With most of the Primera A sides returning for pre-season training (yes, I know according to the
AFA we're halfway through the season), a few of them had new managers on Monday. River Plate, of
course, are now overseen by Néstor Gorosito, but they're not the only ones. Vélez
Sársfield, Independiente and Argentinos Juniors all have [.
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Horacio Usandizaga, the magnificently-named but rather less impressively brained president of
Rosario Central, apologised on Tuesday for his comments last week - made public on Friday -
regarding the club's squad. Usandizaga's son, Manuel, who also works for Central, appeared before
the press to assure them his father was truly sorry.
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Newell's Old Boys got a HEGS headline last week thanks in part to their chairman, Eduardo
López. It obviously affected the air in Rosario, because on Monday a video was made public of
the city's other top-flight football president, Horacio Usandizaga of Rosario Central, engaging in
some extraordinary tirades against his very own players, including [.
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There was no doubt as to the hot issue of the day in the Argentine press on Monday. The Boca
Juniors vs. Independiente clásico in La Bombonera saw two red cards for the visitors during a
second half which referee Pablo Lunati seemed to be losing control of at one point. Guillermo
Rodríguez grabbed a [.
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Arsenal de Sarandí, the winners of the most recent Copa Sudamericana, visited the current
Argentine league champions Lanús on Friday night and got the thirteenth round of matches off
to a cracking start, demolishing their hosts 6-2 to make Ramón Cabrero's final campaign in
charge of the Granate just a little bit worse.
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River Plate will be going into next weekend's superclásico looking down on Boca Juniors from
the top of the Primera A table, after they returned to winning ways against Argentinos Juniors
thanks to a spectacular performance from their teenage wunderkid Diego Buonanotte. El Enano scored
twice, was key in the third, and showed composure and [.
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San Lorenzo weren't the only Argentine side in action on Wednesday night in the Copa Libertadores,
just the only ones worth mentioning, since Arsenal de Sarandí were long since eliminated. For
the sake of completing the fixtures, they played away at also-eliminated Libertad in Asunción,
and actually managed a win thanks to another two goals [.
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They decided to leave it until they were already out of the competition, but Arsenal de
Sarandí have finally experienced what it's like to play a decent side in the Copa Libertadores
and not get embarrassed. Having beaten a surprisingly poor Libertad on the opening day, they then
lost at home to LDU Quito as [.
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Two Argentine sides were in action in the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday night. Arsenal de
SarandÃ, Copa Sudamericana holders, continued to embarrass themselves in the bigger competition,
conceding six goals for the second time in this group stage, this time at altitude to LDU Quito.
River Plate, meanwhile, virtually assured their presence in the second [.
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Argentina had two sides in the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday night, and there were mixed feelings
for them. Arsenal de Sarandà were aiming to atone for the 6-0 drubbing they received in the
Maracana against Fluminense a week ago, but couldn't do so, losing at home to LDU Quito. River
Plate, a couple of hours [.
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No fewer than four clásicos this weekend, two between 'Big Five' clubs - Racing host San Lorenzo
and Independiente visit Boca - one sort-of derby, an all-Santa Fé Province clash between Central
and Colón, and a proper derby between two of the clubs from the zona Sur of Gran Buenos Aires,
with Banfield visiting champions [.
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The goals from Wednesday night's Copa Libertadores matches featuring Estudiantes, who won 2-1 away
against Danubio, and Arsenal, who got walloped 6-0 in Rio by Fluminense, are online now, and you
can see them right here. Danubio 1 - 2 Estudiantes de La Plata Fluminense 6 - 0 Arsenal de SarandÃ
[.
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What to say about Arsenal de SarandÃ's pathetic performance in the Maracana on Wednesday night?
They were visiting a Brazilian giant of a club, but for all the money Fluminense have spent on
forwards this year, they've not been in the Copa Libertadores for a couple of decades, and Arsenal
have just won the Sudamericana, [.
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Arsenal de Sarandà played their first match in the Copa Libertadores proper on Wednesday evening.
The task ahead of them was a tricky one: the visitors to El Viaducto were Paraguayan giants
Libertad, who've made a habit of reaching the knockout stages in recent seasons. The result was
better than expected and, perhaps, better than [.
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River Plate were the only one of the 'Big Five' to win on the opening weekend of the Clausura,
with Racing and Boca both drawing and San Lorenzo and Independiente both crashing to defeats.
Carlos Ischia's introduction to competitive action was spoiled by a club he used to manage, as
Central proved ungenerous hosts to his [.
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On the eve of the Clausura, Argentine clubs have been trying to get through one or two last-minute
deals, with Independiente finally signing Freddy Grisales after much coming and going, and Andrés
D'Alessandro and Maxi Moralez being unveiled at their respective new (or in Moralez's case, old)
clubs.
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A couple of hours after Lanús confirmed their participation in the Copa Libertadores with a win,
Arsenal de Sarandà did the same in spite of a defeat. Their 2-0 home victory in the first leg
proved enough for the Copa Sudamericana holders, as Mineros de Guyana could only manage a 2-1 win
in Venezuela.
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Take a deep breath everyone... COMPETITIVE FOOTBALL IS BACK! Arsenal de Sarandà played the first
meaningful match featuring an Argentine top-flight side of 2008, in their first ever game in the
Copa Libertadores. It was a good start, too - they beat Mineros de Guyana of Venezuela 2-0 in El
Vidaucto in the first leg [.
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Luciano Leguizamón's freezing out at Gimnasia La Plata is almost at an end, after the club stated
that they were prepared to let him move to Arsenal de SarandÃ. Leguizamón's 'crime' was asking
Juan Sebastián Verón to swap shirts with him after Estudiantes had beaten Gimnasia in the La
Plata derby during the Apertura.
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It was a very nervy match in Racing's stadium, as Arsenal's players showed the pressure of playing
the biggest match in the history of their club - but they dug deep when it most mattered, and came
away with the trophy thanks to MartÃn Andrizzi's late strike. Despite a 2-1 loss in front of their
[.
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A disappointing Apertura is almost behind them, but Arsenal de Sarandà have an opportunity to make
history on Wednesday night all the same. They carry a 3-2 aggregate lead into the second leg of the
Copa Sudamericana final against América de Mexico, after Friday night's astonishing win the
Azteca.
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For those who missed them last night, or want to enjoy them again, the goals from Arsenal's
astonishing away victory in the Azteca over Club América for the first leg of the Copa
Sudamericana final are now online, and thanks to our friends at GolesTV, you can see them right
here - just read on.
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In front of 100,000 home fans, América took an early lead in the Copa Sudamericana final first
leg, and it all looked like the dream of an upset was ending before it had really begun. But they
reckoned without an Arsenal side playing with extraordinary solidarity and purpose, and as a
result, Wednesday night's second leg in [.
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The first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final is almost upon us. Arsenal de Sarandà have been in
Mexico for a few days now, where on Friday night they'll take on Club América in the first leg.
Their mission: to get a decent enough result that they'll have a chance in the second leg of [...]
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Somehow, Mario Cuenca kept River Plate from putting any goals past Arsenal in the Monumental in a
match which the hosts had far the better of. Arsenal started more sharply and very nearly took the
lead almost before the match had begun, but were denied by Juan Pablo Carrizo and thereafter, River
dominated, particularly as [...]
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This post was supposed to go up in the early hours of this morning, but when your modem stops
talking to your computer at 2am, there's not an awful lot you can do, so now with about three hours
to go before the second leg of the all-Argentine Copa Sudamericana semi-final, here are the
starting elevens. [...]
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The all-Argentine semi-final of the Copa Sudamericana, between Arsenal and River Plate, will kick
off at 8:45pm (local time) on Thursday night in El Viaducto, and both sides look like they're going
to be operating with slightly tweaked starting lineups from the norms.
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