Category: Argentina

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Post-Maradona Blues: Number 10s in the Shadow of an Icon

Post-Maradona Blues: Number 10s in the Shadow of an Icon

Icons cast long shadows. Just ask every Russian goalkeeper since Lev Yashin, every jinking Brazilian since Pelé, and every English forward since Fr [...]
Atletico Madrid v Celtic 1974: The Shame Game

Atletico Madrid v Celtic 1974: The Shame Game

It’s 1974, and the last remnants of the Lisbon Lions are cruising towards another European final, and all seems good, right? Well, they came up aga [...]
Messi’s Greatness Near Indisputable, But U.S.A. Have Lessons to Learn

Messi’s Greatness Near Indisputable, But U.S.A. Have Lessons to Learn

It was supposed to be the biggest game in US soccer history, and maybe in some ways it will still be significant, but it might have been even more sig [...]
Maradona’s Andalusian Nightmare

Maradona’s Andalusian Nightmare

Just a few years removed from the World Cup Final at Italia ’90, Diego Armando Maradona would find himself in a particularly grim situation at Napoli. [...]
Matías Kranevitter – Argentina’s Next Number Five

Matías Kranevitter – Argentina’s Next Number Five

Part of the #WFIFriday series, written by @JDNalton Matías Kranevitter was born in San Miguel de Tucumán, a city located in the north of Argent [...]
World Cup 2014 Team of The Tournament

World Cup 2014 Team of The Tournament

Below is a team of the tournament made up of players who played in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. At the bottom of this article is the "official" team [...]
Héctor Villalba – Working on the Wing

Héctor Villalba – Working on the Wing

Hailing from the streets of Villa 1-11-14 in Buenos Aires, Héctor Villalba has risen through the ranks at his local club to the point where he’s now i [...]
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