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After a couple of months kicking heels and whiling away the time with friendlies, transfer rumours
and one or two actual moves, the wait is over. New boys San Martín de Tucumán will kick
off the Primera División A Torneo Apertura 2008 later today when they host Huracán. You
can follow the whole of the [.
Eagle-eyed perusers of the page tabs along the top of the site will have noticed the addition on
Thursday night of our new map. This has been put together by Bill at Bill's Sports Maps, and he's
very kindly allowed me to include it here as well because we collaborated with some of the
statistics [...
The full fixture list for the Primera División A Torneo Apertura 2008 has been released.
Thanks to Seba for posting the fixtures when they were first announced in a comment last
night. Read on for the 'HEGS-approved' official list, with all the clásicos highlighted.
Except the single midweek date, which is noted, all these dates refer to [.
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 [.
The 2008 Torneo Apertura kicks off on Friday evening, so I think it's about time for the annual
season preview, don't you? Long-time readers may notice that this is largely an updated version of
last year's potted histories, but I've added a few things - you can now find out how much I really
know [.
It's been an interesting few days whilst I've been away, and I hope I don't miss anything out of a
whirlwind summary: Saturday's superclásico in Mendoza was a thriller, seeing five goals and four
red cards as River avenged their 1-0 defeat of the Torneo de Verano with a 3-2 victory. On the same
day, [.
Oh, it's been a while. At long, long last the summer break is over, and I can get back to writing
about league action rather than transfer news and summer friendlies. There's been a lot of talk
about the new year's ticket price hikes - more on that at the weekend - but for now [...]
The goals from the first round of Torneo Clausura matches are online, and you can watch them all on
TN simply by clicking this link. As ever, HEGS makes allowances for the facts that you may not want
to see all of them, only the best, and that you might not know which shirts belong [...]
The 2008 Torneo Clausura kicks off at long last following the summer break on Friday evening, with
Lanús aiming to defend the title they won so improbably back in December, whilst the likes of Boca
will be wanting to get back to winning ways. Other big sides need improved performances, for a
variety of reasons, [.
The schedule for the 2008-2009 season of the Argentine Primera Division has been released. River
will begin the Torneo Apertura 2008 in Santa Fe, where they will face Colon. Many difficult matches
will follow this one, but the one that everyone is curious about (the Superclasico) will be played
on the 10th round (October 19th) in the Monumental.
Primera Division Argentina Apertura: Calendario completo
Fecha 1
10/08/2008
SAN MARTIN (TUC.) vs HURACAN
RACING CLUB vs LANUS
G. Y ESGRIMA L.P. vs N.O. BOYS
BOCA JRS. vs G. Y ESG. (JUJUY)
COLON vs RIVER PLATE
ROSARIO CTRAL. vs ESTUDIANTES DE L.
The second round of matches in the 2008 Torneo Clausura is already upon us. Champions Lanús, fresh
from Thursday night's Copa Libertadores win over Danubio, visit Huracán on Sunday, before the two
'Junior' teams clash at La Bombonera. River, the only one of the 'Big Five' to win their opening
match, visit San Lorenzo's surprise [.
A senior member of Boca Juniors' barra brava, La Doce, was arrested prior to Sunday's match at La
Bombonera against Colón, after his name was given to the police in a list of fans to be denied
entry to the game. On Monday, meanwhile, the seventh round of matches took two new managerial
casualties as [.
A quick note to let you know that during the 2008 winter break (that's summer for our northern
hemisphere readers!), the page formerly known as 'squad lists' has been renamed 'transfers', and
will contain a list, updated as frequently and accurately as I can manage (but please bear with me)
of all the ins and [.
Following San Martín de Tucumán's winning start to their first season back in Primera A
last night, it was the turn of Godoy Cruz to cause a shock, and not only did they win, they did so
away from home against one of the more impressive teams of the last few years. Two goals from [...]
It's that time again. The tenth round of the 2008 Torneo Apertura is upon us, and with it comes one
of the world's biggest derbies: all eyes on the Monumental on Sunday, where River Plate will be
hosting Boca Juniors in another superclásico. There'll be big match buildup on HEGS as well as
live coverage [.
It's an important weekend, this one, for a variety of reasons. Rock-bottom (of Clausura and
Promedio) Olimpo host fellow strugglers Colón in what might be a crucial game in the
relegation battle. Racing take on Tigre, whose manager Diego Cagna has dismissed concerns expressed
by some on the rumour mill that the officials have been [.
Here it is, ladies and gents: the final weekend of the Primera A Torneo Clausura 2008. River are
already champions, but there's still the small matter of relegation to sort out, and to that end
the weekend's most important match is the winner-takes-all game in Santa Fé, where Colón
host Racing. I'm in Nottingham on [.
The second round of the 2008 Torneo Apertura is almost upon us. This weekend, champions River Plate
host Rosario Central, last week's victorious newcomers to the division, San Martín de
Tucumán and Godoy Cruz, respectively visit Independiente and host San Lorenzo, and Boca
Juniors, who are in Barcelona on Saturday to appear in F.
Time marches on, and thus arrives the fourth weekend of the Primera A 2008 Torneo Apertura. This
weekend sees another clásico as River Plate welcome former player Santiago Solari back to
Argentine soil - he'll be stepping onto the pitch in San Lorenzo's colours against his old club.
Racing have a tricky assignment: they're away [.
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 [...]
No sooner are we done with the week's continental action, than it's time to look ahead to the
weekend in the league. Sunday sees the year's first 'Big Five' clásico, as Ramón Díaz returns
once again to the Monumental, and will be hoping his team can finally score a goal. Early
pace-setters Vélez host Banfield, [.
Practically a triple-header coming up: we're about to go through three rounds of matches in one
week, because the twelfth round will come in midweek. This weekend, though, Argentinos travel to
Independiente following their win in Sao Paulo on Wednesday, Boca take on Central and River visit
Gimnasia de Jujuy - it's a very real [.
Here we go again. There's a bumper programme on Sunday and, due to the midweek action, only one
match on Friday night. Independiente get us rolling against Godoy Cruz. Sunday sees two
clásicos, one in La Bombonera, where faltering joint league leaders San Lorenzo take on Boca
Juniors, and the other in El Coloso Del [.
We're getting towards the business end of proceedings now. Can San Lorenzo regain the initiative
after they finally got back to winning ways last weekend? Can River start afresh under assistant
boss Gabriel Rodríguez? Will Tigre get the wins (and results in other matches) they need for
Copa Libertadores qualification?
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 [...]
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.
Newell's Old Boys need to buck their ideas up if they're going to avoid a relegation struggle
during the Clausura, as I said on Thursday in the Clausura preview. On Friday evening, in the first
league match of the year, they started the fight, with an unlikely victory away to 2007 Clausura
winners San Lorenzo.
River Plate were the only one of the 'Big Five' to win on the opening weekend of the Clausura,
with Racing and Boca both drawing and San Lorenzo and Independiente both crashing to defeats.
Carlos Ischia's introduction to competitive action was spoiled by a club he used to manage, as
Central proved ungenerous hosts to his [.
The goals from the fourth round of the 2008 Torneo Clausura are online now, and you can watch all
27 of them right now on TN's website - just click here. As usual, read on for the running order of
that clip, as well as my personal pick of the week's best strikes courtesy of [...]
No fewer than four clásicos this weekend, two between 'Big Five' clubs - Racing host San Lorenzo
and Independiente visit Boca - one sort-of derby, an all-Santa Fé Province clash between Central
and Colón, and a proper derby between two of the clubs from the zona Sur of Gran Buenos Aires,
with Banfield visiting champions [.
In spite of the appalling scenes prior to San Lorenzo vs. Vélez (which was called off) and
Huracán vs. Boca, most of the matches in the Primera A went ahead all the same this weekend. The
River vs. Racing clásico finished goalless, a result that just about keeps River in the early
phases of the [.
This weekend's fixtures see joint-leaders River and Boca host Arsenal and travel to Olimpo,
respectively. There's a relegation clash between Racing and San Martín which is must-win for both
sides, whilst the two sides crowned champions in 2007, San Lorenzo and Lanús, meet in the Nuevo
Gasometro.
The halfway point of the 2008 Torneo Clausura is almost upon us, with River and Boca the only
remaining unbeaten sides. The leaders host Tigre whilst Boca visit Jujuy - sandwiched between them
in second place, Estudiantes have the chance to take the summit of the table when they host
Lanús in the weekend's first [.
Having left a week aside for Gimnasia de Jujuy and (especially) Racing fans to recover from their
celebrations upon surviving, it's time to look back on another campaign in Primera A. It's been a
momentous one for a number of clubs. Racing's survival joy was doubled by news that Blanquiceleste
were out, River ended a [.
Ariel Ortega agreed with the River Plate board on Tuesday to go out on loan for a season to Mendoza
club Independiente Rivadavia, of Primera B Nacional. Ortega turned down the chance to move to the
United Arab Emirates to play a season for Al Mir Sports due to the distance from his family and
[...]
The goals from the first round of matches in the 2008 Torneo Apertura are now online, and you can
view them through the TN sportblog by clicking here, and the picture's a lot better this season
than we've had to put up with previously. For those who don't know which sides wear which kits,
read [...]
The goals from the second weekend of Torneo Apertura action are online now (with Newell's vs. Boca
to follow on Wednesday night), and can be viewed through the TN sportsblog by clicking here. Read
on, as usual, for the running order of this video clip and for my personal favourite strikes of the
weekend, taken [.
The third weekend is already upon us, with Boca returning to league action after their holiday in
Catalunya by hosting Lanús. The champions are away to Banfield on Saturday, whilst it's an
all-Santa Fe Province clash between Rosario Central and Colón which kicks the weekend off.
Estudiantes, having finally won a match on Wednesday night [.
It's been a long two weeks away from top flight club action, but after the disappointments of the
selección's performances against Paraguay and Peru, the Primera A is back to provide us -
surely - with some good football and excitement once again. Champions River Plate have been
experimenting during the break and it's anyone's guess [.
