Andrés D'Alessandro

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August 29, 2008

Argentina squad vs. Paraguay & Peru

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The Argentina squad for the 2010 World Cup Qualifiers against Paraguay in Buenos Aires, and Peru in Lima, has been almost finalised prior to the weekend's domestic action in Argentina, after which three Boca Juniors players will be added to the list. Alfio Basile has called up Getafe defender Daniel Díaz to replace Nicolás Burdisso, [. Click to continue reading...

July 31, 2008

D’Alegre-ssandro

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Andrés D'Alessandro was heading back out of the country on Wednesday, again in a north-easterly direction, but not this time as far as Europe. In fact, he's making a short hop over the Río de la Plata and Uruguay to the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, where 2005 Copa Libertadores winners Internacional are waiting [. Click to continue reading...

May 15, 2008

San Lorenzo 1 - 1 LDU Quito

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San Lorenzo wanted a sizeable win on Thursday night against Liga de Quito, Estudiantes' conquerors in the previous round of the Copa Libertadores. Knowing they'll have to travel to the Ecuadorian capital to play a high-altitude second leg, Ramón Díaz's team needed to attack and get a couple of goals ahead for their fans to [. Click to continue reading...

April 23, 2008

All evened out

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The two outstanding matches from the first half of the Torneo Clausura were played on Wednesday, to leave all sides now having played 11 games going into the twelfth weekend. In the sixth round match postponed following the death of fan Emanuel Alvarez, San Lorenzo beat Vélez by a single goal in the Nuevo Gasometro, [. Click to continue reading...

March 29, 2008

New leaders and El Cabezón hits form

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Estudiantes took the summit of Primera A on Saturday afternoon with a narrow win at home to fellow challengers Vélez Sársfield. The La Plata side lead River Plate and Boca Juniors by a single point, but could draw further ahead when the AFA confirm whether they're taking all three points from the Racing match which [. Click to continue reading...

March 25, 2008

San Lorenzo 1 - 0 Real Potosí

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San Lorenzo garnered a key three points in their quest to read the knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores on Tuesday night, beating Real Potosí for the second time, this time in rather less incredible fashion than the comeback from 2-0 down in Bolivia two weeks ago - although the decisive goal was a penalty [. Click to continue reading...

February 27, 2008

Racing away from success

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The kind folk at Pitch Invasion have published another of my musings, this time on the opening weeks of the Clausura and Racing's truly terrible start to the year. 'Micó isn't to blame - he only came in after Gustavo Costas left in December – and nor are most of his players. Aside from the return [. Click to continue reading...

February 24, 2008

River enjoy their reunion

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River and San Lorenzo kept up their respective records at the start of the season regarding goals: San Lorenzo still haven't scored, and River still haven't conceded in the league. Ramón Díaz and Andrés D'Alessandro both returned to the Monumental for an opposing team for the first time and had contrasting receptions from the home [. Click to continue reading...

February 21, 2008

San Lorenzo 0 - 0 Cruzeiro

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Ramón Díaz's side had lost three matches in a row prior to this one - two in the league as well as last week's Copa opener against Caracas - and went out looking to end the run with a win against one of the favourites for the trophy on Thursday night. As it was, they [...] Click to continue reading...

February 12, 2008

Caracas F.C. 2 - 0 San Lorenzo

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The 2008 Copa Libertadores has begun as it will surely carry on, with a shock. San Lorenzo didn't exactly excel themselves over the summer, and had a bad result against Newell's on the opening day of the Clausura, but before last season, when their hosts tonight dumped River Plate out in the group stage, Venezuelan [. Click to continue reading...

February 7, 2008

Last-minute dealings

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On the eve of the Clausura, Argentine clubs have been trying to get through one or two last-minute deals, with Independiente finally signing Freddy Grisales after much coming and going, and Andrés D'Alessandro and Maxi Moralez being unveiled at their respective new (or in Moralez's case, old) clubs. Click to continue reading...

February 6, 2008

Torneo Clausura 2008: The eve of the kick off

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The 2008 Torneo Clausura kicks off at long last following the summer break on Friday evening, with Lanús aiming to defend the title they won so improbably back in December, whilst the likes of Boca will be wanting to get back to winning ways. Other big sides need improved performances, for a variety of reasons, [. Click to continue reading...

February 4, 2008

A three-day digest

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It's been an interesting few days whilst I've been away, and I hope I don't miss anything out of a whirlwind summary: Saturday's superclásico in Mendoza was a thriller, seeing five goals and four red cards as River avenged their 1-0 defeat of the Torneo de Verano with a 3-2 victory. On the same day, [. Click to continue reading...

January 31, 2008

Back to where he came from?

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Yesterday, HEGS reported that Andrés D'Alessandro's move to San Lorenzo from Real Zaragoza was all but done. On Thursday, it fell through after the clubs failed to agree a fee. And guess who might be sweeping in to pick up the pieces and bring the player back home? The club of his boyhood, that's who: [. Click to continue reading...

January 30, 2008

D’Alessandro moves closer

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Two transfers involving Argentine players are moving towards a definition at the moment, the more solid-looking being Andrés D'Alessandro's transfer from Real Zaragoza in Spain to work under his former manager Ramón Díaz with San Lorenzo. Ezequiel Garay, the Racing Santander defender, could be on his way to Barcelona - or Lyon, or Real Madrid. Click to continue reading...

January 23, 2008

The Olympic squad, and some transfer news

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Sergio Batista named the 15 under-23 players to represent Argentina at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday, but what with putting up three other stories last night, I thought I'd leave it until now to publish the list. One of those players, River Plate forward Marco Rubén, has now become Villarreal forward Marco Rubén, in what [. Click to continue reading...

January 13, 2008

The rain in Spain

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A good day for Argentine forwards in La Liga. Against Ever Banega's new club, Sergio Agüero got the better of his compatriot, scoring the game's only goal in the Calderón as Atlético de Madrid beat Valencia 1-0. Elsewhere, Diego Milito bagged a brace but was let down by his team-mates as Real Zaragoza could [. Click to continue reading...

January 10, 2008

Rivals for attention

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Andrés D'Alessandro has already expressed an eagerness to return home to Buenos Aires for a six-month loan spell, in order to keep match-fit and playing first-team football, since he's not being considered regularly for the starting lineup at Real Zaragoza. His former club River Plate were his preferred destination, but Ramón Díaz, who was in [. Click to continue reading...

December 18, 2007

Coming and going

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Two transfer stories have dominated the Argentine headlines more than any others today. Andrés D'Alessandro, following four-and-a-half years in Europe for Wolfsburg, Portsmouth and Real Zaragoza, may soon be on his way back to River Plate, whilst a young Argentine who's never played professionally in his homeland is making a move from Chile to Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

September 29, 2007

In praise of Leo, and playing with pride

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I should admit something before I begin: I'd already had a couple of cocktails when in Messi's honour, I decided to end the evenining with a fernet with Coke (very popular in Argentina, you see) about half an hour before coming back to my hostel to write this, so how coherent the following will be, I'm not [...] Click to continue reading...