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Sunday's biggest match in Argentina saw Martín Palermo a goal from a brilliant header in his final
superclásico, and Boca Juniors win 2-0 aided by an uncharacteristic error from River Plate
goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo in La Bombonera. Sunday's most ... Continue reading →
We had difficulty shutting up this week. A full 45 minutes of actually quite good stuff (if we say
so ourselves) was cut, and the podcast still comes in at over an hour. Diego Maradona is the focus
of much ... Continue reading →
This weekend, no issues can be resolved, but a lot might become a little clearer. Two of the
title-chasers meet on Monday, when Vélez Sarsfield, licking their wounds from their Copa
Libertadores semi-final elimination, host Godoy Cruz. Gimnasia and Racing ... Continue reading →
Argentinos Juniors and Estudiantes de La Plata played out a dull 0-0 draw in La Paternal on Monday
evening, but the best entertainment of the night was, fittingly, to come later, when all of the top
three were in action ... Continue reading →
In the 23rd episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Seba and Dan return to guide our listeners into the
closing rounds of the Torneo Clausura. We cover the Nigeria v Argentina match last week which is
being investigated by ... Continue reading →
If Saturday wasn't already going to be a maddening enough day for fans of all the clubs involved in
the relegation dogfight in Argentina, events on Friday made sure it would become just a little more
nail-biting for fans of ... Continue reading →
A dramatic afternoon's action in the Primera División has left Quilmes relegated, Gimnasia La
Plata and Huracán having to play a tie-breaker to decide who goes down and who gets a crack at the
relegation playoff, and River Plate in ... Continue reading →
With little going on during the summer break, HEGS has been quiet as I've been earning some
spending money whilst on my visit to England, and seeing friends. Off the pitch though, some
transfer dealing has been happening, and some ... Continue reading →
It's been a week of big name moves in Argentina's footballing landscape, with three of the deals in
particular standing out. On Friday it was confirmed that Diego Buonanotte will move from River
Plate to Málaga of the Spanish First ... Continue reading →
Saturday's two games in the Torneo Clausura turned into only one game, thanks to a firefight
outside Newell's Old Boys' ground in Rosario which left one policeman wounded. The gunfight was
between members of Newell's barra brava, and it's not ... Continue reading →
Sunday's Torneo Clausura matches saw Martín Palermo draw level with San Lorenzo legend José
Sanfilippo as joint fifth highest scorer in Argentine league history, with 227 league goals (he'll
need four in his final two games if he's going to ... Continue reading →
Sunday's Torneo Clausura matches saw Martín Palermo draw level with San Lorenzo legend José
Sanfilippo as joint fifth highest scorer in Argentine league history, with 227 league goals (he'll
need four in his final two games if he's going to ... Continue reading →
The penultimate weekend of the 2011 Torneo Clausura will probably see a few issues resolved with
the relegation dogfight as mentioned yesterday, a number of sides can, if the results go the right
way, escape the thread of the ... Continue reading →
A dramatic weekend's action ended in Argentina with Martín Palermo's final match at La Bombonera
as Boca Juniors drew 1-1 with Banfield, but although that got more of the headlines and TV
coverage, Vélez Sarsfield are the biggest winners of ... Continue reading →
The eighteenth and penultimate round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura ended on Monday night with Racing
storming into a 2-0 lead courtesy of two goals from the Clausura's new top goalscorer Teófilo
Gutiérrez (his first came after just 43 seconds), ... Continue reading →
The final round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura is upon us in Argentina, and with it an historic day.
Never before since the short championships were introduced in 1992 have we gone into the final day
without a single one ... Continue reading →
The final round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura is upon us in Argentina, and with it an historic day.
Never before since the short championships were introduced in 1992 have we gone into the final day
without a single one ... Continue reading →
Saturday's goals from the 2011 Torneo Clausura are online now, including Godoy Cruz's 1-0 win over
All Boys in the day's late game. There were seventeen goals in all over the six matches played, and
if you're not sure where ... Continue reading →
Monday saw River Plate's squad travel to Córdoba for the first leg of their relegation playoff
against Belgrano de Córdoba. River will be without Diego Buonanotte, who was given a plaque by
president Daniel Passarella before Saturday's game in what ... Continue reading →
Wednesday saw two key clashes in the relegation struggle in Argentina's Primera División. First,
in La Bombonera, Huracán and Gimnasia La Plata faced off in a one-match, winner-takes-all (or
rather, loser-gets-nothing) tie-breaker to decide who was relegated and who gets ... Continue
reading →
There's only one topic for this week's Hand Of Pod, and we make no apologies for that. Dan, Dan,
Seba and River fan Sam try to make some sense of what none of us quite thought would come to pass:
... Continue reading →
Sunday afternoon was bright and sunny in Buenos Aires, but there's a metaphorical black cloud
hanging over the Estadio Monumental as, against what everyone expected back at the start of the
Apertura, the unthinkable has actually come to pass: River ... Continue reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre is back, ladies and gents. I apologise for the long absence of any posts on
here since the Copa América final, but I've been just as busy working as I was during the Copa
itself, if not ... Continue reading →
Hand Of Pod's two resident Racing fans are both on holiday this week, but Sam and Australian Dan
are battling on, insistent that their partners' absence is but a flesh wound, and are joined by the
one and only Joel ... Continue reading →
The second round the Torneo Apertura has already kicked off I'm afraid, thanks to my laziness in
starting work today. As I type, Arsenal de Sarandí have just beaten Atlético Rafaela. Later in
the week we'll have Boca Juniors at ... Continue reading →
'What's this?!' I hear you cry. 'Hasn't the second round of matches only just finished?' Yes, dear
reader, it has, but here in Argentina that doesn't really matter. This weekend is a long one
(Monday is a bank holiday, I ... Continue reading →
On Friday night there was only one match in the 2011 Torneo Apertura, and it saw champions Vélez
Sarsfield visit Arsenal de Sarandí. After an entertaining first half, which saw both sides hit the
woodwork, had ended goalless, Arsenal held ... Continue reading →
Saturday's top flight football action in Argentina was restricted to just two matches, since the
bulk of the games will be played on Sunday and Monday for the ninth round of the Torneo Apertura.
Olimpo held Arsenal de Sarandí 2-2 ... Continue reading →
River Plate legend Ariel Ortega on Monday confirmed his exit from the Núñez club, remarking that
he'd felt 'uncomfortable' ever since J.J. López was given charge of the giants on the eve of the
superclásico against Boca Juniors. A few ... Continue reading →
Tuesday night saw competitive football finally begin for Argentina's clubs, even though the
interminably pointless and boring Torneos De Verano (which HEGS readers may have noticed aren't
being covered here this year, because I'm fed up with them) haven't yet ... Continue reading →
Since Sergio Batista's Argentina squad list was made official on Monday, it's been strongly hinted
that one particular change would be made, and so it has come to pass. In a move that frankly makes
one wonder why the Estudiantes ... Continue reading →
Alejandro Sabella has resigned as manager of Argentine champions Estudiantes de La Plata after
almost two years of incredible success with the club. Conflicting opinions are currently
circulating on whether this is rumour or fact, and it would help if ... Continue reading →
With the Torneo Clausura getting underway on Friday evening, and the 2011 Copa Libertadores about
to get serious, I thought I'd write a post outlining something which, if you're a HEGS reader, is
absolutely certain to be of interest to ... Continue reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre turned four years old on Thursday. To celebrate the milestone, I spent most of
the day sitting indoors in front of my computer, recording one podcast and producing another, which
had been recorded the previous evening. ... Continue reading →
The 2011 Torneo Clausura is finally upon us, complete with a suitably nationalistic nametag from
the government/AFA. This short championship will be known as the Torneo Clausura Néstor Kirchner
Copa Malvinas Argentinas, just to remind us Brits in Buenos Aires ... Continue reading →
Estudiantes impressed in the first half, and rode their luck in the second. Friday night still saw
them start their Clausura campaign with a victory though, 2-1 over Newell's Old Boys, for whom loan
signing Claudio Bieler from Racing missed ... Continue reading →
Saturday's matches in the Primera División saw Olimpo beat Banfield 2-1 with a goal in the last
minute in Bahía Blanca from Carlos Salom. Later on, San Lorenzo took the lead and looked
thoroughly impressive during the first half against ... Continue reading →
The first Sunday of the 2011 Torneo Clausura saw Argentina's two giants enter the fray. Boca
Juniors, who were one of the pre-season favourites for the title after a very strong showing in the
summer friendlies, hosted Godoy Cruz ... Continue reading →
Monday evening saw the final two matches of the first round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura, and Lanús
vs Arsenal de Sarandí turned unexpectedly into a thriller in the closing stages. Mauro Camoranesi
made his debut for the hosts, and ... Continue reading →
In preparation for the second weekend of the Torneo Clausura, perhaps you'd like to give a listen
to the new episode of Hand Of Pod? This week myself and the Dans welcome the lovely Seba García,
of Mundo Albiceleste, to ... Continue reading →
