Part of this post should have gone up on Sunday night, but I didn't have time for it apologies. Anyway, Sunday's Torneo Final matches saw a dullsuperclásicowhose main talking points were Manu Lanzini scoring the fastest goal in the ... Continue reading →
At 16:30 on Sunday afternoon (20:30 UK time, 15:30 if you're on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States hopefully the rest of you can work it out from there!), Boca Juniors host River Plate in one of world ... Continue reading →
There were three matches on Saturday in the 2013 Torneo Final, and whilst they weren't as high-scoring as Friday's two, they had their moments, and a couple of fine finishes. In Santa Fe, Unión and Belgrano drew 1-1, a result ... Continue reading →
Superclásico weekend is upon us in Argentina, but before River Plate's visit to Boca Juniors' Bombonera on Sunday, there are other games to take care of, and Godoy Cruz and San Lorenzo got the weekend started with a win apiece ... Continue reading →
The tenth round of the 2013 Torneo Final is eight matches in, and so far there's been no shortage of bad refereeing and talking points. A virtual Vélez Sarsfield reserve side lost to Newell's just 45 hours after their starters ... Continue reading →
Friday's Torneo Final matches held little excitement, but Saturday's three games saw 15 (fifteen!) goals, and over both days there were talking points galore. First, there was a 1-1 draw between Independiente and Unión, after which Américo Gallego's resignation was ... Continue reading →
Friday's and Saturday's Torneo Final matches brought just eight goals, but one clear loser; Independiente, one of only two sides in Argentina never to have been relegated, are closer than ever after losing 2-0 to All Boys on Friday night, ... Continue reading →
Two matches in the Copa Libertadores on Tuesday night involved Argentine clubs. Vélez Sarsfield visited Iquique in Chile, where they easily dispatched the hosts 3-1 with goals from Sebastián Domínguez, Lucas Romero and Jonathan Copete. Manuel Villalobos scored Iquique's goal. ... Continue reading →
Sunday's and Monday's matches in the 2013 Torneo Final brought thirteen goals and plenty of developments at the business ends of both tables (league and relegation). On Sunday, Independiente and Boca Juniors met in the weekend's secondclásico, and drew a ... Continue reading →
Friday's and Saturday's games in the 2013 Torneo Final only saw a few goals, with over half of them concentrated in just one match the first of the weekend. Colón and Tigre met in Santa Fe and the hosts ... Continue reading →
In the ninety-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Joel are joined (eventually) by Daniel Schweimler, another Englishman in Buenos Aires, who runs the Hand Of Dan blog looking at Argentine society through the prism of life ... Continue reading →
Friday night saw the Argentine national team return to Buenos Aires for the first time since last June, and yet another comfortable win for Alejandro Sabella's side. Two goals from Gonzalo Higuaín both brilliantly set up by Lionel Messi, ... Continue reading →
The sixth round of the Torneo Final is already four fifths done. Sorry about that I've had a fun-filled weekend. But although there aren't loads of goals to show you, the results have been interesting. First, Unión surprisingly beat ... Continue reading →
As you might have heard, a new head of the Roman Catholic Church was elected on Wednesday, and he's Argentine. Inevitably, people with a highly developed set of priorities started asking the important questions, like; 'Does he support River Plate, ... Continue reading →
In the ninety-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, English Dan and Joel toast the world's first Latin American pontiff with a fernet (mate in Joel's case) even though none of us are Catholic, and discuss what his installment in ... Continue reading →
