More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
Carlos Tevez is, according to Diego Maradona, el jugador del pueblo ('the player of the people'). On Sunday, hours after the controversy during Germany's 4-1 thrashing of England, linesman Stefano Ayroldi confirmed to the world that he was indeed one of those 'people', allowing Tevez to open the scoring from a long way offside after... Continue Reading →
Diego Maradona's been keeping everyone second-guessing for the last few days. It looked a day or two ago like there would only be a couple of changes to the Argentina side that beat Nigeria 1-0 in their first match of the World Cup, but as of Saturday afternoon things were looking a bit different. Maradona... Continue Reading →
Argentina's performance yesterday against South Korea was highly impressive, and plenty of people have suddenly started suspecting they could go all the way and win the World Cup after all. Four years ago, though, we were in the same place after a 6-0 evisceration of Serbia & Montenegro in the second group game. And we... Continue Reading →
Well, it's fair to say the sceptics didn't expect this. The noises coming from the Argentina camp about team unity and just needing to spend some time together look like they weren't just hot air - on Saturday the selección played a match that was meant to be much harder than their opener, and it... Continue Reading →
Argentina's World Cup campaign is up and running, courtesy of a Gabriel Heinze header early on to give them a 1-0 win against Nigeria on Saturday. It wasn't a match with very many highlights, and those that there were invariably involved Lionel Messi. If you're at all interested in it of course, you've either already... Continue Reading →
In forty minutes, Diego Maradona will return to direct involvement in a World Cup for the first time since that drug test in USA 94. Argentina vs Nigeria will be underway. Maradona has named the starting XI that was predicted earlier in the week. For your second match preview in as many days from me, check... Continue Reading →
Not I. Oh, heavens no. The heavens opened over the Estadio Monumental on Saturday night and, in a frantic finish, a substitute chosen by D10s himself scored the winning goal to keep Argentina - just - on track for qualification to South Africa 2010. Martín Palermo has waited ten years for the chance to atone... Continue Reading →
There's been an award for an Argentine player in MLS, a bucket-full of goals for Argentines in Italy, the captaincy of the national team bestowed upon Javier Mascherano in England, another goal for Fernando Cavenaghi in France, and plenty of goals in Mexico too. The headline act of the weekend, though, was in Spain: Gonzalo Higuaín continued... Continue Reading →
It was a good week for Argentina's players in the European leagues, with important goals which will affect the title races of a number of Europe's bigger leagues and one or two eye-catchers further down the pecking order, too. And there were also a few expats on show on the opening weekend of Major League Soccer... Continue Reading →
The Argentine Olympic football squad had their first preperatory friendly under Sergio Batista's stewardship in the early hours (Argentine time) of Thursday morning, and easily beat Guatemala by five goals to nil. Accepting that their rivals will hardly be challenging for the title themselves, Batista none the less declared himself 'very pleased with the attitude'... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 