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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 [.
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 [.
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 [.
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, [.
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.
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 [.
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.
Well, it pays to have an attention-grabbing headline. No, the Internazionale striker hasn't decided
to pack in his Italian career in order to help the Aurinegro out with their relegation battle.
But his little brother, the generous soul, has done exactly that. David Solari becomes Olimpo's
first summer reinforcement.
The Clausura kicks off in around three weeks, dear readers, and we're now less than two weeks away
from the start of the qualifying rounds of the most enjoyable club football competition in the
world, the Copa Libertadores. To mark the start of the countdown to both, The very excellent folk
at Soccer Source asked [.
And us English think Newcastle United are a joke team. The pre-season in Argentina continues, and
there's been more mudslinging and attempts to get out at one of the country's biggest clubs - and
this time some of it's even come from the manager himself. OK, you know I'm talking about Racing
because you've read [.
Hugo Tocalli took charge on Thursday of his first practice as Vélez Sársfield boss, as players at
most of Argentina's top flight clubs returned from their summer holidays to commence pre-season
training. Elsewhere, Matías Silvestre has insisted he's not going down without a fight at Boca,
Juan Sebastián Verón had some cutting words for Diego [.
One of the top goalscorers of the Apertura, Leandro Lázzaro, changed clubs on Wednesday, moving
from a town just to the north of Buenos Aires to a city to the south of the capital. His transfer
from Tigre to Estudiantes will set the La Plata club back US$300,000. Elsewhere, the saga of
River's barra brava [.
Lanús showed their first card of the year on Tuesday in a triangular tournament against Vélez
Sársfield in the José Amalfitani. The Apertura champions continued where they left off the league
season, playing well and running out 2-0 winners against the hosts, who were playing their first
match of former Under-20 selección head coach Hugo Tocalli's reign.
It was a quiet Sunday afternoon, really. Sergio Agüero was man of the match as Atlético de Madrid
comfortably beat Deportivo La Coruña 3-0 in A Coruña, setting up two and scoring the second.
Fabricio Coloccini, who started for the hosts, didn't have the best of matches. Oh, and a Clarín
online poll which is [.
If you've got little to do today, and like looking at numbers a bit, make your way over to the
recently expanded Tables page. There, you'll find the embryonic league table for the Torneo de
Verano, as well as the final standings in the Apertura and the top scorers for that campaign - as
well [...]
Diego Simeone's plans for River Plate's pre-season continued as he'd been hoping on Thursday, when
Rodrigo Archubi flew into Buenos Aires and put pen to paper on a contract that could see his loan
move become permanent at the season's end. Meanwhile, the true identity of Simeone's first-choice
XI remains a secret, but River's open [.
Prior to tonight's Torneo de Verano match between Boca and San Lorenzo, there have been a few other
games from some of the other sides in Primera A. Following a fight in training on Friday between
Germán Denis and an Independiente youth-team player, there were more fisticuffs during Banfield
vs. Central.
FIFA claim that if you have a heart attack in the middle of that lot, you'll be perfectly
safe... One of the questions I'm most frequently asked by people getting in touch to get tips on
attending football matches during a trip to Argentina is, 'is it dangerous in the stadium?' and my
standard answer is [.
Whilst Argentina's other big clubs got their pre-seasons underway on Thursday, Racing manager
Miguel Micó was rather less pleased with his situation. River and Boca have been engaged in
transfer dealings, Estudiantes have been bitching about their ex manager, Vélez have been
welcoming a new boss and San Lorenzo take to the training pitch with [.
Luciano Leguizamón's freezing out at Gimnasia La Plata is almost at an end, after the club stated
that they were prepared to let him move to Arsenal de Sarandí. Leguizamón's 'crime' was asking
Juan Sebastián Verón to swap shirts with him after Estudiantes had beaten Gimnasia in the La
Plata derby during the Apertura.
César Luís Menotti, Argentina's World Cup-winning manager in 1978, has resigned his charge of
Mexican club Tecos UAG, preferring to keep his reasons to himself beyond talk of some
'disagreements' with directors. Argentine champions Lanús, meanwhile, had a happier time on
Monday, beginning their pre-season training in earnest in Mar del Plata with a stable [.
Ramón Cabrero has a little over two weeks remaining to get his charges ready for their first taste
of Copa Libertadores action, but insisted on Monday that Lanús are up to the challenge of going
head-to-head with some of South America's biggest clubs. First, of course, they've got to get past
Ecuadorian side Olmedo.
Breaking news from the lower divisions: Instituto de Córdoba confirmed on Wednesday night that
37-year-old striker Daniel 'Miliki' Jiménez has announced his retirement from professional
football, and hopes to play his last match for La Gloria in the pre-season friendly against Racing
on Wednesday 30th January.
Germán Denis has heard there are fewer dogs in Madrid than there are in Mar del Plata, clearly.
The Independiente marksman, who for a long time during the Apertura looked like he was going to
beat Martín Palermo's record of 20 goals in a single short tournament campaign, looks like he's
setting off for the [.
Now personally, I've never paid too much attention to the idea of new year's resolutions (the last
editorial aside, that is). Making promises to yourself which you admit from the start won't be kept
seems rather to be shooting oneself in the foot. Besides which resolutions are always so dull –
why doesn't anyone resolve [.
It's only an invitational tournament, so it doesn't matter in the slightest, but Lanús, it seems,
are developing a taste for silverware after claiming their first ever championship last month. On
Monday, the Granate won the Copa Ciudad de Buenos Aires without even playing, as Vélez Sársfield
beat Estudiantes de La Plata 2-1 in the [.
There's been a lot of booing and hissing up in Victoria, where Leandro Lázzaro's been portrayed,
in his own words, as 'the bad guy in this film.' On Thursday, Lázzaro - who thought all parties
had agreed a transfer to Estudiantes on Wednesday - was still training with Tigre. And there's
another player dispute elsewhere: Adrián [.
The Copa Ciudad de Buenos Aires could be won by one of two teams, with only one match remaining,
after Apertura champions Lanús were able to nullify Estudiantes' threat despite finishing the
match in Liniers with only nine men. Elsewhere, Rosario Central played their last match of the
pre-season camp in Mar del Plata.
