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Six players to watch in the Argentine Primera

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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...

Six Primera stars that could top European shopping lists in January

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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...

Gago aiming to put injuries behind him and orchestrate Superclasico victory

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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...

Top Match Preview: Underachieving Argentina on the brink of crisis

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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...

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

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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...

Nelson Vivas’ Estudiantes setting the pace in Argentina

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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...

Ten Players to Watch in the 2016/17 Primera Division

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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...