Heavy rain stops Argentina-Brazil clash – OR

Of the two, Brazil have more to worry about, he believes, as the 2014 tournament hosts are still smarting from that tournament, which ended in disgrace as they were humiliated 7-1 by Germany in the semi-finals. Brazil has four points from three games. Brazil went behind to a first half goal from Ezequiel Lavezzi, and spent much of the game on the back foot. Argentina were dominant in Buenos Aires but they could only find the net once and Lucas Lima’s second half equaliser reduced Martino’s Read more [...]

Lavezzi goal pulls Argentina ahead vs – OR

Ecuador leads South American qualifying with a ideal nine points followed by Chile with seven and Uruguay with six. Rinaldi said Brazil’s World Cup qualifier against Peru in Salvador on Tuesday would not be affected by the change. Argentina again failed to record their first win of the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign after they were held to a 1-1 draw by rivals Brazil at El Monumental on Friday. Four teams qualify automatically for World Cup, while the fifth goes into a playoff. Argentina Read more [...]

Brazil rally to hold Argentina

Buenos Aires: Ten-man Brazil came from behind to snatch a 1-1 draw against arch-rivals Argentina on Friday in a tense World Cup qualifying battle between the two South American superpowers. A second half strike from Santos player Lucas Lima salvaged a vital point for Brazil after Argentina had taken the lead midway through the half thanks to an Ezequiel Lavezzi strike. Lavezzi’s Paris Saint-Germain team-mate David Luiz was sent off for a second yellow card in the dying minutes Read more [...]

Argentina, Brazil draw 1-1 in classic World Cup qualifier

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina and Brazil drew 1-1 in their much-awaited World Cup qualifier on Friday, with neither of the traditional South American powers able to secure the victory needed to kick-start their slow start to the 2018 qualifying campaign. Ezequiel Lavezzi scored in the 34th minute for Argentina, but Lucas Lima leveled in the 59th to disappoint a sellout crowd at River Plate's Monumental Stadium in the Argentine capital. Argentina, the World Cup runner-up last year Read more [...]

Argentina draw little comfort

BUENOS AIRES • Three matches into their South American World Cup qualifying campaign and heavyweights Argentina are already in must-win territory. No South American nation have gone to the World Cup after failing to triumph in any of their opening three qualifiers, a position Argentina find themselves in after Friday's 1-1 draw with fierce rivals Brazil. It is no wonder that Argentina manager Gerardo Martino labelled his side's qualifier at Colombia next week as a do-or-die encounter. "It was a Read more [...]

Argentina play well in Brazil draw but pressure remains on Gerardo Martino

Argentina head coach Gerardo Martino took plenty of positives from his side's 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw with Brazil. Argentina dominated their World Cup Qualifier against Brazil, but remain winless in qualifying as they were held to a draw. Brazil head coach says the Selecao's 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw with Argentina in Buenos Aires was a good result. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Little by little, signs of progress are apparent for Gerardo Martino's Argentina but after Friday Read more [...]

Los Cabos: Dolores Fonzi Set for ‘Wind Traces’

LOS CABOS – Argentina’s Dolores Fonzi, star of Santiago Mitre’s Cannes Critics’ Week winner “Paulina” and a praised supporting role presence in Cesc Gay’s “Truman,” will co-star in Jimena Montemayor’s “Wind Traces,” which is set up at Varios Lobos, a rising star in the ranks of Mexico’s production sector. Cinematographer on Elisa Miller’s Palme d’Or winning short “Ver llover,” Montemayor’s “Wind Traces” won the Churubusco Prize at the Guadalajara Festival in Read more [...]

Argentina, Brazil draw 1-1 in classic World Cup qualifier

Argentina and Brazil drew 1-1 in their much-awaited World Cup qualifier on Friday, with neither of the traditional South American powers able to secure the victory needed to kick-start their slow start to the 2018 qualifying campaign.Ezequiel Lavezzi scored in the 34th minute for Argentina, but Lucas Lima leveled in the 59th to disappoint a sellout crowd at River Plate's Monumental Stadium in the Argentine capital.Argentina, the World Cup runner-up last year in Brazil, has only two points from three Read more [...]