Hand Of Pod 20: superclásico review, Maradona’s new job & more
For the 20th episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba welcome special guest Asli Pelit to the show. Asli’s a Turkish TV presenter who was at La Bombonera to see Boca Juniors beat River Plate 2-0...
View ArticleApertura 2011: Boca thrash Unión and champions Vélez get their first win (video)
The second round of matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura began on Monday with an easy away win for Arsenal de Sarandí against newly-promoted Atlético Rafaela, and concluded with Boca Juniors’ first 4-0...
View ArticleRiquelme returns to Argentina’s domestic squad
Alejandro Sabella has named his first squad as Argentina manager, in preparation for a pair of friendlies against Brazil next month. The matches, before anyone gets too excited, will feature only...
View ArticleHand Of Pod 29: Alejandro Sabella’s first Argentina squad(s), and the...
The twenty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod is, as the milkmaid said to the parson, quite a whopper. That’s largely because Sam, Australian Dan and Seba have not one but two rounds of Torneo Apertura...
View ArticleSome summer transfer tales
January has been dominated, in Argentina, by two things, as usual; the utterly meaningless and deeply tedious ‘Summer Tournaments’ organised by sponsors to sell tickets to friendly matches (often...
View ArticleVélez Sarsfield transfer coup as Fernando Gago joins, & Riquelme talks to Tigre
The Argentine transfer window hasn’t closed yet, but on the last day of registration for European clubs, one big name did arrive in the Primera, and it’s a good ‘un; current Argentina international...
View ArticleRiquelme says yes to Tigre, but will Boca let him go?
Saturday has brought news that’s been expected for some time in Argentine football; Juan Román Riquelme, who announced he wouldn’t be playing for Boca Juniors again in the wake of their defeat in last...
View ArticleNow Riquelme wants back in at Boca Juniors. I give up.
After hearing for the last couple of days that Juan Román Riquelme had agreed terms with Tigre and just had to let the club work out a deal Boca Juniors were satisfied with before playing for the club...
View ArticleHand Of Pod 90: previewing the 2013 Torneo Final & wondering where Riquelme...
In the ninetieth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Joel preview the 2013 Torneo Final, which kicks off with Unión hosting Arsenal de Sarandí on Friday evening. We discuss Fernando Gago’s move to...
View ArticleRiquelme returns to Argentinos Juniors
Oh, hello. It’s been a while, as it normally is. I shan’t bore you with more promises of more frequent updates this time, I’ll just post this one and we’ll see what happens next, shall we? The...
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