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When a small club do well in Argentina, there's a pattern which is generally followed in terms of
what happens next to their players: they move to River or Boca, and from there, if they continue to
shine, on to Europe. This year though, Lanús have impressed so much that an exception may be
about to [.
Several of River Plate's most notorious barra bravas have spent Christmas this year in jail, and
now they're to be joined for the new year by their boss, Alan Schlenker, after a senior judge
ordered the capo of Los Borrachos del Tablón to do time in a preventative institute for his
suspected 'intellectual' part in [.
It's not been the best of weeks for Diego Simeone, in charge of Estudiantes. He saw his side
comfortably beat Banfield on the opening day last weekend, but fall in midweek to Lanús in the
first leg of the Copa Sudamericana qualifiers. On top of all this, Juan Sebastián Verón picked up
a knock in [...]
Having seen Tigre claim a stunning victory over Boca just before their own match against Gimnasia
got underway, Lanús's players knew they wouldn't be celebrating their club's first ever Argentine
championship on Wednesday whatever happened. But they also knew they could get a lot closer to it
with the right result.
The rhetoric surrounding the murder of Gonzalo Acro continued on Monday. With the Apertura now two
rounds of matches old and River still yet to play a match, the barra brava ringleaders are taking
it upon themselves to provide some form of distraction for the fans. At the end of last week,
Adrián Rousseau, the [...]
The selección took most of the headlines this weekend, of course, but a few other things were
happening. Boca manager Miguel Russo talked of his 'optimism' going into the final rounds of the
Apertura, River Plate have lost one of their forwards to injury on international duty, and
Almirante Brown have announced their intentions to [...]
The video of all the goals from the ninth round of the 2007 Torneo Apertura is online now, and can
be found here thanks to TN. As usual, read on for the full running order of that video, and my
personal favourite strikes from the weekend (dominated this week by Señores Denis and Belluschi),
courtesy [...]
All 29 of the goals from the sixteenth round of the Apertura can be seen right now thanks to TN by
clicking here. Read on as ever for the running order of this video for those who don't know which
kit is whose, as well as my personal favourite strikes of the week - including not [...]
Unbelievable. If you'd scripted this at the start of the championship, no-one in their right minds
would have published it. I heard a joke recently, after a striker in England's second tier
starred in Northern Ireland's recent Euro 2008 qualifying exploits. 'Roy of the Rovers reads David
Healy comics!
The penultimate round of the championship begins with a relegation clash on Friday night when
Central host San Martín, and ends on Sunday with Vélez's visit to Independiente. By the time that
match kicks off, Argentina could have a new champion football team. Tigre's visit to Argentinos
and Lanús's visit to La Bombonera will be played [.
Another campaign, another violent beginning. The problems never quite went away domestically in
Argentina, continuing through the playoffs with the death of a Tigre fan after their victory over
Nueva Chicago, and now onwards. But what was truly remarkable about Tuesday night's shooting -
which has now turned into a murder, because Gonzalo Acro died [.
Once again, there was no River Plate this weekend, their home match with Newell's having been
postponed until further notice following the death of Gonzalo Acro last week. There were nine other
matches, though, and unlike last week they all saw goals, with a rather nice total of 24 all in.
There was apparently some bad blood in the Boca Juniors squad on their return to training after the
2-0 loss to River Plate in Sunday's superclásico. Manager Miguel Angel Russo and the rest of
Boca's squad are reportedly furious with Ever Banega for picking up the red card which left them
playing with ten men [...]
Twelve short months ago, all was looking rosy in Argentina and South American competition for those
who like to see big clubs winning things. There was enough interest for the unexpected sides to
shake it up a bit – Pachuca were about to beat Colo Colo in the Copa Sudamericana final to become
the first [...]
After a two-week hiatus, Primera A football is back this weekend, with the title race entering its
endgame. Gimnasia will go into it a little disorientated, after manager Julio Falcioni announced he
won't be continuing in the post after the 2nd December, when the Apertura finishes. The big game is
the Avellaneda derby on Saturday, [.
It was all looking thoroughly buggered-up. Ninety minutes were up in Victoria, and somehow Tigre
had contrived to not win against, of all the sides in the league, Rosario Central. Rosario Central!
The hosts had let a half-time lead slip as José Vizcarra gave Central an equaliser just before the
hour, and the Apertura's worst [.
Another championship is over, and as the players (except Boca's) head off on their summer holidays,
it's time to reflect again on yet another thrilling short tournament. Unexpected champions was the
least of it - we've seen an avalanche of goals, players pushing themselves into the limelight and
yet more booing from the stands of the Monumental [.
The selección will play a friendly against Egypt, in Cairo, on the 26th March, and the AFA are
also in talks with the FMF about a friendly against Mexico in February, to be played in Dubai.
Domestically, the end of the championship - and the imminent re-opening of the European transfer
windows - mean it's [.
Following the now resolved doubts over the Tigre vs. Independiente match (see previous story), it
also became apparent on Friday evening that River Plate's home game against Newell's - which was
going to be Los Millonarios' first of the campaign - may now also be put back to a later date, for
very different reasons.
...it was safe to read about Argentine footballers being transferred, you're proved wrong. Juan
Román Riquelme and his agent claimed a few days ago that they'd reached an agreement with
Atlético Madrid, but that now appears to have been a load of rubbish because no-one's yet signed
the playmaker, the transfer window has closed, and [...]
Both La Plata sides are in the headlines a week and a day before the city's clásico, for different
reasons. Gimnasia got back to winning ways and kept Newell's miserable away run in the Apertura
going, beating them 2-0 in the Estadio Municipal last night in the postponed 12th round match.
Lucas Landa and Ignacio [...]
San Lorenzo's players and fans can't believe their luck after Ramón Díaz's decision to stay with
them rather than going back to River Plate, but they were perhaps just as fortunate in Friday
night's match with Olimpo. Díaz's two sons were both in the squad (Emiliano started, Michel was an
unused substitute) but the team, [.
In the end, it was a miracle too far for Tigre, who fell 1-0 away to Argentinos. At the same time,
in La Bombonera, Lanús were putting the seal on an astonishing Apertura by getting the result
they needed against Boca Juniors, away from home. José Sand's first-half goal was cancelled out by
Martín Palermo in the [.
It was all smiles for the red half of Avellaneda on Wednesday, as the announcement arrived that
Daniel Montenegro's ligament damage isn't as bad as initially feared. It might have kept him out
for a good few months, with surgery a distinct possibility - but doctors today said that wouldn't
be necessary, and that Rolfi [...]
Juan Román Riquelme has signed a two year contract with Atlético Madrid. There, it's done at
last. Now let's move on. Juan Pablo Carrizo will fly back from Rome to Buenos Aires on Friday to
rejoin River Plate on loan for six months. 'Complications' (which given some of the fuss a few
years ago with in [...]
Two big games this weekend - one is set to kick off in B Nacional as this post goes online, as
joint leaders San Martín de Tucumán and Quilmes clash in Tucumán. In Primera A, meanwhile,
bottom placed Central host Vélez, Lanús will be looking to crank up the pressure on Independiente
- the granate host San [...]
The video of the weekend's goals in the Primera A is online now, and you can see all 21 of them
thanks to TN simply by clicking here. As ever, read on for the running order to this video, and,
for those too lazy to sit through all of it, my personal favourite goals of [...]
The good people at Footballing World have been kind enough to publish a piece by me on Lanús's
recent championship win, going back over what's been an unpredictable twelve months on the pitch in
Argentine football: 'The dream of a first-ever Argentine league title wasn't to be for Tigre. The
newly promoted side from the river [.
The first round of the Torneo Apertura is finally over, nearly three weeks after it begun. Gimnasia
y Esgrima de Jujuy hosted River Plate in the postponed match which had been scheduled for the first
Sunday of the season, but put back due to River manager Daniel Passarella's complaints about too
much travel time following [...]
The fourth round of the Torneo Apertura is upon us, as well as a fresh lot of fixtures in the lower
leagues. The main highlight of this weekend in the clash of last season's two champions: Apertura
winners Estudiantes host Clausura champions San Lorenzo. In B Nacional, meanwhile, the Córdoba
derby sees Instituto take on [...]
Yet again, River were pathetic away from home, albeit that Daniel Passarella sent out a virtual
reserve team to keep the main players safe for Sunday's superclásico. Independiente beat Olimpo
easily and Boca responded on Wednesday by winning the clásico against San Lorenzo, whilst there
was a last minute winner to a five goal thriller [...]
Thanks to the editor of Futvolblog.es for linking to this vid in a comment to last night's match
report. Highlights of Sunday's super: River Plate 2 - 0 Boca Juniors
Things weren't expected to be like this in Victoria. When Tigre won promotion via the playoff
against Nueva Chicago last season, their triumph turned to tragedy when riots resulted in the
death of one of their fans. But on Friday night, they beat Arsenal de Sarandí 2-0, with goals from
man-of-the-match playmaker Martín Morel (pictured) and Sebastián Rusculleda, [.
Argentina's two biggest clubs both suffered knock-backs on Thursday from living legends to their
fans. José Manuel Llaneza, a Villarreal director, explained that Juan Román Riquelme still hadn't
come to an agreement with Boca Juniors about his transfer home from the Spanish club, where he fell
out with manager Manuel Pellegrini around a year ago.
Racing vs. Independiente passed off without any incident on Saturday afternoon, either in the
stands (fortunately) or on the pitch (less luckily). There were no goals, no sendings-off, and very
little chance for either. The best thing about the match was the fans, who didn't get the show
they deserved.
It's been a relatively low-scoring weekend so far in Primera A, with Newell's squeezing past
Banfield and the 0-0 in Avellaneda cancelling out Vélez's 3-1 win over Gimnasia in Pedro
Larraqui's first game in charge. And then came San Martín vs. Gimnasia de Jujuy, a match both
sides desperately needed to win.
Twenty-one goals from this weekend's ten matches, and none of them came in Avellaneda, where Racing
and Independiente stank the place out in the Apertura's final clásico. Sunday was a helter-skelter
ride, with Boca slipping up but Lanús failing to take full advantage last thing in the evening -
the failure of both to pick [.
No, don't worry, regular readers. You haven't missed out on a week of your lives without noticing.
To accomodate Boca Juniors' upcoming Club World Championship campaign, which starts in Japan just
ten days after they had been due to play the final match of the season, the two 19th round
matches involving the three championship challengers are [.
Juan Román Riquelme finally returned to La Bombonera permanently on Thursday, signing a contract
which should keep him at Boca Juniors for the next three years. Diego Maradona, meanwhile, went on
a meet-and-greet. Riquelme's apparently told Villarreal that they needn't pay him the money they
owe him, 'for another year and a half,' and his [.
And so it arrives. In a few hours' time, either Lanús will be the champions of Argentina, or the
title race will be heading towards a playoff between them and Tigre. For that to happen, Boca -
with nothing but pride to play for - must beat Lanús in La Bombonera, and Tigre have to [...]
