After back-to-back Copa América final defeats and last year’s outburst that prompted a CONMEBOL suspension Lionel Messi would be forgiven for not having the most positive outlook towards South America’s […]
They say never meet your idols and in Argentinian football they don’t come much bigger than Juan Román Riquelme. Yet for Argentinos Juniors’ Damián Batallini not only did he meet […]
Episode Two of our series of podcasts on icons of Argentinian football sees Peter and Tom reminisce on the career of Gabriel Batistuta with Italian football journalist Richard Hall. From his […]
Argentina mourns on Friday morning the tragic passing of one of its greatest ever players. Though the wider world might not be aware of Tomás ‘El Trinche’ Carlovich, for those […]
To kick off a new series of podcasts on icons of Argentinian football, Peter and Tom are joined by Jamie Ralph from Newell’s Old Boys in English and sports writer Tim Rich to […]
Alexia Furmanski Boca Juniors’ forward Sebastián Villa is at the centre of domestic violence claims after his partner Daniela Cortes accused the 23-year-old of physical and psychological abuse. On April […]
Alexia Furmanski makes her Golazo debut with an update on Paulo Gazzaniga’s Spurs career to date and whether the Murphy-born stopper has done enough to convince Jose Mourinho he has […]
While 2019 may have seen Argentina’s wait for a senior trophy extend wearily into a 27th year Lionel Scaloni’s new look side followed up their Copa América semi-final defeat to […]
The port city of Avellaneda, just south of Buenos Aires, is fiercely either red or blue with only a couple of hundred yards separating historic rivals Club Atlético Independiente and […]
A nation that has produced arguably the two greatest players to have ever laced up a pair of boots is likely to have a pretty decent all time XI but […]
Under lockdown in Buenos Aires and in many other parts of the world, we are back with another podcast! Peter and Tom are joined by Tom Nash, the man behind the […]
It will be the last action for a while but the Copa Superliga wrapped up its first round of fixtures on Monday evening with victories for Colón and Argentinos Juniors. […]
The Copa Superliga’s days may already be numbered and whether another round of fixtures are played remains to be seen but Racing Club treated those watching on television to a […]
A little delayed but Peter & Tom look back on the Superliga’s night of high drama as Carlos Tevez led Boca Juniors to the title from under the nose of […]
Although the Estadio Monumental remained locked and the Superliga must now decide what to do with River Plate there were two other Copa Superliga matches on Saturday with Boca Juniors […]
None of the teams involved in the Copa Superliga’s opening day appeared particularly pleased to be there but San Lorenzo secured victory over Patronato to make a winning start in […]
The Copa Libertadores might be taking a break due to the global health emergency but Racing Club are well placed for the restart after securing a second victory in Group […]
It will take more than a win over Binacional at an empty Monumental to forget about the disappointment of last Saturday’s Superliga finish but an eight-goal thrashing to kick start […]
The celebrations continued in La Bombonera on Tuesday night as Boca Juniors followed up Saturday’s Superliga title triumph with a 3-0 win over Independiente Medellín in the Copa Libertadores. Last […]
The last game of Lionel Messi’s suspension will rule the Argentina captain out of La Albiceleste’s opening World Cup qualifier against Ecuador later this month but Messi remains a central […]
