More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
There wasn't much Argentine involvement during FA Cup weekend in England, but elsewhere there was plenty to talk about. Another double from Lionel Messi - this time late on - was added to a Player Of The Year award for Javier Saviola in Portugal and a missed penalty for Javier Pastore in Italy. All this... Continue Reading →
This extended Argentines Abroad has been made possible by the fact that I didn't have time to do one last week, but forgot to let my correspondents know - and as a result we've got two weeks' worth of submissions from Spain and Portugal, as well as a very belated (my fault, not Tom's) report... Continue Reading →
Argentina will almost certainly secure their qualification for the second round of the 2010 World Cup on Tuesday when they take on Greece. They can afford to lose by five goals against Greece, and even then they might not go out, depending on the result of South Korea vs Nigeria of course. With qualification already... Continue Reading →
Diego Maradona broke the Argentine national side's self-imposed media blackout (bar Sergio Agüero's infuriatingly over-exposed Twitter account) on Tuesday with a press conference two days before he'd been expected to call one. Javier Mascherano sat alongside him, mute for the most part, as perhaps a small part of the genius of having Maradona as manager... Continue Reading →
Oh yes. It's back! After a bit of a break whilst I packed to come away and settled into my new hometown, Argentines Abroad returns now I've got some time and no jetlag. It was a less than spectacular weekend for the usual suspects in the top flights of England and Spain, but two new... Continue Reading →
This weekend has seen Juan Pablo Carrizo damage his cause in the battle for the national #1 shirt; Internazionale drew with Germán Denis' Napoli, and Gabriel Heinze was involved in a war of words with Real Madrid's sporting director Jorge Valdano. Roberto Abbondanzieri looks set to move from Boca Juniors to Internacional de Porto Alegre.... Continue Reading →
For a change, Carlos Tevez had a quiet match in the Premier League, with Manchester City losing to Everton (Pablo Zabaleta wasn't much better). Elsewhere though, Argentines were in form again. Lionel Messi became the youngest player ever to score 100 competitive goals for Barcelona - and also the youngest to score 101. Ever Banega... Continue Reading →
The reason for AA going up a little later this week was, of course, widely forecast, but I still wanted to wait for it to be made official. Don't count your chickens and all that. On Tuesday (or late on Monday if you're in Argentina), Lionel Messi was named France Football's European Footballer Of The... Continue Reading →
On the 22nd December, Argentina will play a friendly against the Catalán national side. Diego Maradona's not allowed to watch (the appeal against his ban was thrown out by FIFA on Wednesday), but he's named the squad all the same. Catalonia were banned from playing a match with the USA back in 2007 but, when... Continue Reading →
In England, there was a clash to bring back memories of when the superclásico was high profile enough to form a Copa Libertadores semi-final, rather than being played between two teams who probably won't even qualify for the tournament, as Javier Mascherano's Liverpool took on Carlos Tevez's Manchester City. Spain saw Lionel Messi and Gonzalo... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 