World Cup 2010 Argentina Football Blog

Two inspired substitutions from under fire coach Diego Maradona helped Argentina to an entertaining 3-2 victory, condemning Russia to a rare home defeat.
Lisandro Lopez and debutant Jesus Datolo both scored within a minute of coming on to give the out of form South Americans a morale boosting win ahead of their crucial upcoming World Cup qualifiers following [...]

“For one of our players to get hurt would be catastrophic.”
With key back to back qualifying matches against Brazil and Paraguay in September, it is no surprise that Diego Maradona is apprehensive about his team’s friendly match with Russia on Wednesday. Normally, you find international managers appreciate the oddly timed friendlies as it gives them the [...]

A Walter Ayovi powerdrive consigned Argentina to another defeat in the high altitudes to leave them with a battle to qualify when matches resume.
After failing to take their chances earlier in the game, Diego Maradona’s men faded dramatically as the match wore on and were eventually punished with two high quality strikes.
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An unlikely second half winner from Getafe defender Daniel “Cata” Diaz saw Argentina scrape to victory over a short of confidence Columbia side in Buenos Aires.
A corner from the recently recalled Juan Sebastien Veron eventually found Diaz at the back post who expertly volleyed an unstoppable shot past David Ospina in the Columbia goal to give [...]

Following the disastrous 6-1 away defeat to Bolivia, Argentina will attempt to get back to basics as they host Columbia in what is shaping up to be an extremely important World Cup Qualifier.
Diego Maradona’s men are currently positioned in the final automatic qualification spot with only 6 games remaining. However, with 5th placed Uruguay breathing [...]

Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Carlos Tevez, Javier Zanetti, Javier Mascherano, Gabriel Heinze and Maxi Rodriguez. This is just part of the wealth of talent that the Argentina National team have at their disposal. Nevertheless the Argies, who haven’t won the World Cup since 1986, are making qualification difficult for themselves under the recently appointed manager, [...]

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