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Lanús and champions Boca Juniors both began their 2012 Torneo Clausura title campaigns on Friday
night, the opening evening of the new championship in Argentina. Both won: Boca beat Olimpo de
Bahía Blanca 2-0 in La Bombonera, Darío Cvitanich and ... Continue reading →
The penultimate round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura is upon us already, with four matches today, two
tomorrow and four on Thursday. We kick things off with the All Boys v Argentinos Juniors clásico
in Floresta, and late tonight Racing host ... Continue reading →
After Sunday saw Boca Juniors win the title, Monday saw a match that could prove just as important
come the end of the season (i.e. Clausura); the relegation battle between San Lorenzo and Tigre.
The resurgent visitors were beaten by ... Continue reading →
This weekend is the penultimate of the Torneo Apertura, even though there are three rounds left to
play. That's because the next round is in midweek, meaning a week from now we'll be entering the
final round of the season. ... Continue reading →
At long last, the scores and scorers from the sixteenth round of the Torneo Apertura are here.
Sorry for the delay. Primera División Torneo Apertura 2011, sixteenth round Club Atlético Tigre
(C. Luna 15; D. Castaño 66; D. Morales 77) ... Continue reading →
The 2011 Torneo Apertura matches on Friday and Saturday have seen a number of eye-opening results.
First, on Friday, Tigre beat Atlético Rafaela 3-0 at home and, astonishingly given where they were
at the start of the season, climbed out ... Continue reading →
League leaders Boca Juniors could wrap up the tite in this round, although they won't be able to do
so in their own match away to Godoy Cruz. If other results go their way, they win that match, and
then ... Continue reading →
I've had a fun-packed weekend (okay, there was a bit of a hangover involved as well) and the
fifteenth round of the Torneo Apertura only ended on Monday night. These two facts have combined to
result in my not getting ... Continue reading →
The fifteenth round of the Torneo Apertura is here, and it could see Boca Juniors all but seal the
championship. If they win against Racing and Lanús and Atlético Rafaela don't win their matches,
Boca will be eleven points clear ... Continue reading →
This is a later than usual summary, but it is timed nicely to coincide with the launch of the
Guardian's new Sports Network, of which HEGS is proud to be a part. Boca Juniors edged closer to
the title with a ... Continue reading →
The fourteenth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura sees a clash between the outgoing champions and
the (probably) incoming ones, when Vélez Sarsfield host Boca Juniors on Sunday. That match has
caused no end of umming and ahhing in the ... Continue reading →
Boca Juniors have now opened up a nine point advantage in the title race for the 2011 Torneo
Apertura, beating their closest challengers Atlético Rafaela 3-1 on Sunday before seeing Racing
held 0-0 by Estudiantes on Monday. Elsewhere, Lanús beat ... Continue reading →
Saturday saw Argentinos Juniors claim a comfortable win over Vélez Sarsfield by three goals to one
in La Paternal; it was only Argentinos' second win of the season, and almost certainly puts the
final nail in the coffin of Vélez's ... Continue reading →
The thirteenth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura sees the league leaders host their closest
pursuers, as Boca Juniors welcome promoted Atlético de Rafaela to La Bombonera, and look to open
an even bigger lead in the table than they've ... Continue reading →
The twelfth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura has been a poor one for the title race, with Boca
Juniors moving on to 28 points and Racing missing a chance to keep on their tails with a 1-1 draw
against ... Continue reading →
There's a clásico this week to heat things up during the twelfth round of the Torneo Clausura.
What's more, it's an historic one: the first never clásico cuyano in the top flight. Godoy Cruz
and San Martín de San Juan ... Continue reading →
The eleventh round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura concluded on Sunday with a 2-1 win for Clausura
champions Vélez Sarsfield over the the team they pipped to the title, Lanús. Earlier in the day,
Estudiantes had seen off Atlético Rafaela ... Continue reading →
San Lorenzo de Almagro got a 1-0 win over Banfield on Friday evening that lifts some of the
pressure that was coming down on manager Omar Asad's head, thanks to a goal from Juan Manuel
Salgueiro halfway through the second ... Continue reading →
After the international break, top flight football returns to Argentina this weekend with a
vengeance. Boca Juniors will be looking to extend their five-point lead at the top of the Torneo
Apertura table when they host Belgrano on Sunday; to ... Continue reading →
Sunday's and Monday's matches in the Primera División ended with Boca Juniors now five points
clear at the top of the league after Racing failed to go into second. Racing were held 1-1 in the
clásico de Avellaneda after taking ... Continue reading →
This weekend is a big one in the 2011 Torneo Apertura. Leaders Boca Juniors host Tigre, one of the
chasing pack. Champions Vélez Sarsfield will be seeing if they can make it two wins in a row at
home to ... Continue reading →
In the thirty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba begin with a discussion of just
how much of a massive idiot Carlos Tevez is, and conclude with a reflection on Cristian Fabbiani's
suitability for the second division ... Continue reading →
Saturday's top flight football action in Argentina was restricted to just two matches, since the
bulk of the games will be played on Sunday and Monday for the ninth round of the Torneo Apertura.
Olimpo held Arsenal de Sarandí 2-2 ... Continue reading →
Following hot on the heels of the midweek eighth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura, this weekend
welcomes the ninth. There's a clásico in Bajo Flores, where Racing visit San Lorenzo, a clash of
promoted teams in San Juan, with Atlético ... Continue reading →
Wednesday's and Thursday's matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura saw little resolved in the race for
the title other than the confirmation that Boca Juniors are the team to chase. Lanús dropped
points for the second round running, Godoy Cruz ... Continue reading →
Tuesday afternoon saw the start of the ninth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura, with Arsenal de
Sarandí hosting All Boys a match which provided the day's only win. All Boys took a 2-0 lead
through two goals from ... Continue reading →
No sooner has the seventh round finished, than the eighth is upon us in this 2011 Torneo Apertura.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will see between them another ten top flight matches in Argentina,
with Boca Juniors looking to consolidate their ... Continue reading →
I've got all the videos from the weekend's 2011 Torneo Apertura action for you at once today, due
in part to laziness and in part to business over the weekend (round eight will be played in
midweek, which has meant ... Continue reading →
An action-packed eleven days in the 2011 Torneo Apertura begins shortly with Independiente v Colón
de Santa Fe kicking off the seventh round of the competition. The eighth will follow hot on its
heels in midweek, before the ninth round ... Continue reading →
Monday night saw Lanús round off the sixth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura with a crushing 4-0
win away to Argentinos Juniors which saw them go joint top of the table along with Boca Juniors on
fourteen points with ... Continue reading →
Saturday's Torneo Apertura matches saw some vastly differing margins of victory. To start off,
Godoy Cruz fell a goal down and were thoroughly second best for the first half hour of their match
against All Boys, before roaring back to ... Continue reading →
This weekend's Apertura fixtures are spread over four rather than three days, with Argentinos not
playing Lanús until Monday evening. League leaders Atlético Rafaela take on Newell's Old Boys
tonight to get the round started. Lanús are one of the ... Continue reading →
Sunday's matches in the Torneo Apertura began with another dull goalless draw, as Argentinos failed
to find a way past San Martín in San Juan. Thereafter, though, things got a bit more interesting,
with Atlético Rafaela beating Unión 1-0 away ... Continue reading →
The fifth round of the Torneo Apertura is already upon us as I type, since I hadn't realised it was
beginning so early on Friday afternoon. Newell's Old Boys are already playing Colón de Santa Fe.
Later in the weekend ... Continue reading →
Sorry everyone. Sunday evening and the subsequent couple of days have been busy. Argentines Abroad
will be online on Wednesday, but first things first: it's very late on Tuesday night here, and I've
still not put the Sunday goals and the ... Continue reading →
Friday and Saturday's matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura saw a few interesting results. None more
so than in Liniers, where All Boys claimed their second away win over Vélez Sarsfield since
promotion last year, winning 1-0. Atlético Rafaela beat ... Continue reading →
The fourth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura sees champions Vélez beginning life without Santiago
Silva with a home tie against All Boys. All of their four co-leaders are also at home; Racing host
Arsenal de Sarandí tonight, Lanús welcome ... Continue reading →
The third round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura has now been completed, but I've been a little slow in
getting Sunday's and Monday's goals and the weekend's goalscorers and red carded players up here.
Boca Juniors, Vélez Sarsfield, Colón, Racing ... Continue reading →
'What's this?!' I hear you cry. 'Hasn't the second round of matches only just finished?' Yes, dear
reader, it has, but here in Argentina that doesn't really matter. This weekend is a long one
(Monday is a bank holiday, I ... Continue reading →
The second round of matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura ended on Wednesday night in Avellaneda,
where Colombian striker Teo Gutiérrez scored twice, missed a penalty and a couple of other decent
chances, and helped Racing to a 3-0 win ... Continue reading →
