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Two rather different attitudes to problem players are being demonstrated today, on either side of
the Atlantic. Villarreal, who have a playmaker many sides would be delighted to get their hands on,
are trying to get rid of Juan Román Riquelme. And River Plate, who have a second striker no-one
else will touch with a [...]
After his second-half penalty salvaged a point for River Plate away to San Lorenzo in their first
appearance of the 2007 Apertura, Ariel Ortega had team-mates and managers almost fighting amongst
themselves to praise him. Ramón Díaz, who is a great friend of Ortega's as it is - they were
team-mates at River for two years [...]
River Plate at long, long last dignified the Primera A Apertura with their presence on Sunday
afternoon. The inclusion of Ariel 'El Burrito' Ortega was a surprise, but it was a penalty from
him that ended up saving a point against defending champions San Lorenzo. Boca, on Sunday evening,
claimed their first win of the campaign, 1-0 [...]
Alfio Basile can cheer up a bit. A good few weeks in advance of Argentina's opening World Cup
qualifier against Chile, it's become apparent that Lionel Messi's injury which kept him out of
Barcelona's 0-0 draw away to Osasuna on Sunday really isn't too bad - La Pulga is back training
with the squad now. [...]
The first two-thirds of the fixture list for this weekend passed without too much to write home
about, San Lorenzo picking up an easy win away to Central, Independiente brushing Olimpo aside with
ease and only Argentinos Juniors' 4-0 tonking of Newell's raising any real eyebrows - and even then
with the proviso that the [...]
The rumours of Ariel Ortega's move to Mexican Atlas, remained only rumours. That was announced by
River Plate's vice-president, Domingo Diaz.
