Tag Archives: Argentina

There’s no “i” in team, it’s about the collective, working together, pulling, dragging and pressing to force space and ultimately score a goal. That’s basically the point of football and any number of team sports but the beauty of these sports is that they also allow for moments of individual …

The Football God that is Lionel Messi further etched his name into folklore tonight by scoring his 600th career goal, with a wondrous free-kick during Barcelona’s 3-0 win over Liverpool in the semi-final of the Champions League. With that in mind, here’s 10 of the best ever quotes about the …

Pablo Zabaleta has paid tribute to Emiliano Sala after the tragic news that has dominated the football headlines this week. Sala completed a £15 million club record transfer to Cardiff City last Saturday, before returning to former club Nantes to say his goodbyes to his former teammates. He was due …

Diego Maradona, is quite simply is a Footballing God. Having almost single handedly won the World Cup with Argentina, he then went and repeated the trick with a struggling Napoli side, carrying them to two Scudetto’s.

Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo has revealed what Lionel Messi told them at half time to inspire them to victory against Nigeria to seal their place in the knockout stages.

Former Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand does not agree with the often repeated opinion that Lionel Messi must win a World Cup to be considered a true great of the game.

There can be little argument that representing your Country on football’s greatest stage the World Cup is the absolute pinnacle of any players career.

Argentina slipped to a disappointing 1-1 draw on Saturday in their opening World Cup fixture against minnows Iceland.

In just a couple of days time the wait will be over and football’s most prestigious football tournament the World Cup will kick off in Russia.

They are often the centre of controversy, but referees are only human. However, every now and then there is an incident that beggars belief. Here are five of the worst refereeing decisions in footballing history.