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Yes, the Apertura's only just finished (well, if you're an Arsenal or Gimnasia fan, it hasn't even
finished yet), but already the fixtures for the 2008 Torneo Clausura have been released, so here
they are for your interest and enjoyment. The dates given for each weekend, as ever, are all
Sundays - fixtures will be [.
The traditional start to Argentina's footballing year, the Torneo de Verano ('Summer Tournament')
celebrates its 40th year in 2008, and the AFA have announced the fixture list for the mini-league,
which features the 'Big Five', on Friday. The tournament will run from the 11th January to the 2nd
February and matches will take place in [.
The draw for the 2008 Copa Libertadores - with Santander taking over from Toyota as title sponsor
- took place in Asunción on Wednesday, and Argentina will have six representatives in the
tournament - River Plate, Boca Juniors, San Lorenzo and Estudiantes all qualify automatically from
the 2006-2007 season, whilst Lanús and Arsenal de Sarandí go [.
So, it turned out on Sunday that the 18 names Alfio Basile gave us a few weeks ago weren't in fact
the only ones to be included in Argentina's squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against
Chile (in the Monumental) and Ecuador (in Quito). I'd like to emphasise that there was no hint of
[...]
Reports in Argentina claim that Rodrigo Palacio will fly to
London early this week for a medical after Boca Juniors accepted
a bid from Arsenal for the player.
The 25 year old was expected to join Barcelona before they swooped for
Henry.
Guillermo Barros Schelotto is a very popular man in Argentina right now. Eight months ago, he left
Boca Juniors, where he'd become one of the most succesful players in the club's history, to move to
Columbus Crew of the MLS in the United States. On Tuesday it emerged that his boyhood club Gimnasia
La Plata [.
Atletico Madrid gradually becomes the main expert on young Argentinean stars. The most prominent
young player of those who still play in Argentina, Ever Banega from Boca Juniors, is expected in
Madrid as soon as next season.
Published reports seem to confirm a rumor I heard Monday regarding the possible return of MLS to
south Florida, this time courtesy of Boca Juniors, the legendary Argentine club. (I will admit when
I heard the rumor I dismissed it completely until I have now seen it published on two reliable
websites) Guilermo Barros Schelotto one of the greatest Boca players ever has had much success in
his first MLS season with Columbus and that has evidently convinced Boca executives to discuss
opening an MLS franchise.
Following training on Tuesday, Miguel Russo announced his starting XI for Boca Juniors' Club World
Cup semi-final with the African champions, Tunisian side Etoile Sahel. Boca's eleven is more or
less as expected in the defence and attack, but Russo's raised a few eyebrows with his midfield
selection, which sees a bit of a change from [.
At 7:30 in the morning on Sunday (Argentine time), Boca Juniors will take on A.C. Milan of Italy in
Tokyo for the final of the Club World Cup 2007. The right to be crowned champions of the world will
once again be played out between the champions of Europe and South America, in the third [...]
South America's grip on the Club World Cup tournament was broken in the revamped competition's
third edition on Sunday, with European champions A.C. Milan running out 4-2 winners over Boca in
easily the most entertaining final since the tournament was re-launched in 2005.
Well, not quite in full, because there's little point in retyping the first weekend all over again.
But step right this way for a full list of who will be playing who on which weekend during the
Primera A Apertura.
LA Galaxy win first SuperLiga Match; FC Dallas Draw
God I love Landon Donovan! This guy has a nack for making people eat the same stuff that they throw
at him. After the Beckham circus match Saturday night, pretty much everyone dropped Donovan on his
head for missing the open header late in the match and basically being invisible through out the
entire match.
Festejo Lanús Campeón Torneo Apertura 2007 02 12 07
Originally uploaded by altodeporte Hay pocas fotos del festejo o del Lanus campeón, por eso pongo
esta.
El equipo chico aplasto al grande y en la 18ava fecha Argentina , literalmente tiene un nuevo
campeón.
De verdad que da gusto ver este tipo de festejos.
Campioni del Mondo
Originally uploaded by Michael2973 El sueño de los fanáticos argentinos se vino abajo con el
poderio del Milan especialmente de Kaká, quien demostró por qué es el mejor jugador del mundo en
la victoria del equipo italiano por 4-2, en el Mundial de Clubes de Japón.
In Manchester United they think already that one Tevez is not enough, they want two. Alex Ferguson
announced that the club would love to sign Carlitos' younger brother, Miguel Tevez (17), who
currently plays for reserve of Boca Juniors.
The selección took most of the headlines this weekend, of course, but a few other things were
happening. Boca manager Miguel Russo talked of his 'optimism' going into the final rounds of the
Apertura, River Plate have lost one of their forwards to injury on international duty, and
Almirante Brown have announced their intentions to [...]
Jesus balls! What a day! So many major and minor things to discuss....best start with the little
stuff to warm up. Just like before playing, right? - One little thing to keep an eye on: I
seriously don't know how teeny-tiny Major League Soccer (MLS) rosters will cope with the scheduling
insanity if [.
Pre-season continues with the returns of two touring sides - River and the national Under 20s - but
fortunately more interesting things have been happening to write about. San Lorenzo are losing
central midfielder Cristián Ledesma to Olympiakos of Athens for US$1.7 million (the club will get
US$1.2m, with the rest going to the agents [...]
AP Photos
Published reports seem to confirm a rumor I heard Monday regarding the possible return of MLS to
south Florida, this time courtesy of Boca Juniors, the legendary Argentine club. Guilermo Barros
Schelotto one of the greatest Boca players ever has had much success in his first MLS season with
Columbus and that has evidently convinced Boca executives to discuss opening an MLS franchise.
The video of all the goals from the ninth round of the 2007 Torneo Apertura is online now, and can
be found here thanks to TN. As usual, read on for the full running order of that video, and my
personal favourite strikes from the weekend (dominated this week by Señores Denis and Belluschi),
courtesy [...]
All 29 of the goals from the sixteenth round of the Apertura can be seen right now thanks to TN by
clicking here. Read on as ever for the running order of this video for those who don't know which
kit is whose, as well as my personal favourite strikes of the week - including not [...]
Unbelievable. If you'd scripted this at the start of the championship, no-one in their right minds
would have published it. I heard a joke recently, after a striker in England's second tier
starred in Northern Ireland's recent Euro 2008 qualifying exploits. 'Roy of the Rovers reads David
Healy comics!
The penultimate round of the championship begins with a relegation clash on Friday night when
Central host San Martín, and ends on Sunday with Vélez's visit to Independiente. By the time that
match kicks off, Argentina could have a new champion football team. Tigre's visit to Argentinos
and Lanús's visit to La Bombonera will be played [.
In the last hour or so, it's been confirmed that Miguel Angel Russo has parted company with Boca
Juniors, leaving the club's managerial post vacant. Earlier in the day, the Boca board had taken
the decision to sack Russo's two assistants, Marcelo Trobbiani and Guillermo Cinquetti (assistant
coach and physical trainer, respectively), as a condition [.
Boca began their challenge for the Copa Panamericana last night with two late goals in a 2-0 win
over Peruvian side Alianza Lima. Neri Cardozo occupied Juan Román Riquelme's vacated position as
the playmaker in Boca's tried-and-tested 4-3-1-2 formation, in the first match of the latest
post-JRR era. With Clemente Rodríguez also having packed his bags for [.
The Apertura is now less than 48 hours away and, if you've already checked out our introduction to
the clubs who'll be contesting the Primera A this season, you may be wondering which players will
be likely to attract attention. Well, I can't help you with any reliability (although I suppose I
could ensure that [...]
Once again, there was no River Plate this weekend, their home match with Newell's having been
postponed until further notice following the death of Gonzalo Acro last week. There were nine other
matches, though, and unlike last week they all saw goals, with a rather nice total of 24 all in.
There was apparently some bad blood in the Boca Juniors squad on their return to training after the
2-0 loss to River Plate in Sunday's superclásico. Manager Miguel Angel Russo and the rest of
Boca's squad are reportedly furious with Ever Banega for picking up the red card which left them
playing with ten men [...]
Twelve short months ago, all was looking rosy in Argentina and South American competition for those
who like to see big clubs winning things. There was enough interest for the unexpected sides to
shake it up a bit – Pachuca were about to beat Colo Colo in the Copa Sudamericana final to become
the first [...]
After a two-week hiatus, Primera A football is back this weekend, with the title race entering its
endgame. Gimnasia will go into it a little disorientated, after manager Julio Falcioni announced he
won't be continuing in the post after the 2nd December, when the Apertura finishes. The big game is
the Avellaneda derby on Saturday, [.
Another championship is over, and as the players (except Boca's) head off on their summer holidays,
it's time to reflect again on yet another thrilling short tournament. Unexpected champions was the
least of it - we've seen an avalanche of goals, players pushing themselves into the limelight and
yet more booing from the stands of the Monumental [.
Los aficionados del Boca Juniors no tardaron mucho en contestar a los de River, por lo de su
segundo barrio, la respuesta , la verdad era obvia.
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Boca continued their pre-season tour of the United States on Tuesday night with a 1-1 draw in Utah
against Real Salt Lake. Falling behind early on to a harshly given penalty after Real's Freddy Adu
fell over in the box. Again Boca used the 4-4-2 system with wide midfielders Neri Cardozo and
Jesús Dátolo providing [...]
...it was safe to read about Argentine footballers being transferred, you're proved wrong. Juan
Román Riquelme and his agent claimed a few days ago that they'd reached an agreement with
Atlético Madrid, but that now appears to have been a load of rubbish because no-one's yet signed
the playmaker, the transfer window has closed, and [...]
In the end, it was a miracle too far for Tigre, who fell 1-0 away to Argentinos. At the same time,
in La Bombonera, Lanús were putting the seal on an astonishing Apertura by getting the result
they needed against Boca Juniors, away from home. José Sand's first-half goal was cancelled out by
Martín Palermo in the [.
It's a new era at Boca Juniors, where on Tuesday Pedro Pompilio, the man who played a major part in
Juan Román Riquelme's return last week to his boyhood club, was named the club's new president
after Mauricio Macri passed on the mandate to him. Elsewhere, River Plate are in trouble again and
Diego Simeone's [.
To sooth the tortured spirits of Argentine football fans
everywhere last night, following the 3-0 capitulation by the seniors in the Copa América, there's
been better news for two other Argentine national sides, whilst River have won again and Boca set
out on their own tour. First, the Under 20s saw off a spirited Mexico side [.
I've been away for a couple of days, hence the lack of updates yesterday, but with it being
pre-season not much of interest has been happening anyway. Except for two developments in the
transfer market. Last week, I told you with some scepticism that the British newspaper The
Independent had reported Ángel Di María's imminent [...]
One of the great clubs of South America is interested in expanding into MLS. Boca Juniors would
like to establish a franchise in the US to start play next season with New York, Miami, Los Angeles
and Arizona as areas of interest.
Orlando Salvestrini, the marketing director of Boca, said, "talks are advanced" in relation to the
possibility of this happening.
