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The full fixtures for the Primera División A Torneo Clausura 2009 were released by the
AFA a little while ago, and now I've got a weekend when (relatively) little is happening to
write about on HEGS, here's the full fixture list for the season. Primera División A Torneo
Clausura 2009: Round 1 (8th Feb) Club Atlético Huracán vs [.
God knows why the AFA do this every bloody year. As usual, they've released the full fixture list
the day after the first weekend's fixtures were announced. What possible good comes of this is for
Julio Grondona to explain (not that anyone really cares enough to ask him), other than to guarantee
two straight days [.
Mediante un comunicado de prensa, el Club Tigres hace oficial la llegada de los dos refuerzos.
Ambos jugadores llegan a prestamo por un año con opcion a compra.
A continuación el comunicado:
El Club Tigres de la UANL da a conocer que los jugadores EDGAR CASTILLO y FERNANDO ORTIZ
reforzarán al plantel para la temporada 2009-2010.
Argentine midfielder Nicolas Bertolo commented of the supposed interest from Manchester United. In
recent weeks there has been much speculation that Nicolas Bertolo could join European champions
Manchester United. But the Banfield midfielder admitted that "nothing is concrete"
although he knows that he has been observed by the Premier League club.
For some reason, the fifth round of the Torneo Clausura begins on a Thursday, so here, 24 hours
earlier than normal, is the weekend's fixture list. Sunday's clásico sees Independiente host
Boca Juniors, whilst San Martín play a crucial relegation clash on Thursday in Mendoza. Racing
will be hoping Tigre don't get their claws back [.
Ferguson is already thinking about the future and there is a great possibility of a number of South
Americans playing at Old Trafford will increase and several very talented players have hit the
radar. Some of Manchester United scouts believe to have found a proper replacement for Scholes and,
reportedly, he is Banfield's excellent Nicolas Bertolo.
'Where's my week gone?!' I can hear you inwardly asking. Don't worry you've not been in a coma
since Monday. Due to the upcoming World Cup qualifiers (notably that between Argentina and Brazil
in Rosario on Saturday) the AFA have moved the third round of the Torneo Apertura to midweek.
Rosario Central vs River [.
On Tuesday the AFA announced the first weekend's fixtures for the 2009 Torneo Apertura in the
Primera División, and their website promptly decided to stop working (for me at least, but I've
had some internet issues tonight so maybe it's the only site that's still not loading on my PC).
The remaining fixtures haven't yet [.
The final weekend of the 2009 Torneo Clausura is upon us at last, and it's going to be a dramatic
one. Racing and Newell's celebrate having nothing to play for to kick things off on Friday night,
whilst Saturday sees Central take on Godoy Cruz in a match that could be vital to next season's
[...]
Lo que estará en juego durante el Apertura 2009:
COPA LIBERTADORES 2010
Ya aseguraron su participación Vélez Sarsfield como campeón del Clausura 2009,
y Estudiantes de La Plata como vencedor de la Copa 2009. El Pincha aún puede asegurar su
ingreso directo consiguiendo uno de los 3 cupos que quedan, sino entraría en la primera fase de
repechaje.
Let's start this off by congratulating our two new continental champions. South Korea's Ponang
Seelers took the AFC Champions League title this weekend with a 2-1 defeat of Saudi club
Al-Ittihad. In Africa, the CAF Champions League title was won by Congo Democratic Republic's TP
Mazembi who defeated Nigeria's Heartland FC.
Ah, it's been a while. Defending champions Boca begin at altitude in Jujuy on Sunday evening, a
situation Diego Maradona isn't happy about (the time, rather than the location); two of the
Apertura finalists give us the first match of the season as San Lorenzo visit Tigre, and
Independiente play their first 'home' match at [.
The second round of Apertura fixtures is upon us already. Apologies that this post didn't go out as
usual at midday GMT, but my internet providers have been having server issues and although I
thought I was online when I pressed the button to schedule this post last night, I'd evidently lost
my connection.
The goals from the seventh round of the 2009 Torneo Clausura are online now, and you can view all
21 of them on the TN Sportblog by clicking here. Read on for the running order of this video, and a
link to the goals from the lower divisions this weekend if you want to see [...]
One of the most striking things about the youth setup at Arsenal is the way that the "Arsenal
way" of playing football is inculcated into the very fabric of the Academy structure. All of the
players share the same vision and have one abiding common characteristic. A high degree of
technical ability.
Vélez Sársfield visit Gimnasia La Plata on Saturday hoping to extend their lead at the top of the
Primera División table, with second-placed Lanús set to host Rosario Central the night before, in
Friday's second match. Even when they're seventh in the table, every Racing match is a relegation
decider, but if they beat San [.
Leaders Lanús host Diego Simeone's San Lorenzo in a clash of ideologies on Saturday.
Independiente's slimmed-down squad take on Rosario Central in a match that could be key to the
relegation fight, especially if El Rojo decide to lie down in order to make things tighter for
rivals Racing (mind you, how will we tell [.
Back to the league after the thrills and spills of the international break. Three matches remain,
and this weekend the endgame gets going with two clásicos on Sunday one in La Bombonera, where San
Lorenzo will be the 'home' side, and one in Avellaneda between Racing and Boca. The clash between
River and Tigre [.
The goals from the eighteenth round of the 2009 Torneo Clausura are online now, from San Lorenzo's
win over Independiente to San Martín's victory in Rosario and the results for Vélez and Huracán
which take the title race to the last day. Click here to watch them and read on for the running
order. Running order [.
For those who aren't already aware, the 2011 Copa América will be played in Argentina, and on
Tuesday AFA President Julio Grondona met with Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
to start thrashing out the details. It's been agreed that the main venue for the tournament will be
La Plata's Estadio Municipal (currently home to [.
After the finalísima comes the rather more mundane business of recording the scores from the final
round of the 2009 Torneo Clausura. Vélez took the title and Gimnasia de Jujuy and San Martín de
Tucumán both go down, as we already know, but elsewhere there were wins for Boca and San Lorenzo,
one last humiliation [.
Este 8 de enero se cumplen 5 años de la muerte del querido Garrafa Sánchez. Como recuerdo,
esta entrevista de hace 10 años en El Gráfico:
Talentoso, impulsivo y atorrante cabal, Garrafa es uno de los grandes personajes del ascenso
y el niño mimado de la hinchada de Banfield.
The second round of the 2009 Torneo Apertura takes in at least two channels (América will
broadcast four matches exclusively, with the rest on Canal 7 and possibly Canal 9) and an early
clash between two teams who could potentially be propping up the table come December River Plate
host Chacarita Juniors.
Tuesday night saw a home win at the Gigante del Arroyito, not that it'll be much consolation for
the majority of supporters of the selección. River Plate played ineptly and when Diego Buonanotte
gave the ball away in midfield, Rosario Central were able to break and score their second goal in
an eventual 2-1 win.
Martín Palermo scored an amazing 45-yard header to win a five-goal bonanza in La Bombonera as Boca
Juniors became the first team this season to beat Vélez Sársfield. It's got the more excitable
elements of the Argentine press (which is to say, the Argentine press) insisting that he should
start for the selección.
The thirteenth round of the Torneo Apertura sees the first weekend round to hang over to Monday
night (not counting the twelfth round which lasted through til Tuesday due to the previous round
only having finished on the Thursday before). Joint leaders Newell's and Banfield are at home River
and away to San Lorenzo respectively, [.
At long last, after a summer of transfer bore-stories and ridiculous friendly matches which are
only 70 or 80 minutes long, real league football returns to the Argentine Republic on Friday night.
Following the most closely-fought championship in short tournament history, the defending champions
are a familiar name, but that's no reason to assume it'll [.
What a crazy weekend. It's almost enough to make me wish I'd delayed my flight out to Mexico for
long enough to have taken it all in myself. I get online at my hotel this evening to find that all
four of the sides who finished in the top four places in the Apertura have [...]
San Lorenzo, in danger of slipping into a bit of a slump after back-to-back defeats in the
Copa Libertadores and the league prior to this weekend, got back to winning ways and staved off the
vultures circling over Miguel Angel Russo's managerial job with a 3-1 dismissal of Banfield on
Saturday. A little earlier in Tucumán, [.
The goals from the sixth round of the 2009 Torneo Clausura are online now, and you can view all 29
of them (ten alone came from Friday evening's two matches), including brilliant ones in, among
others, Lanús, Liniers and Rosario on the TN Sportblog by clicking here. If you don't know
which teams wear which [.
Our Argentine readers will no doubt want to put the midweek international to the backs of their
minds as quickly as possible, and the AFA are obliging them by getting league action back underway
post haste. Friday night sees second-placed Colón visit fifth-placed Huracán, whilst Vélez vs
Banfield on Saturday should be a good one.
The goals from the tenth round of the Torneo Clausura 2009 are online now - watch them here on the
TN Sportblog. Read on, as usual, for the running order of this video, as well as a link to TN's
highlights of yesterday afternoon's superclásico in La Bombonera. Running order for TN Show de
Goles: Vélez (white shirts [.
The eleventh round of the 2009 Torneo Clausura pitches two of the title contenders against each
other in Santa Fe - the winner of Colón vs Vélez will finish the weekend on top of the table
(unless it's Colón and Lanús do something unspeakable to Godoy Cruz in Mendoza). Argentinos boss
Claudio Vivas is playing [.
River Plate didn't have an easy welcome home from their fans following the midweek elimination from
the Copa Libertadores, but just about got past Gimnasia de Jujuy anyway, thanks to Marcelo
Gallardo's assist - with his first touch after being brought on at half time - for Radamel Falcao
García. Elsewhere on Sunday Central saw [.
There are no Friday night games this weekend, sadly, but since the fixtures go up on HEGS at the
same time every week, here they are per usual for you to plan your weekend around. There's a
half-derby in El Cilindro and a match in Tucumán which will prove important at both ends of the
[...]
The first (and more important) of the weekend's two clásicos was Saturday's first match, and it
saw Lanús extend their lead at the top of the table, thus ensuring they'll finish the weekend top
of the table. Elsewhere, Newell's won at the Nuevo Gasómetro in a clash of two sides scrambling
for Copa Sudamericana qualification, [.
Sunday's matches saw Racing edge a little further clear of Rosario Central in the promedio thanks
to a draw against title-chasing Colón, a few hours after River Plate and Independiente had served
up a veritable feast of complete and total bloody incompetence with a second half that saw three
three!
Sunday's two clásicos saw two unheralded winners, although given recent form they weren't,
perhaps, huge surprises. Huracán won away to San Lorenzo (in La Bombonera) for the first time in
seven years to maintain the pressure at the top thanks to absolutely useless marking at a corner
from Diego Simeone's supposedly solid defence.
The penultimate round of Torneo Clausura matches is played this weekend, after which we've got a
fortnight's gap due to next week's Argentine elections. Vélez Sársfield would win the league on
Sunday if they beat Lanús and Huracán lose against Arsenal (two matches which will be played
simultaneously).
The title race is going down to the last weekend in two weeks' time and will be decided when the
top two, Huracán and Vélez, play each other in Liniers, after the latter drew with Lanús to
leave the Granate out of the race. San Martín kept their slim chances alive, as did [...]
