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First, for all those who are as big on detail as myself, I apologise for that headline, because
there's nothing I hate more than English speakers referring to the world's most modest, understated
football club as 'Real'. But why let that get in the way of a not especially good headline? Real
Madrid might be [.
The first football of the new year is already underway in Argentina; on Saturday Banfield and
Huracán played out a 0-0 draw in which the champions of Argentina had more chances but couldn't
put them away with Santiago Silva, whilst in the first of the AFA's official triangular tournaments
(there's no round robin of the [.
River Plate and Boca Juniors drew 1-1 in the last clásico of the Torneos de Verano on Sunday
night, after which a penalty shootout decided that the Copa Revancha went to River, who won the
penalties 3-2. You can watch both goals and the shootout right here. Lucas Viatri headed Boca into
the lead after [.
First of all, happy new year, HEGS readers! On Sunday the first of Argentina's clubs returned to
their training facilities to prepare for the pre-season of the Torneos de Verano and (for some)
Copa Libertadores qualification. The new year brings familiar issues though: Banfield are starting
to accept that they're likely to lose Santiago Silva, whilst [.
Clearly seeing the new year as a chance for a new start, the AFA announced a personnel change on
Monday that could have big implication for the Clausura. No, don't get too excited they're not
kicking Julio Grondona out. But Jorge Romo is on his way. 'Who's he?' I hear you cry. The head
[...]
Racing Club, also known simply as Racing, is an Argentine professional football club from
Avellaneda, a suburb of Gran Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered
one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football. The club is currently competing in the Primera
División Argentina tournament.
It looks like zio Ranieri is getting himself all worked up or rather,
excited over the possibility of the ToniTotti pairing for Roma this weekend
against Genova. He even compared the spectacle to Drogba's favourite film,
Avatar!
The first proper Argentines Abroad of the new year sees a narrow spread of criollo achievement, but
an impressive one nonetheless. Lionel Messi started the defence of his numerous player of the year
awards with a hat trick. His next goal for Barcelona will be the hundredth of his club career. In
England, Manchester City [.
If you're an eagle-eyed regular reader of HEGS, you may recall at some point during the last week a
comment being made about dodgy Argentine NGOs trying to help secure funding for certain barra brava
gangs to travel to the World Cup in South Africa to support the national side in June. Now, if you
[.
A quick news update this one: It was confirmed on Thursday that the Argentine national team will
play two friendlies in Buenos Aires prior to leaving for the World Cup. The original plan was to
play the matches in Europe (fans there have more money, you see), but the players apparently
requested that they play [.
No, not in the Primera. Sunday saw the first competitive football of 2010 in Argentina, but it
didn't come in the form of a particularly tasty Torneo de Verano match. The Torneos del Interior,
the third division of the non-affiliated Torneos Argentinos, kicked off this weekend. There'll be
matches stretching from the Bolivian borderlands right [.
For a change, Carlos Tevez had a quiet match in the Premier League, with Manchester City losing to
Everton (Pablo Zabaleta wasn't much better). Elsewhere though, Argentines were in form again.
Lionel Messi became the youngest player ever to score 100 competitive goals for Barcelona and also
the youngest to score 101.
I'm giving the Torneos de Verano a fairly wide berth, as readers may have noticed, mainly because I
find them mind-numbingly dull. All the same, it would be wrong to totally ignore them, and there've
been some interesting results in the last few days. Here, then, you can watch the goals from
Estudiantes' 4-1 demolition [.
It may not count for anything, but a superclásico always attracts a lot of attention regardless,
so here are the goals from Wednesday night's 3-1 River Plate victory in the Copa Desafío in Mar
del Plata. The two teams will square up again in Mendoza at the weekend for the Copa Revancha.
Paraguayan starlet Ricardo [.
The goals from Saturday night's match in Mar del Plata between Independiente and Racing are right
here. Racing claimed the Copa Ciudad de Mar del Plata with a 2-1 win over their Avellaneda rivals,
with goals from new signing Claudio Bieler and Matías Cahais giving them the advantage before El
Rojo's consolation with 8 minutes [.
Oh yes, competitive football is finally back! The first meaningful match of the new decade on
Argentine soil took place in El Cementerio de Los Elefantes on Tuesday night, as Colón hosted
Universidad Católica of Chile in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores qualifying stage, and it
was a humdinger.
On Tuesday night a home-based Argentina squad took on Costa Rica's national team in a friendly
which saw Diego Maradona's return to footballing involvement following his two month touchline ban
(who noticed?). The match was won 3-2 by Argentina, with goals from José Sosa, Guillermo Burdisso
and Franco Jara for the hosts.
The first round of matches in the 2010 Torneo Clausura is upon us tonight, at last. A full preview
of the tournament will follow over or shortly after the weekend I've been tied up during the week
writing about Salvador Cabañas's shooting in Mexico (HEGS naturally wishes him well). The closest
thing to a [.
The goals (and other highlights) from Friday night's two matches in the 2010 Torneo Clausura can be
watched right here on HEGS now. Both matches were home wins Federico Higuaín got the only one of
the game for Godoy Cruz against Gimnasia with nine minutes to play, and in the other game
Birmingham City [.
