More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
In Italy, Rodrigo Palacio hit a double for Genoa in an incredible comeback from 3-0 down at home to Roma, in which he helped his side to a 4-3 win. In England, Carlos Tevez helped Manchester City add some gloss to an FA Cup win over Notts County. And in Spain, Sergio Agüero, goalless for... Continue Reading →
He's not in Argentina's squad to face Portugal on Wednesday, of course, but Carlos Tevez celebrated his birthday on Saturday with a first half hat trick against West Brom for Manchester City, and on the very same day the world's best current Barcelona number 10, Lionel Messi, got a triplete of his own against Atlético... Continue Reading →
This extended Argentines Abroad has been made possible by the fact that I didn't have time to do one last week, but forgot to let my correspondents know - and as a result we've got two weeks' worth of submissions from Spain and Portugal, as well as a very belated (my fault, not Tom's) report... Continue Reading →
This weekend Argentines were in fine form in Spain, Portugal and Mexico, whilst in the USA a Boca Juniors legend might have played his last game, as Guillermo Barros Schelotto's Columbus Crew exited the MLS playoffs. The selección's first-choice centre back pairing both had poor weekends, though. Martín Demichelis' Bayern München dropped points, whilst Walter... Continue Reading →
This weekend's matches didn't see a repeat of Ezequiel Lavezzi's brilliant chip last week from any of the foreign Argentines, but all the same we've got some lovely goals and one frankly ridiculous piece of trickery in the rain from Porto's Fernando Belluschi for you. Lionel Messi scored twice for Barcelona, Maxi Rodríguez made a... Continue Reading →
Very hard to put a proper date range on this week's Argentines Abroad, what with various leagues running midweek rounds of fixtures as well in order to get their league seasons finished in time for the World Cup. Carlos Tevez is rumoured to want out of Manchester City at the end of the season, but... 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 →
For a change, Carlos Tevez had a quiet match in the Premier League, with Manchester City losing to Everton (Pablo Zabaleta wasn't much better). Elsewhere though, Argentines were in form again. Lionel Messi became the youngest player ever to score 100 competitive goals for Barcelona - and also the youngest to score 101. Ever Banega... Continue Reading →
Is it December already? Then it must be time for Argentines across Europe to wonder what possessed them to move to a continent where Christmas is celebrated in a cold climate. The performances are still decent, though. Gonzalo Higuaín scored again for Real Madrid as Lionel Messi ensured Barcelona kept their noses in front; Carlos... Continue Reading →
It was a subdued effort from most of the Argentine foreign legion last weekend, but here we are to round it up as usual. The most notable Argentine contributions of the weekend past are right here, including a championship win which, for some reason, didn't get as much coverage as Angel Cabrera's US Masters win... In... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 