Rob Parker | October 15, 2009
And apparently Diego feels vindicated by this narrow escape
Diego Maradona again enjoyed some jubilant celebrations after another late winner from his Argentina side. Mario Bolatti’s scruffy goal five minutes from time ensured Argentina qualified for next year’s World Cup.
Despite their uneasy qualifying campaign and the uncertain performance in beating Uruguay last night, Maradona decided to [...]
Category: England, Football videos, International |
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Tags: argentina, diego maradona, mario bolatti, south africa 2010, uruguay
David Hardy | October 12, 2009
1. Even great defenders can forget how to defend
Rio Ferdinand picked up from his shocker in the Manchester derby last month with another somewhat dubious display of decision-making as Robert Green became England’s first dismissal of the Capello era. However, the game presented a perfect ‘can do no wrong’ opportunity for the English: win [...]
Category: International, Lists |
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Tags: argentina, croatia, diego maradona, England, Germany, peru, republic of ireland, rio ferdinand
Rob Parker | October 12, 2009
Under-fire coach quite pleased with last-minute winner
Argentina coach Diego Maradona knows his position is under-threat after a woeful qualifying campaign. So when you see his highlights from Saturday’s match against Peru, you can tell he is a man under pressure (except for in the hair department, where he is brilliant Just For Men jet black).
Having [...]
Category: Football videos, International, South America |
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Tags: argentina, argentina peru, diego maradona, diego maradona celebration, diego maradona klinsmann dive, peru
Rob Parker | January 21, 2009
Training ground kickabout turns nasty
The relaxed nature of the kits on display and the brief glimpses of footballing action shown in the video above suggests that most of the players of Tigre and Argentinos Juniors knew that this was a meaningless training ground practice match. Unfortunately, nobody told Nolberto Paparatto and Nicolas Pavlovich.
The friendly turned [...]
Category: Football videos, South America |
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Tags: argentina, football, football video, nicolas pavlovich, nolberto paparatto, soccer, soccer video, youtube
Rob Parker | January 21, 2009
South American Under 20 frivolity
Not only does Argentina under 20 international Andres Rios nutmeg Venezuela’s Fernando Tobio, he also gives him a quick prostate examination on the way past which is very kind of him. There are not many footballers who are this considerate, although I seem to remember reading on Wikipedia that Craig Bellamy [...]
Category: Hard Tackle, South America |
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Tags: andres rios, argentina, craig bellamy, fernando tobio, football, Hard Tackle, soccer, venezuela
Rob Parker | November 20, 2008
Hang on a minute…
In the coverage that we saw last night, England beat Germany in Berlin. But in the parallel universe in which Eurosport exists the Three Lions were once again slain by Diego Maradona. A Eurosport hack who got a bit caught up in the Terry Butcher furore decided to write that Argentina had [...]
Category: England, International, Oddballs, Scotland, South America |
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Tags: argentina, diego maradona, England, eurosport, football, Scotland, soccer, terry butcher
Rob Parker | November 20, 2008
Things you could have put money on from Diego’s bow
1. Argentina beat Scotland.
Category: International, Scotland |
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Tags: argentina, diego maradona, football, maradona, Scotland, soccer
