Hello everyone!
Here are the upcoming friendly matches that Argentina are going to play:
14.11.09 Spain Argentina
16.12.09 Argentina Czech Republic
03.03.10 Germany Argentina
These are very important matches for us. Maradona has to show that he is truly capable of coaching the national team. I still have confidence and faith in [...]

Ok guys here we go! Sorry it took so long to start a new thread for this huge game. Well here we are, it’s do or die for Argentina. Well a tie might do them good. I think AFA needs a big scare. I think Maradona will be replaced after Argentina [...]

Well here we are guys! Let’s analyze, criticize and discuss this matchup. It will be played on October 10, at 7pm, at the River Plate stadium in Buenos Aires. So, I read somewhere that Palermo is going to start and he is going to be able to select who he would like to [...]

Well Hello everyone! I am going to try my hand at updating the threads every week or so. I noticed that it hasn’t been updated for awhile, and I was getting tired of seeing the same old CHAMPIONS LEAGUE thing…how about you guys???
I think we should try to begin forgetting [...]

Diego Maradona today released the names of 20 players who will take part in the upcoming February 11th friendly against France in Marseille.
While many of the names come as no surprise (Mascherano, Messi, Agüero), the selection of Walter Samuel certainly is, with the former Boca Juniors player making his first appearance with the national team [...]

With 2009 already underway, the prospect of an exciting 12 months of football now lies before us. Even in the first two weeks of the new year, we are already seeing some of the biggest potential stories (Tevez’s potential move from Man. United, Messi’s brilliant performance against Atletico Madrid) already making news.
But before we completely [...]

One year ago, not long after I began moderating the blog, I asked everyone to submit their favorite stories from 2007. As December winds down, I invite you all once again to share your thoughts on the year that was Argentina 2008, as well as what you look most forward to in ‘09.
So as before, [...]

The Argentina World Cup Blog will be on hiatus the next few days for the Thanksgiving holiday. Seeing as the blog hasn’t been updated since last week, I’m sure this hardly comes as news to some of you
But there will still be plenty of football action over the weekend, so as always, I [...]

Diego Maradona today released his list of 20 players to be called up for the November 19th friendly against Scotland, his first official act since becoming head coach.
At a press conference this afternoon, el Diez, standing between Carlos Bilardo and Julio Grondona, sounded quite confident in his selection, saying of the upcoming match against the [...]

In his first act of business as head coach, Diego Maradona will travel to England this weekend to monitor the progress of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.
Not wanting to waste anytime getting started with his first-team selection, El Diez will fly to England tomorrow to see two of Argentina’s top stars, first visiting Tevez’s Manchester [...]