🇦🇷 OTD 1937 Argentinin fútbol’s Big 5 in were defined. Clubs with 15,000+ members, 20+ years of consecutive participation and with 3 titles or more: only five clubs fulfilled the criteria Boca Juniors River Plate San Lorenzo Racing Club Independiente

🇦🇷 OTD 1937 Argentinin fútbol’s Big 5 in were defined. Clubs with 15,000+ members, 20+ years of consecutive participation and with 3 titles or more: only five clubs fulfilled the criteria Boca Juniors River Plate San Lorenzo Racing Club Independiente

Born OTD in 1952, Osvaldo ‘Ossie’ Ardiles. Born in Córdoba, Ardiles made his name at Huracán before moving to Tottenham Hotspur after the 1978 World Cup, spending a decade in North London. Happy 74th birthday, Ossie!

Born OTD in 1952, Osvaldo ‘Ossie’ Ardiles. Born in Córdoba, Ardiles made his name at Huracán before moving to Tottenham Hotspur after the 1978 World Cup, spending a decade in North London. Happy 74th birthday, Ossie!

Two American comedians talking about Argentina. Take with a pinch of salt their football talk, but some positive PR for the country! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxuF...

Argentina w/ Tom Segura | You Be Trippin' with Ari Shaffir

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An excellent opportunity to watch —for the 20th time!— Copa90’s Derby Days wonderful episode on the Boca-River 2018 Copa Libertadores finals youtu.be/rIG13KfUSkI?...

Boca vs River: The Copa Libertadores Final That Stopped Argentina

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OTD 1908: The first ever superclásico! Boca Juniors hosted River Plate at their Dársena Sur ground, winning 2-1 in the then Segunda División. Who could have guessed then what this fixture would come to mean?! 264 games later, Boca have 92 wins, River 88, (84 draws). TBC

OTD 1908: The first ever superclásico! Boca Juniors hosted River Plate at their Dársena Sur ground, winning 2-1 in the then Segunda División. Who could have guessed then what this fixture would come to mean?! 264 games later, Boca have 92 wins, River 88, (84 draws). TBC

OTD 2018. Lionel Scaloni has been manager of Argentina for eight years today! Only taking interim charge initially, the then 40-year old stayed on winning 2 Copa Américas & the 2022 World Cup! 110 games 85 wins 14 draws 11 losses 3 major trophies 🏆🏆🏆

OTD 2018. Lionel Scaloni has been manager of Argentina for eight years today! Only taking interim charge initially, the then 40-year old stayed on winning 2 Copa Américas & the 2022 World Cup! 110 games 85 wins 14 draws 11 losses 3 major trophies 🏆🏆🏆

🇧🇷 Flamengo have launched their third kit and it’s stunning! 🤩

🇦🇷 OTD 1978: 1977 Libertadores winners Boca Juniors won the Intercontinental Cup for the first time, beating the 1977 European Cup runners-up Borussia Monchengladbach (Liverpool had declined to participate) 5-2 on aggregate after a 3-0 win in Karlsruhe. youtu.be/ljaio-kg4c8

🇦🇷🇮🇹 OTD 1926: Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli were founded. Argentines with Italian surnames are affectionately nicknamed 'Tanos', from Napolitano. It's said that Napoli is the closest Europe gets to Buenos Aires; ties massively strengthened by Maradona's 7-year stint!

RIP Franco Baresi Diego Maradona: ‘Baresi? Who the hell is he? Everything seemed easy. Suddenly, someone lunged at me from behind, and before I knew it, he’d taken the ball from my feet with unbelievable grace. ‘Who’s this number six guy?’ I said.

🇦🇷💥🇨🇱 This is how NOT to win a penalty shootout! Boca Juniors’ 19-year old Tomás Aranda went for a Panenka to win their Copa Sudamericana Last 32 tie, but O’Higgins’ goalkeeper Omar Carabalí had a different script. Boca won through with two saves from Álvaro Montero 😅

🇦🇷💥🇨🇱 This is how NOT to win a penalty shootout! Boca Juniors’ 19-year old Tomás Aranda went for a Panenka to win their Copa Sudamericana Last 32 tie, but O’Higgins’ goalkeeper Omar Carabalí had a different script. Boca won through with two saves from Álvaro Montero 😅

🇺🇾 🇦🇷 OTD 1930 the first ever World Cup Final was played with hosts Uruguay beating Argentina 4-2 at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. (*First FIFA World Cup, but the 1924 & 1928 Olympic Games football tournaments are considered world championships, hence Uruguay’s four stars!)

🇺🇾 🇦🇷 OTD 1930 the first ever World Cup Final was played with hosts Uruguay beating Argentina 4-2 at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. (*First FIFA World Cup, but the 1924 & 1928 Olympic Games football tournaments are considered world championships, hence Uruguay’s four stars!)

🇦🇷 Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro started their Torneo Clausura campaign last night with a 1-0 home win against Gimnasia de Mendoza, after an 86th-minute winner! 🎥 /pancho_caslaaaa (IG)

🇦🇷 Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro started their Torneo Clausura campaign last night with a 1-0 home win against Gimnasia de Mendoza, after an 86th-minute winner! 🎥 /pancho_caslaaaa (IG)

🇦🇷 OTD 1904 Club Ferro Carril Oeste were founded by 95 railway workers of the western rail company (Ferro Carril Oeste was the name of the company and means ‘Western Rail Line’) with a William Beeston their first president. Primera División champions in 1982 & 1984 🏆

🇦🇷 OTD 1904 Club Ferro Carril Oeste were founded by 95 railway workers of the western rail company (Ferro Carril Oeste was the name of the company and means ‘Western Rail Line’) with a William Beeston their first president. Primera División champions in 1982 & 1984 🏆

🇵🇾 José Luis Chilavert turns 61 today. ‘Chila’ rose to fame (and infamy!) at Vélez Sarsfield, becoming the first goalkeeper to score a freekick in Argentinian football (vs Dep. Español in October 1994). 62 career goals (Zaragoza, Vélez, Strasbourg, Peñarol). 74 caps for Paraguay, 8 goals!

🇧🇷 OTD 2011 Neymar’s Santos 4-5 Ronaldinho’s Flamengo Stunning Série A game which saw Santos take a 3-0 lead inside 25 mins, only for Flamengo to equalise before HT! Neymar restored Santos’ lead, Ronaldinho replied with two more to complete his hat-trick!

Have you read Killing Maradona yet? It’s an Irish Times summer reading hitlist recommendation, a top 20 best non-fiction books of the year so far in the Irish Examiner + has had fab reviews in the Independent in Ireland & the Irish Times - just check those quotes! Your perfect summer read!

🇨🇻 🇨🇱🧤 Cape Verde’s heroic goalkeeper Vozinha has joined Chilean giant Colo-Colo. Clearly a massive moment for one of the figures of the 2026 World Cup!

Del to av den argentinske eliteserien, Clausuraen, er godt i gang og i natt vi servert kanskje årets største største overraskelse resultatmessig. En av dumpekandidatene Deportivo Riestra slo gullfavorittene Boca Juniors 3-0! 6 touch innforbi Bocas 16-meter var nok - for 4 av dem var assist og mål.

🇧🇷 OTD 2011 Neymar’s Santos 4-5 Ronaldinho’s Flamengo Stunning Série A game which saw Santos take a 3-0 lead inside 25 mins, only for Flamengo to equalise before HT! Neymar restored Santos’ lead, Ronaldinho replied with two more to complete his hat-trick!

🇵🇾 José Luis Chilavert turns 61 today. ‘Chila’ rose to fame (and infamy!) at Vélez Sarsfield, becoming the first goalkeeper to score a freekick in Argentinian football (vs Dep. Español in October 1994). 62 career goals (Zaragoza, Vélez, Strasbourg, Peñarol). 74 caps for Paraguay, 8 goals!

🇦🇷 OTD 1913: Club Atlético Chaco For Ever were founded. The intriguingly-named club are currently one of 36 sides in the Primera B, Argentina’s second tier, and were formed by players walking out on Club Sarmiento de Resistencia to create a new club