More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
This weekend is a big one in the 2011 Torneo Apertura. Leaders Boca Juniors host Tigre, one of the chasing pack. Champions Vélez Sarsfield will be seeing if they can make it two wins in a row at home to San Martín de San Juan, and on Monday Godoy Cruz host San Lorenzo in Mendoza.... Continue Reading →
In the thirty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba begin with a discussion of just how much of a massive idiot Carlos Tevez is, and conclude with a reflection on Cristian Fabbiani's suitability for the second division in Argentina. In between we discuss Wednesday night's Brazil v Argentina friendly second leg, Seba... Continue Reading →
Sunday's matches in the Torneo Apertura began with another dull goalless draw, as Argentinos failed to find a way past San Martín in San Juan. Thereafter, though, things got a bit more interesting, with Atlético Rafaela beating Unión 1-0 away to return to the top of the table, and Boca Juniors winning by the same... Continue Reading →
Sorry everyone. Sunday evening and the subsequent couple of days have been busy. Argentines Abroad will be online on Wednesday, but first things first: it's very late on Tuesday night here, and I've still not put the Sunday goals and the scores and scorers from the fourth round of the Torneo Apertura online. Sunday's games saw... Continue Reading →
We had difficulty shutting up this week. A full 45 minutes of actually quite good stuff (if we say so ourselves) was cut, and the podcast still comes in at over an hour. Diego Maradona is the focus of much of the early part, his ongoing wars of words with AFA president Julio Grondona and... Continue Reading →
For the second match in a row, River Plate goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo made a howler to blow his side's chance of a win, making a complete hash of pushing a seemingly harmless long-range shot over the crossbar to gift San Lorenzo an equaliser as the weekend clásico finished in a 1-1 draw. That result... Continue Reading →
This weekend brings another clásico for River Plate, who take on San Lorenzo on Sunday in the Monumental. Boca Juniors, flush from the success of last Sunday's superclásico win, travel to Sarandí to take on Arsenal. An English club of that name have, according to Fox Sports Noticias, just signed 'Ricky' Álvarez from Vélez Sarsfield; he and... Continue Reading →
For the 20th episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba welcome special guest Asli Pelit to the show. Asli's a Turkish TV presenter who was at La Bombonera to see Boca Juniors beat River Plate 2-0 in Sunday's superclásico, and as well as giving us her impressions of that game, she also... Continue Reading →
Sunday's biggest match in Argentina saw Martín Palermo a goal from a brilliant header in his final superclásico, and Boca Juniors win 2-0 aided by an uncharacteristic error from River Plate goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo in La Bombonera. Sunday's most important match for the title race saw Lanús come out on top of a five-goal... Continue Reading →
The fourteenth round of the the 2011 Torneo Clausura has arrived, and that, of course, means it's superclásico time. Don't forget the Hand Of Pod preview episode. There are nine other games taking place this weekend though - or rather eight. Colón vs Huracán was supposed to be going on as I type, but has... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 