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Ibarra not even considered for national team.

January 17th, 2006 | By: Kris | 11 Comments »

This guy in my opinion is the best right back Argentina has to offer. He continues his success with Boca Jrs shutting down forwards and also helps greatly with the attack. Recently in a game between Boca and River he pulled a “Maradona” dribbling from midfield but instead of scoring he passed the ball to Palacio on a silver platter for an easy goal.

This guy is capable of playing from the back. He is calm and collected and very very smart. The only thing that I can see that is stopping him from becoming the best defender in the world is his height. He is rather short but in my opinion makes up for it with his technique and intelligence. He knows when he has to boot the ball, he knows when its time to play a ball one touch, and he knows when he has to travel with the ball. Oh and very rarely do you see him getting beat 1 on 1 with a forward.

If you dont know you should find out!

Probably one of the best defenders Boca Jrs has produced in a long time……

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Comments

By Juan Carlos | January 17th, 2006 at 7:58 pm

pekerman would be smart to give him a look, but pekerman isn’t very smart so he probably has no chance. how tall is he? looks very short when i see him on tv.

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By Kris | January 17th, 2006 at 8:35 pm

Well its not really only pekermans fault i think its all of AFA that for some reason doesnt think this guy can play on the national team. In my opinion he cant be more that 5 foot 8. Dont judge pekerman yet. He still hasnt had a chance. Wait until he does something stupid in the World Cup. Hey you never know Argentina could take it this year.

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By Patrick | January 22nd, 2006 at 3:18 pm

I think Hugo Ibarra is a wonderful player. He is confident on the ball and has excellent passing ability. That being said, I think he is a bit old and a bit under experienced for the Argentine national team.

He will be 32 years old this year and he has very limited experience in Europe. His success in Europe has been mixed, having reached the 2004 Champions League Final against Porto, but being transferred the following season to Espanyol in Barcelona. There is no doubt that Ibarra has won the hearts of Boca fans, but his lack of success in Europe could indicate he’s not a World Cup player. I think Boca’s central defender, Daniel “Cata” Diaz, has a greater chance in being called up for the national squad than Hugo Ibarra.

P.S. Hugo Ibarra is 1.70m, which makes him fairly short in comparison to other Argentine defenders.

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By Kris | January 22nd, 2006 at 4:38 pm

absolutely but Argentina needs to do something about that defense fast before it is too late. Most of the argentine defenders have a bad rep in europe for example; Samuel = red card hooligan, Coloccini = starter/ bench warmer on a day to day basis, Heinze = came out of no where to play for Man United and hasnt really showed too much promise.

And for his age 32 doesnt matter since the world cup is this year. Soccer is one of those sports that it really doesnt matter how tall you are as long as you know how to use your body and since he is a right back and not a central defender I definately think he should get a chance in 06.

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By cubeboy101 | February 3rd, 2006 at 4:16 pm

heine not shown mutch promice he was up for player of the tornament at the confed cup and lostout by a mear point he galvanised man utd defence since he has been injured man us defence has fell apart he has scored winning goals for argentina and he was by far the best defender at the cuppa america and the olympics last year he played 2 tounaments in a row then went on to play a great season for man utd with out any breaks or rest heines is one of the greatest all round defenders in world soccer what planet are you on

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By cubeboy101 | February 3rd, 2006 at 4:17 pm

theres no player in world soccer with the engine and 90 minutes with out stopping runs of henise try looking when he plays

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By JP | February 7th, 2006 at 7:23 pm

In response to Kris: Heinze has been a marvel for Man U, and was officially THE Man U fan favorite in ‘05. Remarkable, I’d say, for a dreaded Argentine.
Re Ibarra: Tough little engine, but where Argentina will trump Brazil is in having (potentially) the best defensive line-up ever seen…ever: Ayala, Heinze, Coloccini, hopefully Mascherano up top: impassable. Imagine that behind something like Riquelme + Aimar/Cambiasso in the middle, and Tevez, Messi, Cruz/Crespo, Aguero up front…It’ll never happen, but it’d be cool. Problem with Argentina is the over-abundance of talent makes the final pick excruciating. Forget Ibarra, what about Maxi Rodriguez, Saviola, Delgado, de Michelis, the Milito brothers, Santana, Maxi Lopez, d’Alessandro, etc., etc. Argentina could easily field two entirely separate world cup teams that would have a good chance of winning…Brazil has some monsters up front, but what the hell have they produced since Roberto Carlos and Dida behind the midline?

If Argentina doesn’t do well in ‘06 it’ll be because Pekerman couldn’t find the right combination AND because they will field (without room for doubt) THE WORST goalkeeper in the tournament – Abbondanzieri…

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By Kris | February 7th, 2006 at 11:19 pm

TRUE TRUE.. good point.. but your not gonna tell me Coloccini is that much better than Ibarra.. He definitely does not have the ball skill Ibarra has..

Whats wrong with Abbondanzieri? I really wanna know not being sarcastic at all bcuz I dunno about his goalie skillz but damm the guy can punt the ball across the field and put it on a guys chest or foot or even in front of him like a through ball..Sickening accuracy i have never seen from a keeper.. Looks like a midfielder playing goalie.

What would be your choice as starting keeper??

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By JP | February 8th, 2006 at 2:10 am

Argentina has broken with its long tradition of outstanding keepers…Filliol, Goycochea to name a couple. Sadly, there are no obvious choices. Lux won the Olympics with a clean sheet: something that’s never been done in a world soccer competition – men’s, women’s, juniors, what have you. This said, he was behind much of the aforementioned defense. He’s looked vulnerable for River. Franco is very erratic. There aren’t any others that leap to mind. Besides, Abbondanzieri is perceived as a leader in the clubhouse & his recent heroics beating that Mexican squad in a shootout (in the Sudamericana) was the stuff of legend (though, to your point, it was for scoring more than saving)…In my view: He’s a keeper in two dimensions: excellent reflexes, can stop shots. Anything crossing, coming in diagonals, or one-on-one he’s awful…

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By JP | February 8th, 2006 at 3:44 pm

Don’t know where I read about Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (in reference to Messi, Aguero, Tevez, Saviola…) but has anyone just watched what Diego Milito has done to Real Madrid? Hat Trick in first 35 minutes!!! He keeps this form – He’s on the squad…

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By mightie | February 9th, 2006 at 12:01 pm

i havent seen him playing but if he is really a good right back then he should be considered by foreign managers, since the national manager (pekerman) is ignoring him.
i think local players are rated way below the foreign players, its true that some times the local players are much better than the foreign players. It seems that a good player is rated by how much money he makes annually.

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