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After the madness and midweek distraction of the World Cup preliminary squad list, it's back to
business for one last push in the domestic league: the final round of a nailbiting 2010 Torneo
Clausura is upon us, and either Estudiantes ... Continue reading →
The first big transfer story of the Argentine post-season has broken not here in Buenos Aires, but
England. Why did I move down here again? The Star, a highly-regarded British news publication*
claimed on Monday that Sir Alex Ferguson, the ... Continue reading →
This post is later than normal this week, for which I apologise. Sunday's matches had plenty of
talking points, none more so than the clásico between Independiente and Boca Juniors which as well
as Martín Palermo's brilliant backwards headed goal was won by Pablo Mouche who first scored a
quite brilliant goal, and [.
This Sunday, as Juan Román Riquelme announced on Fox Sports on Monday afternoon, could be his
final home match at La Bombonera. His contract talks are stalling and the feud with Martín Palermo
ensures it'll be awkward for both men ... Continue reading →
The Torneo Clausura title just might be decided this weekend, with title contenders Estudiantes de
La Plata playing at the same time as Argentinos Juniors on Sunday. If Estudiantes win, Argentinos
have to match their score to go into the ... Continue reading →
There were three goleadas (that's 'thrashings') on Saturday, with Vélez thumping already-relegated
Chacarita Juniors 4-1 and Newell's tearing a pathetic Gimnasia La Plata to pieces in the Estadio
Marcelo Bielsa. Most eyebrows were raised, though, in El Cilindro where an ... Continue reading →
There were one or two talking points on Sunday. Seba Verón was sent off in the first half as
Estudiantes stumbled at the penultimate hurdle in their quest to win an unprecedented
Clausura-and-Libertadores double (a 0-0 draw with Rosario Central ... Continue reading →
Lanús, San Lorenzo and Godoy Cruz ensured on Monday evening that a free-scoring weekend ended as
it had started, although Colón didn't have any part to play beyond defending poorly to allow their
hosts Godoy to hit three unanswered goals ... Continue reading →
Godoy Cruz claimed what manager Omar Asad said was a 'moral championship' with a 2-1 win over
Arsenal in Sarandí to round off a great half of the year for the mendocinos on Friday afternoon.
After that, San Lorenzo beat ... Continue reading →
Vélez qualified for the Copa Sudamericana on Saturday despite a 0-0 draw with Central, by virtue
of Lanús' 1-0 loss away to Independiente. Gimnasia demonstrated why they're in relegation trouble
by throwing away a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 with ... Continue reading →
HEGS' first championship finale based in Argentina has been an eventful one. 25 years after their
second and last domestic title, and one week after that astonishing comeback from the dead against
Independiente, Argentinos Juniors beat Huracán 2-1 away to ... Continue reading →
Argentinos Juniors claimed the title; Vélez Sarsfield claimed the final Copa Sudamericana place.
The relegation playoffs are scheduled to start on Wednesday and will involve Rosario Central and
Gimnasia La Plata against, respectively, All Boys and Atlético Rafaela. You can ... Continue
reading →
Wednesday afternoon and evening saw the first legs of the two Promoción playoff matches to decide
whether Gimnasia La Plata and Rosario Central remain in the Primera División, or are replaced by
All Boys and Atlético Rafaela. In the afternoon ... Continue reading →
A bit of a paradox, this torneo corto (short championship), because in spite of it only lasting 19
matches, it's been an absolute epic. We've seen four teams in contention for the title, two of whom
couldn't have been expected ... Continue reading →
All Boys had played Central in Rosario thirteen times without winning a single match before Sunday,
but they've just completed a 3-0 win in El Gigante Del Arroyito which gives them a place in the
Primera División for next season ... Continue reading →
Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata lost the first leg of their Promoción last year away to Atlético
Rafaela 3-0, but still stayed up. This week, they lost the first leg 1-0 away to Atlético Rafaela,
but after a dramatic second ... Continue reading →
