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Six players to watch in the Argentine Primera

by Peter Coates at Wednesday, Mar 1 2017 13:00
Six players to watch in the Argentine Primera Provided a strike doesn’t prompt another delay to the Argentine football calendar, on Friday evening actual Primera action will be making the headlines rather than scandal and farce at the AFA. After an extra-long summer break, the season resumes and leaders Boca Juniors will be hoping to hold...
Categories: Player Focus

Six Primera stars that could top European shopping lists in January

by Peter Coates at Friday, Dec 23 2016 12:45
Six Primera stars that could top European shopping lists in January As the temperature and humidity soars over the Christmas period in Argentina, the country’s football takes a much needed break, but while the Primera Division is usually crowning a champion of one of its short championships, this year it is just the halfway mark of a year-long tournament. Igno...
Categories: Scout Report

Gago aiming to put injuries behind him and orchestrate Superclasico victory

by Peter Coates at Friday, Dec 9 2016 13:05
Gago aiming to put injuries behind him and orchestrate Superclasico victory “It makes me very happy that Boca has raised its level and this has to do with one name: Fernando Gago.” These were the words of Boca Juniors’ iconic, two-time Copa Libertadores winner Mauricio Serna this week after Fernando Gago inspired Los Xeneizes to victory over Racing Club in...
Categories: Top Match Preview

Top Match Preview: Underachieving Argentina on the brink of crisis

by Peter Coates at Monday, Nov 14 2016 16:50
Top Match Preview: Underachieving Argentina on the brink of crisis “We are in a difficult situation but we know that qualification depends on us,” declared Edgardo Bauza in the aftermath of the horror show in Belo Horizonte on Thursday.While many had hoped that last month’s home defeat to Paraguay was the lowest point, the manner with which Brazil...
Categories: Top Match Preview

Hot Streak: Is Racing's Marcos Acuna ready to fill Di Maria's boots for Argentina?

by Peter Coates at Tuesday, Oct 25 2016 12:15
Hot Streak: Is Racing's Marcos Acuna ready to fill Di Maria's boots for Argentina? Argentina’s abject displays in the previous two World Cup qualifiers resulted in a fortunate draw with Peru, a humiliating defeat on home soil to Paraguay and several of the senior members of Edgardo Bauza’s squad coming under intense scrutiny. With many questioning how much longer La Al...
Categories: Hot Streak

Nelson Vivas’ Estudiantes setting the pace in Argentina

by Peter Coates at Tuesday, Sep 27 2016 11:53
Nelson Vivas’ Estudiantes setting the pace in Argentina For a regular Argentina international it is fair to say that Nelson Vivas’ spell under Arsene Wenger at Arsenal between 1998 and 2001 was underwhelming. Rash in the tackle and a tad too aggressive, it looked as though his coaching career might follow suit after he was forced to resign from his...
Categories: Team Focus

Ten Players to Watch in the 2016/17 Primera Division

by Peter Coates at Monday, Aug 15 2016 10:57
Ten Players to Watch in the 2016/17 Primera Division The new Argentine Primera season is less than a week away and yes it is still a colossal 30-team mess but gone are the two confusing zones and instead we have one enormous league that will run parallel with the European football calendar. Before you get too disheartened with the Argentine Football A...
Categories: Player Focus