Argentine league - Recent posts
Viewing all posts which authors have tagged ‘Argentine league’.
You can also subscribe to this tag's feed.
Master and Apprentice
I swear I remember it like it was yesterday.
My parents, brother, and I were at a a barbecue hosted by longtime family friends in Chino,
California. My dad and his buddy Edwardo were in the backyard tending the grill, and I (13 years
old at the time) was right there trying to be you know "one of the men".
There are interesting situations playing out in Spain and Argentina this week that show the upside
and downside of coaching.
In Spain, Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has won 13 out of a possible 16 trophies since taking over
four years ago, but he has yet to decide if he wants to coach the club next season.
Now that the January transfer window has closed in England, I've been given the go-ahead to report,
exclusive to HEGS, that a few days ago a representative of Arsenal's scouting team in London
enquired about offering a contract to Claudio ... Continue reading →
In the forty-sixth epsiode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Seba and English Dan look back on the 2011 Torneo
Apertura, which ended on Monday. Boca Juniors ended as undefeated champions, and the champions with
the most points difference ahead of ... Continue reading →
The 2011 Torneo Apertura ended on Monday with, among other matches, three games which affected the
battle for Copa Libertadores 2012 qualification. With Racing, Independiente, Tigre and Godoy Cruz
all going into the last round with hopes of qualifying for ... Continue reading →
Boca Juniors became the third team in the history of the short championships to go unbeaten through
a campaign on Sunday, when a Darío Cvitanich header gave them a 1-0 win at home to All Boys in
their final Apertura ... Continue reading →
The forty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod is introduced by Queens Park Rangers star Alejandro
Faurlín, and sees Sam, Seba and English Dan reflecting on Boca Juniors' title win the media bias,
the key players, the impressive record and ... Continue reading →
The final round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura has already kicked off as I type, and there are two
matches already taking place, two in a couple of hours' time, and six tomorrow, when the season
will end with quite ... Continue reading →
The penultimate round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura ended on Thursday night with wins for
Independiente and Vélez Sarsfield against San Lorenzo and Tigre respectively. On Wednesday,
Arsenal de Sarandí became the first side all season to score twice against ... Continue reading
→
The penultimate round of matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura started on Tuesday with a fairly dull
few games. Olimpo and Estudiantes played out a dull goalless draw, and in the four matches as a
whole there were only three ... 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 →
After Sunday saw Boca Juniors win the title, Monday saw a match that could prove just as important
come the end of the season (i.e. Clausura); the relegation battle between San Lorenzo and Tigre.
The resurgent visitors were beaten by ... Continue reading →
Boca Juniors were crowned champions of Argentina on Sunday, with two matches left of the 2011
Torneo Apertura. A 3-0 win against Banfield gave Julio César Falcioni's men the title all they'd
needed was a draw. Darío Cvitanich scored ... Continue reading →
Friday's and Saturday's matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura have seen no shortage of goals, and as
expected, one postponed match San Lorenzo v Tigre will now be played on Monday at 20:30, for the
reasons outlined in this ... 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 →
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 →
At long last, the scores and scorers from the sixteenth round of the Torneo Apertura are here.
Sorry for the delay. Primera División Torneo Apertura 2011, sixteenth round Club Atlético Tigre
(C. Luna 15; D. Castaño 66; D. Morales 77) ... Continue reading →
Boca Juniors moved nine points clear with just nine to play for in the 2011 Torneo Apertura table
on Sunday, meaning they need just one more point from their remaining three matches to claim their
first league title in three ... Continue reading →
The 2011 Torneo Apertura matches on Friday and Saturday have seen a number of eye-opening results.
First, on Friday, Tigre beat Atlético Rafaela 3-0 at home and, astonishingly given where they were
at the start of the season, climbed out ... 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 →
I've had a fun-packed weekend (okay, there was a bit of a hangover involved as well) and the
fifteenth round of the Torneo Apertura only ended on Monday night. These two facts have combined to
result in my not getting ... Continue reading →
Tigre beat Newell's Old Boys by a goal to nil on Friday afternoon, to keep their battle against
relegation alive and, incidentally, move joint second of the 2011 Torneo Apertura (albeit
temporarily). Carlos Casteglione got the goal with nine minutes ... 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 →
River Plate slipped up on Sunday, losing 2-0 to Atlético Tucumán on their return to the Estadio
Monumental after a five match ban from playing there. Luis Rodríguez and César Montiglio scored
the goals, one in each half. Having dominated ... Continue reading →
This weekend, of course, sees no regularly scheduled matches in the Primera División in Argentina,
due to the international break for the World Cup qualifiers. We have, however, had the delayed
match from the thirteenth round played between San Lorenzo ... Continue reading →
This is a later than usual summary, but it is timed nicely to coincide with the launch of the
Guardian's new Sports Network, of which HEGS is proud to be a part. Boca Juniors edged closer to
the title with a ... Continue reading →
On Friday, the fourteenth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura saw three draws from as many matches,
and by three different scorelines at that; 0-0, 1-1 and 2-2. The goalless draw was between promoted
sides Atlético de Rafaela and Belgrano, ... 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 →
Boca Juniors have now opened up a nine point advantage in the title race for the 2011 Torneo
Apertura, beating their closest challengers Atlético Rafaela 3-1 on Sunday before seeing Racing
held 0-0 by Estudiantes on Monday. Elsewhere, Lanús beat ... Continue reading →
Saturday saw Argentinos Juniors claim a comfortable win over Vélez Sarsfield by three goals to one
in La Paternal; it was only Argentinos' second win of the season, and almost certainly puts the
final nail in the coffin of Vélez's ... Continue reading →
The thirteenth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura sees the league leaders host their closest
pursuers, as Boca Juniors welcome promoted Atlético de Rafaela to La Bombonera, and look to open
an even bigger lead in the table than they've ... Continue reading →
The twelfth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura has been a poor one for the title race, with Boca
Juniors moving on to 28 points and Racing missing a chance to keep on their tails with a 1-1 draw
against ... 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 eleventh round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura concluded on Sunday with a 2-1 win for Clausura
champions Vélez Sarsfield over the the team they pipped to the title, Lanús. Earlier in the day,
Estudiantes had seen off Atlético Rafaela ... Continue reading →
Saturday's matches in the Primera División saw mixed fortunes for Avellaneda's two clubs.
Independiente got a win to lift some of the gloom following the midweek Copa Sudamericana exit, and
later on Racing drew 0-0 with San Martín de San ... Continue reading →
San Lorenzo de Almagro got a 1-0 win over Banfield on Friday evening that lifts some of the
pressure that was coming down on manager Omar Asad's head, thanks to a goal from Juan Manuel
Salgueiro halfway through the second ... Continue reading →
After the international break, top flight football returns to Argentina this weekend with a
vengeance. Boca Juniors will be looking to extend their five-point lead at the top of the Torneo
Apertura table when they host Belgrano on Sunday; to ... Continue reading →
It was inevitable, in spite of a certain lack of cohesion in their play to date, that at some point
River Plate were going to click and put in a good team performance, and that their opponents that
day were ... Continue reading →
Sunday's and Monday's matches in the Primera División ended with Boca Juniors now five points
clear at the top of the league after Racing failed to go into second. Racing were held 1-1 in the
clásico de Avellaneda after taking ... Continue reading →
Friday and Saturday only saw three top flight matches in Argentina, but they were significant all
the same. On Friday night, Argentinos Juniors claimed their first victory of the season, at the
tenth attempt, beating Belgrano 2-1 away from home ... Continue reading →
