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The full fixtures for the Primera División A Torneo Clausura 2009 were released by the
AFA a little while ago, and now I've got a weekend when (relatively) little is happening to
write about on HEGS, here's the full fixture list for the season. Primera División A Torneo
Clausura 2009: Round 1 (8th Feb) Club Atlético Huracán vs [.
Yes, it's January, and thus to the majority of HEGS readers that headline is six months early, but
Argentina's in a different hemisphere, you know. And the summer friendlies are just about to start.
There's the traditional Torneo de Verano between the 'Big Five', as well as the other regular
events - the 'City Cups' [.
Tuesday saw Diego Maradona name his second Argentina squad, in preparation for the friendly against
France in Marseilles on the 11th of February. For the first time Lionel Messi was called up by
El Diego - as was my mate Carlos Tevez - who, clearly motivated by my words of encouragement
on Saturday night, scored for Manchester [.
It's been a busy few days for Sergio Batista's Under 20 team in Venezeula whilst I've been away.
Two more group matches have yielded four points in spite of underwhelming performances - you can
see highlights of both games here. In Mar del Plata on Saturday, Boca Juniors beat River Plate in
the year's first [.
Argentine champions Boca Juniors sent out a mostly reserve side for their first match of 2009, but
were still by far the better team against San Lorenzo in Mar del Plata. All the same they couldn't
find a way past the Cuervo backline. Earlier on Saturday, in Sao Paulo, Estudiantes got battered
5-1 by Corinthians.
The goals from last night's opener of the Sudamericano Sub 20 Venezuela 2009 are online, and you
can watch them right here. Sergio Batista's Argentina drew 1-1 with the hosts after conceding a
penalty in the opening minute. Sudamericano Sub 20 2009 group stage: Venezuela 1 - 1 Argentina
(19th Jan 2009): Posted in Argentine football, Continental [.
Gary Medel isn't coming to Buenos Aires after all, in spite of last week's expectations.
Universidad Católica, the player's Chilean club, have rejected Independiente's terms on the
deal which had been announced last week to bring one of South America's most exiciting young
midfielders to the Primera A.
Independiente and Racing Club played out a pre-season clásico de Avellaneda down by the
seaside in Mar del Plata on Saturday night, and the result wasn't an encouraging one for Racing
fans hoping their side will be able to keep up appearances in the Clausura and avoid another
relegation battle. With goals from Hernán Fredes, [.
Newell's Old Boys continue to be beset by problems created by their hooligan gang. On Monday a
group of 25 - 30 barra bravas invaded the club's premises - some carrying firearms - and threatened
club members and staff who were present, destroying some of the fittings. The attack comes in the
wake of the [.
Ins and outs for the two giants of Argentine football: champions Boca Juniors appear to have lost
Neri Cardozo against their wishes, whilst new River Plate manager Néstor Gorosito is on
the verge of making his first signing, Colombian centre back Humberto Mendoza. Independiente have
some good news: Daniel Montenegro isn't going anywhere.
The latest Torneo de Verano match was up in Argentina's Andean northwest, and the Salta crowd saw a
Boca reserve side take on an Independiente team still struggling to regain the cohesion of the 4-0
win over Racing in the summer's first match. Boca won 2-0. Carlos Ischia was keeping back Boca's
first string for the [.
Don't be surprised to hear about training ground bust-ups at Independiente before long. Juan
Krupoviesa is on the point of signing on loan for El Rojo, and when he arrives at the training
complex he'll meet up with new team-mate Daniel Montenegro; a man whose leg he tried to break when
the two were on [.
Néstor Gorosito's head and neck (not to mention most of his back) must be absolutely
sweltering under that mullet. His new team managed to keep cool enough in their 2009 Torneo de
Verano debut, though, that after going 1-0 down to Independiente shortly before half time, an
impressive River Plate (in so far as a side [.
It's been a quiet-ish week for the main Argentine contingent in Europe, but there have been one or
two scorers. In Mexico, meanwhile, the new year's championship is already underway, and there were
five goals from Argentines as well as a couple of other decent contributions there. Step this
way... In Italy, Serie A leaders Internazionale [.
Well well. We've been told he's staying with Racing, and the pessimistic presumed he'd be on his
way back to Russia. On Monday it was revealed that Maximiliano Moralez is avoiding a return flight
to Moscow, where he was never really happy in the six months he spent with FC Moscow, by taking a
rather [.
Yes, that's right. San Lorenzo entered the summer action in Mar del Plata on Wednesday night
against Racing, and they suffered the indignity of actually losing to Juan Manuel Llop's side. In
what was essentially a match between reserve sides, there was plenty of poor passing and neither
side looked fully interested.
Boca Juniors' goalkeeping crisis should shortly be put to bed after it was confirmed on Thursday
that they've agreed a fee with Spanish side Getafe to buy Roberto Abbondanzieri back. The Xeneize
will pay €300,000 to the Madrid club for their former custodian. Abbondanzieri, for his part,
had already pleaded with both sides to strike a [.
Wednesday brought the news that Cristian Fabbiani will be staying with Newell's Old Boys after his
attempted signing by River Plate finally fell through, and a late equaliser ensured they could only
draw with San Lorenzo in their final Torneo de Verano match (Boca having claimed the summer title
by beating Racing 2-0 on Tuesday [.
Proper football has returned to Argentina with the start of the qualifying rounds for the 2009 Copa
Libertadores de América. Estudiantes de La Plata travelled to Lima where they met Sporting
Cristal, former finalists of this competition but for now just glad to be here after CONMEBOL came
so close to booting Peruvian clubs out [.
Juan Sebastián Verón was named on the 1st January as the 2008 South American Footballer
Of The Year by Uruguayan newspaper El País, in a bit of a surprise for many critics because in
spite of not winning any titles during 2008, he beat of competition from the likes of Juan
Román Riquelme and other [.
This commentary originally appeared in The Amoias of the Americas. My cousin, Oscar R. Amoia, grew
up in Buenos Aires near the Boca district. He has supported his beloved Club Atletico Boca Juniors
for his entire life. He had a very distinct memory of one of the most famous derbies in the world.
He was only [.
This will be a very quick roundup, because January always makes me a little lazy with the amount of
stuff I want to write, due to the lack of meaningful domestic league action. Still, there were some
performances from our boys abroad in the last week, and one perhaps notable absence. That absence
was Carlos Tevez, [.
Venezuela 2009 is underway, and Argentina's challenge for the South American Under 20 title (and
more importantly, qualification for the World Youth Cup) got off to a faltering start on Monday
night. I'm too tired to write a proper match report, but the junior albiceleste fell behind to a
rebound from a first-minute penalty, with [.
With most of the Primera A sides returning for pre-season training (yes, I know according to the
AFA we're halfway through the season), a few of them had new managers on Monday. River Plate, of
course, are now overseen by Néstor Gorosito, but they're not the only ones. Vélez
Sársfield, Independiente and Argentinos Juniors all have [.
It's so dull watching Lionel Messi, isn't it? It would be so much more interesting if he was poor
now and then, but it just never seems to happen. On Tuesday he was at it again, scoring a hat-trick
away to Maxi Rodríguez's and Ever Banega's Atlético de Madrid (Sergio Agüero didn't
play) as Barcelona [.
I've looked at 2008 as far as the action between the touch- and goal lines is concerned
already - if you're struggling to remember, the Clausura review is here, and the Apertura
one is here. It's time, though, to take a look at how each of the clubs lived up to the suggestions
I put forward for new year's [.
If you can remember new year's day, you'll remember that Juan Sebastián Verón was
recently named South America's Footballer Of The Year for 2008 by El País of Montevideo. Well
now, on Soccernet, you can read more about why I was pleased to see him take the award.
'Footballers produced by South America come in all shapes [.
Independiente have pulled off a bit of a transfer coup by signing promising young Chilean
midfielder Gary Medel from Universidad Católica. Medel, aged 21 and looked on for some time as
one of the bright young things of the South American game, makes the trek across the Andes with
around US$2.5 million going in the [.
Sunday night's Torneo de Verano match took place in the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza, and
saw Racing leading in a closely-fought game which only came to something approximating life in the
second half. With almost the last attack of the game, though, Néstor Gorosito's men got a
deserved equaliser to remain unbeaten after two [.
Thrown out by Racing's new president of the indignity of a groundshare with their fiercest local
rivals, and finding that the new-look Doble Visera won't be ready for the Clausura after all,
Independiente are entering into a new groundshare agreement. Appropriately, it's with another club
who've only just returned home themselves - and need improvement [.
I'm in Manchester for a couple of nights this weekend, sorting out some final plans for my upcoming
trip to Mexico. What this means is that there won't be any immediate write-ups of Friday and
Saturday's major matches; to wit, the Sudamericano Sub 20 group stage game between Argentina and
Peru in Maturín, Venezuela on [.
It was a relatively quiet weekend for Argentina's representatives in the exterior in the week prior
to the announcement of Diego Maradona's squad for the friendly with France (which is announced on
Tuesday and will include Seba Verón and Juan Román Riquelme), with some of the main
stories being transfer rumours.
