Maxi Rodriguez is determined to exact revenge after Germany eliminated Argentina at the quarter-final stage of the past two FIFA World Cups.
Sunday s World Cup decider at the iconic Maracana in Rio de Janeiro will see Argentina and Germany go head-to-head, with plenty of history between the two nations.
Argentina and Germany contested back-to-back finals in 1986 and 1990 with both countries winning one world title apiece during that period.
More recently, the two nations squared off in consecutive quarter-final fixtures in 2006 and 2010.
Host nation Germany prevailed 4-2 on penalties after scores were locked at one-all at the end of extra time on home soil, before the Europeans routed Argentina 4-0 four years later in South Africa.
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Valencia have cancelled the contract of captain Ricardo Costa by mutual consent.
The 33-year-old defender has plied his trade at the Mestalla since May 2010 after completing his move from Wolfsburg.
Costa s contract was not due to expire until June 2015, but the Portugal international who made 20 La Liga appearances last season will leave the club 12 months early.
I m leaving Valencia in good conscience and with the affection of the fans, he told the club s official website.
[These] have been years of great happiness where I felt the support of the fans in good times and bad times.
I want to send greetings to all Valencianistas, the workers, my colleagues, the media and everyone with whom I have shared moments.
It is time to start a ne…
Argentine defender Martin Demichelis is set to sign for La Liga outfit Espanyol, various reports in Spain have suggested.
The 35-year-old was released by Manchester City at the end of last season and he now looks set to return to Spanish La Liga.
Marca, Sport and Cadena COPE are reporting that Espanyol have all but reached an agreement with the experienced centre-back and they could announce the deal by the end of the day.
Martin Demichelis enjoyed two and a half very successful seasons with Malaga before joining Atletico Madrid on a free transfer in July 2013.
Oddly enough, he was sold to Manchester City just a month and a half later, failing to play a single game for los Colchoneros.
The player’s career in England was riddled with costly mist…
Robinho scored his first goal since returning to Santos, as the Brazilian Serie A club advanced in the Copa do Brasil on Thursday.
In just his second appearance in his third stint at his boyhood club, Robinho struck the opening goal in their 2-0 victory over fourth-tier Londrina, which saw Santos triumph 3-2 on aggregate and reach the round of 16 of Brazil s premier cup competition.
Santos and fifth-tier club Santa Rita progressed on Thursday, while on Wednesday Serie A outfits Sao Paulo, Internacional and Fluminense were all surprisingly eliminated.
At Santos Estadio Urbano Caldeira, Robinho opened the scoring in the 53rd minute, collecting a throw-in that was chested down by Leandro Damiao, before dribbling past two opponents and then smashing his shot into the…
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were among the standout names on the 30-man shortlist for the 2017 Ballon d Or released by France Football on Monday.
Real Madrid star Ronaldo and his Barcelona rival Messi have shared the past nine awards, the latter becoming the first man to win it on five occasions in 2015.
The Portugal captain is expected to draw level with Messi, having helped Real Madrid win LaLiga and become the first side to successfully defend the Champions League in its modern guise.
Ronaldo is joined by six of his Madrid team-mates, making the European champions the best-represented club in the nominees.
LaLiga accounts for more than a third of the shortlist with 11 of the players plying their trade in Spain s top flight. The Premier Leagu…
Former Chelsea, Atletico Madrid and Netherlands striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has been appointed as manager of League One side Northampton Town.
Hasselbaink has been without a job in management since his dismissal by Queens Park Rangers in November 2016, and he takes over a Northampton side without a single point from their first four league games of the 2017-18 season.
Following the Cobblers dire start to the campaign, previous manager Justin Edinburgh parted company with the club at the end of August and Hasselbaink will seek to guide Northampton to their first league victory since March.
Chairman Kelvin Thomas told the club s official website: Once we made the decision regarding the position last week we received a high number of applications.
We ar…
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Sony seems to have plans to expand its video game offerings on to mobile platforms. As caught by TweakTown, the company has posted a new job listing for a Mobile Platform Architect.
Those applying for the job would have a number of responsibilities relating to video game releases on mobiles, including designing the system architecture and backend service for a mobile games platform.
“PlayStation Studios Mobile is seeking an experienced software engineer to design PlayStation’s platform for developing, publishing, and operating free-to-play mobile games,” the listing reads. “An individual in this role will spearhead the design and implementation of this platform; work in partnership with internal teams to connect mobile games to PlayStation serv…
Arc System Works has finally revealed Season Pass 4 for Guilty Gear Strive. It includes two returning characters – Dizzy, now Queen Dizzy (out in October 2024) and Venom (early 2025). An exclusive new color for characters and new stages are also in the works. Check out the trailer below.
Dizzy and Venom were last playable in 2014’s Guilty Gear Xrd and also appeared at the end of Guilty Gear Strive. Both seem to retain their core abilities – Dizzy with her shapeshifting wings, Necro and Undine, and Venom with his pool cue – but expect something. Season Pass 4 also includes a newcomer, Unika, who’s also out in 2025.
Other future updates include Team Death Stranding 2: On the Beach’s recent extended Tokyo Game ShOnline Bettingow presentation brought with it a host of new information, revealing new gameplay footage, a wonderfully bizarre photo mode, and even an in-game dancing event. To go along with that, developer Kojima Productions has also revealed details on the game’s Japanese voice cast. Several actors are going to reprise their roles from the first game, with Kenjiro Tsuda playing protagonist Sam Porter Bridges, Nana Mizuki voicing Fragile, and Satoshi Mikami voicing Higgs (played by Norman Reedus, Lea Seydoux, and Troy Baker in the English version). They will be joined by new additions to the cast in Tomokazu Su…