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Saturday's top flight football action in Argentina was restricted to just two matches, since the
bulk of the games will be played on Sunday and Monday for the ninth round of the Torneo Apertura.
Olimpo held Arsenal de Sarandí 2-2 ... Continue reading →
In the Superclásico de las Américas, Argentina's domestic national team lost 2-0 to their
Brazilian counterparts on Wednesday night in Belém, going down to a 2-0 aggregate loss. Lucas
opened the scoring for Brazil, and Vélez Sarsfield defender Emiliano Papa ... Continue reading →
That's not the best headline I'll ever put up on HEGS, I realise, but it is a fairly accurate one,
at least. There were a fair few impressive performances by Argentina's foreign legion during the
weekend just gone, as action ... Continue reading →
In the latest episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and the Dans discuss Denis Stracqualursi, and what
Everton fans can expect from him in the Premier League, and an interesting weekend of Torneo
Apertura matches which saw the championship finally ... 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 →
Alejandro Sabella's first match in charge of the Argentine national team wasn't a walk in the park,
but brought a victory and a performance no-one had any particular complaints about. Against
Venezuela, one of the (many) shock teams of the ... Continue reading →
Saturday's matches saw Giovanni Moreno finally return to the Argentine Primera in the same stadium
he left off in, as he came off the bench in the second half for Racing away to All Boys. He
instantly improved Racing's game, ... Continue reading →
Sunday's matches in the Torneo Apertura began with another dull goalless draw, as Argentinos failed
to find a way past San Martín in San Juan. Thereafter, though, things got a bit more interesting,
with Atlético Rafaela beating Unión 1-0 away ... Continue reading →
A little earlier today, Argentina took on Nigeria in the second match of their South Asian 'tour',
in Dhaka, Bangladesh. They won 3-1, with two goals from Gonzalo Higuaín and one from Ángel Di
María. You can watch those goals ... Continue reading →
Wednesday night saw two big matches in Argentina: Independiente vs San Martín de San Juan, left
over from the first round of the Torneo Apertura due to Independiente's pre-season trip to Japan,
and Godoy Cruz vs Lanús in the second ... Continue reading →
Vélez Sarsfield have had a woeful start to the season, by their own high standards, but on
Thursday night their engine finally crunched and ground into the gear they'd been looking for, and
the result was a 4-0 thrashing of ... 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 →
On Friday night, Atlético Rafaela and Newell's Old Boys got the sixth round of the 2011 Torneo
Apertura started with a goalless draw which means Rafaela could be overtaken at the top of the
league this weekend. Later on, Colón ... Continue reading →
Saturday's Torneo Apertura matches saw some vastly differing margins of victory. To start off,
Godoy Cruz fell a goal down and were thoroughly second best for the first half hour of their match
against All Boys, before roaring back to ... Continue reading →
There were four matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura on Sunday, and for a change none of them ended
in draws. Arsenal de Sarandí got an away win over Banfield, 1-0, in Ricardo La Volpe's first match
in charge of ... Continue reading →
Monday night saw Lanús round off the sixth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura with a crushing 4-0
win away to Argentinos Juniors which saw them go joint top of the table along with Boca Juniors on
fourteen points with ... Continue reading →
It was another packed weekend in which Argentines around the world had a big say in footballing
matters, so here's another dose of Argentines Abroad. Sergio Agüero hit a hat-trick for Manchester
City, Fernando Belluschi for Porto and Javier Pastore ... Continue reading →
The thirty-third episode of Hand Of Pod goes online just before the first leg of the double-header
between Argentina's and Brazil's 'domestic international' teams, and Sam, Dan and Dan look at what
Alejandro Sabella might reveal in these matches. We ... 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 →
I've got all the videos from the weekend's 2011 Torneo Apertura action for you at once today, due
in part to laziness and in part to business over the weekend (round eight will be played in
midweek, which has meant ... 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 →
Tuesday afternoon saw the start of the ninth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura, with Arsenal de
Sarandí hosting All Boys a match which provided the day's only win. All Boys took a 2-0 lead
through two goals from ... Continue reading →
This week's Argentines Abroad is late, thanks to the midweek round of matches here in Argentina
keeping me busy. Better late than never, though. As well as Lionel Messi's hat-trick in Barcelona's
8-0 demolition of Osasuna, we've got videos of ... Continue reading →
Wednesday's and Thursday's matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura saw little resolved in the race for
the title other than the confirmation that Boca Juniors are the team to chase. Lanús dropped
points for the second round running, Godoy Cruz ... 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 →
The 2011 Torneo Apertura saw three draws on Sunday, and two away wins. Vélez Sarsfield ended their
long winless run with a 1-0 away victory over Independiente in the first match of the day (kicking
off at 11am!), and in ... Continue reading →
In the thirty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba begin with a discussion of just
how much of a massive idiot Carlos Tevez is, and conclude with a reflection on Cristian Fabbiani's
suitability for the second division ... Continue reading →
