More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
Argentines Abroad has been even more delayed than usual this week, so very briefly, here are updates on last weekend's action from our intrepid correspondents in Mexico, Spain and Portugal. Tom Clark, whose blog you'll find over here, is as ever filling us in on the action from Mexico. Could Lucas Lobos be the best... Continue Reading →
This weekend sees Argentina face the United States of America in a friendly on Saturday, so this week's Argentines Abroad acts as a bit of a prelude to that, in many ways. One player not included in Sergio Batista's squad for the friendly is Gabriel Heinze, who scored a cracking free kick for Marseille. Another... Continue Reading →
He's not in Argentina's squad to face Portugal on Wednesday, of course, but Carlos Tevez celebrated his birthday on Saturday with a first half hat trick against West Brom for Manchester City, and on the very same day the world's best current Barcelona number 10, Lionel Messi, got a triplete of his own against Atlético... Continue Reading →
Sergio Batista has announced the Argentina squad which will travel to Tokyo for a friendly against Japan on the 8th October. In spite of the injury he suffered against Atlético de Madrid at the weekend, Lionel Messi is included, as are returnees Oscar Ustari and José Sosa. There's also a first call-up to the senior... Continue Reading →
Tuesday saw Diego Maradona name his second Argentina squad, in preparation for the friendly against France in Marseilles on the 11th of February. For the first time Lionel Messi was called up by El Diego - as was my mate Carlos Tevez - who, clearly motivated by my words of encouragement on Saturday night, scored for Manchester... Continue Reading →
It was League Cup day in England and Scotland, but halfway across the world, Boca Juniors also fielded a side largely made up of youngsters in a second-rate knockout competition. In this case it was the Copa Sudamericana, and the opposition were the champions of South America - recent Copa Libertadores winners Liga de Quito.... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 