There were three matches on Saturday in the 2013 Torneo Final, and whilst they weren't as high-scoring as Friday's two, they had their moments, and a couple of fine finishes. In Santa Fe, Unión and Belgrano drew 1-1, a result ... Continue reading →
The tenth round of the 2013 Torneo Final is eight matches in, and so far there's been no shortage of bad refereeing and talking points. A virtual Vélez Sarsfield reserve side lost to Newell's just 45 hours after their starters ... Continue reading →
Friday's and Saturday's Torneo Final matches brought just eight goals, but one clear loser; Independiente, one of only two sides in Argentina never to have been relegated, are closer than ever after losing 2-0 to All Boys on Friday night, ... Continue reading →
Two matches in the Copa Libertadores on Tuesday night involved Argentine clubs. Vélez Sarsfield visited Iquique in Chile, where they easily dispatched the hosts 3-1 with goals from Sebastián Domínguez, Lucas Romero and Jonathan Copete. Manuel Villalobos scored Iquique's goal. ... Continue reading →
Friday's and Saturday's games in the 2013 Torneo Final only saw a few goals, with over half of them concentrated in just one match the first of the weekend. Colón and Tigre met in Santa Fe and the hosts ... Continue reading →
Friday night saw the Argentine national team return to Buenos Aires for the first time since last June, and yet another comfortable win for Alejandro Sabella's side. Two goals from Gonzalo Higuaín both brilliantly set up by Lionel Messi, ... Continue reading →
In the week in which Argentina gained its first Pope (because the country's collective ego clearly wasn't already large enough), Argentine sides won four of the four matches they played in the Copa Libertadores. Tuesday saw Newell's Old Boys and ... Continue reading →
It's been a few days since my last post, and in that time we've had no fewer than nineteen goals at the top level involving Argentine sides, from five Primera División games and two in the Copa Libertadores. Lanús top ... Continue reading →
Friday and Saturday provided five matches in the fifth round of the 2013 Torneo Final, and they've all had some interest. Belgrano left it late to beat Vélez Sarsfield's second third XI, and Unión failed to repeat their performance of ... Continue reading →
Wednesday and Thursday brought three more games involving Argentine sides in the Copa Libertadores, with mixed fortunes. On Wednesday night Tigre hosted Brazilian Serie B side Palmeiras (relegated last season, but playing in the Libertadores thanks to winning the Copa ... Continue reading →
Tuesday evening saw two games with Argentine involvement in two different cups: Newell's Old Boys hosted Universidad de Chile in the Copa Libertadores, and went down 2-1 after conceding two early goals. Elsewhere, Quilmes met Midland (about whom you'll learn ... Continue reading →
Monday evening brought one match in England's Premier League, between defending champions Manchester City and struggling Aston Villa. It was Carlos Tevez who made the difference, popping up just before half time to score the only goal of the game ... Continue reading →
Friday evening saw plenty of action packed into just two matches in the 2013 Torneo Final. In fact, it was more like one-and-a-half matches, because the first half of Quilmes v Atlético Rafaela was deadly dull. In the second, there ... Continue reading →
On Thursday afternoon, Tigre visited Lima for their second Copa Libertadores group stage match. Their opponents were every gangsta rapper's favourite side, Sporting Cristal, and the Peruvians claimed a 2-0 victory with goals from Renzo Sheput, with a fine first ... Continue reading →
On Wednesday evening, Boca Juniors visited Barcelona Sporting Club of Ecuador in the Copa Libertadores, and managed their first win since the opening match of the 2013 Torneo Final, beating the hosts 2-1. Juan Manuel Martínez and Claudio Pérez each ... Continue reading →
Monday evening saw the end of the third round of the 2013 Torneo Final, and San Martín de San Juan held Newell's Old Boys to a 1-1 draw. The goals came seconds either side of half time, with San Martín ... Continue reading →
In Spain on Saturday and in England on Sunday, three Argentine strikers helped their sides to wins. Gonzalo Higuaín scored for Real Madrid as they beat Deportivo La Coruña 2-1 away, Lionel Messi got Barcelona's winner in a 2-1 home ... Continue reading →
Friday night brought the beginning of the third round of Torneo Final 2013 action, and the end of Gabriel Schurrer's very brief spell in charge of Argentinos Juniors. After one draw and six defeats, the manager stepped down/was pushed [delete ... Continue reading →
Thursday night saw the end of midweek action for Argentine clubs, with Newell's Old Boys visiting Deportivo Lara in Venezuela, and Tigre welcoming Libertad to Victoria, as the hosts played their first ever Libertadores group match. Both sides lost; Newell's ... Continue reading →
Last night, as well as the Copa Argentina action I already posted videos of, Vélez Sarsfield were in Copa Libertadores action in Liniers, and they claimed their first win of this year's competition with a 3-0 victory over Chilean minnows ... Continue reading →
Wednesday evening saw three more matches in the Copa Argentina, including one Primera División side in action in the form of Colón de Santa Fe. They faced Platense in Catamarca, and in the shock of the round so far,El Calamar, ... Continue reading →
The Copa Argentina continued on Tuesday night with another Primera División team in action; Martín Palermo's Godoy Cruz took on Nacional B side Chacarita Juniors in San Juan. After a 0-0 draw, the tie went to penalties, and Godoy ran ... Continue reading →
Saturday's and Sunday's Torneo Final matches brought only a few goals, and no result more surprising than Independiente's 1-0 away win over champions Vélez Sarsfield; a win made all the more shocking by the fact Independiente played 70 minutes of ... Continue reading →
Saturday brought another match for Barcelona, and another paid of goals for Lionel Messi. The La Liga leaders travelled to Andalusia to take on Granada, and the hosts took the lead during the first half, but two goals from Messi ... Continue reading →
Friday evening brought the beginning of the second round of matches in the Torneo Final, as Racing hosted Argentinos Juniors. Both sides lost last weekend, but Racing were able to put that behind them in style as young star Luciano ... Continue reading →
Thursday night was one of mixed fortunes for Argentine clubs in the Copa Libertadores. After Vélez Sarsfield's and Boca Juniors' defeats earlier in the week, Newell's Old Boys finally got a win for Argentina, beating Paraguayan giants Olimpia 3-1 in ... Continue reading →
Last season's runners-up Boca Juniors took the field in South America's premier club competition last night, and got off to a wobbly start, losing 2-1 to Mexican side Toluca. As on Saturday against Quilmes, Boca were poor at the back, ... Continue reading →
Vélez Sarsfield started their Copa Libertadores campaign on Tuesday night in Guayaquil, Ecuador, away to Emelec, and suffered defeat even as Argentina midfielder Fernando Gago made his debut for his new club. An unfortunate own goal from young striker Facundo ... Continue reading →
Tuesday saw the start of the knockout stages of the 2012-13 European Cup, and with it the visit of French mega-spenders Paris Saint-Germain to Valencia. The Argentine connection was strong on both sides Ever Banega and Tino Costa were ... Continue reading →
The first round of the Torneo Final came to an end on Monday night with the most impressive team performance of the weekend, as Lanús hosted Colón. Guillermo Barros Schelotto's side kept up their brilliant form from the second half ... Continue reading →
There were plenty of goals on Saturday, but no match was more eye-catching than Boca Juniors hosting Tigre. Legendary Boca manager Carlos Bianchi made his bow before the first competitive match of his return to the club's dugout after nearly ... Continue reading →
Sunday evening brought the first domestic action in the Primera División in 2013, although it wasn't the beginning of the Torneo Final, but rather was mopping up some leftovers. Independiente v Tigre in the twelfth round of the 2012 Torneo ... Continue reading →
Tuesday night saw the second leg of Tigre's Copa Libertadores qualifying tie against Deportivo Anzoátegui of Venezuela, and with last year's beaten Copa Sudamericana finalists having won the first leg 2-1 in Victoria last week, an early goal from Rubén ... Continue reading →
Friday evening saw the first two matches of the final round of the 2012 Torneo Inicial. Outgoing champions Arsenal de Sarandí, who didn't have the best campaign in defence of their title, went out on a high note at least ... Continue reading →
The penultimate round of the 2012 Torneo Inicial came to an end on Monday night with a 2-0 win for Estudiantes de La Plata over San Martín de San Juan, as 20-year-old Carlos Auzqui scored the first and second goals ... Continue reading →
Saturday's and Sunday's matches in the Torneo Inicial have seen an average of two goals each, and most importantly, on Sunday afternoon, Vélez Sarsfield won their ninth league title and fifth in seven years with a match still ... Continue reading →
In Victoria on Tuesday night, Tigre played in a continental semi-final for the first time in their history, in spite of the fact that in the league their form has been so poor they're still without a domestic win this ... Continue reading →
Lanús pulled themselves to within just three points of league leaders Vélez Sarsfield on Sunday, with a 4-1 tonking of Tigre which leaves them third in the table. Surprisingly, none of the day's other three matches saw a single goal; ... Continue reading →
Bayern Munich are one step closer to yet another Champions League final after they defeated Juventus 2-0 in their quarterfinal first leg on Tuesday evening. The victory puts the German side in great position heading into next Wednesday's second leg in Turin, while the Italian club is left with quite a mountain to climb.
Many Arsenal fans will have woke up this morning with at least a bit of happiness this morning after our 1-0 win against Swansea last night in the FA Cup 3rd round.
It was an all round different performance against what has been difficult opposition of late with a 86th minute winning goal from Jack Wilshere.
