Argentina

Diego wants Mascherano as captain

By worldcuppers at 5 November, 2008, 7:23 pm

It seems that the new Argentina coach Diego Maradona wants Liverpool’s midfielder Javier Mascherano to captain the country. Maradona is a long-time admire of the hard-working player and according to FIFA.com had once mentioned “The only player that can’t be replaced in the national team is Javier Mascherano. In Argentina, it’s Mascherano plus ten.”

Tevez back for Argentina

By worldcuppers at 1 September, 2008, 5:44 pm

Five England-based players including striker Carlos Tevez (Manchester United) has been named in the Argentina squad for the upcoming World Cup 2010 Qualifiers against Paraguay and Peru. The others are Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle United), Jonas Gutierrez (Newcastle United) and Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City). Olypic heroes Juan Roman Riquelme (Boca Juniors) and Lionel [...]