International Football - Argentina eye England date
Reuters - Fri, 03 Sep 03:20:00 2010
Big rivals Argentina and England could play a friendly on February 9, 2011, according to the man charged with organising the South American team's international calendar.
"In February we have a match with England. It hasn't been decided yet where (it will be played) and Denmark came up as a possible venue," said Guillermo Tofoni, a FIFA agent who sets up friendlies for Argentina.
"Questions of protocol between the two associations still have to be done but the match could go ahead."
Argentina and England have a rich and controversial past, especially at World Cups. In their last match, a friendly in Geneva in 2005, the English came from behind to win 3-2.
Tofoni said Argentina also had a scheduled tour of the United States from March 24-28 but did not reveal who they would meet there.
Argentina face world champions Spain at the River Plate stadium in Buenos Aires next Tuesday in their second match since being knocked out by Germany in their World Cup quarter-final in July.
They beat Ireland 1-0 in Dublin last month under interim coach Sergio Batista who took over from Diego Maradona and could be ratified in the post later this year. Maradona did not have his contract renewed after the South Africa finals.
Argentina play further friendlies this year against Japan in Tokyo on October 8 and arch-rivals Brazil in Qatar on November 17.
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Tony,
Agreed. Similarly, if Lampard's goal had been allowed against Germany, we'd have gone on to win abou 6-2. Also, there was the disallowed Campbell goals in 1998 v Argentina and 2004 v Portugal. Had they been allowed we would have won the tournaments. Hoddle himself claimed that he felt that had England beaten Argentina, we would have gone on to win the world cup - the next opponents would have been Holland, Brazil and France (host nation) so you have to see his point!
anyone got a better playing field than wembley? we don't want to see a nice friendly with players slipping at all sides of the field. thanks
Scotland loves you Maradona, a Legend in the Tartan Army, he's up there with Billy Bremner, Bremner and Maradona, the two best players the world has ever seen. Scotland Forever and Nae Union.
lol i cant believe that some ppl are still on about the hand of god isuue!...its history now and no use crying over spilt milk!...i agree what maradona did was very wrong and is cheating but just get over it!.....just focus and hope ur players put in their best effort in the upcoming matches!.....
'twould be nice to knocked out of the world cup, though, eh, joch?
Inverkenny.....Liechenstein players put scottish players on there knees
Inverkenny - I bet you are scottish, because the "typical" English support would not go into so much detail.
the reason the Argentines were almost on their knees at the end was because they put more into the game than england did, Maradona ran the length of the park and stuck the ball in the net, i think there were a few england players on their knees then, or would that be arses.
you put your left hand in, your left hand out, in, out, in, out and shake it all about, you do the Maradona and you turn around, he put the english out out out, oh Diego Maradona, oh Diego Maradona, oh Diego Maradona, he put the english out out out.
The other point of that game which I can clearly recall watching at the time, was that England finished much the stronger and Argentina were almost on their knees waiting for the final whistle. If not for an amazing goal line clearance under his own crossbar by an Argentinian defender with Lineker waiting just beyond him, England would have equalised and I don't think Argentina had the strength to last the extra 30 minutes. All in all it was an injustice that Maradona profited from the most incredible piece of cheating ever seen at the World Cup. I don't care how many people go on about his skill and so forth, to me he will always be a dirty little cheat.
@Mohit actually, you're point is pretty much invalid. In 1986, Argentina won against England BECAUSE OF the hand of god. both teams were playing really well, but the injustice of that goals knocked the wind out of england's sails. yes they conceded another, but they also scored one. Argentina went on to win the competition that year, something there's a good chance they wouldn't have done had the hand of god been disallowed. then, the two teams would be equal on trophies, and that's if england wouldn't have won it that year.
now move on from"" hand of god"" .. and remember how many time england was out without any ''hand of god''.
why are ypu waiting closely you sound like they are the last thing you want to hear
waiting closely for rantings on 'hand of god' incident......
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