Ariel “Burrito” Ortega joined River for the third time in his career. After spending time at Independiente Rivadavia of the second divison he re-joined his old teammates at this morning’s practice.
When he was 12 years old, Barcelona offered River Plate 120,000 euros per year to move the kid and his family to Spain.
River Plate convinced him to stay with less money and now, 4 years later, he’ll make his debut with the first division tomorrow against Tigre.
For the first time since CONMEBOL switched to the round-robin system for World Cup qualifying, Argentina is in danger of missing the World Cup. The top four in the 10-team group qualify directly for South Africa and the fifth plays off over two legs against the fourth team from CONCACAF. Currently Argentina sits in fourth place with four games to play which include Brazil (home), Paraguay (away), Peru (home) and Uruguay (away).
Argentina, a team filled with some of the world’s best talent, hiked up into the thin air of La Paz (12,000 ft or two miles high and the highest stadium on earth), and they came down on the losing end of a 6-1 thrashing to Bolivia.
The devastating loss has everyone asking questions.
Following the Juan Roman Riquelme announcement that he would no longer be making himself available for selection, Diego Maradona wasted no time in naming two Co - Captains ahead of Argentina’s World Cup Qualifiers at home against Venezuela on March 28th and in La Paz against Bolivia on April 1st.
Boca Juniors playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme has made the shocking announcement that he is walking away from the National Team after disagreements with Argentina boss Diego Maradona.
Went to watch Newell’s on Saturday against Colon. We tied 1-1 and we’re tied for second place with three other teams. Best part of the 4th fixture is Central lost and is only one point away from relegation. Here’s us singing to them even though we’re not playing them.
“At Punto Tombo on the Atlantic coast of Patagonia. The penguin was digging the Marksmen Tee….”
You can check out some amazing shots of Argentina over at Dave’s website, The Earth Is Round.
