Lucho Gonzalez scores goal in Marseille win

Lucho Gonzalez with the game winning goal in Olympique Marseille’s 3-1 win over Nice.

Aguero scores goal in Atletico win

El Kun Aguero scored the second goal in Atletico’s 2-0 win over Xerez.

Higuain scores goal in Madrid win

Pipita Higuain once again scoring an important goal for Madrid and continuing his goal scoring streak in Madrid’s 4-2 win over Almeria.

Messi scores twice in Liga win

Messi with two goals in Barcelona’s 3-1 win over Deportivo La Coruña.

Argentina’s World Cup Draw

World Cup Group B Schedule

For those living in the U.S.A.

Argentina’s opening game will be at 7:30am EDT.

The South Korea game will be at 2:30pm EDT.

The Greece game will be at 2:30pm EDT.

Those on the west coast will have to get up very early to watch Argentina’s World Cup opener against Nigeria.

World Cup Draw

The day is finally here.

We’ll find out in just a few hours who will be Argentina’s first round opponents in the World Cup.

Will Argentina once again be in the group of death?

or

Will Argentina catch a break this time and have a more “accessible” group?

A few things that are certain.

One of the two African teams that will be drawn first will go in Argentina’s group. Depending on the team that could be good or bad.

There will be one European team drawn into Argentina’s group and that also could be good or bad depending on the team.

Today is a big day.

How does everybody feel about the draw?

Will it be a good day for Argentina?

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30 minutes to go before the start of the world cup draw.

It’s really hard to contain the nerves I’m sure everyone is feeling right now.

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The first team will be drawn at 12:55pm Eastern Time.

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To watch the world cup draw coverage from Buenos Aires Live, click on the CANAL 7 link under the WATCH FUTBOL ARGENTINO LIVE section of the blog.

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Argentina is the top seed in Group B

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Argentina’s first group opponent is:

South Korea

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Argentina’s second group opponent is:

Nigeria

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Argentina’s third group opponent is:

Greece

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Here it is:

Bilardo will attend World Cup Draw

Maradona has reportedly asked Carlos Bilardo to represent Argentina at the World Cup draw tomorrow and the national team coordinator has accepted.

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Bilardo irá al sorteo del mundial de Sudáfrica

El director general de selecciones nacionales, Carlos Bilardo, quien en principio se había negado a ir al sorteo del mundial de Sudáfrica porque Maradona no iba a concurrir, fue convencido por el propio entrenador y estará presente en el evento.

Así lo confirmó Humberto Grondona.

Diego Maradona intercedió para que Bilardo cambie de opinión, en virtud de que considera que la presencia del manager en la ceremonia de Ciudad del Cabo será importante para supervisar el sorteo de los grupos.

El director técnico del seleccionado fue sancionado por la FIFA con la prohibición de concurrir al sorteo debido a sus exabruptos vertidos al término del partido contra Uruguay, por las eliminatorias sudamericanas.

Bilardo ya se encuentra en Sudáfrica y logró que el seleccionado argentino se asegure la sede de Pretoria como lugar de concentración.

“Bilardo está viajando desde Pretoria a Ciudad del Cabo para presenciar el sorteo”, aseguró hoy Humberto Grondona, Subdirector de Selecciones Nacionales.

“Va a ser una fiesta que se compara con la entrega de los Oscar. Pero va a ser complicado, porque acá no hay tanta organización como en los mundiales de Italia o España, por lo que hay que estar preparados”, advirtió el hijo de Julio Grondona.

Messi ESPN Interview

In this interview with ESPN, Messi discusses Barcelona’s recent win over Madrid, the national team, the WC qualifying campaign and the upcoming World Cup.

Zarate in transfer dispute

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Agent insists Zarate move was legitimate

The agent of Mauro Zarate has insisted his client’s permanent transfer to Lazio was correct despite speculation suggesting otherwise.

According to Sky Italia, Zarate’s former club Al-Sadd are considering filing a complaint to FIFA regarding the Argentina forward’s move to Rome.

Mauro Zarate’s agent insists his client’s move to Lazio was correct

“Lazio bought him and that is it,” Zarate’s agent Sergio Zarate told tuttomercatoweb.it. “They (Al-Sadd) can say whatever they want but I see no problem of any nature.

“Lazio did what it said on the contract, there was a buy-out clause and they paid it. I cannot understand this behaviour, we should ask Al-Sadd the reasons behind it.”

Zarate moved to Lazio officially on July 9 2008 after the payment of 20million euros to exercise a clause to terminate his contract. Sky Italia are reporting Al-Sadd have been angered by reports Lazio allegedly handed the money for the buy-out clause directly to the player to make Zarate want to leave the Qatar club.