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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 clásico
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 →
Boca Juniors were crowned champions of Argentina on Sunday, with two matches left of the 2011
Torneo Apertura. A 3-0 win against Banfield gave Julio César Falcioni's men the title all they'd
needed was a draw. Darío Cvitanich scored ... 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 →
At long last, the scores and scorers from the sixteenth round of the Torneo Apertura are here.
Sorry for the delay. Primera División Torneo Apertura 2011, sixteenth round Club Atlético Tigre
(C. Luna 15; D. Castaño 66; D. Morales 77) ... 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 →
The 2011 Torneo Apertura matches on Friday and Saturday have seen a number of eye-opening results.
First, on Friday, Tigre beat Atlético Rafaela 3-0 at home and, astonishingly given where they were
at the start of the season, climbed out ... 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 →
The fifteenth round of the Torneo Apertura is here, and it could see Boca Juniors all but seal the
championship. If they win against Racing and Lanús and Atlético Rafaela don't win their matches,
Boca will be eleven points clear ... Continue reading →
River Plate slipped up on Sunday, losing 2-0 to Atlético Tucumán on their return to the Estadio
Monumental after a five match ban from playing there. Luis Rodríguez and César Montiglio scored
the goals, one in each half. Having dominated ... 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 HEGS is proud to be a part. Boca Juniors edged closer to
the title with a ... Continue reading →
On Friday, the fourteenth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura saw three draws from as many matches,
and by three different scorelines at that; 0-0, 1-1 and 2-2. The goalless draw was between promoted
sides Atlético de Rafaela and Belgrano, ... Continue reading →
The fourteenth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura sees a clash between the outgoing champions and
the (probably) incoming ones, when Vélez Sarsfield host Boca Juniors on Sunday. That match has
caused no end of umming and ahhing in the ... Continue reading →
Boca Juniors have now opened up a nine point advantage in the title race for the 2011 Torneo
Apertura, beating their closest challengers Atlético Rafaela 3-1 on Sunday before seeing Racing
held 0-0 by Estudiantes on Monday. Elsewhere, Lanús beat ... Continue reading →
Saturday saw Argentinos Juniors claim a comfortable win over Vélez Sarsfield by three goals to one
in La Paternal; it was only Argentinos' second win of the season, and almost certainly puts the
final nail in the coffin of Vélez's ... Continue reading →
The thirteenth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura sees the league leaders host their closest
pursuers, as Boca Juniors welcome promoted Atlético de Rafaela to La Bombonera, and look to open
an even bigger lead in the table than they've ... 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 Martín de San Juan ... Continue reading →
The eleventh round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura concluded on Sunday with a 2-1 win for Clausura
champions Vélez Sarsfield over the the team they pipped to the title, Lanús. Earlier in the day,
Estudiantes had seen off Atlético Rafaela ... 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 Martín 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 →
This weekend is a big one in the 2011 Torneo Apertura. Leaders Boca Juniors host Tigre, one of the
chasing pack. Champions Vélez Sarsfield will be seeing if they can make it two wins in a row at
home to ... Continue reading →
In the thirty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba begin with a discussion of just
how much of a massive idiot Carlos Tevez is, and conclude with a reflection on Cristian Fabbiani's
suitability for the second division ... Continue reading →
The 2011 Torneo Apertura saw three draws on Sunday, and two away wins. Vélez Sarsfield ended their
long winless run with a 1-0 away victory over Independiente in the first match of the day (kicking
off at 11am!), and in ... Continue reading →
Saturday's top flight football action in Argentina was restricted to just two matches, since the
bulk of the games will be played on Sunday and Monday for the ninth round of the Torneo Apertura.
Olimpo held Arsenal de Sarandí 2-2 ... Continue reading →
Following hot on the heels of the midweek eighth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura, this weekend
welcomes the ninth. There's a clásico in Bajo Flores, where Racing visit San Lorenzo, a clash of
promoted teams in San Juan, with Atlético ... Continue reading →
Wednesday's and Thursday's matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura saw little resolved in the race for
the title other than the confirmation that Boca Juniors are the team to chase. Lanús dropped
points for the second round running, Godoy Cruz ... Continue reading →
Tuesday afternoon saw the start of the ninth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura, with Arsenal de
Sarandí hosting All Boys a match which provided the day's only win. All Boys took a 2-0 lead
through two goals from ... Continue reading →
No sooner has the seventh round finished, than the eighth is upon us in this 2011 Torneo Apertura.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will see between them another ten top flight matches in Argentina,
with Boca Juniors looking to consolidate their ... Continue reading →
