South American Futbol - Libertadores, Sudamericana, World Cup 2010

Argentine football produces a great number of talented players that go on to greater things when they reach the elite leagues of European football. In my opinion the following 10 players from the local Argentine first division will most likely succeed in the top leagues of European football in the near future (note that some [...]

Mauro Boselli affirmed that the main priority of Estudiantes de La Plata is the Club World Cup in December, and even if they have chances of winning the Argentine Apertura championship, the international competition comes first. “Even if we are towards the end of the Apertura, the priority is the Club World Cup,” Boselli insisted [...]

Banfield remain at the top of the Argentine Apertura championship after edging San Lorenzo 1-0 at the Nuevo Gasometro stadium on Sunday. The only goal of the match was scored by exciting Uruguayan striker Sebastian Fernandez in the second half. It was a very even contest with both sides creating their fare share of goal [...]

If his incredible two-goal display against Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday was any indication, Atlético Madrid superstar Sergio Agüero could be on the path to recovery after a frustrating beginning to the 2009-10 season. “Kun” entered the field in the second half and made an instant impact, firing Atlético ahead with a [...]

Former Argentine international, Juan Roman Riquelme, is likely to leave Boca Juniors for a move to Corinthians of Brazil next year, reported Argentine newspaper Ole on Friday. Corinthians won´t pull out of negotiations with Boca Juniors for the playmaker, and it seems that the possibilities of a future transfer have increased. Luis Paulo Rosemberg, the [...]

Adidas presented the shirt that Argentina will wear during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The style of the shirt is a mixture between the one´s used by Los Albicelestes for the ´78 and ´86 World Cups. Argentina´s World Cup shirt was unveiled on Thursday. Adidas presented the shirt that Diego Maradona´s side will [...]

Former Argentine international, Ariel Ortega, stated to the local press that he is fed up and on the verge of announcing his retirement. Ortega has been a shadow of his former self at River Plate this season and asked Leonardo Astrada to be left out of last Sunday´s Apertura championship game against Lanus. Sources close [...]

Argentina´s two most successful clubs Boca Juniors and River Plate suffered narrow defeats in round 11 of the Argentine Apertura championship on Sunday. Boca were beaten 2-1 by Gimnasia de La Plata and River were ousted 1-0 by Lanus. Jesus Mendez gave Rosario the lead in the 4th minute when he fired home a brilliant [...]

Racing Club crushed Atletico Tucuman 4-0 on Halloween for their first three points of the Argentine Apertura championship. La Academia won the match courtesy of goals from Pablo Luguercio, Pablo Caballero, Lucas Aveldano and an own goal from Hector Desvaux. Despite the win, Racing are still in the relegation zone, and are in much need [...]

Diego Maradona, the coach of the Argentine national team, has selected his foreign based players to face Spain in a high profile friendly match on Nov.14. The biggest surprise was the return of Inter Milan midfielder Esteban Cambiasso. It was the first time Maradona presented Cambiasso with a call up since becoming the coach of [...]