More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
Following his hat trick in a brilliant all-round forward display on Sunday, as Racing thrashed Huracán 4-0 in Avellaneda, Lautaro Martínez is hot stuff at the moment. Jorge Sampaoli was watching, and there's talk of a national team call up for next month's friendlies against Spain and Italy; transfer rumours in Europe, meanwhile, have reached... Continue Reading →
As those who've kept up with the junior selección in my absence will be aware, Argentina's Under-20s have failed to qualify for the final round of the soon-to-end Sudamericano Sub 20, being played in Mendoza, and with that failure, they won't be going to the 2013 Under-20 World Cup in Turkey, the year after a similar... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre turned four years old on Thursday. To celebrate the milestone, I spent most of the day sitting indoors in front of my computer, recording one podcast and producing another, which had been recorded the previous evening. As a result, on Friday HEGS readers have not one but two new year previews... Continue Reading →
Three big matches took place on Wednesday evening at various levels of the Argentine game. At the most senior level, the least important game was played; Argentina beat Portugal in a friendly thanks to a first half goal from Ángel Di María and a last minute penalty from Lionel Messi. Club football's biggest South American... Continue Reading →
Argentina's Under 20s finally looked a competent side in the Sudamericano Sub 20 on Sunday night, as they became the first side in the competition to beat their Brazilian counterparts, and shot themselves right back into contention for a London 2012 Olympic Games qualifying slot. Gabriel 'don't call me Rogelio' Funes Mori opened the scoring... Continue Reading →
After a poor showing and a 1-0 loss to Ecuador in the first match of the final stage of the Sudamericano Sub 20, Argentina got their campaign back on track on Thursday night, and kept themselves in with a fighting chance of reaching the London 2012 Olympic Games, with a 3-2 win over Chile after... Continue Reading →
Argentina and Independiente have both lost 1-0 to Ecuadorian sides in the last couple of days, but the attitudes to those defeats are very different. Argentina Under 20s' loss to their Ecuadorian counterparts on Monday night in the first match of the final group stage of the Sudamericano Sub 20 throws a serious spanner in... Continue Reading →
After some unconvincing showings in their first three matches which, nevertheless, brought qualification for the final group stage, Argentina's Under 20s improved a lot last night in their final group match against Chile, winning 3-1 to top the group. Banfield's Facundo Ferreyra weighed in with a brace and Arsenal de Sarandí's Claudio Mosca hit the... Continue Reading →
Argentina qualified for the second (and final) group stage of the 2011 Sudamericano Sub 20 in Peru with a third straight unconvincing performance on Saturday afternoon. Boca Juniors starlet Sergio Araujo got his first goal for the side ten minutes into the second half, but ten minutes later Venezuela equalised after a hideous piece of... Continue Reading →
I'm slowly getting used to being back in Buenos Aires, so it's probably about time I posted the goal video of Argentina's 2-1 win against Peru in the Sudamericano Sub 20 on Wednesday evening. Rogelio Funes Mori - yes! - and Bruno Zuculini (Franco's younger brother) scored the goals, the latter near the end, as... Continue Reading →
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