Huracán
This weekend sees the end of the regular season in the Torneo Clausura and Nacional B only
relegation/promotion playoffs, a possible title tie-breaker, will be played after Sunday. Olimpo
and Argentinos Juniors have already drawn 0-0 in BahÃa Blanca, ... Continue reading →
There's only one topic for this week's Hand Of Pod, and we make no apologies for that. Dan, Dan,
Seba and River fan Sam try to make some sense of what none of us quite thought would come to pass:
... Continue reading →
Wednesday saw two key clashes in the relegation struggle in Argentina's Primera División. First,
in La Bombonera, Huracán and Gimnasia La Plata faced off in a one-match, winner-takes-all (or
rather, loser-gets-nothing) tie-breaker to decide who was relegated and who gets ... Continue
reading →
Monday saw River Plate's squad travel to Córdoba for the first leg of their relegation playoff
against Belgrano de Córdoba. River will be without Diego Buonanotte, who was given a plaque by
president Daniel Passarella before Saturday's game in what ... Continue reading →
Saturday's goals from the 2011 Torneo Clausura are online now, including Godoy Cruz's 1-0 win over
All Boys in the day's late game. There were seventeen goals in all over the six matches played, and
if you're not sure where ... Continue reading →
A dramatic afternoon's action in the Primera División has left Quilmes relegated, Gimnasia La
Plata and Huracán having to play a tie-breaker to decide who goes down and who gets a crack at the
relegation playoff, and River Plate in ... Continue reading →
The final round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura is upon us in Argentina, and with it an historic day.
Never before since the short championships were introduced in 1992 have we gone into the final day
without a single one ... Continue reading →
The final round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura is upon us in Argentina, and with it an historic day.
Never before since the short championships were introduced in 1992 have we gone into the final day
without a single one ... Continue reading →
In the 24th episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan discuss Vélez's title win on Sunday, and
offer their commiserations to Lanús. Sam gives an impromptu history lesson about Alumni, the first
side to dominate the Argentine top ... Continue reading →
The eighteenth and penultimate round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura ended on Monday night with Racing
storming into a 2-0 lead courtesy of two goals from the Clausura's new top goalscorer Teófilo
Gutiérrez (his first came after just 43 seconds), ... Continue reading →
A dramatic weekend's action ended in Argentina with MartÃn Palermo's final match at La Bombonera
as Boca Juniors drew 1-1 with Banfield, but although that got more of the headlines and TV
coverage, Vélez Sarsfield are the biggest winners of ... Continue reading →
The penultimate weekend of the 2011 Torneo Clausura will probably see a few issues resolved with
the relegation dogfight as mentioned yesterday, a number of sides can, if the results go the right
way, escape the thread of the ... Continue reading →
In the 23rd episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Seba and Dan return to guide our listeners into the
closing rounds of the Torneo Clausura. We cover the Nigeria v Argentina match last week which is
being investigated by ... Continue reading →
Argentinos Juniors and Estudiantes de La Plata played out a dull 0-0 draw in La Paternal on Monday
evening, but the best entertainment of the night was, fittingly, to come later, when all of the top
three were in action ... Continue reading →
Sunday's Torneo Clausura matches saw MartÃn Palermo draw level with San Lorenzo legend José
Sanfilippo as joint fifth highest scorer in Argentine league history, with 227 league goals (he'll
need four in his final two games if he's going to ... Continue reading →
This weekend, no issues can be resolved, but a lot might become a little clearer. Two of the
title-chasers meet on Monday, when Vélez Sarsfield, licking their wounds from their Copa
Libertadores semi-final elimination, host Godoy Cruz. Gimnasia and Racing ... Continue reading →
A key weekend in the relegation battle in the Primera arrives. No matches were played on Friday
evening, but Sunday sees a critical clash, as River Plate visit BahÃa Blanca to take on one of the
title challengers and ... Continue reading →
We had difficulty shutting up this week. A full 45 minutes of actually quite good stuff (if we say
so ourselves) was cut, and the podcast still comes in at over an hour. Diego Maradona is the focus
of much ... Continue reading →
For the second match in a row, River Plate goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo made a howler to blow his
side's chance of a win, making a complete hash of pushing a seemingly harmless long-range shot over
the crossbar to gift ... Continue reading →
Saturday's games in the 2011 Torneo Clausura saw relegation-threatened pair Olimpo and
Independiente both win their matches. Olimpo's win over Argentinos Juniors, in particular, shifts
the pressure to one of Argentina's giants, River Plate, who go into Sunday's clásico against San
... Continue reading →
This weekend brings another clásico for River Plate, who take on San Lorenzo on Sunday in the
Monumental. Boca Juniors, flush from the success of last Sunday's superclásico win, travel to
Sarandà to take on Arsenal. An English club of that name ... Continue reading →
Sunday's biggest match in Argentina saw MartÃn Palermo a goal from a brilliant header in his final
superclásico, and Boca Juniors win 2-0 aided by an uncharacteristic error from River Plate
goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo in La Bombonera. Sunday's most ... Continue reading →
Racing Club won for the second match in a row to put their recent bad form well and truly behind
them on Saturday, with Teófilo Gutiérrez bagging a double in a 3-0 win over Newell's Old Boys in
Avellaneda. Gimnasia ... Continue reading →
The fourteenth round of the the 2011 Torneo Clausura has arrived, and that, of course, means it's
superclásico time. Don't forget the Hand Of Pod preview episode. There are nine other games taking
place this weekend though or rather ... Continue reading →
Vélez Sarsfield extended their lead in the Torneo Clausura to four points over second-placed Godoy
Cruz on Monday night with a comfortable 2-0 win over Banfield in Liniers. With the first team
recovering from last Thursday's high-altitude long-distance trip to ... Continue reading →
Godoy Cruz recovered from their 4-1 mauling at the hands of Arsenal de Sarandà last weekend by
beating Newell's Old Boys 3-1 in Rosario on Friday night to move back into contention in the Torneo
Clausura. On Saturday, Quilmes failed ... Continue reading →
This weekend sees one clásico on the menu, as San Lorenzo visit Avellaneda to take on
Independiente on Sunday evening. Arsenal de Sarandà host Racing in a game only the home fans will
be thinking of as a clásico, and Newell's ... Continue reading →
Monday evening's matches in the 2011 Torneo Clausura ended with Lanús fifth in the table, and Boca
Juniors and Independiente getting a 1-1 draw in La Bombonera that won't really satisfy either team.
MartÃn Palermo scored for Boca and youngster ... Continue reading →
On 18 June 2011 Huracán faced a tough looking trip to Avellaneda to play Independiente knowing
that a win would allow them to avoid automatic relegation. The game did not go well for the
visitors who had their goalkeeper sent off, missed a penalty and found themselves 4-1 down going
into the last minute when Leonel Núñez scored this cracking individual goal to add a fifth for
Independiente.
Highlights of the suspended Huracán vs Estudiantes game from the Clausura 2011 tournament.Preview
Preview & Predictions Match reports The 15th round tie between Huracán and Estudiantes was
suspended after 32 minutes because of rioting amongst the Huracán fans after their side went 0-2
behind. The suspension of the match cost Estudiantes their first win in 13 games and following
another defeat in
Highlights of the suspended Huracán vs Estudiantes game from the Clausura 2011 tournament.Preview
Preview & Predictions Match reports The 15th round tie between Huracán and Estudiantes was
suspended after 32 minutes because of rioting amongst the Huracán fans after their side went 0-2
behind. The suspension of the match cost Estudiantes their first win in 13 games and following
another defeat in
On 21 May 2011 two teams suffering terrible rins of form met in the 15th round of the Clausura 2011
tournament in Argentina. The hosts Huracán had slipped into the automatic relegation places after
a run of five consecutive defeats and the visitors, defending champions Estudiantes had gone 12
games without a victory.
Al igual que ocurriese en año pasado con su desplazamiento a San Siro, un volcán islandés vuelve
a interponerse en el camino del Barça de Guardiola en Champions. La erupción reciente del
volcán Grimsvoetn podrÃa cerrar el espacio aéreo europeo y perjudicar al equipo y seguidores en
su desplazamiento.
Al igual que ocurriese en año pasado con su desplazamiento a San Siro, un volcán islandés vuelve
a interponerse en el camino del Barça de Guardiola en Champions. La erupción reciente del
volcán Grimsvoetn podrÃa cerrar el espacio aéreo europeo y perjudicar al equipo y seguidores en
su desplazamiento.
The Rest
Part of the Partidozo series Security staff at the game use their riot shields to shelter from the
first half hailstorm. On 5 July 2009, fans at the Estadio Amalfitani were witness to one of the
most epic and controversial games in the history of Argentine club football. The match was the very
last game of the Clausura 2009 tournament which had fatefully matched the top two sides in an end
Overview Due to the complexities of the Argentine relegation system a number of playoffs were
needed to determine which of the teams finishing between 17th and 19th in the 2010-11 relegation
table would suffer relegation. The first game was between Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata and
Huracán who finished on identical points averages either side of the automatic relegation line.
