More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
Carlos Tevez and Jonás Gutiérrez both had great weekends in the English Premier League, Javier Pastore scored a brilliant goal in Italy, and the Spanish top flight saw a double from Gonzalo Higuaín. Our correspondents, meanwhile, have news of impressive Argentine performances in Portugal, Mexico and the United States, whilst Lisandro López hit a double... Continue Reading →
There was of course no action in Europe's major footballing leagues during the weekend just gone, due to the international break. In Mexico though, football continued as normal, and so Tom Clark (whose blog you can read here) is as ever right here to give us the lowdown on the Argentine action there. The weekend... Continue Reading →
Carlos Tevez and Jonás Gutiérrez combined to make a little bit of history in England's Premier League: Manchester City's 2-1 home win over Newcastle United was the first time two Argentines had scored for different sides in the English top flight. Tevez's penalty - his 54th in England - also makes him the highest-scoring South... Continue Reading →
There were Argentine goals in seven European leagues this weekend, as well as plenty in Mexico from players both old and new to that league. Carlos Tevez's strike for Manchester City against Chelsea was the highest-profile one of the weekend, but Fernando Cavenaghi also got on the scoresheet, getting his first two since his move... Continue Reading →
There were not one, but two big injuries to Argentines playing abroad in the weekend just gone. Of course, you've all already heard about Marcelo Gallardo’s horrible tendon break on his first start for Nacional of Montevideo, which will rule him out for the rest of the year. But it had no doubt escaped your... Continue Reading →
It won't have escaped the attentions of many HEGS readers that Brazilian club Internacional won the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday night in a very entertaining second leg of the final against Mexicans Chivas (3-2 on the night, 5-3 on aggregate). Andrés D'Alessandro was key to their success, and as such there's plenty of Argentine interest... Continue Reading →
If you thought before that Diego Maradona must be trying to sabotage Argentina's bid for World Cup glory, then your suspicions have been gloriously confirmed. He threatened promised on Wednesday that, if the selección win the trophy in South Africa, he'll strip naked in front of Buenos Aires' famous Obelisco. So kiss goodbye to the... Continue Reading →
Vélez Sarsfield beat Chivas 2-0 in Liniers on Tuesday night in the first knockout round of the Copa Libertadores but went out due to the Mexicans' 3-0 win last week in Guadalajara. Santiago Silva scored as early as the third minute on Tuesday night and Chivas barely had an attempt on goal all night, but... Continue Reading →
A late and short edition, this one, made so by a combination of my writing commitments elsewhere, and the running of the last round of the domestic championship into Monday night. HEGS has earned a bit of a day off in one respect - this website is three years old today. The weekend just gone... Continue Reading →
For a change, Carlos Tevez had a quiet match in the Premier League, with Manchester City losing to Everton (Pablo Zabaleta wasn't much better). Elsewhere though, Argentines were in form again. Lionel Messi became the youngest player ever to score 100 competitive goals for Barcelona - and also the youngest to score 101. Ever Banega... Continue Reading →
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