That's the northern hemisphere summer, of course. Or the boreal summer transfer window, as La Nación's sports site put it on Monday. I noted last week that the number of Argentines moving to English Premier League clubs this year seems to have been quite an increase on previous windows (there are ten in all), so decided... Continue Reading →
Argentines Abroad: Messi breaks another record, Madrid & Porto crowned in Spain & Portugal (video)
Argentines Abroad has been held up slightly this week so that we can take the midweek matches into account, principally because of events in Spain; Wednesday saw Real Madrid (with Gonzalo Higuaín and Ángel Di María) clinch the Spanish league title, just a couple of hours after Lionel Messi's hat-trick against Málaga lifted him to... Continue Reading →
Argentines Abroad: the final weekend in November
The weekend just gone saw as many crucial contributions from Argentines as ever in the world's biggest leagues, and a welcome return to form for the usual suspects in the Mexican league after last week's no-show. With the usual contributions from Mexico, Portugal, Spain and France, here's the latest roundup. In England's Premier League, Jonás... Continue Reading →
Argentines Abroad: a new correspondent, & Agüero scores his 9th in 7 games (video)
We've a new correspondent on Argentines Abroad this week, to give us a more in-depth view of Italy's Serie A, in which there was some decent Argentine action this week. In Spain, Sergio Agüero scored yet again for Atlético Madrid, closing in on a century, and there are also contributions in Portugal, France and Mexico to... Continue Reading →
Argentines Abroad: 1st & 2nd January 2011
The first round of matches of the new year have featured a few Argentine-inspired flashpoints, as well as the news that Gonzalo Higuaín's season is officially over; an operation on a hernia will sideline him for six months. Carlos Tevez played well without scoring for Manchester City at the weekend, whilst Lionel Messi sat out... Continue Reading →
Argentines Abroad: 27th & 28th November 2010
Lucho González scored in France, whilst there was a goal for Javier Saviola in Portugal and Argentine scorers on both sides as Internazionale played Parma in Serie A. There was also the small matter of Lionel Messi for once failing to score in the Spanish top flight. But he put in a decent enough performance... Continue Reading →
Argentines Abroad: 6th & 7th November 2010
This weekend Argentines were in fine form in Spain, Portugal and Mexico, whilst in the USA a Boca Juniors legend might have played his last game, as Guillermo Barros Schelotto's Columbus Crew exited the MLS playoffs. The selección's first-choice centre back pairing both had poor weekends, though. Martín Demichelis' Bayern München dropped points, whilst Walter... Continue Reading →
Argentines Abroad: 30th & 31st October 2010
This weekend's matches didn't see a repeat of Ezequiel Lavezzi's brilliant chip last week from any of the foreign Argentines, but all the same we've got some lovely goals and one frankly ridiculous piece of trickery in the rain from Porto's Fernando Belluschi for you. Lionel Messi scored twice for Barcelona, Maxi Rodríguez made a... Continue Reading →
Argentines Abroad: 16th & 17th October 2010
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 →
Argentines Abroad: 2nd & 3rd October 2010
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 →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 