Episode 415: reviewing 2021

There are still a couple of matches left in Argentine football this year, but recording seems unlikely next week so Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Santi got together on Friday to look back on 2021. Which clubs enjoyed the year the most, which individuals stood out in the league campaign that’s just finished and, of course, do we think it was a successful year for the national team?

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Hand Of Pod · Episode 429: Messi passes Pelé and Puskás, and the Liga Profesional 2022 begins

Hand Of Pod · Episode 415: reviewing 2021

Episode 403: ¡ARGENTINA CAMPEÓN!

We can finally shout it! After a 28-year wait Argentina ended their trophy drought on Saturday with a 1–0 win over Brazil in the final of the Copa América, and Sam, English Dan, Santi and Andrés are here to look back on a final – and a tournament – that brings hope for the future and proves many critics (including us!) wrong about some players, but does demonstrate that the universe can have a hell of a sense of humour sometimes. We also preview the new league season, which gets underway on Friday night.

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Hand Of Pod · Episode 429: Messi passes Pelé and Puskás, and the Liga Profesional 2022 begins

Hand Of Pod · Episode 403: ¡ARGENTINA CAMPEÓN!

Episode 402: previewing Argentina v Brazil in the Copa América final

After Argentina made their way past Ecuador and Colombia to reach a third Copa América final in four tournaments, Sam, English Dan and Santi preview Saturday’s final against host nation Brazil, who’ve never failed to win a Copa on home soil.

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Hand Of Pod · Episode 429: Messi passes Pelé and Puskás, and the Liga Profesional 2022 begins

Hand Of Pod · Episode 402: previewing Argentina v Brazil in the Copa América final

Episode 401: Reviewing the Copa América groups and previewing the knockout stage

On this week’s HOP the world’s newest football commentator Sam is joined by English Dan, Santi and Andrés for a look back on the group stage of the 2021 Copa América – in particular at Argentina’s performances – and a preview of the quarter-finals, which kick off on Friday evening.

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Hand Of Pod · Episode 429: Messi passes Pelé and Puskás, and the Liga Profesional 2022 begins

Hand Of Pod · Episode 401: Reviewing the Copa América groups and previewing the knockout stage

Episode 400: Colón win the Copa de la Liga, and we preview the Copa América

In the four hundredth episode of HOP, Sam, English Dan, Andrés and Tony discuss Colón’s deserved victory in the final of the Copa de la Liga – their first ever national title – before reviewing the recent World Cup qualifying double header and previewing the 2021 Copa América, which kicks off in Brazil on Sunday having been moved from Argentina and Colombia for Reasons.

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Hand Of Pod · Episode 429: Messi passes Pelé and Puskás, and the Liga Profesional 2022 begins

Hand Of Pod · Episode 400: Colón win the Copa de la Liga, and we preview the Copa América

Episode 346: reviewing the Copa América, and setting the stage for the new season

In the three hundred and forty-sixth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés meet to discuss the last bits of the Copa América – particularly relating to Argentina’s campaign, and their third-place playoff win over Chile and Lionel Messi’s bizarre sending off for getting in the way of Gary Medel’s shoulders. We also lay the groundwork for the 2019–20 domestic season, with news of the structure of the top two divisions, and a name change for the latter.

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Episode 345: Taking some positives from Copa América elimination

In the three hundred and forty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés look back on Argentina’s elimination at the hands of Brazil in the semi-finals of the Copa América, and consider a Copa campaign during which there were (in our opinion) more positives than negatives, in terms of team building.

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Episode 344: Qatar are beaten – next stop Venezuela

In the three hundred and forty-fourth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and English Dan review an improved but still far from perfect Argentina performance to beat Qatar 2-0 and advance to the quarter-finals of the Copa América, where they’ll face Venezuela in the Maracanã on Friday. What’s going right? What’s still going wrong (or looking like it might at any moment)? Step this way to find out.

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Episode 343: Two Argentina draws, two very different feelings

In the three hundred and forty-third episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and Andrés look back on a draw for the women’s national team which (combined with results on Thursday) saw them eliminated from the Women’s World Cup, and a draw for the men’s national team which leaves them still in the Copa América (just) – but there are a lot more positives for the women than for the men.

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Episode 342: A historic result at the Women’s World Cup, and previewing the Copa América

In the three hundred and forty-second episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Andrés discuss Argentina’s fantastic Women’s World Cup showing against Japan, where they claimed their first ever point at an official World Cup (and Sam tells you why the word ‘official’ appears in that sentence), and we look forward to Argentina’s clash with England on Friday and, regarding a national team we’re less optimistic about (namely the men’s one), we preview the Copa América, which kicks off with Brazil v Bolivia on Friday night. Argentina’s first game is on Saturday, against Colombia.

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