Argentina’s friendly against Venezuela on Friday night was supposed to be a celebratory return for star player Lionel Messi. But at the end of the disappointing defeat, another inquest had begun in the nation about how terrible the team played in the game.
Former Argentina international Fernando Cavenaghi believes that the team has to improve if they want to win trophies on the international scene. He said that football has evolved a lot in recent years and that Argentina is still stuck in the past. He said that there are some good Argentinian players but they failed to play as a team when it comes to the big tournaments.
Fernando Cavenaghi’s career underlines this. A leader of the line at River Plate when he was only 20 years of age, Cavenaghi promptly attracted the interest of Juventus and a number of other clubs from around Europe’s elite leagues but ignored their advances to sign instead for Spartak Moscow, this was at a time when the Russian league’s community of Brazilian players was still very small.
The former footballer of River visited the Athletic Boxing Club where he gave a talk about his experiences and experiences to the bs1fvoys of the inferiors of the institution.
Former Bordeaux player Fernando Cavenaghi said that he is happy that France has managed to win the World Cup. The Argentinian player played for Bordeaux in Ligue 1 for 4 years and made an instant impact there.
After a short spell in Cyprus, River favorite Fernando Cavenaghi has hung up his boots for good.
Having not played a game for Cypriot side APOEL FC since February due to a recurring injury to ligaments in his right knee, Cavenaghi finished his career with a respectable 170 career goals, 7 league titles and 5 domestic cups, and gave his thanks to River Plate in an open letter published on the same day as his retirement.
Following a hugely successful period at the beginning of his career with River in 2001, scoring 55 goals in 88 appearances, Cavenaghi was lured to Europe in 2004 and joined Russia’s Spartak Moscow for a fee of US $9.5 million.
From then on, Cavegol both enjoyed and endured a journeyman-esque career across the pond with the likes of Bordeaux and Mallorca, before returning to South America with Brazilian club Internacional in 2011.
Two seasons ago there was so much noise about Brazilian winger Malcom.
The club has been quite a fertile ground for South American stars. Bordeaux has strategic partnerships with several top clubs and academies on the continent. ValetinVada, EmilianoSala and of course Juan Pablo Franca have benefited from this partnership.
Brazilians and Argentines like Mariano, Wendel, Fernando Cavenaghi, Jussie have all been brilliant at one point or the other for Bordeaux.
Real Madrid went past their German counterparts Bayern Munich in keenly contested that could have gone either ways if certain events did not happen.
Credits go to the Madrid team lead by Zinedine Zidane for their consistency at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeuas they won 4-2 to help the French apprenticeget one over his master Carlo Ancelotti.
There have been several upsets as well as stereotypes in the past as apprentices faced their former masters. A recent one is that of Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho. The pair worked together at Spanish side Barcelona, wining two La Liga titles. LvG was the boss while the Portuguese coach his mentee.
Mourinho took parts of LvG’s philosophy, amending it to suit his own vision and desire to always win. They were at opposing sides at the Champions League final in 2010. LvG led the German side while Mourinho’s Inter Milan team shocked them. Inter had stunned Barcelona in the semi-final and with Diego Milito’s brace, they defeated Bayern to lift the Champions League. In England, Mourinho played a draw but won one other meeting to go ahead of his master.
French side Bordeaux is grooming exciting youngsters. One of which is Argentine player Valentin Vada.
The club is known for their inclination towards South American talents. There was one Pauleta many years back, and there have been Diego Rolan and Mariano in recent years. There have not been as much Argentines at the club of recent, considering the club’s history.
Les Girondins boasted of the best Argentina internationals like Juan Pable Francia and Fernando Cavenaghi. It seems the outfit is opening up to the top footballing sides again.
The club won the Ligue 1 with Laurent Blanc but seemed to have lost their way n recent years. With influential Argentina stars like Carlos Bianchi ad Delio Onnis, the club also wanted to tap into the potential that they had to offer, hence the choice of Vada, a talented player from a humble background in Santa Fe – the home of soyabeans.
Vada mapped out his future from the age of 9, attending Proyecto Crecer program. He was a source of friction between the club and FIFA when he joined, as he was a minor who moved from a non-EU country at 14. It was until he turned 17 that he could play games for the club.
After his eligibility doubts were out of the way, Vada immediately started proving his worth. He won the youth championship as a regular in the Under 19.
Fernando Cavenaghi has had a very beautiful career in which he has represented River Plate, Spartak Moscow, Bordeaux, Villareal and APOEL.
The 33-year old has played in many countries such as Argentina, Russia, France, Spain and Greece. He has proven to be a good leader and his career underlines just that. At the age of 20, he was already playing regularly for Argentinian outfit River Plate. This immediately prompted attractions from a number of elite European clubs including Juventus but he instead chose to sign for Spartak Moscow.
He spent three years at Spartak Moscow before moving on to Bordeaux where he grew into an idol at the club. He won a total of five trophies at the club, including the Ligue 1 title. However, he soon left the French side for Spanish minnows, Mallorca. He had a good time at the club scoring 2 goals in 11 games.