It's been a good long while since I last posted here, but after so many years waiting to write that headline I had to write something. Argentina ended a 28-year wait for a trophy at full international level on Saturday night, and did it in the manner every Argentine fan had dreamed of: in the... Continue Reading →
Did we learn anything from Argentina v Haiti?
On Tuesday, Argentina continued their recent trend of bidding a pre-World Cup farewell to their fans with a friendly against opponents who, with no disrespect to Haiti, or to Canada in 2010 or Trinidad and Tobago in 2014, are not quite on the level of the opponents they'll face in the tournament. Did we learn... Continue Reading →
Argentina squad announced for WCQs v Chile and Bolivia
The AFA have released Gerardo Martino's squad list for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers away to Chile and at home to Bolivia later this month, and the headline exclusion for the local media is Carlos Tevez, who admits himself he's been poor so far in 2016. There's a return for Javier Pinola of Rosario Central,... Continue Reading →
Argentina World Cup squad: preliminary list confirmed
After an interminable television build-up which saw singing presenters, a chef handing Alejandro Sabella and AFA officials finger food and an awful lot of comments about how TV Pública will show 'the whole World Cup to the whole of this beautiful country' (don't mention that they've only got 32 of the games live, with the... Continue Reading →
No Messi, but Lavezzi, Palacio & Agüero fill in as Argentina beat Peru 3-1 (video)
Friday night saw Argentina host Peru in Buenos Aires' Estadio Monumental in their last home match of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. Lionel Messi and Gonzalo Higuaín were among the absences due to injury, but an impressive attacking performance saw the side win 3-1. Claudio Pizarro scored a fantastic lob to give Peru the lead, but... Continue Reading →
Brazil 2014: Argentina hit five past Paraguay to secure their World Cup place
This seems like as good a time as any to make the first post on HEGS in a good while. On Tuesday night, Argentina played Paraguay in Asunción and, needing a draw to mathematically confirm their place in next year's World Cup in Brazil, they scored five goals away from home in a World Cup qualifier... Continue Reading →
Argentina dominate despite narrow winning margin in 3-2 friendly victory over Sweden (video)
Wednesday brought a round of international friendlies around the world, and among them was Argentina's visit to Stockholm, where they took on Sweden in a match the Argentine press were hyping as the chance to get 'revenge' for the result which put Argentina out of the 2002 World Cup at the group stage. This one... Continue Reading →
World Cup qualifying Brazil 2014: Argentina 3 – 0 Uruguay (video)
On Friday night, Argentina hosted Uruguay in Mendoza, in the first of the two clásicos rioplatense of this World Cup qualifying edition. The South American champions played poorly in the last qualifying matches a month ago, and although they put up a spirited resistance during the first half, they were blown away in the second with... Continue Reading →
International friendly: Argentina beat Germany 3-1; match report from the game & goal video
Wednesday afternoon in Argentina brought the chance to sit down in front of the TV for a couple of hours and catch an international friendly; one last bit of international sporting competition to enjoy before the post-Olympic world kicks in and the European club football season returns to our screens in earnest this weekend. Argentina... Continue Reading →
Messi leads Argentina to thrash Ecuador (video)
Saturday saw Argentina take on Ecuador in the Estadio Monumental in a World Cup qualifier, and in spite of a midfield supposedly lacking in creativity (yes, some people had that complaint), they won 4-0 with goals from Sergio Agüero, Gonzalo Higuaín, Lionel Messi and Ángel Di María. Messi set up one and played a part... Continue Reading →
