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All smiles

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The Maradona era has begun. Olé announced even before the friendly against Scotland had ended that 'the 19th of November, 2008, will be recorded with fire as a great ocassion in the history of our football.' Not that they're in any way hyperbolic. Diego himself was more reserved, but still showed in the post-match press [. Click to continue reading...

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Scotland 0 - 1 Argentina

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Diego Maradona's first match in charge of Argentina saw few surprises. Against improving and tenacious opponents, a big win was never on the cards, but those who've doubted the wisdom of Maradona's appointment can take some encouragement from a performance in which the Albiceleste actually played like a team. Click to continue reading...

Scotland vs. Argentina: Maradona’s expected starting XI

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In 1994, when Diego Maradona played his last match for Argentina, you could have got very long odds on him one day becoming the manager of the national side. What about the likelihood that his first match in charge would take place against the same country he scored his first senior international goal against? Click to continue reading...

Argentines Abroad: the last weekend P.D.

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That's 'Pre Diego', for those who can't work it out. The Argentina manager and most of his squad have arrived in Glasgow and begun training for Wednesday's friendly against Scotland in the city where Maradona scored his first senior goal for his country, back in 1979. It makes sense, then, to take a quick look at [. Click to continue reading...

This didn’t take long…

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It's happening already. There are rumours, before he's even managed his first match, that Diego Maradona might stand down as Argentina boss. I mean, honestly. The arguments between Diego and the AFA about who's the best assistant are still going on, and on Wednesday the media were reporting that the new manager might be considering [. Click to continue reading...

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Rolfi gets a call up!

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This wasn't expected. Diego Maradona has named three - not five - home-based players to be added to the Argentina squad prior to this weekend's international friendly against Scotland in Glasgow, in his first match as selección boss. In spite of Boca Juniors having exited the Copa Sudamericana, Juan Román Riquelme is not one of them. Click to continue reading...

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...

A new era begins

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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...

I’m sorry… WHAT?!

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Yes, him. As everyone will now surely be aware, Diego Armando Maradona has been named as the new manager of the senior Argentine national football team. For those few who've not heard of him: Maradona is a deeply unsuccessful manager who has been in charge of Deportivo Mandiyú (today reformed as Textil Mandiyú) and Racing [. Click to continue reading...

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Agüero picks up an award

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Sergio Agüero has been named the best Latin American player in the Spanish league for 2008, succeeding his countryman Lionel Messi and becoming the sixth Argentine to win the award. The EFE Trophy was presented to the Atlético de Madrid forward on Monday at a gala in Madrid's House of The Americas. Click to continue reading...

I’m sorry… WHAT?!

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Yes, him. As everyone will now surely be aware, Diego Armando Maradona has been named as the new manager of the senior Argentine national football team. For those few who've not heard of him: Maradona is a deeply unsuccessful manager who has been in charge of Deportivo Mandiyú (today reformed as Textil Mandiyú) and Racing [. Click to continue reading...

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Argentina’s new boss: who will it be?

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Julio Grondona returns, on Monday, from a FIFA congress in Zurich. When he flew out to Switzerland last week he told the press that the 27th, when he returned, would be the day on which he would be announcing the new manager of the Argentine senior men's national team. The commonly held view is that [. Click to continue reading...

Argentines Abroad: 21st October 2008

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It's been a relatively quiet week for Argentines in Europe, with most of those who represented the selección during the week still recuperating from their journey home. In the wake of Alfio Basile's resignation as Argentina boss though, this weekend was a chance for certain other hopefuls to prove to the next man that they [. Click to continue reading...

Santoro starts well, and Russo for the selección?

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Pepé Santoro's first match in charge of Independiente (of his current spell at least) was a pleasing one for the manager. Visiting the 'Elephants' Graveyard', away to Colón, Santoro saw Lionel Núñez pay back with interest the confidence the manager had so publicly placed in him during the week, as El Rojo won 2-1 thanks to [. Click to continue reading...

Basile out: why, how, and who next?

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As Alfio Basile was resigning as Argentina manager last night, I was preparing to email an article to Soccernet about the pressure he was under. A complete re-write ensued (at one o'clock in the bloody morning with work the following day - thanks, Coco!), and you can read the result now, taking in Basile's resignation [. Click to continue reading...

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Basile resigns

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Breaking news from the AFA: Alfio Basile has met with AFA bigwigs, and TN are reporting as I type that he's resigned from his post in charge of the selección. Olympic coach Sergio Batista, River Plate manager Diego Simeone, and San Lorenzo boss Miguel Angel Russo are the early favourites to replace him. Click to continue reading...

World Cup qualifying: self-examinations, and my own two centavos

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On Thursday, the Argentine squad went their separate ways as they returned to club duty following Wednesday night's pathetic surrender to neighbours Chile in Santiago. Speaking at Ezeiza airport before flying back to Barcelona, Lionel Messi own up to his own mistakes frankly, whilst Real Madrid defender Gabriel Heinze did likewise. Click to continue reading...

World Cup 2010: Chile 1 - 0 Argentina

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After finally ending a run of six matches without defeat in a 2-1 win over Uruguay on Saturday, Argentina followed it up on Wednesday night by losing to trans-Andean neighbours Chile for the first time ever in a competitive match. It was a win Marcelo Bielsa's team thoroughly deserved, and followed on from Paraguay's one-goal [. Click to continue reading...

Chile vs. Argentina - the possibilities

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As ever, Coco Basile won't be revealing his starting XI until very shortly before kick off in Santiago, but with Juan Román Riquelme having rejoined the Boca Juniors squad to prepare for Sunday's superclásico following his suspension and with Carlos Tevez also ruled out, it's thought after the team's final training session at Ezeiza on [. Click to continue reading...

Sand gets the call

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With Messers Tevez and Riquelme suspended, and Sergio Agüero injured, Barcelona's Lionel Messi will be the only one of Argentina's 'fantastic four' (the phrase is Olé's and not, I would like to impress upon you, my own) who will feature against Chile in Santiago on Wednesday night. Agüero, who only picked up a minor knock [. Click to continue reading...

World Cup 2010 qualifiers: Argentina 2 - 1 Uruguay: the goals

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In my absence, Argentina finally returned to winning ways after six matches of forgetting what it felt like. In the Monumental, in the clásico against their ancient cross-river rivals Uruguay, Alfio Basile's side finally looked like a team again. It took seven minutes of the first half - between the fifth, when Lionel Messi opened [. Click to continue reading...

Preparations for Argentina vs. Uruguay

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Friday is the last full day of training for Argentina's squad ahead of the World Cup qualifying clásico against Uruguay in the Monumental on Saturday. It's been a disrupted week for Alfio Basile's men but on Thursday, Juan Román Riquelme returned to training with the squad. Things aren't all quite to plan so far, though - [. Click to continue reading...

International Academia

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It may surprise those who've come to the world of Argentine football only in the last couple of years, but Racing Club do actually have a proud tradition within in the country's footballing history. Known as La Academia, or 'The Academy', the Avellaneda club has a reputation for producing good young players, and on Thursday a deal [. Click to continue reading...

The international sniping begins

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Argentina play Uruguay in the Monumental on Saturday and whilst things are rarely friendly between two of the oldest rivals in international football, the sniping has come from an unexpected angle on Tuesday: Julio César Cáceres. That's Julio César Cáceres of Paraguay. Obviously seeking to crank up the pressure on a team currently trailing in [. 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...

A new boss at Gimnasia, and a winning start in Brazil 2008

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Leonardo Madelón was unveiled on Wednesday as the new manager of Gimnasia La Plata, replacing Guillermo Sanguinetti who stood down a couple of weeks ago. Madelón is reported as being delighted to have taken over, although whether the ex Central manager is being serious is another matter; Gimnasia are currently joint bottom of the Promedio [. 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...

Brazil 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup: Argentina squad

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The 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup kicks off on the 30th of this month in Brasilia, and Argentina, who play their first match the next day against China the following day, are among the favourites as ever. It'll be a hard job to beat the hosts (who knocked Argentina out of the Copa América in the [.. Click to continue reading...

Paralympic bronze

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After having fallen behind in the first minute of the bronze medal match at the Beijing 2008 Paralympics, Argentina's Blind Futsal team fought back to claim the medal on penalties after a 1-1 draw during the standard 50 minutes on Wednesday. After the early Spanish goal, the Murciélagos struggled to find their rhythm, but in the [. Click to continue reading...

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Tough at the top for Basile and Dunga

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Starting this month, I'm writing for ESPN's Soccernet on football across South America. These articles won't always include Argentine football, of course, but when they do I'll let you know here. This week the subject under the microscope is why the pressure of managing one of the world's top international sides is being cranked up [. Click to continue reading...

Peru 1 - 1 Argentina: the goals

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The goals from Wednesday night's World Cup qualifying draw between Peru and Argentina in El Monumental de Lima are online now - read on to watch them. Peru 1 - 1 Argentina, World Cup 2010 qualifying 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...

Paralympic 5-a-side: China 1 - 0 Argentina

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Argentina's blind football team played their second match of the Paralympic Games on Tuesday, and followed up their convincing 2-0 win over European champions Spain with a 1-0 loss to the hosts. China, who've been playing behind closed doors for the last three years, served notice of their intention to shock the Games by beating [. Click to continue reading...

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