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Maradona’s Provisional Squad: A Reflection
By the time pegamequemegusta came to, the names Juan Mercier, Sebastian Blanco, José Sosa, Juan Insaurralde, Clemente Rodriguez and Ariel Garcé were swimming around our poor contaminated mind with a nausea and discombobulation akin to that of a Sperm whale with the bends. Why, oh why not pick good players? Why this blind devotion to the local league? No-one else in the world would have picked this squad! It doesn’t make you a greater patriot! These aren’t even the best players in the league! Continue reading
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Tagged Argentina squad, Ariel Garcé, Brazil, Clemente Rodriguez, Coloccini, Dátolo, Herman Melville, Insaurralde, Maradona, Mercier, Moby Dick, Rolando Schiavi, Sebastián Blanco, Sosa, South Africa, Sperm whales, Summer of George, World Cup 2010
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Alemania v Maradona
Gonzalo makes the most of his chance to become Argentina’s number 9 in South Africa While the Lahm-roasting I was hoping for was not to be, Argentina won well enough against a German team so stodgy and turgid it made … Continue reading
Posted in Alemania v Maradona
Tagged Argentina, Brazil, Cacau, Di María, friendly, Germany, Germany 0-1 Argentina, Higuaín, Ireland, Lahm, Maradona, Mascherano, Muller, Otamendi, Samuel, Verón
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