boost their … Continue reading →

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Argentines Abroad during international week

Posted on Tuesday, 13 October 2009 by

This is probably the shortest Argentines Abroad update you’re ever likely to read, but after leaving it for such a long time before last week I’m eager not to break the habit. Also, with so few leagues playing during the … Continue reading →

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Argentines Abroad: 3rd & 4th October 2009

Posted on Tuesday, 6 October 2009 by

As the selección converge on Ezeiza from all corners of the world (well, western Europe) for the final, must-not-balls-up-this-time double-header of World Cup qualifiers against Peru (Saturday in El Monumental) and Uruguay (a week on Wednesday in Montevideo’s Estadio Centenario), … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrés D'Alessandro, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Argentines abroad, Carlos Tevez, Daniel Díaz, Daniel Montenegro, Emiliano Insúa, Fernando Belluschi, Football, Franco Di Santo, Gabriel Heinze, Gonzalo Higuaín, International football, Javier Mascherano, Javier Pastore, Javier Saviola, Lionel Messi, Lucho González, Mauro Zárate, Maxi López, Pablo Aimar, Players, Results, Selección | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

The Enganche Podcast – part two

Posted on Wednesday, 9 September 2009 by

Argentina travel to Asunción to take on Paraguay later tonight, with the team unlikely to be announced until very shortly before kick off. Whether Diego Maradona has any idea what it’s going to be himself is anyone’s guess. There are … Continue reading →

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World Cup 2010 qualifying: Argentina 1 – 3 Brazil

Posted on Sunday, 6 September 2009 by

Saturday night saw the big South American clásico in Rosario as Argentina hosted Brazil in the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup, and Diego Maradona’s reign as manager will be marked forever by the result: Argentina lost a qualifier at … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentine football, Argentine national team, Carlos Tevez, Diego Maradona, Football, Football managers, Gabriel Heinze, Goal videos, International football, Javier Mascherano, Juan Sebastián Verón, Lionel Messi, Mariano Andújar, Maxi Rodríguez, Players, Results, Selección, Sergio Agüero, World Cup, World Cup Qualifiers | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments