Without question, THE match of the weekend has to be this electrifying fixture in Spain’s La Liga between Lionel Messi’s Barca and Sergio Aguero’s Atletico. Unfortunately I won’t be able to see the game live, but for those who do, please leave your comments below.
You can catch it live on GOLTV at 4pm ET/1pm [...]

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 [...]

I just want to apologize for not posting in a while, things have been pretty hectic, and I haven’t been able to devote as much time to this as I would have liked.
Now, let’s talk about the Olympics and Argentina v. Paraguay. First, of all, I’d just like to establish a few things:
1. Revenge [...]

As this page prepares for 2008 Olympics, with Argentina’s opening Group A match against Australia less than a montha away, here is a brief look at some of the big stories currently going on in world football. Please include any other stories/rumors below.
The Argentina WCB will be focusing a lot on the upcoming Olympic games, [...]

Let me take a brief moment to thank all of the readers and posters who this past week made this blog the most popular of any non-Europe page on the World Cup Blog, a great acheivement considering the extensive coverage of the Euros right now. Looking over the numbers, it turns out we had over [...]

After driving 2100 miles ‘cross country from Chicago to my new home in San Diego, and spending the past few days getting used to my new digs, I can at last put all my focus back on the futbol, and specifically, tomorrow’s qualifier against Ecuador, which you can watch live online on JumpTV at 5:10PM [...]

Watch Live now, on ESPN Classic or Galavision, 7:30PM ET, as Argentina face the USA at Giants Stadium.
Argentina Starting XI:
“Pato” Abbondanzieri
Gonzalo Rodríguez, Gabriel Heinze, Nicolas Burdisso,
Pablo Zabaleta, Javier Mascherano, Fernando Gago, Maxi Rodríguez
Lionel Messi
Sergio Agüero, Julio Cruz
Subs:
Sergio Romero, Javier Zanetti, Martín Demichelis, Jonas Gutiérrez, José Sosa, Ever Banega, Fernando Cavenaghi

With the seasons in Europe over, the Champions League final this Wednesday, and the Copa Libertadores and Primera coming to a close, we can at last look ahead to the national team over the summer. With international friendles, World Cup Qualifiers, and the China Olympics, it’ll be a busy summer for the albiceleste.
So with [...]

Leave your comments below for tonight’s massive game in Buenos Aires, when Boca will host Mexican club Atlas at Vélez Sarsfield’s Estadio Amalfitani after the Bombonera was suspended from hosting home matches last week. You can watch it live on Fox Sports Español at 6PM ET, or delayed at 10PM.
Riquelme, Palermo, Marioni – IMO this [...]

Two more teams from Argentina were eliminated from the Copa Libertadores last night, first Estudiantes who despite winning 2-1 last night at home to LDU Quito, lost 3-2 on aggregate, while Lanus meanwhile drew with Atlas in Mexico 2-2, but also went out 3-2 over both legs. After Arsenal’s woeful display in the group stage, [...]