Following Mauro Icardi's ‘póker’ earlier on Sunday afternoon, Lionel Messi clearly felt unable to leave the youngster to hog all the limelight back in their homeland - and indeed their home town, since Icardi, like Messi, is from Rosario. Barcelona hosted Osasuna in the Camp Nou, and Messi hit four goals of his own as... Continue Reading →
Catching up on Argentines Abroad ahead of the weekend
I have had a very, very busy week indeed, which is why not much has shown up on HEGS during the last few days, but here, prior to the beginning of the footballing weekend in Europe, is a quick Argentines Abroad catch-up from Portugal, Mexico and Spain. Tom Clark, who blogs here, is our Mexican correspondent. The... Continue Reading →
Argentines Abroad: Messi disappoints, Lucho moves back to an old home and more
It's been a good while since the last lot of Argentines Abroad, partly because of the Claudio Yacob exclusive on Tuesday night, partly because of an enormous storm in Buenos Aires over the last 24 hours which left me stranded for longer than expected at my girlfriend's house on Wednesday, and partly because of a... Continue Reading →
Argentines Abroad: Another Messi double and more
Another weekend passed some time ago now, and illness during the week combined with the recording of a couple of Hand Of Pod specials is the reason this post is going up late, but we've news of Lionel Messi's return to goalscoring form in Spain, a Mauro Formica goal for Blackburn in England, and Diego... Continue Reading →
Argentines Abroad: 2012 is upon us
Football has well and truly restarted in earnest after the new year festivities now, and with action in Spain, Portugal, Italy, England and Mexico to report on Argentines Abroad is back - as is HEGS for that matter! Happy new year, everyone. There's not much to say about Lionel Messi's Ballon d'Or win that you can't read elsewhere,... Continue Reading →
The thirty-third episode of Hand Of Pod goes online just before the first leg of the double-header between Argentina's and Brazil's 'domestic international' teams, and Sam, Dan and Dan look at what Alejandro Sabella might reveal in these matches. We also speculate on how well former Oxford United boss Ramón Díaz will do in charge... Continue Reading →
The twenty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod is, as the milkmaid said to the parson, quite a whopper. That's largely because Sam, Australian Dan and Seba have not one but two rounds of Torneo Apertura matches to look back on, as well as River Plate's historic debut in the Nacional B (second division). There's more,... Continue Reading →
Argentines Abroad: Tevez returns to Champions League, & more (videos)
This week saw confirmation on Tuesday that two Argentines - Carlos Tevez and Pablo Zabaleta - will feature in next season's European Cup; at least assuming Tevez stays with Manchester City, who beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 to confirm a top four place in England's Premier League. Alejandro Faurlín, of course, will be joining them in... Continue Reading →
Argentines Abroad: a new correspondent, & Agüero scores his 9th in 7 games (video)
We've a new correspondent on Argentines Abroad this week, to give us a more in-depth view of Italy's Serie A, in which there was some decent Argentine action this week. In Spain, Sergio Agüero scored yet again for Atlético Madrid, closing in on a century, and there are also contributions in Portugal, France and Mexico to... Continue Reading →
When Saturday Comes October 2010
A very quick notice, to inform you that readers in the UK (and selected lucky ones who live in other countries) will find a piece by me on the Diego Maradona succession story in the new issue of When Saturday Comes. A digital subscription to the magazine is available online if you don't like anywhere... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 