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This weekend, no issues can be resolved, but a lot might become a little clearer. Two of the
title-chasers meet on Monday, when Vélez Sarsfield, licking their wounds from their Copa
Libertadores semi-final elimination, host Godoy Cruz. Gimnasia and Racing ... Continue reading →
If Saturday wasn't already going to be a maddening enough day for fans of all the clubs involved in
the relegation dogfight in Argentina, events on Friday made sure it would become just a little more
nail-biting for fans of ... Continue reading →
In early June, a side representing Argentina will play friendlies away to Nigeria (on the 1st, in
Abuja) and Poland (the 5th, in Warsaw). It won't be a full Argentina team, but it's infinitely more
worthwhile than the ‘local selección' ... Continue reading →
The penultimate weekend of the 2011 Torneo Clausura will probably see a few issues resolved with
the relegation dogfight as mentioned yesterday, a number of sides can, if the results go the right
way, escape the thread of the ... Continue reading →
The final round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura is upon us in Argentina, and with it an historic day.
Never before since the short championships were introduced in 1992 have we gone into the final day
without a single one ... Continue reading →
The final round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura is upon us in Argentina, and with it an historic day.
Never before since the short championships were introduced in 1992 have we gone into the final day
without a single one ... Continue reading →
The second round the Torneo Apertura has already kicked off I'm afraid, thanks to my laziness in
starting work today. As I type, Arsenal de Sarandí have just beaten Atlético Rafaela. Later in
the week we'll have Boca Juniors at ... Continue reading →
'What's this?!' I hear you cry. 'Hasn't the second round of matches only just finished?' Yes, dear
reader, it has, but here in Argentina that doesn't really matter. This weekend is a long one
(Monday is a bank holiday, I ... Continue reading →
The 2011 Torneo Clausura is finally upon us, complete with a suitably nationalistic nametag from
the government/AFA. This short championship will be known as the Torneo Clausura Néstor Kirchner
Copa Malvinas Argentinas, just to remind us Brits in Buenos Aires ... Continue reading →
The second round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura features a right old ding-dong in Avellaneda, with a
Juan Román Riquelme-less Boca Juniors travelling to a Giovanni Moreno-less Racing Club. HEGS will
be watching from the press box for the first ... Continue reading →
The fourth round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura features not one but two clásicos, two potentially
tricky assignments for the joint leaders, and a tall task for Boca Juniors to try and get into
their stride. They visit Vélez, whilst ... Continue reading →
This weekend sees underwhelming Vélez Sarsfield visit high-flying River Plate (it seems odd to be
writing it that way round, but I'll be at the game on Sunday), Racing visit Colón and a clásico
to make the mouth water in ... Continue reading →
There were no matches on Friday evening this week, but the sixth round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura
sees afternoon (rather than early evening) kick offs return now that the worst of the Argentine
summer is over. Quilmes and Independiente, ... Continue reading →
The Torneo Clausura pattern returns to normal this weekend, with two games on Friday and none on
Monday, now that daytime kick offs are once again allowed by the players' union with the return of
autumn to Buenos Aires. The ... Continue reading →
The eighth round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura is upon us. Gimnasia (whose fans are pictured above
from our Flickr group, rolling up to Huracán's stadium) host Independiente in the weekend's first
match. Olimpo have a very tough assignment if ... Continue reading →
The ninth round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura is already underway as I type, with Estudiantes and San
Lorenzo two title contenders currently drawing 0-0 at half time in Quilmes' stadium (Estudiantes'
ground is still being cleared up ... Continue reading →
The tenth round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura gets underway in a few hours' time when Quilmes host
Newell's Old Boys. If it will be hard to avoid the temptation to give that one a miss (they've
looked by some ... Continue reading →
The eleventh round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura took a day off on Good Friday, and runs from
Saturday to Monday this week, very inconveniently for Hand Of Pod. New league leaders Vélez
Sarsfield are at home to Quilmes on ... Continue reading →
It's a weekend packed full of derbies in Argentina, this one. No fewer than four of the ten top
flight matches being played in this round are clásicos, with all of the 'Big Five' being involved
in one: San Lorenzo ... Continue reading →
This weekend sees one clásico on the menu, as San Lorenzo visit Avellaneda to take on
Independiente on Sunday evening. Arsenal de Sarandí host Racing in a game only the home fans will
be thinking of as a clásico, and Newell's ... Continue reading →
In the nineteenth episode of Hand Of Pod, me, Dan, Seba and Dan greet a couple of special guests to
preview this Sunday's superclásico in La Bombonera. Samuel (no, not Sam) is our tamed River Plate
fan, and the four ... Continue reading →
The fourteenth round of the the 2011 Torneo Clausura has arrived, and that, of course, means it's
superclásico time. Don't forget the Hand Of Pod preview episode. There are nine other games taking
place this weekend though or rather ... Continue reading →
The 2011 Torneo Clausura edition of one of the world's biggest football derbies kicks off in an
hour and a bit, with River Plate traveling south to La Bombonera to take on Boca Juniors in the
superclásico. Boca have been ... Continue reading →
The 2011 Torneo Clausura superclásico is almost upon us. Long-term HEGS readers will be aware I
normally do a live update post here during the game. This time, though, I'm changing things
slightly. Posting to the blog is more time-consuming and means ... Continue reading →
A key weekend in the relegation battle in the Primera arrives. No matches were played on Friday
evening, but Sunday sees a critical clash, as River Plate visit Bahía Blanca to take on one of the
title challengers and ... Continue reading →
The first round the 2011 Torneo Apertura in Argentina's top flight kicks off this evening, and for
the first time since 1908, a season gets underway in Argentina which won't include River Plate in
the country's top division. The club ... Continue reading →
The fourth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura sees champions Vélez beginning life without Santiago
Silva with a home tie against All Boys. All of their four co-leaders are also at home; Racing host
Arsenal de Sarandí tonight, Lanús welcome ... Continue reading →
The fifth round of the Torneo Apertura is already upon us as I type, since I hadn't realised it was
beginning so early on Friday afternoon. Newell's Old Boys are already playing Colón de Santa Fe.
Later in the weekend ... Continue reading →
This weekend's Apertura fixtures are spread over four rather than three days, with Argentinos not
playing Lanús until Monday evening. League leaders Atlético Rafaela take on Newell's Old Boys
tonight to get the round started. Lanús are one of the ... Continue reading →
An action-packed eleven days in the 2011 Torneo Apertura begins shortly with Independiente v Colón
de Santa Fe kicking off the seventh round of the competition. The eighth will follow hot on its
heels in midweek, before the ninth round ... Continue reading →
No sooner has the seventh round finished, than the eighth is upon us in this 2011 Torneo Apertura.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will see between them another ten top flight matches in Argentina,
with Boca Juniors looking to consolidate their ... Continue reading →
Following hot on the heels of the midweek eighth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura, this weekend
welcomes the ninth. There's a clásico in Bajo Flores, where Racing visit San Lorenzo, a clash of
promoted teams in San Juan, with Atlético ... Continue reading →
This weekend is a big one in the 2011 Torneo Apertura. Leaders Boca Juniors host Tigre, one of the
chasing pack. Champions Vélez Sarsfield will be seeing if they can make it two wins in a row at
home to ... Continue reading →
There's a clásico this week to heat things up during the twelfth round of the Torneo Clausura.
What's more, it's an historic one: the first never clásico cuyano in the top flight. Godoy Cruz
and San Martín de San Juan ... Continue reading →
The fourteenth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura sees a clash between the outgoing champions and
the (probably) incoming ones, when Vélez Sarsfield host Boca Juniors on Sunday. That match has
caused no end of umming and ahhing in the ... Continue reading →
The fifteenth round of the Torneo Apertura is here, and it could see Boca Juniors all but seal the
championship. If they win against Racing and Lanús and Atlético Rafaela don't win their matches,
Boca will be eleven points clear ... Continue reading →
League leaders Boca Juniors could wrap up the tite in this round, although they won't be able to do
so in their own match away to Godoy Cruz. If other results go their way, they win that match, and
then ... Continue reading →
This weekend is the penultimate of the Torneo Apertura, even though there are three rounds left to
play. That's because the next round is in midweek, meaning a week from now we'll be entering the
final round of the season. ... Continue reading →
The seventeenth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura is already underway, with Estudiantes just having
beaten All Boys 3-0 in La Plata, but it's still not clear exactly when San Lorenzo v Tigre will be
played. The argument over the ... Continue reading →
The penultimate round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura is upon us already, with four matches today, two
tomorrow and four on Thursday. We kick things off with the All Boys v Argentinos Juniors clásico
in Floresta, and late tonight Racing host ... Continue reading →
