More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
As I type this, much later in the week than normal due to the activity around the superclásico yesterday, Argentina are playing Brazil in Qatar. It seems as good a time as any to look back on how some of these players (and others) did in the weekend just gone. There was little impression in... Continue Reading →
Well, and the semi-finals, in the case of the Mexican championship. Across Europe though, league championships have already come to a close a little earlier than normal due to the impending World Cup in South Africa, and as usual Argentines have been key for their clubs. Lionel Messi has equalled the record number of league... Continue Reading →
There's no point doing this any more, is there? It's the same every week. It really is most tedious. Carlos Tevez impressed for Manchester City on Sunday, Gonzalo Higuaín scored again for Real Madrid, Lucas Barrios got another two for Borussia Dortmund, there were Argentine scorers aplenty in Italy and Mexico, and Greece also saw... Continue Reading →
Two players dominate the non-existent honours in this week's Argentines Abroad. On Sunday both Lionel Messi and the under-pressure Gonzalo Higuaín hit hat tricks to ensure that Spain's top two continue to fight neck and neck at the top of La Liga. Messi's triplete against Valencia began with a brilliant solo goal, whilst Higuaín's came... Continue Reading →
A truncated Argentines Abroad this week, because I'm typing this up late as ever but even more tired than usual. The weekend just gone deserves some mention, though. Lionel Messi hit a double but couldn't win the match for Barcelona, Javier Saviola scored a fine goal for Benfica and Jonás Gutiérrez finally got his mask... Continue Reading →
A very late Argentines Abroad this week, because I was in Manchester over the weekend and didn't get home until Tuesday night. One advantage of this is that we saw a very mixed midweek lot of action. In England it was a bad night for Argentines in the FA Cup - Pablo Zabaleta and Julio... Continue Reading →
A late and short edition, this one, made so by a combination of my writing commitments elsewhere, and the running of the last round of the domestic championship into Monday night. HEGS has earned a bit of a day off in one respect - this website is three years old today. The weekend just gone... Continue Reading →
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 Monday if you're in Argentina), Lionel Messi was named France Football's European Footballer Of The... Continue Reading →
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), it's heartening that some of them have had more auspicious weekends than Carlos Tevez, who... Continue Reading →
Well that's what they say he's going to become, anyway. Javier Pastore, the just-turned-20-year-old hero of Huracán's championship challenge during the Torneo Clausura, was unveiled as the newest signing at Palermo, where he told the press, 'my model is Riquelme.' Elsewhere in Europe, various Argentines played in pre-season friendlies for their clubs, including Javier Mascherano,... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 