When many speak of Osvaldo Zubeldía, the obvious answer is to look at him with reverence. After all, he was a passionate man who died doing something that he was deeply passionate about. After…
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IF YOU HAD TO BE STUCK IN A LIFT with one footballing personality, who would you want it to be? You could pass the time asking Andrés Iniesta what it’s like to…
This feature is part of Diego Maradona: the World Cup diaries And so to the end of this story, which has intertwined the experiences and narrative of four World Cups, a footballing…
This feature is part of Diego Maradona: the World Cup diaries BEFORE THIS NARRATIVE skips to the 1990 World Cup in Italy, there is a day that needs to be commented upon…
This feature is part of Diego Maradona: the World Cup diaries FOUR YEARS CAN feel like a lifetime when you are a child. Since Spain 82 I had busied myself with playing…
This feature is part of Diego Maradona: the World Cup diaries Diego Maradona played in four World Cups; in each one he left a different indelible imprint around the globe, none more…
WHEN IT COMES TO SPORT, half the attraction for a supporter comes from being able to have your opinion heard. Our heroes demand respect, and we’ll gladly take on a conversation in…
From Messi and Batistuta to Bielsa and Menotti, few cities in the world of football have given us more talent than the Argentine metropolis of Rosario
This feature is part of The Masterminds: 10 Under 45 If Italy is the great training ground for great European coaches, Argentina must be considered its equal in the pressure cooker of…
In the 50 or so years leading up to the First World War, Argentina’s Growth Domestic Product had increased at an annual rate of 6 percent, which was greater and faster than…
AS TEMPERS FLARED during a particularly feisty Madrid derby at the Bernabéu in December 2012, Atlético Madrid assistant manager Germán Burgos directed a threat towards José Mourinho that would unnerve even the most confrontational of…
This season has seen contrasting fortunes for the two representatives of the second city of Córdoba in Argentina’s top flight. Newly promoted Club Atlético Talleres returned to the Primera División after 12 years in the wilderness, winning…
The World Cup in Russia is seen by most as Argentina’s last opportunity for major honours with their so-called golden generation, but having leaned so heavily on the same group of players…
PRIOR TO THE 2002 WORLD CUP, Marcelo Bielsa found himself deciding who to play in the most advanced position of the field for Argentina. On one hand, an ageing Gabriel Batistuta had…
ARGENTINA MADE IT THROUGH to the 2014 World Cup final having defeated Holland in a penalty shootout. Lionel Messi, the star of the show, wearing the nation’s iconic number 10, didn’t have a…
FOR MANY, 11 September conjures up memories of infamous moments that have been seared into modern history. In the USA, in 2001, the attacks on New York’s World Trade Center; in Chile,…
Guillermo Stábile ran up the pitch, hoping for someone to pick him out. As the ball came sliding across the surface, the Argentine striker latched on to it deep on the right…
No coach in the history of the Copa Libertadores has won more titles than Carlos Bianchi, a man who was written off so often and kept coming back for more