In the ninety-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Joel are joined (eventually) by Daniel Schweimler, another Englishman in Buenos Aires, who runs the Hand Of Dan blog looking at Argentine society through the prism of life on the terraces of Argentinos Juniors. We discuss Argentina's impressive World Cup qualifying results (a... Continue Reading →
Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifying: Argentina 3 – 0 Venezuela (video)
Friday night saw the Argentine national team return to Buenos Aires for the first time since last June, and yet another comfortable win for Alejandro Sabella's side. Two goals from Gonzalo Higuaín - both brilliantly set up by Lionel Messi, even if his second (Argentina's third) was fractionally offside - and one from Messi from... Continue Reading →
Sabella starts with a win for Argentina, and Friday’s Apertura goals (video)
Alejandro Sabella's first match in charge of the Argentine national team wasn't a walk in the park, but brought a victory and a performance no-one had any particular complaints about. Against Venezuela, one of the (many) shock teams of the Copa América in July, having finished fourth in that tournament, Sabella's men won 1-0 in... Continue Reading →
Sabella’s first full Argentina squad announced: Tevez out
Hours after announcing his first Argentina domestic squad for the double-header of friendlies against Brazil next month, Alejandro Sabella has announced his first Argentina senior squad. These players will form the teams to take on Venezuela in Calcutta and Nigeria in Dhaka at the start of September (the 2nd and 6th, respectively). Carlos Tevez is... Continue Reading →
Friendly: Argentina B 4 – 1 Venezuela (video)
In a friendly to mark the opening of the new Estadio Bicentenario in San Juan, one of the stadia to be used in this July's Copa América, an Argentina side made up solely of players from the local league beat their Venezuelan visitors 4-1. It's an unimportant game and the existence of the 'local' national... Continue Reading →
Sudamericano Sub 20: Argentina advance
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 →
In the hands of God…
Diego Armando Maradona made his competitive debut as Argentina manager on Saturday night in a packed Estadio Monumental, with a team shorn of Juan Román Riquelme, who threw a hissy fit retired from the international game the day this squad was announced. Diego's old shirt - the number 10 - was handed from Román to... Continue Reading →
Maradona’s first competitive squad
In amongst the flurry of goals served up for us by Gimnasia de Jujuy and Rosario Central on Friday night, the fact got obscured (on HEGS at least - sorry) that Diego Maradona had named his first competitive squad as Argentina manager, in preparation for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers at home to Venezuela and... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 