The decision to accept a friendly against Israel in Jerusalem was always questionable but only three days before Argentina were due to play their final World Cup warm-up game, Jorge […]
The Argentine Football Association’s (AFA) decision to travel to take the national team to Jerusalem for the last World Cup warm-up game against Israel always looked like an odd decision […]
Jimmy Lee returns to take a look at a new generation of Argentina stars who appear to making the crucial step of earning Lionel Messi’s trust… Over the years, a […]
By Youssef Amin Lionel Messi is undisputedly the best player in the world right now, and arguably the greatest of all time. The man who all of Argentina’s hopes rest […]
It’s perhaps difficult to read too much into Argentina’s straight-forward 4-0 win over Haiti, but as La Albiceleste jet off to Barcelona to complete World Cup preparations, here are a […]
Not much could be garnered from Argentina’s comfortable 4-0 win over the limited opposition that Haiti offered at La Bombonera on Tuesday but as ever Lionel Messi was the inspiration. […]
After Cristian Pavón’s impressive display from the bench against Haiti, Jimmy Lee returns to Golazo to suggest that the Boca youngster is ready to supplant Ángel Di María in Argentina’s starting […]
“We’re not going as favourites but will give it our all,” Messi said after scoring a sixth international hat-trick of his career in Argentina’s routine farewell friendly win over Haiti. […]
It isn’t strange for Argentina to face weaker opponents in their final friendly on home soil before a World Cup and while the supporters in La Bombonera will be eager […]
By Youssef Amin Argentina’s embarrassment of riches in the striker positions are well documented. Sergio Agüero, Gonzalo Higuaín, Paulo Dybala, Mauro Icardi and Lautaro Martínez. Most countries would love to […]
The main attraction at Argentina’s open training session in Buenos Aires on Sunday was clear but while Lionel Messi shares the nation’s overwhelming desire for success, the Barcelona star has […]
by Daniel Fraiz-Martinez “It’s clear that we need to have a base system, which could well be the 2-3-3-2. This will allow us to occupy different levels on the pitch, […]
Premature moves to Europe are all too common for Argentina’s young players but while many make the move with little first team experience under their belt, few could argue that […]
One of the most recognisable faces in Argentine football over the past 30 years and a World Cup legend after his heroics in 1990, Claudio Caniggia spoke at length to Cristian […]
Lionel Messi is the quiet, unassuming commander-in-chief leading from example each time he walks onto the pitch but behind him rallying the troops is Argentina’s passionate, vocal deputy, El Jefecito, […]
Argentina were stunned on Tuesday with the news that Sergio Romero had suffered a knee injury in training and was ruled out of the World Cup. The goalkeeper’s replacement Nahuel […]
One of the few positions on the pitch that seemed fairly certain for Argentina was Sergio Romero’s status as number one but the Manchester United goalkeeper has suffered a knee […]
Lionel Messi and 22 others is the initial thought from Argentina’s World Cup squad for 2018, which is lacking one of Europe’s top sharp-shooters Jorge Sampaoli has named his final […]
It perhaps wasn’t the shake up many expected when Argentina appointed Jorge Sampaoli but after a fraught qualification campaign, La Albiceleste have the 23 that will head to Russia next […]
Any concerns that Argentina could bring only a half-fit Sergio Agüero to another major tournament have been squashed as the Manchester City striker returned to training in Ezeiza and admitted that […]
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