The meaningful bits of the clásico rosarino on Sunday had all taken place before the match was
even half an hour old, but whilst it lasted it was an absolute cracker. Two goals in one minute put
Central ahead against the hosts in El Coloso Del Parque after just twelve minutes, but Newell's,
fighting [.
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The goals from Saturday's matches are now online, and there are some true golazos among them, not
least from Darío Gandín for Independiente and two magnificent free kicks in one match: the first
from Chacarita Juniors' Emanuel Centurión and the other, cancelling it out, from Sebastián Longo
of Atlético Tucumán.
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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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I'll update this story a little later in the evening when there's more detail. For now, though, the
headline at the top of Olé is announcing that Ramón Díaz, the former River Plate, Oxford United,
San Lorenzo and Club América de México manager, has been involved in a car crash near
Urdinarrain, Provincia de Entre [.
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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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HEGS has lost a little of its news value lately due to diminishing spare time on my part, so as of
today I'm going to try and remedy that slightly. As Thursday turns into Friday at the start of each
round from now on, I'll be giving a quick rundown of some of the main [...]
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It's been a funny old year for Ángel Cappa and Huracán. After a storming Torneo Clausura in which
they were robbed of the title only on the last day by some appalling officiating, they've fallen
away drastically in the second half of the year. Cappa tried to resign last week, but the players
talked him [.
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Well, the national team were abroad, of course, but we're not counting them. The Brazilian and
Mexican leagues were the major top flights in action in spite of the international break during the
weekend just gone, and there were goals in both of them. You can read about them and watch them
right here, as [.
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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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Manchester United is one of the best football clubs in the world and Sir Alex Ferguson is the most
decorated manager in England. It is very difficult to replace this man once he steps down. But that
has to happen and happen soon. So who will replace Fergie? I wish Sir Alex could continue forever
at Old Trafford.
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SoccerLens 17 November @ 06:27 AM EST
Although football today is a multi-billion dollar globalised industry which has spread its
commercial influence to all corners of the planet, sometimes it pays to look back into the game's
annals and revisit the humble origins of what has now become the most popular sport in the
world.
In this article I look at the ten oldest football clubs still in existence today and try and put
the magnitude of their impact upon the game into some sort of historical perspective.
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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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In probably the most unexpected development of the domestic league's fourteenth round, River Plate
played with spirit and intelligence to overturn a deficit and actually win a football match on
Sunday afternoon. 1-0 down after only two-and-a-half minutes at home to Atlético Tucumán, it
looked like the same old story for River.
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In the olden days, local aldermen and dignitaries would be the people that kept football clubs
going. These butchers, bakers and candlestick makers were far from perfect they were often
autocratic, completely insular and frequently treated the supporters of their clubs like dirt but,
for the most part, they partly ran their clubs for the honour of their local communities.
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Stories in the Brazilian press at the start of the week had Corinthians, one of the country's
biggest clubs and the current employers of Ronaldo, planning to sign Juan Román Riquelme from Boca
Juniors in a bid to boost their Copa Libertadores campaign in 2010, their centenary year. I've
written about it for Soccernet, and [.
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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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Weymouth Football Club, one of the ongoing financial basket-cases of the last three years in
non-league football, might have finally reached the end of the line. Reports on the BBC this
morning confirmed that, with talks with new buyers having collapsed, the club's administrators are
planning to wind the club up this morning.
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Due to December's Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, the Torneo Apertura eighteenth round
match between Central and Estudiantes de La Plata was moved forward to last night in order to avoid
a fixture clash later in the year for the South American champions. Taking their eye off the ball,
Estudiantes played dreadfully [.
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The goals from the thirteenth round of the 2009 Torneo Apertura are online now, and you can watch
them right here on HEGS. Read on for the goal video, as well as the lowdown on which teams are
wearing which coloured shirts, for those unfamiliar with the kits. Running order: Argentinos (red)
vs Central (blue & yellow [.
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The thirteenth round of the 2009 Torneo Apertura ended on Monday night with a late, late goal from
Arsenal de Sarandí 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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Saturday's matches saw Newell's Old Boys return to the top of the table with a 2-1 home win over
River Plate in which, not for the first time, Diego Buonanotte gave the visitors their only joy of
the match. A little later, Atlético Tucumán ended a run of eight matches without a win, thrashing
Tigre [.
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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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Tell us your background as a player in Scotland.
My footballing background
goes back many years. I was a player in my younger days and I had a number of trials around some of
the local teams, but never really made it onto the big stage. I was a big fan of football as
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Anfield Talk 05 November @ 02:17 PM EST
English Premier League club Liverpool may have had a difficult week on the pitch, but has had a
great time off it, adding its second new sponsor in three days.
Halliwell Jones BMW will become the club's official supplier of motor vehicles this season, a
position which entitles it to 'prominent exposure at Anfield, engagement with Liverpool Football
Club's fan base and the opportunity to provide fans with unique football and motoring experiences.
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Surprise results aren't merely restricted to the latter rounds of the FA Cup. In a Fourth
Qualifying Round replay at Priory Lane last week, Eastbourne Borough of the Blue Square Premier
were beaten 4-3 by Tooting & Mitcham United of the Ryman League Premier Division. The win for the
South London club was a welcome return to the competition proper for the club.
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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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Monday evening's matches saw Banfield claim a 2-1 victory at home to Estudiantes, and Newell's grab
a late win by the same scoreline away to Tigre. With these results, both teams go joint top with 26
points, two ahead of champions Vélez and three ahead of Estudiantes and San Lorenzo. Colón could
go joint third [.
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