What Are Our Chances? by AH So we now have three new quality players added to our first team, and
with no starting XI players leaving (yet!), our squad is considerably stronger than last season.
But what else do we need to do? What other positions do we need to strengthen in? In my opinion
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Topic for the day: Domestic cup double or CL football? by KJ I'm sure I covered this earlier in the
season but we were in a much different situation than we are now. Liverpool are in the finals of
the FA cup and could go onto completing a domestic cup double. This has sparked comparison [...]
It's been relatively unheralded here on HEGS so far, but Hand Of Pod listeners will be aware that
there's a new competition in Argentine football this season which is well underway. The Copa
Argentina is the AFA's first attempt at ... Continue reading →
The penultimate round of matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura started on Tuesday with a fairly dull
few games. Olimpo and Estudiantes played out a dull goalless draw, and in the four matches as a
whole there were only three ... Continue reading →
The penultimate round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura is upon us already, with four matches today, two
tomorrow and four on Thursday. We kick things off with the All Boys v Argentinos Juniors clásicoÂ
in Floresta, and late tonight Racing host ... Continue reading →
After Sunday saw Boca Juniors win the title, Monday saw a match that could prove just as important
come the end of the season (i.e. Clausura); the relegation battle between San Lorenzo and Tigre.
The resurgent visitors were beaten by ... Continue reading →
Friday's and Saturday's matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura have seen no shortage of goals, and as
expected, one postponed match San Lorenzo v Tigre will now be played on Monday at 20:30, for the
reasons outlined in this ... Continue reading →
The seventeenth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura is already underway, with Estudiantes just having
beaten All Boys 3-0 in La Plata, but it's still not clear exactly when San Lorenzo v Tigre will be
played. The argument over the ... Continue reading →
This weekend is the penultimate of the Torneo Apertura, even though there are three rounds left to
play. That's because the next round is in midweek, meaning a week from now we'll be entering the
final round of the season. ... Continue reading →
Boca Juniors moved nine points clear with just nine to play for in the 2011 Torneo Apertura table
on Sunday, meaning they need just one more point from their remaining three matches to claim their
first league title in three ... Continue reading →
League leaders Boca Juniors could wrap up the tite in this round, although they won't be able to do
so in their own match away to Godoy Cruz. If other results go their way, they win that match, and
then ... Continue reading →
I've had a fun-packed weekend (okay, there was a bit of a hangover involved as well) and the
fifteenth round of the Torneo Apertura only ended on Monday night. These two facts have combined to
result in my not getting ... Continue reading →
Tigre beat Newell's Old Boys by a goal to nil on Friday afternoon, to keep their battle against
relegation alive and, incidentally, move joint second of the 2011 Torneo Apertura (albeit
temporarily). Carlos Casteglione got the goal with nine minutes ... Continue reading →
This weekend, of course, sees no regularly scheduled matches in the Primera División in Argentina,
due to the international break for the World Cup qualifiers. We have, however, had the delayed
match from the thirteenth round played between San Lorenzo ... Continue reading →
This is a later than usual summary, but it is timed nicely to coincide with the launch of the
Guardian's new Sports Network, of which HEGSÂ is proud to be a part. Boca Juniors edged closer to
the title with a ... Continue reading →
The twelfth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura has been a poor one for the title race, with Boca
Juniors moving on to 28 points and Racing missing a chance to keep on their tails with a 1-1 draw
against ... Continue reading →
There's a clásico this week to heat things up during the twelfth round of the Torneo Clausura.
What's more, it's an historic one: the first never clásico cuyano in the top flight. Godoy Cruz
and San MartÃn de San Juan ... Continue reading →
Saturday's matches in the Primera División saw mixed fortunes for Avellaneda's two clubs.
Independiente got a win to lift some of the gloom following the midweek Copa Sudamericana exit, and
later on Racing drew 0-0 with San MartÃn de San ... Continue reading →
San Lorenzo de Almagro got a 1-0 win over Banfield on Friday evening that lifts some of the
pressure that was coming down on manager Omar Asad's head, thanks to a goal from Juan Manuel
Salgueiro halfway through the second ... Continue reading →
After the international break, top flight football returns to Argentina this weekend with a
vengeance. Boca Juniors will be looking to extend their five-point lead at the top of the Torneo
Apertura table when they host Belgrano on Sunday; to ... Continue reading →
It was inevitable, in spite of a certain lack of cohesion in their play to date, that at some point
River Plate were going to click and put in a good team performance, and that their opponents that
day were ... Continue reading →
Sunday's and Monday's matches in the Primera División ended with Boca Juniors now five points
clear at the top of the league after Racing failed to go into second. Racing were held 1-1 in the
clásico de Avellaneda after taking ... Continue reading →
Friday and Saturday only saw three top flight matches in Argentina, but they were significant all
the same. On Friday night, Argentinos Juniors claimed their first victory of the season, at the
tenth attempt, beating Belgrano 2-1 away from home ... Continue reading →
The first round of the 2012 Torneo Clausura brought with it no shortage of draws; six of the ten
matches finished all square. Boca Juniors and Lanús were the most impressive performers, Rafaela
and San MartÃn are the other winners, ... Continue reading →
