Como siempre nos acusan de vivir del pasado, de festejar goles de otras décadas, de ser hinchas de nuestros hinchas, etc. me voy a referir a algo de extrema actualidad: le ganamos los últimos dos partidos disputados a Boca.
La crónica de mi colega Homero ha sido tan objetiva y certera que me revela de hacer más comentarios sobre el encuentro. Click to continue reading...

¿Qué cosa rara no? Lanús ve a River y se agiganta, va y le gana. Y le gana de local y de visitante, le gana por la copa y por el campeonato y le gana y le sigue ganando y pareciera nunca acabar, ojalá no.
En un partido discretito el Grana ganó por el bombazo de Velásquez (golazo) y en el segundo tiempo se lo podría haber liquidado pero otra vez seguimos errando goles, algo de lo que ya estoy cansado de escribir y redundar así que mejor no me hago mas mala sangre. Click to continue reading...

Amigos de TM, la Banda de Homero se fue a Rosario para seguir de cerca a Boca, buscábamos una victoria para seguir con la pelea por entrar en la copa 2010, nos trajimos una derrota pasada por agua y creo que injusta, pero en este deporte no existe la justicia y para colmo el viaje fue bastante malo. Click to continue reading...

Fecha 10
COLÓN 2 X 1 SAN LORENZO
(Federico Nieto -2-; Marcelo Goux en contra)
ESTUDIANTES 1 X 0 ATLÉTICO TUCUMÁN
(Mauro Boselli)
BANFIELD 3 X 0 GODOY CRUZ
(Santiago Silva -2-, James Rodríguez)
VÉLEZ SARSFIELD 1 X 2 NEWELL'S
(Jonathan Cristaldo; Jorge Boghossian -2-)
ROSARIO CENTRAL 2 X 0 INDEPENDIENTE
(Jorge Broun -p-, Emilio Zelaya)
CHACARITA JUNIORS 1 X 0 HURACÁN
(Mariano Echeverría)
RACING 1 X 1 LANÚS
(Claudio Yacob; Eduardo Salvio)
RIVER PLATE 1 X 1 BOCA JUNIORS
(Marcelo Gallardo; Martín Palermo)
TIGRE 1 X 1 ARGENTINOS
(Martín Morel; Néstor Ortigoza -p-)
LEE ADEMÁS:
LA PELOTA NO DOBLA: RIVER 1 BOCA 1
DAME PELOTA: A MANO Y EN DEUDA
LA REDÓ: DUELO Y MELANCOLÍA
FUTEBOL PORTENHO: COLÓN VENCE MAIS UMA E É O LIDER
VALE CHUMBAR: SE FUERON COMO VINIERON
FÚTBOL RUSO: SABOR A POCO
TM: CENTRAL DE OFERTAS
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Amigos de TM, en el gallinero se jugó otro clásico, La Banda de Homero no podía faltar, Boca venía en levantada y River de capa caída, le voy a ser sinceros, este dato no me gustaba mucho, ¿cuántos clásicos ganó Boca cuando la tabla y el juego de los equipo mostraba que los primos estaban mejor? Click to continue reading...

So in the end, Alfio Basile's army weren't able to obtain a crucial away victory against Los Millionares (how dare you mistake them for Chamillionaire!) but at least they came away with a 1-1 draw. As expected, El Monumental had all the ingredients for an emotional game and things got heated when Ariel Ortega hit his arm on Boca's defender, Julio Caceres' neck.

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The most important game in Argentine football took place today.

This season's River-Boca ended in a 1-1 tie.

Marcelo Gallardo and Martin Palermo with the goals.

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The scores and scorers of the weekend will be up in a few hours' time after the super, Tigre and Argentinos drew 1-1 in Victoria and Colón then took over the leadership of the table in the weekend's final match with a 2-1 win over fellow contenders San Lorenzo in El Cementerio. For now [...] Click to continue reading...

¿Se habrán puesto de acuerdo en cuál es la fecha para que haya Clásicos? No lo sé con certeza, pero hubo Clásicos en todo el mundo, demos un repaso.

Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United

Este es un clásico, Mientras los del United gritan consignas contra los "scousers" del Merseyside, los livepudlians como yo también sentimos mucho encono contra los "Diablos rojos", y si bien en la localidad, el Liverpool tiene como rival al Everton, a nivel de la Isla, sería el Manchester United.

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Como en el Clausura 2009 River y Boca empataron uno a uno, esta vez en El Monumental. Los goles, al igual que en el superclásico del torneo pasado, los convirtieron Martín Palermo y Marcelo Gallardo. A pesar de que no se jugó bien, Boca siempre tuvo la iniciativa ante el planteo ultradefensivo de un rival al que el empate le caía como anillo al dedo.

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I'm a bit late due to a computer issue the match is already 8 minutes old but is still at 0-0 presently. Open this post, and refresh periodically for sort-of-live-ish text updates on a thoroughly middle-of-the-table superclásico. River Plate 0 0 Boca Juniors (8 mins) 8 mins: Shortly after Nico Domingo drags a shot just [. Click to continue reading...

There's a vital grudge match in England this afternoon as Liverpool host Manchester United in the Premier League, and also today Indian football hosts a less globally famous but no less passionate derby with Mohun Bagan taking on East Bengal. For a change, I'm not going to bill the superclásico as the world's biggest derby [. Click to continue reading...

No pasa por una cuestión presupuestaria: no son comparables las cotizaciones ni el juego de Marcelo Gallardo, Ariel Ortega, Matías Almeyda, Martín Palermo, Hugo Ibarra y Juan Riquelme con los de Cristiano Ronaldo o Lionel Messi. Sin embargo el superclásico argentino se cataloga entre los eventos deportivos más destacados del mundo, incluso por sobre los derbys Barcelona – Real Madrid, Inter – Milan o Glasgow – Celtic. Click to continue reading...

En su visita a la tierra del Tiki-tiki, el equipo de Astrada rescató un punto que pudo haber sido una victoria, si Buonanotte hubiera aprovechado algunas de las chances que tuvo, o una derrota, si Vega no hubiese respondido de la manera brillante que lo hizo.
River pasó una semana muy movida en donde no faltaron las amenazas telefónicas, ni los dopings positivos. Click to continue reading...

By definition, the Freddy Award goes to the biggest story for DC United this year. This award should go to the individual who has created the biggest stir around DC this season. The award's namesake Freddy Adu wasn't only the biggest story in DC when he was on the team, he was also the biggest story in MLS. Click to continue reading...

Paliza, y pudo ser mayor.
Señores, hemos destrozado la p... paternidad de la que hablé la semana pasada con una victoria de 3 a 1 con goles de Gandin, Piatti ( golazo ) y Silvera ( por fin, Cuqui ), descontó Gallardo al final del match de penal (cuestionable).
El partido que no fue tal, empezó con un Independiente que llego al Momumental a florearse con un mediocampo que asfixio al de su rival. Click to continue reading...

VÉLEZ 1 X 0 ARGENTINOS JUNIORS
(Maximiliano Moralez)
BLOG VÉLEZ: SUFRIENDO
ESTUDIANTES 1 X 1 LANÚS
(Marcelo Carrusca; Carlos Quintana)
TREMENDAMENTE MOTIVADOS: CAÍDO DEL CIELO
RIVER PLATE 1 X 3 INDEPENDIENTE
(Marcelo Gallardo -p-; Darío Gandín, Ignacio Piatti, Andrés Silvera)
FUTEBOL PORTENHO: INDEPENDIENTE GOLEIA RIVER
CHACARITA JUNIORS 0 X 2 SAN LORENZO
(Diego Rivero, Alejandro Gómez)
LA REDÓ: SAN LORENZO SUMÓ CON MUY POCO
BANFIELD 1 X 1 ATLÉTICO TUCUMÁN
(Santiago Silva -p-; Luis Rodríguez)
LÍNEA DE CINCO: EL CONFORMISMO MOLESTA
TIGRE 2 X 2 HURACÁN
(Carlos Luna, Rodolfo Arruabarrena; Lucas Trecarichi, Rodrigo Díaz)
LA REDÓ: EMPATE DE MIÉRCOLES
GODOY CRUZ 1 X 1 NEWELL'S OLD BOYS
(Leandro Torres; Mauro Formica)
FUTEBOL PORTENHO: NEWELL'S EMPATA E DEIXA ESCAPAR A PONTA
RACING 1 X 2 BOCA JUNIORS
(Pablo Caballero; Lucas Viatri -2-)
SIMPLEMENTE RACING: OTRA DERROTA MÁS
ROSARIO CENTRAL 1 X 1 GIMNASIA LP
(Jonatan Gómez; Lucas Castro)
LA REDÓ: A TONO CON LA REALIDAD
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"My exit was in all the world news. I am like Obama with tits... but I am ashamed of what I did to Cristiano. It was pathetic."

Nereida Gallardo when asked if she was proud of her fame and the "thing" she did to that boy in the club.

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"My exit was in all the world news. I am like Obama with tits... but I am ashamed of what I did to Cristiano. It was pathetic."

Nereida Gallardo when asked if she was proud of her fame and the "thing" she did to that boy in the club.

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The eighth round of the 2009 Torneo Apertura finally ended on Monday night with the first match of Leonardo Astrada's second spell in charge of River Plate. There wasn't even the shortest of honeymoon periods, though Independiente took a 3-0 lead by half time and only a Marcelo Gallardo penalty with a minute to [. Click to continue reading...

And the honor this week goes to a lady who personifies class and elegance, Miss Nereida Gallardo. Click to continue reading...

Before we get to the award, an announcement...
Over the next two and a half weeks, we'll be running a contest here with some pretty cool prizes to give away. And to win them, all you have to do is vote for the Benny Awards! The team's hooked me up with the following prizes: a DC United/Volkswagen team scarf, the 2009 DC United media guide, and a Gatorade/MLS towel. Click to continue reading...

Though the 2009 regular season is finished for them, the Aztex are still going strong. A number of players and other individuals were honored at a recent post-season awards banquet, and the team is still looking forward to a few bigger-than-usual exhibition games.
First, the awards:

• Yordany Alvarez - Fans' Player of Year
• Miguel Gallardo - Chantico's Army's Player of Year (more info)
• Eddie Johnson - Players' Player of Year
• Michael Callahan - Clubman of Year
• Ignacio "Nacho" Araujo (Univision Radio) - President's Award

Additionally, Eddie Johnson was just named to the All-League Second Team. Click to continue reading...

The Beauty: Just for the record, I don't really find Nerieda Gallardo to be a "beauty". In fact, I think she looks like one of those terrible male trannies Ronaldo picked up in Brazil. But, she is arguably one of the most well-known Spanish WAGs in the world, so I had to put her on this list.

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GOOD WEEK

The Golden Age
Hats off to Francesco Totti and Michael Ballack for celebrating their 33rd birthdays last week.� We'll cheers to the three decades of computer-melting mancandy material they've supplied us with. You know, like this. And this. And also this if you're into that kind of thing.

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Un chåman Español a amenazado a Cristiano Ronaldo diciendo que alguien lo a contratado, yo digo que es Nereida Gallardo, para que le hagan brujeria y le pase algo muy grave. Para Cristiano algo grave seria no encontrar gel pa' su pelo, asi que nose a que se refiere cuando dice grave. Personalmente yo creo que este brujo se a hueveado de Ronaldo porque es el otro Ronaldo� el que se la pasa lesionado. Click to continue reading...

It would seem that perhaps whatsherface Gallardo isn't quite so crazy/stalktastic as we may have thought.

We all know Cristiano's insane talent, dedication to removing his shirt after matches (whilst shunning the evil that are base layers) and extensive man bag collection make him pretty damn hard to resist.

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Spanish newspaper El Mundo have obtained the text of a letter sent to Real Madrid by a wizard, informing the club that he has been hired to cast a spell on Cristiano Ronaldo that will result in him suffering an injury.

Yeah. Sh*t just got real.

Writes the psychopath who may or may not be a cat:

"I'm not anti-Madridista.

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Daniel Passarella (PEPELOTAS)
Originally uploaded by gjoffre Para los que no se acuerdan de este jugador y entrenador argentino (en Monterrey lo extrañan) aquí un poco de su palmares gracias a gioffre:
Daniel Passarella
Passarella, el gran DT
Si bien su carrera como futbolista fue de alto nivel y alcanza hitos destacadísimos, su carrera como técnico fue inicialmente meteórica y espectacular. Click to continue reading...

Photo: Vancouver Whitecaps FacebookAnd so it ends.
Still feeling the energy from their 2-1 win over the Portland Timbers, our Aztex made a valiant effort in their final match of the 2009 campaign. But it was not to be. Their last game was reminiscent of many this year, as they surrendered their lead late in the game. Click to continue reading...

Hot on the heels of their 2-1 upset of the Portland Timbers, the Aztex head north of the border for their final game of the 2009 season. They'll face the Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday evening, Sept. 13, at 6:00 CT. Watch the game free on USLLive.com.
The Whitecaps are currently in the 7th and last playoff slot, though they haven't punched their ticket yet. Click to continue reading...

Sore losers (key word, "losers"): Timbers fans shooting the bird at the Aztex after the final whistleHoly cow! We won!
I mean, er, of course we won, I never had the slightest doubt, it was in the bag, like falling off a log, a walk in the park. (A walk in the park that you're used to getting mugged in, that is. Click to continue reading...

Photo: Patrick MeredithWell, what can you say. (No, seriously. I've about run out of things to say about these results.)
The Aztex ended the 2009 home season more or less the same way they played all year. They dug in, they fought, they worked hard, they had a few flashes of danger - and then they gave up a late goal, and lost. Click to continue reading...

This list is incomplete. All of these players were signed to an official team roster, but didn't play in a competitive game (regular season, playoffs, Open Cup, Champions League, etc).
For now, I've gone through the end of season rosters for 2004-2007. Some players may have been on the roster for part of the season and then waived, so they'd be missing if that's the case. Click to continue reading...

I can't believe it's come so quickly, but this is it: the 14th and final home game of the 2009 Austin Aztex season. It will also be the last game they'll ever play at Nelson Field, since they're moving to House Park next year.
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