Archive for the ‘Football Soccer Argentina’ Category
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
My son Nicholas and I arrived in Buenos Aires on a cold and rainy Saturday morning during the week of the World Cup Finals. We originally planned the trip with the hopes that Argentina would be in the semifinals and go on to win in the final. Everywhere we stopped ...
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Grizzled veteran of the 'popular' Daniel Edwards takes a whistle-stop tour of the very best (and worst) places to watch Argentine football.
Non-stop singing, drums, record-breaking banners, pyrotechnics and the odd near-riot; Argentine matches boast everything that, for better or worse, European football has managed to eradicate from its stands. A ...
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
In the last eight tournaments, the Argentina Primera Division has yielded eight different champions. There is perhaps no league in the world that has produced such a level of unpredictability and excitement, especially in an era when only two or three sides have a realistic chance of winning in the ...
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Friday, July 23rd, 2010
Fixture a major part of country's ongoing bicentennial celebrations...
Argentina will host world champions Spain in Buenos Aires on September 7, in what will be La Seleccion's third match since crashing out of South Africa in the quarter-final stage.
Clarin reports that the friendly was originally scheduled to be played in New York, ...
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Saturday, July 17th, 2010
08/08/2010: River vs Tigre
15/08/2010: Boca vs Racing
22/08/2010: River vs Independiente
26/08/2010: Independiente vs Argentinos
29/08/2010: Boca vs Velez
02/09/2010: Vélez vs Banfield
05/09/2010: Boca vs San Lorenzo
07/09/2010: Argentinos vs Independiente
08/09/2010: Estudiantes vs Liga de Quito
12/09/2010: River vs Arsenal
16/09/2010: Banfield vs Velez
16/09/2010: Estudiantes vs Newell's
19/09/2010: Boca vs Colon
26/09/2010: River vs Quilmes
03/10/2010: Boca vs Lanus
10/10/2010: River ...
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
An Argentine lawmaker on Wednesday suggested erecting a statue to football coach Diego Maradona in the capital Buenos Aires as he sponsored a bill to honour one of the country's most famous sons.
Maradona, who will be 50 later this year, still has great public cachet in his homeland despite Argentina ...
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
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Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Carlos Tevez scored twice — once on a disputed goal — and Gonzalo Higuain added another as Argentina beat Mexico 3-1 on Sunday to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals.
Tevez was offside when he headed in a pass from Lionel Messi in the 26th minute. Referee Roberto Rosetti of Italy ...
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Saturday, June 26th, 2010
Maradona's men have perfect record to date, but el Tri will be no pushovers... Kick Off: Sunday, June 26, 2010. 16:00 CET. Soccer City, Johannesburg
Serious Stuff Starts
Argentina were one of only two nations to qualify from the group stages with a perfect record, but while any errors were previously correctable, ...
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
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