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The man who many suspect of having been behind the murder of Gonzalo Acro broke his silence on
Thursday to speak out yet again about his innocence in the affair from his hideaway. Alan
Schlenker, the capo of Los Borrachos del Tablón, River Plate's hooligan gang, insisted - not for
the first time - that [.
Several of River Plate's most notorious barra bravas have spent Christmas this year in jail, and
now they're to be joined for the new year by their boss, Alan Schlenker, after a senior judge
ordered the capo of Los Borrachos del Tablón to do time in a preventative institute for his
suspected 'intellectual' part in [.
On Monday night, two men were walking down a street in Buenos Aires and were stopped by three
others. Without saying a word, the three pulled out guns and opened fire, seeming to aim at one of
the pair in particular. Now, that man is lying brain dead in a Buenos Aires hospital. His name is
[...]
The rhetoric surrounding the murder of Gonzalo Acro continued on Monday. With the Apertura now two
rounds of matches old and River still yet to play a match, the barra brava ringleaders are taking
it upon themselves to provide some form of distraction for the fans. At the end of last week,
Adrián Rousseau, the [...]
It's now three-and-a-half months since the murder of Gonzalo Acro by rival members of River Plate's
barra brava in Villa Urquiza. On Friday, the judge presiding over the investigation into the murder
allowed Ubaldo Matera, the man who was accompanying Acro at the time and who was also hit, to walk
free due to 'lack [.
Another campaign, another violent beginning. The problems never quite went away domestically in
Argentina, continuing through the playoffs with the death of a Tigre fan after their victory over
Nueva Chicago, and now onwards. But what was truly remarkable about Tuesday night's shooting -
which has now turned into a murder, because Gonzalo Acro died [.
Following the now resolved doubts over the Tigre vs. Independiente match (see previous story), it
also became apparent on Friday evening that River Plate's home game against Newell's - which was
going to be Los Millonarios' first of the campaign - may now also be put back to a later date, for
very different reasons.
Both La Plata sides are in the headlines a week and a day before the city's clásico, for different
reasons. Gimnasia got back to winning ways and kept Newell's miserable away run in the Apertura
going, beating them 2-0 in the Estadio Municipal last night in the postponed 12th round match.
Lucas Landa and Ignacio [...]
It was all smiles for the red half of Avellaneda on Wednesday, as the announcement arrived that
Daniel Montenegro's ligament damage isn't as bad as initially feared. It might have kept him out
for a good few months, with surgery a distinct possibility - but doctors today said that wouldn't
be necessary, and that Rolfi [...]
José Gastón Mendoza, a member of Colón's barra brava, has been sentenced to six years
imprisonment for attempting, in February 2006, to murder a fellow fan during a match against River
Plate. The Santa Fe courts handed down the sentence on Friday, and hope it will act as a warning to
other barras in both [.
This Friday sees the start of the 2007 Primera A Torneo Apertura, with that long football-less
week-and-five-days since the World Youth Cup win finally over. But who are the teams? Where are
they from? Who manages them, what are their histories like and which are the main derby rivalries?
The superclásico's an easy one, of [...]
Well, the Beckham circus passed through another city, another stadium's seats were filled, and
another set of regular supporters made it clear how little they care about David Beckham. The DC
Sports Bog caught it all on camera. Two observations on the video: one, it says a lot about this
[...]
Today's Washington Post features a really fantastic story on the Barra, which comes complete
with a well-done audio slideshow and some video clips. Most mainstream coverage of MLS fans is
pretty condescending or at least confused (read, for instance, New York Times pieces on Republicans
to get the same effect), but this one is spot on. To wit:
"That bleeds off all the excitement," Mack says.
Following Sunday's clásico between Racing and River, some of the visiting barra bravas attacked
some coaches on which ordinary Racing fans were travelling, injuring four. The two sets of fans
were travelling on the Perito Moreno motorway from the partidos of Merlo and Hurlingham, in the
west of Gran Buenos Aires, to the match in Racing's El [...]
Juan Román Riquelme's two magnificent free kicks on Saturday night, followed by Argentines
bombarding Spanish football websites to let Chilean manager Mauricio Pellegrini know that he really
should be considering Riquelme for inclusion in Villarreal's side, will not apparently be enough to
save the playmaker's bacon at the Spanish side. 'We're hoping that in December [.
As much as it pains me to say it, DC United have impressive supporters' groups, in particular Barra
Brava and the Screaming Eagles. Sadly for them, their fervent support didn't help them as they lost
in the playoffs to the Fire once again this year. No, I couldn't resist the cheap shot, and I'm not
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Pitchinvasion.net contributer Sam Kelly, writing on his own outstanding blog about Argentinian
football, brings us some disturbing news as a leading member of River Plate's leading barra brava
(hooligan gang) was possibly shot by a member of a rival barra brava of the same club. Sam's
description reads more like something out of Godfather [...]
Wednesday's Washington Post Style section features an excellent report, complete with multimedia
online, on D.C. United supporters groups particularly the Barra Brava. In the beginning, 11 years
ago, a real estate agent from Bolivia named Oscar Zambrana bought 15 tickets for the first D.C.
United home game. The only way he knew to root for [...]
The match-up between River Plate and Vélez, it was remarked by Olé before Sunday evening's match,
with Vélez having proved themselves as one of the best sides of the last few seasons and players
such as Víctor Zapata returning to his former club. In the event, it was a performance worthy of a
clásico which [...]
Defeat in the clásico rosarino to Central on Sunday was too much for Pablo Marini to take, and he
stepped down as Newell's Old Boys manager on Monday. The move was anything but a surprise, since
it had been widely reported in Monday morning's papers that Marini was paid a 'visit' in the
dressing room [...]
Someone's telling fibs, and it might be a little while before the end of this particular tale is
reached. Pablo Marini, who on Monday announced his resignation from the manager's job at Newell's
due in large parts to threats that were made to him in the dressing room after the match by members
of the [...]
