More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
Hand Of Pod, the internet's only English-language Argentine football podcast, is back from the summer break, and you can listen to it right here. Or for details of how to subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn, follow this link to the HOP blog.
The 2017-18 Superliga recommences on Wednesday, when Independiente host Rosario Central in a fixture postponed from the eleventh round of fixtures due to Independiente's involvement in the Copa Sudamericana final. So how have the clubs done in the transfer market and their pre-season friendlies? As I type this, I'm not much wiser about the answer... Continue Reading →
This week's opinion piece for The Bubble was a tricky one to start writing, because there's nothing much happening in Argentine football this week. Nothing, that is, apart from transfer sagas and the over-hyped, overblown Torneos de Verano, the summer championships. So I decided to expand on just why I wish these pre-season friendlies could be treated... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre is back, ladies and gents. I apologise for the long absence of any posts on here since the Copa América final, but I've been just as busy working as I was during the Copa itself, if not more (more of that in a short while), and it's been quite pleasant in some... Continue Reading →
Alejandro Sabella has resigned as manager of Argentine champions Estudiantes de La Plata after almost two years of incredible success with the club. Conflicting opinions are currently circulating on whether this is rumour or fact, and it would help if I was able to turn on the television, but from Twitter, it seems that Sabella... Continue Reading →
Since Sergio Batista's Argentina squad list was made official on Monday, it's been strongly hinted that one particular change would be made, and so it has come to pass. In a move that frankly makes one wonder why the Estudiantes midfielder was named in the first place, Enzo Pérez has been replaced in the squad... Continue Reading →
Tuesday night saw competitive football finally begin for Argentina's clubs, even though the interminably pointless and boring Torneos De Verano (which HEGS readers may have noticed aren't being covered here this year, because I'm fed up with them) haven't yet ended. Independiente returned to the Copa Libertadores with a 2-0 win over Deportivo Quito in... Continue Reading →
It's been a week of big name moves in Argentina's footballing landscape, with three of the deals in particular standing out. On Friday it was confirmed that Diego Buonanotte will move from River Plate to Málaga of the Spanish First Division at the end of the season (he'll remain at the Núñez club for the... Continue Reading →
With little going on during the summer break, HEGS has been quiet as I've been earning some spending money whilst on my visit to England, and seeing friends. Off the pitch though, some transfer dealing has been happening, and some of it at least is nearing possible conclusions. Rogelio Funes Mori's transfer to Benfica collapsed... Continue Reading →
In another clear-sighted and popular move to further open Argentine football up to the people of the country, the AFA announced on Tuesday that ticket prices for the Primera División would, for the third time in 30 months, be hiked again. The cheapest tickets, for the popular stands behind the goals, will be increased in... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 