More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
Argentina's qualifying campaign for the 2014 World Cup hit another bump in the road on Friday afternoon where, in the glorious Monumental sunshine, Bolivia took the lead and eventually held the hosts to a 1-1 draw in the third round of qualifiers. Marcelo Martins opened the scoring in the 56th minute, only for Argentina -... Continue Reading →
In under two hours, Argentina and Bolivia will be contesting their third 2014 World Cup qualifying match in the Estadio Monumental, and these are the teams that will be doing it. A late injury in training yesterday to Sergio Agüero means that, at long last, Javier Pastore will have a chance to impress in a... Continue Reading →
The 43rd Copa América kicked off in La Plata on Friday night, and once again Bolivia were the side charged with playing the hosts on the opening day, as they did in the previous two editions in 2007 and 2004. It ought to have been something of a grudge match for Argentina, since the last... Continue Reading →
Apologies for the lateness of the posting, I've been without internet for most of the weekend. Juan Román Riquelme inspired Argentina to a 3-0 brushing aside of Bolivia in the Monumental on Saturday evening, netting twice himself in the second half after Sergio Agüero had opened the scoring before the break. Riquelme's second - Argentina's third... Continue Reading →
Perhaps not the most serious problem really, given that he didn't take part in either of the first two qualifiers. Hernán Crespo suffered a slight contraction in his right leg whilst training with the selección on Thursday, and is now a doubt for Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Bolivia. Crespo was withdrawn from the training... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 