Soccer Tour — See a Game Live

Wander Argentina has partnered with bilingual sports journalists to offer exciting, safe and affordable tours to Argentine soccer games. By cutting out the cost of a charter bus and utilizing public transportation these personalized tours (of groups no more than fourteen) are a low-cost and authentic. Tour Includes: – Accompaniment by public transport to the [...]

Lionel Messi — Argentine Soccer’s New Messiah

Argentina’s Lionel Messi has once again won the Ballon D’Or, the ‘Golden Ball’ award given to the best footballer in the world over the past 12 months, yet one gets the feeling that the humble, self-effacing Messi would have been just as happy to pass the baton to another player. This is the third time [...]

Sugar – Expat Party and Sports Bar

Sugar bar in Palermo is a cavern-like expat party spot that doubles as a sports bar. On weekday evenings the bar fills with locals and foreigners alike who are keen to take advantage of the long happy hour, which lasts from 7pm until midnight. On Thursdays, girls pay a cover charge of AR$15 and can [...]

Maradona — Life After Soccer

←cont from: Maradona: The Scandals The most famous man in Argentina has not been able to settle down to a quiet life of retirement since leaving football. Drug and weight problems have continued to dog him. He underwent gastric bypass surgery in 2005 and has been to rehab on numerous occasions, most notably in 2000 [...]

Maradona — The Scandals

(← cont. from: Maradona: Goal of the Century) Diego Maradona’s life, like others who have fought their way out of extreme poverty to stand with the world at their feet, has followed a story arc that has included many profound lows to go along with the highs. Daniel Arcucci, sports editor of La Nacion told [...]

Maradona — Goal of the Century

  The World Cup and The Hand of God Diego Maradona appeared in four World Cup tournaments— more than any other Argentinian. He had his moments in 1982 as a youngster and in 1994 as a veteran and cunningly helped his team to the final in Italy ‘90, but the tournament that will forever be [...]

Diego Maradona: The Man, the Myth

The only positive to come out of Argentina’s humiliating 0-4 loss to the Germans in the 2010 World Cup Quarter Finals is that at least the nation’s citizens didn’t have to undergo the ordeal of seeing once great footballer, Diego Maradona run through the streets of Buenos Aires naked, as he had promised to do [...]

Cantina Los Amigos — A Classic in Villa Crespo

Cantina Los Amigos is the kind of neighborhood pit stop that touches on some core elements of what Argentina is all about: football, food and feisty characters. The grill is always fired, the pasta is homemade and wine is served in classic penguin pitchers in a boisterous venue that recalls the Argentina of yesteryear. In [...]

Join a Sporting Team in Buenos Aires

There are more ways to meet other foreigners in Buenos Aires than attending tango classes or sitting around in an expat bar until someone talks to you.  Joining a sporting team will ensure you have a whole bunch of instant friends to drink beer  and talk about how much you miss peanut butter with. Football/Soccer [...]

Football Argentina: The Teams

Club Atlético Boca Juniors Known as: Boca, Los Xeneizes, Los Bosteros (The Shit Boys) Founded: 1905 Colors: Blue and Yellow Stadium: Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera) Titles: 23 Domestic Championships, 6 Copa Libertadores, 3 Intercontinental Cups Along with River Plate, Boca is one of the titans of Argentine football. With a glittering history and [...]

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