South American powerhouse Boca have unveiled the new Boca Juniors 2009-10 away kit ( Alternativa camiseta de Boca). The new away shirt has been made by Nike, while LG are the shirt sponsors ( You can also see the logo of sponsors Total on the sleeves of the shirt) The jersey uses Nike's Dri-Fit technology, and [.

'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 [.

Anderson has gone off the boil since his storming first season with Manchester United, which he ended with scoring one of the sudden death penalties in the European Cup final against Chelsea.

Still, in the pre-season he scored a blinding freekick against Boca Juniors and this week he scored for the Reserves.

Football fans all over the world were very excited to see legendary Diego Armando Maradona get appointed as Argentina national coach but immediately doubts were raised over his competence. We all knew he had been a great footballer, in my opinion the best ever, but could he do it as a coach?

But Maradona blindsided everyone. He called up Newell's Old Boys defender Rolando Schiavi, Estudiantes midfielder Rodrigo Braña (both recent Copa Libertadores winners - Schiavi was loaned to Estudiantes for the two-legged final as emergency cover after injuries decimated their backline) .

After scoring on the pre-season against Boca Juniors, Anderson found the back of the net again when playing with the Reserves against Wigan Reserves last night.

United went a goal behind before Anderson equalised just before half time. Magnus Eikrem scored the winner for United early in to the second half.

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.

Juan Martin Del Potro, only the second Argentinian after Guillermo Vilas to win the US Open and that too beating Roger Federer, might make the Argentinians forget how badly their team is faring in the World Cup qualifiers.

Then again looking at his towering 6'6" frame, if I were Maradona, I see infinite possibilities.

Another full weekend of action on television this weekend and so we may as well get right to the action.

There are two matches this weekend between WCR Top 25 clubs. One will be televised in the U.S., the other won't. From Germanay, Bundesliga leaders Hamburger will host Bayern Munich in a Sunday morning match on GolTV.

Following the recent launch of their new home kit, Argentine giants Boca Juniors have unveiled their new Nike 2009/10 away kit or camiseta alternativa in Spanish if you prefer. The new Boca kit features a newly designed Boca Juniors badge containing 50 stars representative of all of Boca's titles. The 3 stars above the badge commemorate [.

Racing play Gimnasia La Plata in another crucial relegation encounter; Vélez play San Lorenzo in a clash of potential title contenders; Lanús are at home in the clásico del Sur and... what's this?... Boca Juniors are playing on a Saturday?! The world has gone mad. If you love Argentine football and want to forget the [.

Anderson scored a great freekick against Boca Juniors in the Audi Cup this summer and scored a goal for the Reserves last week, but yesterday he bagged his first competative goal for Manchester United at the start of his third season for the club. Whilst it became a standing joke amongst the fans and players, Anderson was quick to remind people of a vital goal he did score for us in Moscow!

Atlético de Primera
Originally uploaded by Totochi.- Atletico Tucuman 2 - Boca Juniors 0 (Apertura Torneo Argentino, Septiembre 12, 2009)
Alfio Basile es uno de los tecnicos mas polemicos en Argentina, se le considera un vende humo total, eso combinado con la alegria y liderazgo de Tristelme y refuerzos como el fracaso del Pocho Inzua da resultados como estos.

The goals from the weekend's football action in Argentina are online now, and as you can see them on the TN Sportblog, whose video this week deigns the round worthy of having all its goals shown (something they've neglected to do on two occasions already this season). For the goals from the Primera División, click [.

The weekend's clásico was a damp squib, with San Lorenzo and Racing cancelling each other out in Boedo. Earlier on Sunday Newell's beat Lanús to go fifth, whilst on Saturday Chacarita's pointless start to the season continued with a 3-1 defeat to Colón, and Independiente took a point from the champions, Vélez Sársfield.

All twenty-six of the goals from the 2009 Torneo Apertura are online now, and you can watch them through the TN Sportblog by clicking here. Read on for the running order, as usual. Running order for TN Show de Goles: Huracán (blue) vs Estudiantes (red & white stripes) Colón (red & black halves) vs Chacarita (white with weird [.

Diego Maradona confirmed his list of players that will take part in the upcoming friendly match against Ghana in Córdoba on September 30th. The biggest surprise of the this list was the return of Ariel Ortega after a six-year absence. The River Plate captain has been out of the national team mix since 2002 after he was part of the disappointing Argentine side that was booted out in the group stages in Korea and Japan.

POR: JULIO RIOS

Se ha desatado cierta polémica por una pequeña frasecita que su servidor dijo en algún post, donde dije: "la Liga Mexicana es mejor que la Liga Argentina".

Rápidamente salieron varios lectores y colegas a rasgarse las vestiduras y a tacharme por lo menos de loco, y en algunos casos hasta de otras cosas que prefiero no repetir por respeto a mi persona y a los usuarios.

Argentine League on Fox Sports en Espanol: Boca Juniors - Newell's Old Boys at 7pm. All Times Eastern

The third round of the Torneo Apertura 2009 has been written in zeros, ones and twos so far, with Boca Juniors getting a second home draw of the season, 1-1 against Newell's Old Boys, to add to the 0-0, 2-2 and 2-0 scorelines seen in the first five matches of the round. Lucas Viatri opened [...]

Boca Juniors 1 - Newells Old Boys 1
Amigos de TM, Boca no pudo Ñuls en la bombonera, la banda de Homero no podía faltar y a pesar de jugarse entre semana, no situamos en nuestros lugares.
El partido fue decididamente malo para los de Basile, nuca se ganó el medio campo y los tres armadores casi ni se conectaron, salvo en algunos pasajes del encuentro, Riquelme no estaba en condiciones de jugar y sus acompañantes tampoco rindieron.

As you may be aware, Argentina play Brazil later on Saturday (kick off at 21:30 local time, 01:30 Sunday morning UK time) in a qualifying match for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Brazil don't need to win but Argentina, if they're going to keep alive realistic hopes of qualifying automatically, have to.

The clásico del Sur was a happy one for Banfield, who ran out 2-1 winners away to Lanús. The goals came from a Paraguayan and a Uruguayan, which could be the Argentine version of some sort of 'Englishman, Irishman, Scotsman' joke. Estudiantes beat Independiente late on, and in the first half of the final match [.

• Oh Ibracadabra... He who looks ever so eloquent! How strange it must have been for him to return to San Siro. Well at least Julio Cesar was kind about the whole thing. Mano bumped into the Swede who was his former teammate in the tunnel before last night's Champions League showdown.

Carlos Tevez blamed his relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson as a reason why he left the club, claiming the manager ignored him for two years.

He also claimed the move had nothing to do with the extra £50-60k a week more City were prepared to pay him.

It's odd then that in April, just a couple of months before he signed for City, Carlos Tevez was singing the manager's praises, claiming how fair Ferguson was with the players and what a massive influence he'd had on his career.

This weekend sees the first clásico of the season between members of the 'Big Five', with San Lorenzo hosting Racing Club on Sunday afternoon as Argentina finally bids farewell to winter. Saturday sees Tigre visit Gimnasia in a match which should see both sides hopeful of getting some points on the board, but Friday sees [.

Some news that's breaking as I go to bed on Sunday night: Néstor Gorosito looks certain to resign as River Plate manager on Monday after his side's 1-0 loss to Arsenal de Sarandí, but now Alfio Basile could well be joining him in the dole queue after he presented his resignation to Carlos Bianchi in [.

To make up for giving Maradona a hard time about his Boca-love earlier, here's a reminder of what he did while playing for them, way back in 1981... Oh, also, here are some links: The Offside gets some MSM recognition (Daily Telegraph) Man fails ballboy audition (Unprofessional Foul) Sometimes football is part of the problem (Du Nord) Ashley Cole surprisingly [.

Stuff to read while you watch Samuel Eto'o get his revenge on Pep...... Diego Maradona is writing the new Boca Juniors Offside, apparently. (Boca Juniors Offside) Another look at the wishy-washy ways of Sol. (Three Match Ban) A soft spot for Bochum. (ESPN) The Cristiano Ronaldo Experience, one month in.

I've been in Barcelona on holiday since Wednesday, hence the lack of action on HEGS during the past few days, but before I left I still kept myself busy off-blog by writing a piece for ESPN Soccernet on the managerial pressures at Argentina's two domestic giants, River Plate and Boca Juniors. If you'd like to [.

Here's Samuel Eto'o looking all prim and proper in a tux... must be Jose's influence. He is, after all, starting to shape Inter's squad this season. Even Esteban Cambiasso thinks so!

"I have always said that the strikers' goals are the logic of a team.

Five teams remain unbeaten after the sixth round of matches in the Torneo Apertura, although amazingly one of them San Lorenzo are down in 8th. Having drawn four, Saturday's five-goal thriller over Tigre was only their second victory of the campaign. Chacarita finally got a win, whilst the replay of last season's Clausura [.

For ranking methodology and other information about the series, see the original post. To read the about the No. 10-rated stadium, the San Siro in Milan, go here. To see all "soccer mecca" entries click here or on the "topics covered here" link below right.
9. Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires
Open since: 1940 (renovated 1995-96)
Capacity: 57,395
Tenant(s): Boca Juniors
World Cup hosts: Never
Closest U.

So, we might see Palermo upfront with Messi and Schiavi as one of the center backs against Brasil.

Speechless............

DyN

Diego Maradona llamó a Palermo para jugar ante Brasil

Además convocó a Rodrigo Braña y Rolando Schiavi.

El entrenador del seleccionado argentino, Diego Maradona, convocó esta noche otros tres jugadores del ámbito local: Martín Palermo, Rodrigo Braña y Rolando Schiavi, para los próximos partidos por las eliminatorias mundialistas.

Los partidos de los punteros

Viernes 28 de Agosto
PIBES DE ORO
TIGRE 1 X 2 ROSARIO CENTRAL
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Sábado 29 de Agosto
LA FUERZA DE LA COSTUMBRE
ESTUDIANTES 3 X 0 GIMNASIA ___________________________________Domingo 30 de Agosto GOLEADOR INESPERADONEWELL'S OLD BOYS 1 X 0 HURACÁN ___________________________________ El resto de la fecha RACING 1 X 1 COLÓNARGENTINOS 1 X 1 BANFIELDGODOY CRUZ 1 X 1 SAN LORENZORIVER PLATE 4 X 3 CHACARITAATLÉTICO TUCUMÁN 2 X 4 INDEPENDIENTELANÚS 1 X 2 BOCA JUNIORS

It seemed like Vélez Sarsfield were bound for a draw until Maxi Moralez scored in the the 90th minute to pull out the win in La Plata against Gimnasia. The win put Ricardo Gareca's men in sole possession of first place.

On Friday night Racing and Gimnasia La Plata shared the points, and Argentinos took three away from their visit to Newell's in Rosario. Saturday, though, has seen the outstanding result of the weekend in Argentina: newly-promoted Atlético Tucumán hosted the mighty Boca Juniors and took all the points with a 2-0 win which lifts them [.

Los rivales del Arse en los Promedios:
DOCE DE DOCECHACARITA 0 X 1 ROSARIO CENTRAL (Emilio Zelaya)
LECCIÓN DE HUMILDADATLÉTICO TUCUMÁN 2 X 0 BOCA JUNIORS(Juan Pablo Pereyra, Fabio Escobar)
TRATADO DE PAZ Y AMISTADRACING 1 X 1 GIMNASIA LP(Rubén Maldonado e/c ; Sebastián Romero)
EL REY SOY YOESTUDIANTES 2 X 1 INDEPENDIENTE(Mauro Boselli, Juan Manuel Díaz ; Darío Gandín)
HAY PICAGODOY CRUZ 1 X 1 HURACÁN(Matías Jara ; Leandro Díaz)
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LOS OTROS RESULTADOS DE LA CUARTA FECHA:
NEWELL'S OLD BOYS 0 X 1 ARGENTINOS JUNIORS VÉLEZ SARSFIELD 0 X 0 SAN LORENZOLANÚS 1 X 2 BANFIELDRIVER PLATE 0 X 0 COLÓN
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LEE ADEMÁS:LA PELOTA NO DOBLA: DESDE ARRIBA, LOS PIBES DE CENTRALLÍNEA DE 5: BANFIELD DUEÑO DEL SURLINEA DE 5: EL MOMENTO DE ZELAYATM - DESDE LA SAN MARTÍN: CUANDO SOLO SIRVE GANARTM - SEBA: POR PELOTUDOSTM - URBANO: QUE QUERÉS QUE TE DIGABLOG VÉLEZ: CON LAS GANASLA BANDA DEL VIADUCTO - TYC SPORTS: A NO ENGAÑARSEFÚTBOL RUSO: MÁS DE LO MISMOTRISTELME 2.

Vélez volvió a dar una muestra de porque, hoy por hoy, se encuentra entre los mejores equipos de nuestro país. El último campeón del fútbol argentino venció a Boca Juniors por 1 a 0 con gol de Jonathan Cristaldo, a los 60 minutos, y se clasificó para los octavos de final de la Copa Sudamericana 2009, donde enfrentará a Unión Española, de Chile.

Velez Sarsfield 1 - Boca Juniors 0
Amigos de TM, el primer objetivo de Boca ya es historia, el equipo de Basile no pudo con Vélez y dejo otra vez una pálida imagen, especialmente en el segundo tiempo.
La Banda de Homero no podía faltar a la cita copera, en la casa del campeón del último torneo local, realmente se jugó un gran partido, el primer tiempo tuvo de todo, llegadas, buenas jugadas y alguna pierna fuerte.