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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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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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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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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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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¡¡¡Que mal se jugó!!! Lo preocupante es que de nuevo se jugó mal, sin armado de fútbol, sin
casi nada.
Encima Piatti, el mejor rojo del torneo hasta ahora, anduvo pésimo, como si supiera que enfrente
estaba su ex camiseta y que se fue de ahí mal. De ser así, ¡debiste jugar con mas ganas Nacho!
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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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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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La primera que vimos fue la de
Obama, la asunción de Barack Obama. Es notable como podemos
hacerle zoom y zoom y zoom hasta detalles inesperados. Vemos una multitud y, nunca como antes, la
multitud como suma de individuos. El zoom nos deja ver cada rostro, cada gesto, a Obama con el
puño cerrado, a Bush con el gesto prieto.
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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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Después de los festejos por la inauguración del Libertadores de America y del triunfo ante Colon
de Santa Fe, nos volvieron a la realidad. Derrota por 1 a 0 contra el Arsenal de Burru, no
merecida, pero con ese tipo de rendimiento no se puede ganar.
De entrada todos nos dimos cuenta que no era el día, mucha imprecisión, poco desborde y nada de
seguridad en la ultima linea para parar a un solo hombre (Jara, figura), pero lo que mas bronca me
da es la poca o nula autocritica del Tolo.
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Fuente: Arsenal de Sarandí
Sacarse la broncaLuego de la amarga derrota del miércoles ante San Lorenzo, en que se dejaron escapar las
oportunidades y se terminó pagando caro las faltas de concentración, Arsenal tiene una nueva
ocasión de subirse al tren de la regularidad (
de una vez por todas) cuando en cuestión de
minutos reciba en Sarandí al recuperado Independiente.
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Early on Sunday morning, violence once again reared its head in the world of Argentine football,
when Fernando Cáceres Independiente's reserve team coach and a former Argentina international was
shot by robbers, taking a bullet in his right eye. At the time of writing, he continues in the
Carrillo Hospital in Ciudadela [.
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The twelfth round of the Torneo Apertura 2009 got underway on Saturday, and I'm afraid to say,
following the midweek round of matches and the fact I was out on Friday night, that it caught me
out. On Saturday, champions Vélez hosted and brushed aside Godoy Cruz, before Racing Racing! gave
Atlético Tucumán [.
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The goals from the eleventh round of the Torneo Apertura 2009 are online now, and you can watch all
29 of them right here on HEGS, along with a running order of matches for those who aren't sure
which clubs play in which colours. Step this way... Running order for Show de Goles: Newell's (red
& black [.
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Boca Juniors beat Chacarita Juniors by three golazos to nil (losing Juan Román Riquelme to a foot
injury until 2010 in the process), and Lanús dismembered Tigre in El Sur, but the big story of
Thursday was River Plate's 2-1 victory over Argentinos Juniors the Núñez giants' first away win
in 17 attempts, with [.
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Por fin llegó el día!!! Y de que manera!!! Con una buena victoria ante Colon, mi Independiente
venció por 3 a 2 con goles de Silvera y 2 de Thierry Piatti (el segundo un golazo).
Estaba todo armado para que fuera una fiesta y así fue. Desde temprano me entretuve viendo como
iba llegando la gente al Libertadores de America.
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Tuesday and Wednesday have seen some decent games in the midweek round of the Torneo Apertura, with
Estudiantes regaining top spot with a 2-1 away win over Godoy Cruz on Tuesday, hours after
champions Vélez moved into sixth (two points off the top) with a 2-1 win over Atlético Tucumán
that came thanks to a [.
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Barely has the dust settled from the tenth round, so full of action that the superclásico was all
but forgotten about by anyone reasonable, than the next round of matches is starting. It's a big
round for both Avellaneda clubs: Newell's host Racing on Tuesday afternoon for some reason Racing's
new manager, Lothar Matthäus [.
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The goals from the tenth round of the 2009 Torneo Apertura are online now, but the people at the TN
Sportblog are obviously Colón fans still hungover from seeing their team go top on Sunday evening,
because they've not updated their site since before the superclásico. You can watch the goals
right here though, embedded [.
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The game of musical chairs atop the Primera División gathers apace. Estudiantes, Banfield and
Newell's have all led the table at various points since Friday afternoon, but at the end of the
weekend it's Colón who are left looking down on the rest of Argentina, after a 2-1 win at home to
San Lorenzo courtesy [.
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Three teams are tied on twenty points at the top of the Torneo Apertura after Saturday's matches,
and San Lorenzo could join them on Sunday. As well as Central's 2-0 win over Independiente,
Estudiantes had already won on Friday night, 1-0 over Atlético Tucumán, and on Saturday Banfield
(3-0 at home to Godoy Cruz) and [.
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Cuando finalizaba el primer tiempo, y con cierto entusiasmo en cuanto a posible resultado final del
partido, pensé en comenzar la nota tal cual terminé la anterior crónica del partido con San
Lorenzo: ¡¡¡ a chuparsela !!!
Y no era para menos, seguro que todos iban a salir con el tema de que lloramos y nos dieron un
penal.
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Hay ruido en Avellaneda: Independiente vuelve a su estadio, ahora "Libertadores de América", el
próximo 28 de octubre (fecha 11º) ante Colón de Santa Fe.
A priori y como suele pasar con la lectura de los títulos ("Independiente vuelve a casa") uno
puede hacerse la imagen de los climas, semblantes y fragancias de una feliz inauguración después
de tres eternos años, con todo lo que ello implica pero.
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One fixture will dominate the weekend in Argentina in terms of the international attention, but
although it probably pushes Liverpool vs Manchester United into second place on the list of Really
Big Rivalries in the football world this weekend, River Plate vs Boca Juniors won't mean anything
at either end of the table this time.
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Cuando parecía que el Rojo tenia todo para ser puntero, apareció Alustiza y nos arruinó la
ilusión. Faltaba casi todo el segundo tiempo cuando equilibró el Chavo pero ya se había visto
que el Independiente de ayer no se condecía con el candidato a entrar en la historia del club.
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There were only twenty goals scored in the Argentine Primera División during the weekend just
gone, but you can see all of them on the TN Sportblog by clicking this link. As usual, if you want
to see the order in which the goals appear and which teams are wearing which shirts, just read
[...]
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Futbolita 19 October @ 12:01 AM EST
Don't you love it when futbolitos do that to the camera? We do! And Nicolas
Gaitan has every reason to celebrate after scoring a brace in Boca's 2-1 triumph over
Tigre yesterday. Alfio Basile's men have been fighting hard this season so we
should stop calling him Ursula.
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We're now halfway through the Torneo Apertura, and two points separate 1st from 8th. How's the
AFA's playoff system going to work if everyone ends up on the same points total? San Lorenzo lead
after edging out Central on Friday evening, Racing and Gimnasia La Plata both lost on Saturday, and
Sunday saw Rolando Schiavi [.
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Here we are already, halfway through the season. Champions (and currently second-placed) Vélez
have a Friday evening match away to Lanús, basement-proppers-up Chacarita are away to third-placed
Independiente on Sunday, and leaders Estudiantes are away to Newell's in the weekend's last game. A
week ahead of what might be the least consequential superclásico in living [.
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