More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
A doubly pleasing Argentine performance for Manchester City on Saturday was matched by a veritable flood of goals from Argentines in Europe's major leagues. As well as Carlos Tevez and Pablo Zabaleta both scoring for City, there were also goals from Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuaín and others. As ever, read on for the best of... Continue Reading →
Lionel Messi returned to the scoreboard at La Romareda on Saturday. Having hit a hat trick on his last appearance in Real Zaragoza's stadium, he scored twice this time to win the game for Barcelona 2-0. There were further goals from Argentines in Spain and France, but elsewhere in Europe it was a relatively quiet... Continue Reading →
There's no point doing this any more, is there? It's the same every week. It really is most tedious. Carlos Tevez impressed for Manchester City on Sunday, Gonzalo Higuaín scored again for Real Madrid, Lucas Barrios got another two for Borussia Dortmund, there were Argentine scorers aplenty in Italy and Mexico, and Greece also saw... Continue Reading →
The first proper Argentines Abroad of the new year sees a narrow spread of criollo achievement, but an impressive one nonetheless. Lionel Messi started the defence of his numerous player of the year awards with a hat trick. His next goal for Barcelona will be the hundredth of his club career. In England, Manchester City... 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 →
It's not too often I write one of these covering midweek matches, but Wednesday 13th May was a bit of a high watermark for Argentine representatives in foreign football this season. The Copa Libertadores and CONCACAF Champions League, as well as the national cup finals in both Spain and Italy, all had important contributions from... Continue Reading →
That's 'Pre Diego', for those who can't work it out. The Argentina manager and most of his squad have arrived in Glasgow and begun training for Wednesday's friendly against Scotland in the city where Maradona scored his first senior goal for his country, back in 1979. It makes sense, then, to take a quick look at... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 