Oh, hello. It's been a while, as it normally is. I shan't bore you with more promises of more frequent updates this time, I'll just post this one and we'll see what happens next, shall we? The Argentine Primera kicks off a week on Friday, and it will do so without Juan Román Riquelme, who's finally... Continue Reading →
Where to find me during the World Cup
Hello. You might have heard there's a football tournament being played during the next month. You'll also have noticed, if you're a frequent visitor to HEGS, that I'm crap at updating it, even with links to articles. So, here's the idea: I'm going to try and post links to pieces I write during the World Cup,... Continue Reading →
Tevez’s exclusion, and why Argentina won’t miss him at the World Cup
With the World Cup just around the corner, ESPNFC are ramping up coverage of each of the national teams, and you'll find their homepage for all 32 blogs here. I'm playing my part in writing for their Argentina team blog, of course, and following Tuesday's 30-man longlist announcement, I've written a piece for them on why... Continue Reading →
Cantero loses his battle against Independiente’s barra brava
A brief update as, once again, I try and haul HEGS back on track. I've just written a piece for ESPNFC about the resignation of Javier Cantero, who stepped down as Independiente president a week ago today. Read about why he's left the club and why it was a sad day in Argentine football's struggle against violence... Continue Reading →
A couple of recent articles
Oh, hello. It's been a while, hasn't it. How are you all? I've been thinking over the last few days about how to better use HEGS (that is to say, how to use it at all), and as with the beginning of every new championship - the Torneo Final 2014 begins at 5pm local time on... Continue Reading →
Horacio Elizondo on sending off Zinédine Zidane
Back in April, I was lucky enough to interview Horacio Elizondo, the Argentine referee who sent off Zinédine Zidane during the 2006 World Cup final, following Zidane's headbutt on Marco Materazzi. That interview is going to be published in issue eleven of The Blizzard, and on Wednesday, they released a short excerpt from it as a... Continue Reading →
Torneo Final 2013: All the goals from the second round as River & Boca both win amongst others (video)
The second round of the 2013 Torneo Final was played between Wednesday and Friday, since this Sunday Argentina's primary elections take place, and no-one's allowed to have fun in this country on election weekend (seriously; bars aren't even allowed to serve alcohol after 10pm the night before election day, when normally they'd stay open until... Continue Reading →
Live Argentine football – free and legal!
With the 2013-14 season just a couple of hours away in Argentina, it's a good time to finally put up a permanent post about this here on HEGS. As an extension of the Argentine government's Fútbol Para Todos program, Argentine matches in the Primera División and B Nacional are now free to watch online - and (whisper... Continue Reading →
Copa Libertadores 2013: Atlético Mineiro’s championship reviewed
This isn't actually Argentina-related, but since there's not much to report here apart from Seba Verón's return to action for Estudiantes in a pre-season friendly (they beat Atlético de Madrid 1-0) on Saturday, and Emanuel Gigliotti scoring on his Boca Juniors (friendly) debut for Boca Juniors in a 1-0 win over a team of San... Continue Reading →
Copa Libertadores semi-final preview
The 2013 Copa Libertadores semi-finals begin tonight, having been on hiatus during the Confederations Cup. Argentina's remaining representatives, Newell's Old Boys, take on Ronaldinho's Atlético Mineiro tomorrow night in Rosario, but tonight sees Colombian championship finalists Independiente Santa Fe travel to Asunción to play Paraguayan giants Olimpia. That game kicks off in about two-and-a-half hours,... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 