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Baldassi on short list for 2010
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Hector Baldassi has been named to the short list of 38 referees in the running for South Africa. He is the only Argentine on the list. The list will be pared down again to the final number in the coming months.
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Know the Candidates – Diego Maradona
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I probably don’t need to say much about him. He is universally known to soccer fans and non-soccer fans. Let’s see. World Cup winner and runner up. Seria A winner, UEFA Cup winner, Primera A winner, Copa del Rey, Copa de Italia, I’m sure there are more.
Category: UncategorizedKnow the Candidates – Sergio Batista
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Currently the Argentine U-20 coach and also the Olympic coach. A teammate of Diego Maradona on the World Cup winning squad of 1986 and runner up 1990.
Category: UncategorizedKnow the Candidates – Miguel Angel Russo
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His name has been linked heavily with the opening for the Selection and he seems to be one of the favorites. His managerial career has included multiple stops in Argentina, as well as Chile, Spain, and Mexico.
Category: UncategorizedFollowing El Coco
By: Jeremy | 2 Comments
Who will be the next coach of the train wreck that has become Argentina’s World Cup 2010 qualifying? Some people are confident that when AFA head Julio Grondona returns from his meetings with FIFA he will be naming Miguel Angel Russo, currently at league leading San Lorenzo, as the next coach. I think [...]
Category: UncategorizedRules of the Primera A
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Before I start posting about anything else, I thought a little explanation of how the league works is in order for those of you who aren’t familiar with the more intimate workings of the league.
The AFA (Argentine Football Association) runs the footy show there. The top league is the Primera A. It consists [...]
Category: UncategorizedWelcome to the Argentina blog
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Doing the Newell’s blog is a lot of fun, but I thought that I needed to sleep even less than I already do. So I upped and decided that blogging on Argentine football would be a suitable time filler.
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