What will Diego Maradona's appointment as manager of Argentina mean for the fans and players of the national team? You can find out on Soccernet, where I've written a terrible first paragraph and an otherwise pretty good (I hope) article on the new technical team for the selección. You can read it here. Click to continue reading...

Argentina travelled to Lima on Monday, where they're now preparaing to take on Peru on Wednesday night. All is not well, however, for Alfio Basile's side. Following Carlos Tevez's second red card in three matches for the selección, they'll have to get ready for Peru with one forward fewer of Basile's squad. Click to continue reading...

I apologize for the lack of updates on the blog recently, but due to school, work, and a 3-day trip down to San Diego, it's been hard to keep up with the site lately. Here are the latest updates:

- Thanks to two victories (1-0 over Huracan and 2-1 over Colon) in the last two rounds of the Clausura, River are now above the other 19 Argentine teams participating in this year's Primera Division.

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Argentina and Mexico will be facing each other in a friendly match, to be played in Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego, California) on June 4, 2008. The match itself will begin at 8:00 PM Pacific Time.

Tickets have officially gone on sale today on Ticketmaster. They are available through a Visa-Presale (Visa cardholders can purchase them now, while others will have to wait till May 5th) at the following link: Argentina vs.

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Argentina's friendly in Cairo has just kicked off and whilst I can't help you with any updates, I can give you the team. Julio Cruz gets the nod over Fernando Cavenaghi for the starting berth in the number 9 shirt, whilst Lucho González is the captain. Read on for the formation... Argentina starting XI vs. Click to continue reading...

On Wednesday, Alfio Basile announced the squad of 20 players to face Egypt in a friendly in Cairo on the 26th of March. The squad consists entirely of Europe-based players, since the home- (and one Mexico-) based ones are in action next week in the Copa Libertadores and their domestic leagues. Argentina squad to face Egypt, [. Click to continue reading...

Argentina defeated the Guatemalan National Team by 5-0 in the Los Angeles Coliseum. The goals were scored by Higuain (2), Lavezzi, Maidana, and Marco Ruben.

I am not going to get into a detailed report, since this blog is about River and not the Argentine NT, but if you'd like to see what it was like in the stands, you can read my report here.

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The tickets for the Argentina-Guatemala game in Los Angeles are now officially on sale. I just ordered four from the official Ticketmaster website, and one can do the same by visiting this link (it will take you directly to the match page).

RESERVED SEATING $25.00 - $75.

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Argentina will be playing a friendly match vs. the Guatamalan National Team in Los Angeles on Wednesday, February 6th. The encounter will be part of the preparations for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The match will begin at 7:30 PM. The arriving squad is unknown for now, though it will be confirmed on Tuesday.

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