More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
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 →
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 →
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 →
This extended Argentines Abroad has been made possible by the fact that I didn't have time to do one last week, but forgot to let my correspondents know - and as a result we've got two weeks' worth of submissions from Spain and Portugal, as well as a very belated (my fault, not Tom's) report... Continue Reading →
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 →
As I type this, much later in the week than normal due to the activity around the superclásico yesterday, Argentina are playing Brazil in Qatar. It seems as good a time as any to look back on how some of these players (and others) did in the weekend just gone. There was little impression in... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 