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Argentina squad to face Scotland - official

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The squad as expected by the Argentine press (and subsequently here) prior to Diego Maradona's first press conference as Argentina boss yesterday turned out to be not quite accurate, so here's the list as announced by the man himself in that press conference, along with a bit of opinion (my own and others') on it. Click to continue reading...

Argentines Abroad, and Maradona’s first squad

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The AFA will hold their press conference in a few hours' time to allow Diego Armando Maradona to announce his first Argentina squad (read on to see who's made it), and already there's controversy surrounding the nature of the appointment (not to mention the exclusions of three key players). Maradona declared on Radio La Red [. Click to continue reading...

National news

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Two pieces of news regarding Argentine selecciones today, both of which took place on Sunday whilst the league action was going on. In the Brazil 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup, Argentina drew 2-2 against Ukraine in a frantic end to a highly entertaining match which saw all the goals come in the closing minutes (in spite [. Click to continue reading...

Figueroa arrives, and the foreign contingent are named

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Two bits of news for Tuesday: Boca Juniors' quest to find a replacement for Martín Palermo during his long-term injury layoff has come to an end with the signing on loan (with a US$1.5 million fee should Boca wish to make the signing permanent) of former Central and River Plate striker Luciano Figueroa from Genoa. Click to continue reading...

Argentines abroad: 27th & 28th September

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The new season is now a few weeks old in Europe, so I thought it was about time we had a look at the contributions of some of Argentina's foreign legion in the European leagues. So far Sergio Agüero and Gonzalo Higuaín have enjoyed great starts for the two Madrid sides in Spain, whilst in [...] Click to continue reading...

World Cup 2010: Peru 1 - 1 Argentina

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Esteban Cambiasso had the goal and, without actually impressing anyone, Argentina were putting to bed the run of six matches without a win that's seen them slip from first to fourth in the South American qualification table for South Africa 2010. A poor performance but the result was still as expected. Click to continue reading...

World Cup 2010: Argentina 1 - 1 Paraguay

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It was second versus first in the Estadio Monumental on Saturday afternoon, as Argentina hosted leaders Paraguay in the South American qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup. The selección didn't look particularly hot in front of their own fans, falling a goal down early on after dominating the opening exchanges before going a man down [. Click to continue reading...

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...

Angel the golden boy

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Four years ago it was Carlos Tevez, on Saturday Benfica's Angel Di María secured his place in Argentine football history by becoming the second man to score a gold medal-winning goal for his country in the Olympic Football Tournament. In a final played in scorching heat in the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing, Argentina rode [. Click to continue reading...

Going for gold

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In a couple of hours' time, Argentina will be going for a second gold medal of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games when the men's football team take on Nigeria, their conquerors in Atlanta 1996, in the OFT final. Argentina are seeking to defend their title, having demolished arch-rivals Brazil 3-0 in the semi, with Liverpool [. Click to continue reading...

Olympic Football Tournament: Argentina 3 - 0 Brazil

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The Olympic Football Tournament is the one international tournament Brazil have never won (of the ones they compete in of course, because obviously they've never been crowned champions of Europe or what have you), and it will have to remain as such for at least the next four years. On Tuesday the selecção met the [. Click to continue reading...

Olympic Football Tournament: Argentina 2 - 1 Netherlands (AET)

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Argentina advanced to the semi-finals of the Olympic Football Tournament in China on Saturday, after beating the Netherlands 2-1 after extra time in Shanghai. Barcelona star Lionel Messi was the key man for an Argentine side who found it hard, at times, to get out of first gear, but who still created more good chances [. Click to continue reading...

Olympic preview number two

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So you've read the Argentina squad profile for the Olympic Games that I wrote for Soccerlens, and still want more? You're in luck, because I was very busy this weekend. Another one has now gone up on new Australian online magazine The 84th Minute, edited by ocassional HEGS commentor Neil Zimmerman, who wanted to me [. Click to continue reading...

Olympic preview number one

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The Olympic Football Tournament kicks off on Thursday (yes, that is before the official start of the Games, which is on Friday), and Argentina, as the defending gold medalists from four years ago in Athens, will be red-hot favourites to retain the title, thanks in large part to an attacking lineup that would terrify most [. Click to continue reading...

Same old story

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HEGS is back, but it feels, I must say, a bit like I hadn't really been away. When I left for Havana, Sergio Batista had named Lionel Messi in the squad for the Olympic Football Tournament, and Barcelona president Joan Laporta was making some decidedly 'we'll have to see about that'-type noises. The novel seems [. Click to continue reading...

Olympic Football Tournament: Argentina squad

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The final squad for Argentina's defence of their gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Football Tournament has been announced by Under 23 coach Sergio Batista. Following Bayern München's refusal to allow Martín Demichelis to join the squad, and Real Madrid doing likewise with Gonzalo Higuaín, the side looks slightly different to that originally named [. Click to continue reading...

The HEGS Award for Best Argentine in a Foreign League 2008

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Another season is drawing to a close in Europe, and the time arrives for the first reprise in Hasta El Gol Siempre's brief existence. Ladies and gentlemen, the second annual Hasta El Gol Siempre Award for Best Argentine Footballer in a Foreign League is upon us! Voting for the 2008 award opens as soon as [. Click to continue reading...

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Argentines abroad: 19th & 20th April

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Trophies are being handed out in some of the European nations already, whilst others could be drawing much closer in the next few days. Four Argentines have won the Greek championship (court ruling permitting); Lucho and Lisandro's Porto - who won the Portugese title a little while ago, apologies for missing that one - beat Angel [. Click to continue reading...

Argentines abroad - 9th and 10th March

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Carlos Tevez couldn't help Manchester United through to the FA Cup semi-final, whilst Julio Arca's Middlesbrough were also victims of an odd weekend in England, losing to Cardiff City. There were also Argentines in action in some of Europe's 'smaller' leagues this weekend. Fernando Cavenaghi's Bordeaux, second in Ligue Un, played first-placed defending champions Lyon and, [. Click to continue reading...

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...

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Tranfer time in Rosario

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Rosario Central could be in some slightly warm water after it emerged on Thursday that their sale of Ángel Di María and� Andrés Díaz to Benfica a couple of weeks ago might not have been entirely legal and above board. The transfer wasn't ratified by the correct authorities, and will have to be looked at again [...] Click to continue reading...

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Going somewhere?

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I've been away for a couple of days, hence the lack of updates yesterday, but with it being pre-season not much of interest has been happening anyway. Except for two developments in the transfer market. Last week, I told you with some scepticism that the British newspaper The Independent had reported Ángel Di María's imminent [...] Click to continue reading...

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