Argentina make perfect start to World Cup qualification with victory in La Paz
The last time Argentina secured victory in La Paz, Lionel Scaloni lined up in starting eleven as the Albiceleste won 2-1 on the way to qualifying for the 2006 World […]
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Lionel Messi gives Argentina victory in World Cup qualification opener
The points were all that mattered on Thursday evening at La Bombonera and so Argentina’s narrow victory over Ecuador should be deemed a successful start to South American World Cup […]
Transfer round-up: Lucas Martínez Quarta the big mover in busy window
Football in Argentina is yet to return and financial troubles have led to an understandably quiet window within the country but a late flurry of transfer activity in Europe saw […]
Copa Libertadores: River Plate, Boca Juniors & Racing secure last 16 spots, Defensa y Justicia falter in Ecuador & Tigre go out (VIDEO)
Three may still be four as River Plate, Boca Juniors and Racing Club all booked their places in the Copa Libertadores last 16 this week. Primera Nacional Tigre’s dreams were […]
Vélez midfielder Lucas Robertone completes Almería switch
Lucas Robertone becomes the latest Vélez Sarsfield academy product to make the leap to Europe after the midfielder’s transfer to Almería was confirmed on Thursday. The Spanish Segunda División side […]
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Fausto Vera on life at Argentinos Juniors, transfer speculation & Argentina aspirations
2020 – best laid plans and all that. Argentinos Juniors had just finished the Superliga season fifth and in doing so secured a place in the 2021 Copa Libertadores, midfielder […]
Lanús defender Lautaro Valenti completes Parma move
Serie A club Parma confirmed their first signing of the window but Lautaro Valenti’s move to Italy is the latest significant loss to Lanús. It came as no surprise after […]
Copa Libertadores: Salvio leaves it late as Boca win in Medellin (VIDEO)
Boca Juniors closed in on a place in the last 16 of this year’s Copa Libertadores with a 1-0 win over Independiente Medellín in Colombia on Thursday evening. Following up […]
Copa Libertadores: Late goals give Racing victory in Lima & Defensa y Justicia bag important three points (VIDEO)
Racing made hard work of securing victory against lesser opponents but following last week’s defeat to Nacional, Sebastián Beccacece’s side made their passage to the last 16 almost certain with […]
Copa Libertadores: River Plate thrash Binacional (again) & Bolivar hold Tigre (VIDEO)
River Plate could consider themselves unfortunate to only earn a point last week against São Paulo but made amends on Tuesday evening in emphatic fashion as Marcelo Gallardo’s side put […]
Scout report: Lanús star Pedro De La Vega
By Peter Coates “Usually when you’re not training with the first team, the speed is different, but the truth is, he is a kid who was ready for it.” Eventual […]
PODCAST: Julio Arca exclusive interview – From U20 glory, life at Sunderland & Boro to Sunday League football
Peter and Tom are joined by Julio Arca to chat at length about his career. From his beginning with Argentinos Juniors, the under-20 World Cup triumph, his daunting move to […]
Assessing Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina squad for October World Cup qualifiers
It looked as though coronavirus would send October’s World Cup qualifiers the same way as that of the original start date in March or the 2020 Copa América but with […]
Copa Libertadores: Boca victorious in Paraguay as part of impressive Argentinian return (VIDEO)
After six months without as much as a friendly to prepare Argentinian clubs were thrust back into Copa Libertadores action on Thursday and aside from Tigre’s expected struggles it was […]
Scout report: Highly sought after Talleres striker Nahuel Bustos
By Tom Robinson Arsene Wenger once asserted that “South America is the only continent to develop strikers today”, and the Argentinian Primera has always proved to be a great testing […]
Scout report – Argentinos Juniors midfielder Fausto Vera
El Semillero del Mundo (The seedbed of the world) reads on a wall at the training ground at Argentinos Juniors. Beneath that in bold, capitalized letters is the name of […]
Emanuel Reynoso completes Minnesota United move – reasons for the Loons to be excited
It may have taken the best part of a year to complete but Minnesota United finally confirmed the signing of Emanuel Reynoso from Boca Juniors. The 24-year-old completed a transfer […]
Alexis Mac Allister promises more for Brighton next season
It was in the Brazilian city of Curitiba around this time last year that Alexis Mac Allister announced himself to the Boca Juniors faithful. A stinging long range effort in […]
Argentinians on the move? A look at all the possible European transfers involving Argentinian players
By Amit Menon With all top European leagues coming to an end for the 2019-20 season, this will be an unprecedented transfer window with clubs being challenged financially. The potential […]
PODCAST – Covid-19 in South American football & who was the best Argentinian in Europe?
With Coronavirus still posing a problem to the sporting calendar Peter and Tom discuss how South America has been impacted and when things will return to something like normality. With […]
