The lack of a single video featuring all the weekend's goals last week meant that the round 14
goals post was a rather fragmented one. From now on, then, I'll be posting each day's goals the
following afternoon or evening, when they're online (I've been a bit slow this first time, I
admit). This will: [.
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The title race gathers pace. At the top, joint leaders Banfield visit Independiente, who will move
to within three points with a win. Fellow pace-setters Newell's Old Boys are at home in the
clásico rosarino, perhaps the country's most passionate. Third- and fourth-placed sides both play
tonight: Colón are away to Lanús, prior to which [.
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Over the course of the 2009 Torneo Apertura, the mantra of fútbol para todos has transmogrified
into something meaning that one easily embeddable, easily findable goal video for the whole round
has become increasingly hard to find. The closest I can find are the four videos embedded here,
which viewed in order will give you [.
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The fourteenth round of the Torneo Apertura ended on Monday. Relegation strugglers Racing claiming
a hard-fought win over the champions of South America, Estudiantes de La Plata, thanks to a goal
from a former Estudiantes player. Estudiantes' city rivals Gimnasia tore Huracán to shreds,
running out 4-1 winners in a match which saw two superb [.
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Due to the AFA's complete inability to comprehend that some of us are running blogs about their
league in our spare time from a time zone three hours ahead and rather enjoyed having not much to
do on a Monday evening, Monday afternoon and evening matches begin in earnest this week. Rodrigo
Archubi, found guilty [.
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The thirteenth round of the 2009 Torneo Apertura ended on Monday night with a late, late goal from
Arsenal de Sarandà midfielder Diego Galván which clinched a point for El Arse after they'd
trailed for practically the entire second half to Huracán. Angel Cappa's team were thus denied a
third win of the campaign.
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Following Newell's Old Boys' victory over River Plate on Saturday, the other sides hoping to keep
up in the race for the title had to win on Sunday, and two of them managed it. Banfield overcame
San Lorenzo 1-0 in Boedo for their first win away to El Cuervo in 13 years, and Estudiantes brushed
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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, [.
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Banfield and Newell's lead the table with Argentine champions Vélez, South American champions
Estudiantes, Colón and Diego Simeone's San Lorenzo in the chasing pack. River Plate and Boca
Juniors both lost again, whilst Racing won in style. All the heroes and villains are here as ever.
Read on... Primera División Torneo Apertura 2009, twelfth round: Vélez Sársfield (F.
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The twelfth round of the Torneo Apertura 2009 got underway on Saturday, and I'm afraid to say,
following the midweek round of matches and the fact I was out on Friday night, that it caught me
out. On Saturday, champions Vélez hosted and brushed aside Godoy Cruz, before Racing Racing! gave
Atlético Tucumán [.
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The goals from the eleventh round of the Torneo Apertura 2009 are online now, and you can watch all
29 of them right here on HEGS, along with a running order of matches for those who aren't sure
which clubs play in which colours. Step this way... Running order for Show de Goles: Newell's (red
& black [.
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Boca Juniors beat Chacarita Juniors by three golazos to nil (losing Juan Román Riquelme to a foot
injury until 2010 in the process), and Lanús dismembered Tigre in El Sur, but the big story of
Thursday was River Plate's 2-1 victory over Argentinos Juniors the Núñez giants' first away win
in 17 attempts, with [.
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Tuesday and Wednesday have seen some decent games in the midweek round of the Torneo Apertura, with
Estudiantes regaining top spot with a 2-1 away win over Godoy Cruz on Tuesday, hours after
champions Vélez moved into sixth (two points off the top) with a 2-1 win over Atlético Tucumán
that came thanks to a [.
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Barely has the dust settled from the tenth round, so full of action that the superclásico was all
but forgotten about by anyone reasonable, than the next round of matches is starting. It's a big
round for both Avellaneda clubs: Newell's host Racing on Tuesday afternoon for some reason Racing's
new manager, Lothar Matthäus [.
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The goals from the tenth round of the 2009 Torneo Apertura are online now, but the people at the TN
Sportblog are obviously Colón fans still hungover from seeing their team go top on Sunday evening,
because they've not updated their site since before the superclásico. You can watch the goals
right here though, embedded [.
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The game of musical chairs atop the Primera División gathers apace. Estudiantes, Banfield and
Newell's have all led the table at various points since Friday afternoon, but at the end of the
weekend it's Colón who are left looking down on the rest of Argentina, after a 2-1 win at home to
San Lorenzo courtesy [.
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One fixture will dominate the weekend in Argentina in terms of the international attention, but
although it probably pushes Liverpool vs Manchester United into second place on the list of Really
Big Rivalries in the football world this weekend, River Plate vs Boca Juniors won't mean anything
at either end of the table this time.
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There were only twenty goals scored in the Argentine Primera División during the weekend just
gone, but you can see all of them on the TN Sportblog by clicking this link. As usual, if you want
to see the order in which the goals appear and which teams are wearing which shirts, just read
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We're now halfway through the Torneo Apertura, and two points separate 1st from 8th. How's the
AFA's playoff system going to work if everyone ends up on the same points total? San Lorenzo lead
after edging out Central on Friday evening, Racing and Gimnasia La Plata both lost on Saturday, and
Sunday saw Rolando Schiavi [.
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Here we are already, halfway through the season. Champions (and currently second-placed) Vélez
have a Friday evening match away to Lanús, basement-proppers-up Chacarita are away to third-placed
Independiente on Sunday, and leaders Estudiantes are away to Newell's in the weekend's last game. A
week ahead of what might be the least consequential superclásico in living [.
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The eighth round of the 2009 Torneo Apertura finally ended on Monday night with the first match of
Leonardo Astrada's second spell in charge of River Plate. There wasn't even the shortest of
honeymoon periods, though Independiente took a 3-0 lead by half time and only a Marcelo Gallardo
penalty with a minute to [.
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It was an intrigue-packed evening of football in Argentina on Thursday, in the eighth round of the
2009 Torneo Apertura. Colón went fourth with a performance full of golazos to beat Arsenal 4-1.
Shortly afterwards champions Vélez Sársfield, who haven't lost a single match at home in 2009,
ended Argentinos Juniors' unbeaten run with a [.
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With Saturday featuring Argentina's must-win World Cup qualifier at home to Peru, the AFA have
brought forward most of the eighth round of the 2009 Torneo Apertura, rather than opt for a
two-week gap between matches. River Plate confirmed on Tuesday that former defensive lynchpin and
title-winning boss Leonardo Astrada is their new manager, and [.
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The goals from the seventh round of the 2009 Torneo Apertura are online now, and they include some
crackers. Watch out in particular for Pablo Toranzo's screamer for Huracán against Racing, and
Juan Román Riquelme's equaliser for Boca against Vélez which was a far better goal than the
improbable 40-yard header MartÃn Palermo scored [.
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MartÃn 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.
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Friday and Saturday's matches have combined to leave the top of the Primera División table looking
decidedly congested, and it might well get even more so on Sunday. On Friday Banfield failed to
draw level with Estudiantes at the top, Â and the leaders were then beaten on Saturday by
Argentinos who as a result [.
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Ricardo Caruso Lombardi's Racing visit Huracán in what could be the manager's penultimate match in
charge of the Avellaneda side. If he doesn't see a big improvement from his players by the time the
next round's game against Boca Juniors concludes, Caruso Lombardi says he'd 'prefer to leave home'
and let someone else step in.
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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 [.
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Sunday sees the clásico de Avellaneda in El Cilindro, as Racing host Independiente with both sides
desperate for a win to get their seasons kick-started. Earlier that same afternoon, we've got the
treat of a replay of the Clausura's final, title-deciding match, although it's unlikely to be as
decisive this time round, given Huracán's form [.
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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 [.
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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.
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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 [.
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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 [.
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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 [.
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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.
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