Argentina 4 South Korea 1
Eight o’clock on a crisp, cold Thursday morning and the kids are all wrapped in their sky blue and white uniforms enthusiastically skipping to school. Why the rush? Why the excitement? Is it double maths with Señor Rodriguez or is Señorita Lopez taking them on a voyage of discovery through twentieth [...]
Argentina 1 Nigeria 0
Thank goodness for that! I’m not sure I could have tolerated much more World Cup build-up. The newspapers have been producing World Cup supplements for some time now and long ago ran out of useful things to say. My favourite headline on one of the 24-hour rolling news channels was: “The dulce [...]
Newell’s Old Boys 0 Argentinos Juniors 1
The first victory of the season and a surge up the table. Not much to complain about there, surely? Well, yes there was actually. Firstly, this was a poor game of poor passing, little cohesion and sparse goalmouth action. There was a barely noticeable burst of promise from Newell’s [...]