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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.
Hopefully all HEGS readers had a good few days off for Christmas (those who had days off for it, at
least). After a couple of days away from the keyboard myself (you only need a mouse to play
Football Manager), I hope I've now got things straight enough to look back on what was a [...]
It's not over just yet. The Torneo Apertura proper came to a conclusion this weekend but so far we
only know the order of things at one end of the table. Yes that's right, it's official: River Plate
are rubbish. The top four all won - in Lanús's case in vain - so the title [...]
So it comes to this. The 2008 Torneo Apertura title will be decided by virtue of a three-way
'mini-league' (new Spanish word alert: that's 'liguilla')between San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors and
Tigre, who've all finished the normal season on 39 points. The fixtures were drawn up on Sunday
night at the AFA headquarters.
By the end of today, Argentina will have a new champion. San Lorenzo are out of the running due to
the goal difference mathematics, so it's a straight race between Boca Juniors and Tigre. Boca have
won twenty-eight titles (amateur and professional), whilst Tigre have finished second, once - and
that was a year ago.
At the time of writing, TN haven't got round to putting this week's Show de Goles onto their blog
yet, so instead, I'm embedding it directly into this page. Read on to see the goals, and the normal
running order, as well as a couple of links to the TN videos of goals from the [...]
The penultimate weekend of the Torneo Apertura 2008 might see the title race decided, but it's
unlikely. Lanús get things going away to Vélez; win and they'll crank up the pressure on
the sides above them. The other contenders all play on Sunday. If Boca win away to Gimnasia La
Plata, and Tigre (away to [.
River Plate will finish bottom of the 2008 Torneo Apertura when the final standings are drawn up
following Sunday's matches. Only once in the history of the short championships has a team gone
from top to bottom in the space of six months - Newell's did it in 1992 - but River now join that
[...]
Boca Juniors edge closer to the title but Tigre, after ensuring River Plate remain bottom, are
still right on their heels. Gimnasia La Plata climbed to the top of the Promedio relegation zone
and dragged Colón towards it, should the sides below them have a run at some point. The other
relegation clash, in Jujuy [.
The Argentine title race is closer than it's ever been. Two years ago, Boca Juniors lost their last
two matches to set up a playoff - the first ever - against Estudiantes which the La Plata side won.
On Sunday this weekend, Boca drew away to Gimnasia La Plata, at the same time as Tigre [...]
The goals from the penultimate round of the Torneo Apertura 2008 are online now, and you can either
click here to watch them on the TN Sportblog, or just open this post to watch them on HEGS thanks
to the kind soul who uploaded them to YouTube. You'll also find the running order of the [...]
The total of 25 points that Racing were aiming for in the Apertura hasn't been met, but they
weren't far off. They ultimately have to settle for 22, after a disappointing performance in El
Coloso Del Parque saw them end their Torneo Apertura with a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Newell's Old
Boys. For [.
In the end it was the most nail-biting of finishes, as Tigre tried and tried to break down Boca's
resistance, but the most incredible of titles wasn't to be. Boca lost the match, 1-0, to a Leandro
Lázzaro header midway through the second half - but with all three sides tied on three points
in [...]
After Lanús had kept themselves in with a slim hope of the title on Friday night with a 2-0
win away to Vélez (their first win away to the Liniers side in 49 years), the focus
shifted to the relegation battle on Saturday afternoon as Racing took on Gimnasia de Jujuy. A win
would take the [...]
Lanús won; Boca drew; Tigre and San Lorenzo were both victorious, and the race for the Torneo
Apertura title this year will go to the last weekend, with four teams still involved. River Plate
lost in Vélez's stadium to Godoy Cruz, and are two adrift at the bottom. Get the full lowdown
from all the [.
When the Argentine domestic season ends after this weekend, Diego Maradona will concentrate players
from several clubs at the AFA's training facilities in Ezeiza, where there'll be a friendly match
and some time for the players El Diez considers the most important in the domestic game to get to
know each other better.
The Torneo Apertura 2008 ends this weekend, and whatever happens now, it's been a good one. All of
the matches featuring title contenders - and also, for some reason, Independiente vs. Arsenal - are
taking place at the same time on Sunday. Friday sees a key relegation clash in Rosario, whilst the
meaningless matches are [.
The destination of the 2008 Torneo Apertura title probably won't be decided today - that would
require only one of the top three to win - but those who aren't able to watch any of the matches
can follow it here. I won't be doing live match reports (if you're wondering why, you try watching
[...]
Boca Juniors, San Lorenzo and - who'd have thunk it? - Tigre will have to play a three-team playoff
to decide the 2008 Primera A Torneo Apertura title, after all three won their last matches of the
campaign on Sunday to finish on 39 points. Lanús, who beat San Martín de Tucumán,
are out of [...]
The goals from the nineteenth round of the Torneo Apertura aren't being put on the TN website this
week, because they're going on the assumption that all you want to see is the goals from the
matches involving the 'finalists'. If you'd like to see all the goals, you'll have to do so right
here, [...]
The goals from the first title playoff match between San Lorenzo and Tigre at Vélez's stadium
are online now. Here they are. Tigre 1 - 2 San Lorenzo de Almagro, Torneo Apertura 2008 playoff
first match: Posted in 2008 Torneo Apertura, Argentine football, Argentine league, Domestic,
Football, Football clubs, Goal videos, Primera A, Results, San Lorenzo, Tigre Tagged: [.
It's been mostly pretty dire on the pitch, but 2008 will be remembered fondly by fans of Racing
Club de Avellaneda. After years of fan protests and struggles, Blanquiceleste were finally
pronounced unfit to run the club earlier in the year, and on Sunday 21st December, elections were
held for the first time in eleven [.
Christmas will mean a day or two off, but for the sake of keeping up to speed I'm going to set
this post to go up at some point on Christmas Day, because it's a short but important point. Julio
Grondona's been talking again. For a change, there was one very interesting piece of good sense
[...]
Having fallen slightly behind over the weekend, it's worth mentioning briefly here now that
discussions were going on on Sunday between José María Aguilar and Ramón Díaz
to solve River's current crisis by bringing back the most successful manager in the club's history.
His contractual situation with América de México is the sticking point at [.
1-0 down from the start of the clásico 'away' to Huracán in La Bombonera, it took San
Lorenzo three whole days to equalise. When Aureliano Torres eventually got that equaliser, though,
three minutes into the second half of 37 minutes, the floodgates opened. El Cuervo battered their
local rivals and came away from Boca's stadium [.
The four - yes, four - matches involving championship contenders on the final weekend of the Torneo
Apertura 2008 will all be played simultaneously, on Sunday afternoon. The AFA announced on Tuesday
that the games would kick off at 5:20pm, bringing them forward almost two hours for security
reasons. It'll be an interesting afternoon for [.
... Tigers. Estudiantes de La Plata visited Mendoza on Wednesday night to play their postponed
match away to Godoy Cruz, needing a win to keep Copa Libertadores qualification in their own hands.
They took the lead, but were pegged back in the second half and, deep into stoppage time, Godoy's
Iván Borghello got his second [.
On the day the US Federal Reserve announced an astonishing rate cut, things at the other end of the
Americas also begin to look a bit less interesting. San Lorenzo met Tigre in the first match of the
title-deciding triangular, and it was the Cuervo who came out on top, meaning that if they beat
[...
No funny business at Independiente, where club president Julio Comparada begins a new term in
charge of the club. With the elections at Racing still a few days away, the controversy for now has
been in Rosario. After fourteen years, there have been presidential elections at Newell's Old Boys,
and the incumbent Eduardo López was [.
Boca Juniors, the newly-crowned champions of Argentina, have been doing bit of re-jigging, but the
key man will be very familiar to them. Monday brought confirmation that title-winning coach Carlos
Ischia will be staying for another year, after signing an extension to his contract. The
long-awaited comeback of another manager who's had a teensy bit [.
