Argentina announced their arrival at the World Cup yesterday with a 4-1 win over a decent South Korea side. They had shown signs of getting things together in their first game against Nigeria but this was much more like the real thing. Mad I have to say that prior to the World Cup I thought that Diego Maradona might be certifiably mad and I haven’t seen anything...

Gonzalo Higuain scored a hat-trick as Argentina scored an impressive win over South Korea on Thursday. Diego Maradona's men were on top from the time they took the lead through a Park Chu-young own goal in the 17th minute. Higuain doubled the advantage after 33 minutes, but a lapse in concentration from Martin Demichelis on the stroke of half-time allowed Lee Ch...

Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain is disappointed not to have scored against Nigeria but is happy to be off to a winning start. Diego Maradona's men snatched a 1-0 win over the Super Eagles in their opening Group B match but in reality, should have got a few more goals in the bag had they been more clinical in their finishing. Veteran defender, Gabriel Heinze sc...

Diego Maradona's World Cup debut as a coach ended in a win as Lionel Messi demonstrated he could transform his club form to the world stage. Gabriel Heinze headed in the only goal after five minutes but Messi, so often unable to reproduce the Nou Camp sparkle on national team duty, was his team's star. However he and his team-mates were unable to make the margin...