I was busy on Thursday (busy by the standards of an underemployed freelancer, at least). I wrote three articles, and two of them are already online. For The Mirror, here's a profile of one of Liverpool's transfer targets, River Plate centre forward Lucas Alario. And for ESPNFC , I wrote something on the Uruguayan reaction to Álvaro... Continue Reading →
On Sunday afternoon, the first match in Buenos Aires of the 2011 Copa América is played. It's the tournament final, and the lineup for it illustrates perfectly how iconoclastic this edition of the tournament has proven. Uruguay and Paraguay are the unexpected sides battling it out in the Estadio Monumental for the title of champions... Continue Reading →
World Cup in Argentina & Uruguay 2030?
FIFA President Sepp Blatter Joseph S. Blatter is currently in Colombia for the World Youth Cup, and when he arrived on Wednesday he made an exciting announcement for Argentines and Uruguayans. The two countries' FAs have already put forward their formal candidacy to joint host the 2030 World Cup. Whilst the bulk of the event... Continue Reading →
A little off-topic
This isn't strictly to do with Argentine football. Well, okay. It's absolutely nothing to do with Argentine football. But the reason HEGS has been quiet in the last few days is that I've been across the river to Montevideo, where I watched Uruguay's World Cup semi-final against the Netherlands with a few thousand Uruguayan fans... Continue Reading →
Copa Sudamericana quarter final first leg: River Plate 0 – 1 San Lorenzo
Diego Simeone's San Lorenzo travelled across the Río De La Plata on Wednesday night for the first leg of their Copa Sudamericana quarter final against Uruguayan opposition Just like the national team a week earlier, they came away with a narrow win, 1-0 over River Plate of Montevideo thanks to a 71st minute header from... Continue Reading →
World Cup 2010 qualifying: Uruguay 0 – 1 Argentina
It's been a qualifying campaign no-one who followed it from start to finish will ever quite manage to forget, but eventually, somehow, in spite of their manager, their opponents and - let's face it - their own often atrocious performances, Argentina have qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. And given the complaints... Continue Reading →
Bergessi-ow!
The only half-interesting story of the pre-season at the moment is the fallout from an extraordinary on-pitch scrap engaged in by San Lorenzo's star striker Gonzalo Bergessio during a friendly against Uruguayan club El General. On Thursday he had a coming-together with the hosts' Gusmán Elizarzú, and by common consent it was the other bloke... Continue Reading →
Copa Libertadores 2009: Nacional 1 – 2 Estudiantes
On Wednesday night Estudiantes clinched a place in the final of the 2009 Copa Libertadores de América, 38 years after they last lifted the trophy. A 2-1 win after a goalless first half saw Estudiantes, Argentina's only representatives to make it past the second round, through to the final 3-1 on aggregate. Mauro Boselli scored... Continue Reading →
Copa Libertadores 2009: Estudiantes 1 – 0 Nacional
Nacional were out of pocket after the first leg of their Copa Libertadores semi-final on Thursday night. The match was only fourteen minutes old when Diego Galván played the smooth criminal, stealing in ahead of Rodrigo Muñoz in the Uruguayan goal. In the second half both midfields were working day and night, with Santiago García... Continue Reading →
Copa Libertadores 2009: Estudiantes (2) 1 – 0 (0) Defensor Sporting
In spite of the dreadful showing by Argentine clubs in this year's Copa Libertadores, one of them will be in the semi-finals, after Estudiantes beat Uruguay's Defensor Sporting on a better-than-expected pitch in La Plata 1-0, to complete a 2-0 aggregate win in the quarter-final tie. Waiting for them in the next round are Defensor's... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 