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First, for all those who are as big on detail as myself, I apologise for that headline, because
there's nothing I hate more than English speakers referring to the world's most modest, understated
football club as 'Real'. But why let that get in the way of a not especially good headline? Real
Madrid might be [.
EPL on ESPN2: Hull City - Chelsea at 7:30am. On Fox Soccer Channel: Wigan -Aston Villa at 10am,
Birmingham City - Manchester United at 12:30pm. Championship on Setanta: Crystal Palace - Bristol
at 10am. La Liga on ESPN Deportes: Valladolid - Atletico Madrid at noon. On GolTV: Sevilla - Racing
Santander at 2pm.
The first football of the new year is already underway in Argentina; on Saturday Banfield and
Huracán played out a 0-0 draw in which the champions of Argentina had more chances but couldn't
put them away with Santiago Silva, whilst in the first of the AFA's official triangular tournaments
(there's no round robin of the [.
River Plate and Boca Juniors drew 1-1 in the last clásico of the Torneos de Verano on Sunday
night, after which a penalty shootout decided that the Copa Revancha went to River, who won the
penalties 3-2. You can watch both goals and the shootout right here. Lucas Viatri headed Boca into
the lead after [.
First of all, happy new year, HEGS readers! On Sunday the first of Argentina's clubs returned to
their training facilities to prepare for the pre-season of the Torneos de Verano and (for some)
Copa Libertadores qualification. The new year brings familiar issues though: Banfield are starting
to accept that they're likely to lose Santiago Silva, whilst [.
If you're an eagle-eyed regular reader of HEGS, you may recall at some point during the last week a
comment being made about dodgy Argentine NGOs trying to help secure funding for certain barra brava
gangs to travel to the World Cup in South Africa to support the national side in June. Now, if you
[.
A quick news update this one: It was confirmed on Thursday that the Argentine national team will
play two friendlies in Buenos Aires prior to leaving for the World Cup. The original plan was to
play the matches in Europe (fans there have more money, you see), but the players apparently
requested that they play [.
No, not in the Primera. Sunday saw the first competitive football of 2010 in Argentina, but it
didn't come in the form of a particularly tasty Torneo de Verano match. The Torneos del Interior,
the third division of the non-affiliated Torneos Argentinos, kicked off this weekend. There'll be
matches stretching from the Bolivian borderlands right [.
I'm giving the Torneos de Verano a fairly wide berth, as readers may have noticed, mainly because I
find them mind-numbingly dull. All the same, it would be wrong to totally ignore them, and there've
been some interesting results in the last few days. Here, then, you can watch the goals from
Estudiantes' 4-1 demolition [.
When you're bottom of the league with a sorry total of 8 points at the halfway mark in the season,
something has got to give. And so it was that
Xerez Club Deportivo sacked the
manager and the sporting director, with a change of president to boot, in an attempt to arrest an
alarming slide straight back into La Segunda.
BY: LUCAS LUGO
The last decade of Argentine Futbol was characterized by the supremacy of the so called "grandes",
particularly River Plate and Boca Juniors. The economic stability of these clubs allowed them to
invest money to sign star players and build new facilities, as well as to destine capital and
resources for the development of players in the clubs' youth divisions.
It may not count for anything, but a superclásico always attracts a lot of attention regardless,
so here are the goals from Wednesday night's 3-1 River Plate victory in the Copa Desafío in Mar
del Plata. The two teams will square up again in Mendoza at the weekend for the Copa Revancha.
Paraguayan starlet Ricardo [.
The goals from Saturday night's match in Mar del Plata between Independiente and Racing are right
here. Racing claimed the Copa Ciudad de Mar del Plata with a 2-1 win over their Avellaneda rivals,
with goals from new signing Claudio Bieler and Matías Cahais giving them the advantage before El
Rojo's consolation with 8 minutes [.
The first round of matches in the 2010 Torneo Clausura is upon us tonight, at last. A full preview
of the tournament will follow over or shortly after the weekend I've been tied up during the week
writing about Salvador Cabañas's shooting in Mexico (HEGS naturally wishes him well). The closest
thing to a [.
The goals (and other highlights) from Friday night's two matches in the 2010 Torneo Clausura can be
watched right here on HEGS now. Both matches were home wins Federico Higuaín got the only one of
the game for Godoy Cruz against Gimnasia with nine minutes to play, and in the other game
Birmingham City [.
To play in the Argentine league that is, not the national team.
Roberto Ayala did not renew his contract with Real Zaragoza and is now free to sign with any
club.
It was rumored that Ayala would sign with River, then Independiente and now it appears that he
may be signing with Racing.
