By Paul Gardner LONDON — Carlos Tevez, it would appear, has committed the worst act that any soccerplayer has ever been guilty of. What he did, it seems, is to refuse to go on to the field as a substitute during the second half of Manchester City’s Champions League game against BayernMunich. That is his […]
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Matias Urbano: King of the rabona
[VIDEO PICK] Twice within a week, Matias Urbano of Chile’s Union San Felipe scored with a rabona shot. The Argentine striker provedthat the behind-the-leg shot isn’t just for show … Urbano’s rabona in a 1-1 tie with Union La Calera: In a 2-1win over Deportes Iquique — followed by a unique celebration:
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Gruff La Volpe throws in towel in Costa Rica
Gruff Ricardo La Volpe didn’t last long in Costa Rica. Less than a year after arriving with big plans to revive the Ticos, the Argentine quit the nationalteam. “When I got here, I talked of a project … of building a new national team,” the 59-year-old La Volpe said. “What for me is the most […]
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Signing of 7-year-old Argentine overhyped
Real Madrid’s “signing” of 7-year-old Argentine Leonel Angel Coira received lots of attention in the media, but was it really a move by the Merengues tosnatch up Coira before another club paid a huge transfer fee for him, as was suggested? “There is no contract,” said Juan Tapiador,manager of the youth division of Real Madrid. […]
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2011 Copa America this weekend …
[SCOREBOARD] Uruguay eliminated host Argentina from the 2011 Copa America with a 5-4 shootout win after their game ended 1-1. Carlos Tevez was the only player to miss his penalty kick. Carlos Augusto Lobaton and Juan Manuel Vargasscored in overtime to give Peru a 2-0 win over Colombia and reach the Copa America semifinals for […]
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Changes bring Argentina and Brazil to life
Plagued by low-scoring games, the Copa America finally came to life on the final day of group play when favorites Argentina and Brazil finally recorded their first wins — and big wins at that. Argentina star Lionel Messi had seen little of the ball in the first two games, so Coach Sergio Batistaabandoned his defensive […]
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Argentine playmaker joins Fire
[MLS] Given the limited resources available to most MLS teams, playmakers signed by the league’s clubs are rarely those that generate big headlines andmajor media frenzy. So it is for Chicago, which on Wednesday announced the signing of Argentine Sebastian Grazzini, who has played in Spain, Italy, Venezuelaand Belgium as well as his native country. […]
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2011 Copa America this weekend …
[SCOREBOARD] Host Argentina won its first game at the Copa America, beating Costa Rica, 3-0, thanks to a pair of goals by Sergio Aguero and a goal from Angel Di Maria and went through to the quarterfinals as the runner-up in Group A behind Colombia. For all the action… Group A July 1 Argentina 1 […]
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2011 Copa America this week …
[SCOREBOARD] Cementerio de los Elefantes (“Cemetery of the Elephants”) is an appropriate nickname for the Estadio Brigadier Estanislao Lopez in Santa Fe as hostArgentina put on another dreadful display at the Copa America, settling for a 0-0 tie with Colombia on Wednesday. It was the second tie in two games for Argentina, which got another […]
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Argentina saved from disaster at Copa America gala opening
By Paul Gardner Admittedly, I did not get what I wanted from the Grand Opening Game of the Copa America between Argentina and Bolivia. I was looking for afestival of the skilled, artistic soccer that is the Latin game. Maybe we’ll still get plenty of that as the tournament unfolds, but we didn’t get much […]