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Looking Back on Argentina 2008

December 9th, 2008 | By: Christian | 190 Comments »

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, [...]

Giving Thanks

November 26th, 2008 | By: Christian | 170 Comments »

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 [...]

Superclasico Sunday: Argentina’s Biggest Rivals Get Set to Battle

October 19th, 2008 | By: Christian | 62 Comments »

The biggest derby in all Argentina will resume once again today, when River Plate host Boca Juniors at the Monumental this afternoon. You can watch live at on Fox Sports Espanol at 2PM ET/11AM PT, or delayed on FSC at 4:30 PM ET/1:30 PM PT, though if you’ve ever heard the announcer who calls those [...]

Weekend Match Thread

September 13th, 2008 | By: Christian | 25 Comments »

Leave your comments here for the huge slate of weekend games already underway across Europe and Argentina.
Carlos Tevez already scored in Manchester United’s 1-2 loss to Liverpool, and Barcelona, Inter Milan, and Atletico Madrid, all playing today. Tomorrow, Boca, current leaders in the Argentine Apertura, face a huge derby match tomorrow against an Independiente side [...]

Argentina Book a Spot in the Quarters, and Apertura Kicks Off

August 12th, 2008 | By: Christian | 25 Comments »

With Sunday’s 1-0 victory over Australia at this year’s Beijing Olympics, Argentina have now booked a place in the quarter-finals, and a win this Wednesday against Serbia guarantees that Sergio Batista’s squad will secure top spot in Group A. However should the Ivory Coast fail to win their final match against Australia, los albicelestes could [...]


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