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Sergio Batista named the 15 under-23 players to represent Argentina at the Beijing Olympics on
Tuesday, but what with putting up three other stories last night, I thought I'd leave it until now
to publish the list. One of those players, River Plate forward Marco Rubén, has now become
Villarreal forward Marco Rubén, in what [.
After a couple of months kicking heels and whiling away the time with friendlies, transfer rumours
and one or two actual moves, the wait is over. New boys San Martín de Tucumán will kick
off the Primera División A Torneo Apertura 2008 later today when they host Huracán. You
can follow the whole of the [.
With just a few days remaining before the 2008 Torneo Clausura begins, some of the sides are still
going over their options when it comes to the formations and personnel for their opening matches.
No such trouble for Argentina's Olympic manager Sergio Batista, who already seems to know his
starting XI for Wednesday's match against Guatemala [.
In a dire match in Mar del Plata, Independiente and San Lorenzo drew 1-1 in the Torneo de Verano.
Once again, it was a match which saw a mix of first-teamers and reserves, with Pedro Troglio
sending out a more or less full-strength Rojo side and Ramón Díaz preferring to experiment with
kids and substitutes [.
Happy new year, everyone. The year may only be two days old, but already 2008 is well underway in
the Argentine footballing world. One basic but important thing to mention first: new president
Cristina Kirchner's decision to bring a daylight savings system back to Argentina means the country
is now only two hours behind Greenwich [.
Andrés D'Alessandro has already expressed an eagerness to return home to Buenos Aires for a
six-month loan spell, in order to keep match-fit and playing first-team football, since he's not
being considered regularly for the starting lineup at Real Zaragoza. His former club River Plate
were his preferred destination, but Ramón Díaz, who was in [.
Eagle-eyed perusers of the page tabs along the top of the site will have noticed the addition on
Thursday night of our new map. This has been put together by Bill at Bill's Sports Maps, and he's
very kindly allowed me to include it here as well because we collaborated with some of the
statistics [...
The full fixture list for the Primera División A Torneo Apertura 2008 has been released.
Thanks to Seba for posting the fixtures when they were first announced in a comment last
night. Read on for the 'HEGS-approved' official list, with all the clásicos highlighted.
Except the single midweek date, which is noted, all these dates refer to [.
As if to prove that he can put together quite a handy team without including the Olympic-bound
Lionel Messi, Juan Román Riquelme, Sergio Agüero et al, Alfio Basile has named the
Argentina squad to face Belarus in a friendly in Minsk, two weeks from today (Weds). There are a
couple of surprises in the all-Europe [.
Lionel Messi made a return to the starting lineup for Barcelona; Internazionale stumbled at the top
of Serie; Carlos Tevez helped take Manchester United through to the 6th round of the FA Cup, whilst
Javier Mascherano did likewise for Liverpool, where he may soon be joined by Pablo Aimar. Lionel
Scaloni, meanwhile, has already moved to [.
Two matches have been postponed on Saturday in the Primera A, after a Vélez Sársfield fan was
killed whilst walking to San Lorenzo's stadium to watch his team - the league leaders - take on
Ramón Díaz's side. Emanuel Alvarez, 21 years old, was taken to hospital but declared dead on
arrival. Alvarez was killed by [.
Mauro Martín, the current capo of Boca Juniors' barra brava, La Doce, was sentenced on Tuesday
to twenty days in jail for his part in a fight between his own barra and that of Vélez
Sársfield during Boca's 3-2 away win over the Liniers side on the 23rd April 2006.
Martín's full sentence includes twenty days in [.
It wasn't the best of mornings for Independiente's star striker Germán Denis. The leading
goalscorer of the Apertura was jogging in a Mar Del Plata park with his team-mates, warming up for
an open training session on the side's first day in the city, when he felt a most unwelcome
sensation in his shorts.
The highlight of Boca vs. San Lorenzo on Saturday night was a classic from the scrapbook: a free
kick taken from a collection of Juan Román Riquelme's finest, on the day the world's finest
playmaker returned to his boyhood club. One small difference, though: it was Claudio Morel
Rodríguez, not Riquelme, who placed the ball [.
For the second year running, River Plate's fans can celebrate on the beaches of Mar del Plata after
their side succesfully defended the Torneo de Verano trophy won last January. The extra-heated
atmosphere that River - San Lorenzo matches have taken on since Ramón Díaz took over at the Boedo
club was present as ever, [.
With the Clausura effectively over before the final weekend for Estudiantes and Boca Juniors as
well as newly-crowned champions River Plate, the summer transfer market has already begun. River
boss Diego Simeone wants to bring in a new goalkeeper, and has set his sights on Atlético de
Madrid's Leo Franco, whilst Boca and Estudiantes are [.
The 2008 Torneo Apertura kicks off on Friday evening, so I think it's about time for the annual
season preview, don't you? Long-time readers may notice that this is largely an updated version of
last year's potted histories, but I've added a few things - you can now find out how much I really
know [.
River, Huracán and San Lorenzo all welcomed new signings on Wednesday, with Boca suffering a minor
injury setback to their pre-season training schedule. Meanwhile, Independiente have had another
hard day in training following Germán Denis's dog attack on Monday, and Germán Herrera, the
Argentine striker who's just signed for recently relegated Corinthians in Brazil, receiving a
somewhat backhanded [.
The publication of this editorial got pushed back by a few days because I was ill earlier in the
week not not up to spending too much time typing, but it's coincided nicely with the Arab new year.
We've got a few readers in that part of the world, so happy new year to all [...]
Two transfers involving Argentine players are moving towards a definition at the moment, the more
solid-looking being Andrés D'Alessandro's transfer from Real Zaragoza in Spain to work under his
former manager Ramón Díaz with San Lorenzo. Ezequiel Garay, the Racing Santander defender, could
be on his way to Barcelona - or Lyon, or Real Madrid.
Oh, it's been a while. At long, long last the summer break is over, and I can get back to writing
about league action rather than transfer news and summer friendlies. There's been a lot of talk
about the new year's ticket price hikes - more on that at the weekend - but for now [...]
The 2008 Torneo Apertura superclásico kicks off in a little under six hours, but already
the starting lineups are known, bar any last-minute calls of bluff or injuries in the warmup.
Luciano Figueroa's transfer has officially gone through in time for the former River striker to
start on the bench for Boca, wearing the number 18 [.
No, still not Santiago. This is a quick correction to the story I posted a couple of hours ago
(below). Despite Olé's reporting, the Solari brother who Olimpo are claiming to have signed is not
youngest brother David, but in fact middle brother Esteban, who doesn't play in the lower divisions
in Italy but, rather [.
Like Diego Simeone at great rivals River Plate, new Boca Juniors boss Carlos Ischia started his
tenure with a Torneo de Verano friendly against Independiente in Mar del Plata. Unlike Simeone's
River, there were some first-team players in Boca's lineup: Leandro Gracián was given the
playmaker's role and Matías Silvestre was sent off late on.
It's difficult to know who'll be more disappointed after Tuesday night's Torneo de Verano match-up.
On the one hand, Racing are at a low enough point that they'll be expected to be happy with a
goalless draw against a team made of youth players and reserves. On the other, Boca's youth players
and reserves, who [.
Well, that's one way to do it. Carlos Ischia wasn't the Boca fans' choice of new manager, and his
appointment caused some anger towards Pedro Pompilio when the latter first unveiled him, but on
Saturday night, in the Estadio Mundialista of Mar del Plata, he took a huge step to winning over
the fans: He [.
The goals from the first round of Torneo Clausura matches are online, and you can watch them all on
TN simply by clicking this link. As ever, HEGS makes allowances for the facts that you may not want
to see all of them, only the best, and that you might not know which shirts belong [...]
The civil war in the barra brava at River Plate continues. On Saturday prior to the first match of
the Clausura, there were fights in the vicinity of the stadium before the match. On Thursday, it
was announced that the capos would be remaining in prison for a little while yet... Alan and
William Schlenker, along [.
Sadly familiar scenes in Retiro. Two hours before Wednesday night's Copa Libertadores match between
River Plate and Club América, the internal squabble enveloping River's barra brava, Los Borrachos
del Tablón, blew up yet again at the train station in the northern barrio, and a man was
hospitalised.
Racing were hosting Estudiantes on Saturday night, but another match has fallen victim to the
asterisks as a disallowed goal, combined with other contentious refereeing, sparked unrest in the
stands and led to the suspension of the match with 13 minutes remaining. At kick off, Racing had
managed to go 438 minutes without scoring, a run [.
River Plate were using Vélez Sársfield's stadium as a home base on Sunday afternoon to host
Arsenal de Sarandí, but the match was almost called off after yet more trouble in Argentina's
footballing gangland. The civil war diving Los Borrachos del Tablón continues even with the
Schlenker brothers in jail, and today the conflict was [.
Monday marked the fourtieth anniversary of a dark day in the history of football in Argentina and,
indeed, across South America. On the 23rd June 1968, as Boca Juniors fans left the Estadio
Monumental at the end of a mid-season superclásico, a gate was left less than fully opened
under circumstances that remain mysterious to [.
Huracán won the match against Estudiantes which marked the 100th anniversary of their founding
on Saturday, but the big day was tragically overshadowed when three of their fans were shot -
probably by members of the barra brava of their local rivals San Lorenzo - as their coach returned
to Parque Patricios after the match [.
The AFA's incompetence in organising a playoff system that might have either rendered the final
match meaningless, or ensured that one team would go into it without any motivation to win,
has been papered over by Boca Juniors, who on Saturday evening beat San Lorenzo de Almagro 3-1 in
Racing's stadium.
There's been commotion in Italy on Saturday, as Juventus manager Claudio Ranieri walked out of a
press conference after the assembled hacks pushed him on the future of Argentine playmaker Sergio
Almirón, who's wanted by River Plate. Boca Juniors signing Julio César Cáceres revealed he's
taking a pay cut to join his new side, and [.
Racing and Independiente played out the most boring match of the 2008 Torneo de Verano on Sunday
night, drawing 0-0 in front of stultified fans in Mendoza. With this result, Independiente lead the
table, and will claim the title unless River beat San Lorenzo in the one remaining match, on
Tuesday night.
The 2008 Torneo Clausura kicks off at long last following the summer break on Friday evening, with
Lanús aiming to defend the title they won so improbably back in December, whilst the likes of Boca
will be wanting to get back to winning ways. Other big sides need improved performances, for a
variety of reasons, [.
My latest piece for Pitch Invasion looks back on the black weekend Argentine football has just
experienced, and explains some of the issues behind the security operations, and what might be
considered by the Argentine media in the coming weeks. There's also a really rather good photo (if
I say so myself).
The brave new world of Argentine stadium security is up for debate, and the lunatics have made the
opening gambit in the race to run the asylum. The ringleaders of barra bravas from twenty-seven
clubs right across the country and up and down the divisions met at Platense's conference venue.
Their plan - and this [.
That's the message being sent to fans of Primera A clubs by the AFA. From the start of
this year's Apertura, new regulations will be introduced to increase safety in the top
flight stadia of Capital Federal. As part of a long-delayed initiative, clubs including River
Plate, Boca Juniors, Vélez Sársfield and San Lorenzo will have to have 90% of
their [.
