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October 27, 2008

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...
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October 16, 2008

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...
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August 23, 2008

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...
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Tags: Angel, Angel Di María, Argentina, Argentina Nigeria, Argentina Nigeria goal, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Beijing, Beijing 2008, Benfica, Di María, Diego Buonanotte, Ezequiel Garay, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Fernando Gago, Football, Football managers, Goal videos, International football, Javier Mascherano, Juan Román Riquelme, Junior selección, Latin America, Nigerian football, Olympic Football Tournament, Olympic Games, Olympic final goal, Olympic football, Players, Selección, Sergio Agüero, Sergio Batista, Sergio Romero, carlos tevez, football history, gold medal, lionel messi

Golden Argentina in Beijing (Olympics 2008)

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Four years after the gold in Athens, another 1-0 scoreline confirmed Argentina as Olympic football champions. In 2004, the match-winning goal had been scored by a certain Carlos Tevez; this year in Beijing, salvation came from above. "Little Angel" Di María flapped his celestial wings and delivered a fatal blow to finalists Nigeria, exploiting an [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Argentina, Athens, Beijing, Beijing 2008, Europe, Features, Match Reports, Nigeria, Olympic football, Olympics, Samson Siasia, Sergio Batista, carlos tevez, gold, lionel messi, Ángel Di María

Nigeria 0-1 Argentina: Albiceleste Retain Their Olympic Crown (OLYMPICS 2008)

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Four years after the gold in Athens, another 1-0 scoreline confirmed Argentina as Olympic football champions. In 2004, the match-winning goal had been scored by a certain Carlos Tevez; this year in Beijing, salvation came from above. "Little Angel" Di María flapped his celestial wings and delivered a fatal blow to finalists Nigeria, exploiting an [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Argentina, Athens, Beijing, Beijing 2008, Nigeria, Olympic football, Olympics, Olympics 2008, Samson Siasia, Sergio Batista, carlos tevez, gold, Ángel Di María

August 22, 2008

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...
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Tags: 2008 Olympic Games, Angel Di María, Argentina, Argentina Nigeria, Argentina Olympic starting lineup, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Brazil, Fernando Gago, Football, Football managers, International football, Javier Mascherano, Junior selección, Latin America, Liverpool, Nigeria, Nigerian football, Olympic Football Tournament, Olympic Football Tournament final, Olympic Games, Olympic football, Players, Selección, Sergio Agüero, Sergio Batista, Sergio Romero, gold medal, lionel messi

August 19, 2008

Irresistible Argentina power past Brazil

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Just like a sheet of paper from a page-a-day-calendar, Argentina ripped Brazil out of the stack, crunched it up, made a little paper ball, did a few juggles and then backheeled it into the trash. Everyone was anticipating this game as the final-before-the final in these 2008 Beijing Football Olympics, and boy did we not [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Argentina, Beijing 2008, Brazil, Carlos Dunga, Europe, Features, Juan Román Riquelme, Match Reports, Olympic football, Olympics, Sergio Agüero, Sergio Batista, lionel messi

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...
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Tags: Angel Di María, Argentina, Argentina Brazil, Argentina Brazil goals, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Brazil, Brazilian Football, Europe, Football, Football managers, Goal videos, International football, Javier Mascherano, Juan Román Riquelme, Junior selección, Latin America, Olympic Football Tournament, Olympic Games, Olympic football, Olympic goals, Olympic semi-final, Players, Selección, Sergio Agüero, Sergio Batista, agüero, riquelme

Argentina 3-0 Brazil: Seleçao Taught a Lesson in Futból (OLYMPICS 2008)

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Just like a sheet of paper from a page-a-day-calendar, Argentina ripped Brazil out of the stack, crunched it up, made a little paper ball, did a few juggles and then backheeled it into the trash. Everyone was anticipating this game as the final-before-the final in these 2008 Beijing Football Olympics, and boy did we not [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Argentina, Beijing 2008, Brazil, Carlos Dunga, Juan Román Riquelme, Olympics, Olympics 2008, Sergio Agüero, Sergio Batista

August 16, 2008

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...
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Tags: Angel Di María, Argentina, Argentina Holland, Argentina Netherlands, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Bakkal, Barcelona, China, Di María, Dutch football, Extra Time, Football, Football managers, Goal videos, International football, Junior selección, Latin America, Messi, Netherlands, Olympic Football Tournament, Olympic Games, Olympic football goal videos, Players, Selección, Sergio Batista, Sergio Romero, lionel messi, semi finals

August 13, 2008

Olympic Football Tournament: Argentina 2 - 0 Serbia

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Argentina rounded off their Olympic Football Tournament group campaign with an academic defeat of Serbia on Wednesday. Having already qualified for the quarter-finals, Sergio Batista rested Juan Román Riquelme, Javier Mascherano and (to the disappointment of a Chinese crowd who'd turned up specially to see him) Lionel Messi, and was rewarded with a 2-0 win [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Argentina, Argentina Serbia goals, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Batista, Buonanotte, Diego Buonanotte, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Football, Football managers, Goal videos, International football, Javier Mascherano, Juan Román Riquelme, Junior selección, Latin America, Lavezzi, Lionel, Olympic Football Tournament, Olympic Games, Players, Quarter Finals, Selección, Serbia, Serbian football, Sergio Batista, crowd

August 10, 2008

Olympic Football Tournament: Argentina 1 - 0 Australia

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Argentina are still a long way from shining as brightly as they might do, but they confirmed their place in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Football Tournament on Sunday, beating Australia by a solitary goal after an underwhelming performance which saw the Aussies' spirited rearguard eventually broken by a brilliant counter-attacking goal from Napoli's Ezequiel [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Argentina, Argentina Australia, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Australia, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Football, Football managers, Goal videos, International football, Juan Román Riquelme, Junior selección, Latin America, Lavezzi, Messi, Napoli, Olympic Football Tournament, Olympic Games, Olympic football, Players, Quarter Finals, Selección, Sergio Batista, australian soccer, goal video, lionel messi

August 7, 2008

Olympic Football Tournament Beijing 2008: Argentina 2 - 1 Ivory Coast

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Lionel Messi talked to Barcelona, Lionel Messi played for Argentina. Lionel Messi set one up and scored one as Argentina beat Ivory Coast 2-1 in the opening match of the men's Olympic Football Tournament to begin the defence of the gold medal won in Athens four years ago. Barcelona having apparently decided to allow the [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Acosta, Argentina, Argentina Ivory Coast, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Athens, Barcelona, Cisse, Football, Football managers, International football, Ivory Coast, Juan Román Riquelme, Junior selección, Latin America, Messi, Olympic Football Tournament, Olympic Games, Olympic football, Players, Selección, Sergio Batista, lionel messi, riquelme

August 4, 2008

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...
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Tags: Angel Di María, Argentina, Argentina Olympic team, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Argentines abroad, Diego Buonanotte, Ever Banega, Ezequiel Garay, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Football, Football managers, International football, Javier Mascherano, Juan Román Riquelme, Junior selección, Latin America, Olympic Football Tournament, Olympic Games, Players, Selección, Sergio Agüero, Sergio Batista, Sergio Romero, Soccerlens, lionel messi

August 3, 2008

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...
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Tags: Acosta, Angel Di María, Argentina, Argentina Olympic squad, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Argentines abroad, Athens, Diego Buonanotte, Ever Banega, Ezequiel Garay, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Fernando Gago, Football, Football managers, International football, Javier Mascherano, Juan Román Riquelme, Junior selección, Latin America, Messi, Olympic Football Tournament, Olympic Games, Players, Selección, Sergio Agüero, Sergio Batista, Sergio Romero, Soccerlens, agüero, games, lionel messi

July 30, 2008

Messi’s going to Beijing

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Good news for Sergio Batista. Lionel Messi's decision was announced on Wednesday, and he's got FIFA's backing: he wants to link up with Argentina's Olympic squad for the Beijing 2008 Games. With the callup now accepted by the player, Barcelona are obliged under FIFA's regulations to release Messi for the tournament, since as an under-23, [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Argentina, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Argentines abroad, Barcelona, Batista, Beijing 2008, Football, Football managers, International football, Junior selección, Latin America, Messi, Olympic Football Tournament, Olympic Games, Olympic football, Players, Selección, Sergio Batista, games, lionel messi

July 29, 2008

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...
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July 2, 2008

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...
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Tags: Angel Di María, Argentina, Argentina Olympic football squad, Argentina fixtures, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Argentines abroad, Batista, Beijing 2008, Demichelis, Diego Buonanotte, Ever Banega, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Fernando Gago, Football, Football managers, International football, Javier Mascherano, Juan Román Riquelme, Junior selección, Latin America, Olympic Football Tournament, Olympic Games, Olympic football, Players, Real Madrid, Selección, Sergio Agüero, Sergio Batista, Sergio Romero, coach, lionel messi

May 20, 2008

Another Olympic inclusion, and Maradona the United fan

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Sergio Batista has added another name to Argentina's squad for the Olympic Football Tournament in August. Or, more specifically, for the friendly against Catalunya in Camp Nou on Saturday. Nicolás Pareja, the young defender for Anderlecht of Belgium, joins up with the rest of the squad, some of whom flew to Barcelona from Buenos Aires [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Argentina, Argentina Olympic football squad, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Argentines abroad, Cannes Film Festival, Catalonia Argentina, Continental football, Diego Maradona, Diego Valeri, Fixtures, Football, Former players, International football, Junior selección, Latin America, Maradona, Maradona and Pelé, Mauro Zárate, Olympic Football Tournament, Olympic Games, Pareja, Players, Selección, Sergio Batista, carlos tevez

February 19, 2008

Olympic defeat

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The bulk of Argentina's Olympic Games squad played a friendly behind closed doors at the AFA's training complex in Ezeiza on Tuesday, and lost 4-2 against a Panamanian side who were notably fitter and more motivated. Whilst the match was only an evalution session for Argentine coach Sergio Batista, Panama have to qualify for the [. Click to continue reading...
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February 7, 2008

Pre-Olympic friendly: Argentina 5 - 0 Guatemala

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The Argentine Olympic football squad had their first preperatory friendly under Sergio Batista's stewardship in the early hours (Argentine time) of Thursday morning, and easily beat Guatemala by five goals to nil. Accepting that their rivals will hardly be challenging for the title themselves, Batista none the less declared himself 'very pleased with the attitude' [. Click to continue reading...
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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...
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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...
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January 19, 2008

The over-23 club

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The three players who will be Argentina's 'over age' inclusions in their squad for the Olympic Games in Beijing in September have been named. Sergio Batista, the 1986 World Cup winner, will be the manager. Don't worry - Alfio Basile's not lost his job. The AFA just want to give things a bit of variety [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Argentina, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Argentines abroad, Beijing 2008, Demichelis, Fixtures, Football, Football managers, Guatemala, International football, Javier Mascherano, Juan Román Riquelme, Latin America, Mascherano, Olympic Games, Olympic Games Football Tournament, Players, Selección, Sergio Batista, riquelme