Stories in the Brazilian press at the start of the week had Corinthians, one of the country's
biggest clubs and the current employers of Ronaldo, planning to sign Juan Román Riquelme from Boca
Juniors in a bid to boost their Copa Libertadores campaign in 2010, their centenary year. I've
written about it for Soccernet, and [.
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Futbolita 09 November @ 01:46 AM EST
So it was Mask Wearing Extraordinaire, Martin Palermo's birthday yesterday
(a November baby, like us. Now get running with that
hint!) so Boca Juniors helped him to celebrate 36 years of his existence in
this world.
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Soy Araujista de la primera hora, creo que Marcelo revolucionó las transmisiones televisivas, que
creó un estilo propio y que es el mejor relator de TV que alguna vez oí.
Si bien me gustan el uruguayo Walter Nelson por sus frases y el chileno Luis Omar Tapia por sus
apodos no tengo dudas de en lo más alto del podio está Lazaro Zilberman.
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Luego de haber jugador el mejor primer tiempo del año, River se fue al vestuario 1 a 0 cuando
merecía por lo menos un gol más. En el complemento, Boca se despertó ajustó la presión en el
medio y llegó a la igualdad. Sobre el final del encuentro, Abelairas estuvo cara a cara con
Abondanzieri pero el palo le dijo que no al triunfo.
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Futbolita 23 October @ 12:35 AM EST
So apparently, Riquelme says that his teammate, Martin Palermo's
mask-wearing antics has helped him to score more goals at Boca's training sessions. He wants him to
wear it for the game so that they can 'score more goals together'. Kkkkk...
Anyway, he also added that Boca must be careful in the Superclasico against River this weekend
or risk "paying dearly".
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Imagine a world cup without the world's best player? It's still a distinct possibility with
Argentina stuttering over the finish line. Defeat tonight and the unthinkable may become a
reality.
If Diego Maradona's Argentina lose to Uruguay and Ecuador beat Chile, who have already
qualified, then Argentina will miss out.
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Futbolita 09 October @ 12:39 AM EST
That mop of hair Riquelme is smoldering belongs to none other than the
Messiah. Obviously times have changed and one year on, no one would have
anticipated his fall out with The Dona. And and if the rumours are true, Riquelme
will be joining the Timão gatos at Corinthians next season.
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En esta última jornada en el Apertura 2009 se disputaba un partido que llamaba poderosamente la
atención: Boca Juniors, el equipo de la mitad más uno, recibía al líder y campeón del último
Clausura, Vélez Sarsfield. En la
Casa Amarilla no se respiraba el mejor ambiente para un
choque de tal calibre.
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En un partido que sirvió para reunir cordobeses, aplaudir a Maradona y lesionar a cualquiera,
Argentina le ganó a Ghana 2-0 con goles de Martín Palermo que pide pista para las
eliminatorias.
No es tan complejo el asunto si sobran centros y bajitos y faltan goles y hombres por delante de
Messi.
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Auto Golazo 29 September @ 06:26 PM EST
Uno de los jugadores que más destacó en lo positivo del Huracán del pasado Clausura, el del
"fútbol que le gusta a la gente" (madre mía lo que va a dar de sí esta frase) fue el
veinteañero Matías Defederico, fruto del buen criadero del Globo y que ha sonado este verano para
diversos clubs europeos.
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Two weeks ago Diego Maradona was talking about shake up and revolution within the Argentine
national team ranks. He talked about going to Europe and going "face to face" with players to tell
them that they were no longer on the national team. He talked about having a domestic side that was
going to be fielded as they were "hungrier" than the foreign-based players.
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El día que se vayan todas las gallinas putas de la selección.
Pero volvieron. Se le quemaron los papeles a la selección bostera, con los Riquelme, los Gago, los
Palacios, los Maradona y los Basile llegamos a donde llegamos.
Pero la rueda de auxilio estaba al alcance de la mano, convocaron a Higuaín y Aimar para que se
conviertan en el alma del ataque de la selección.
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The big names are back in play:
- Juventus going after Guiseppe Rossi.
- Lucas Neill signs with Everton.
- Chelsea agree to deal with Croatian goalkeeper.
- David Silva is flirting with United.
- Hands off Robbie Fowler, says his club.
- Corinthians and Riquelme.
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Maradona no está bien. Es visible desde su semblante hasta sus palabras y quizás también en
alguna de sus acciones. Por primera vez en su vida, el ídolo (al que algunos hasta llaman D10S),
empieza a ser discutido por sus acciones en la vida pública, no considero a los fracasos en el
banco de Racing, Mandiyú o con las camisetas de Sevilla y Newell's porque estamos hablando de
"otra persona".
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A Pretty Move 10 September @ 03:26 PM EST
One of the great heartbreaks of my soccer-watching life was watching Argentina lose against Germany
in the quarter finals of the 2006 World Cup. But I knew that with so many great players in the
squad--Messi, Riquelme, Crespo, Aimar, Cambiasso, Coloccini, Tevez, Mascherano, Zanetti, Milito,
Heinze, and others--that they'd arrive in South Africa ready to make things right.
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Soccer Pie 07 September @ 12:33 PM EST
Football fans all over the world were very excited to see legendary Diego Armando
Maradona get appointed as Argentina national coach but immediately doubts were
raised over his competence. We all knew he had been a great footballer, in my opinion
the best ever, but could he do it as a coach?
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The third round of the Torneo Apertura 2009 has been written in zeros, ones and twos so far, with
Boca Juniors getting a second home draw of the season, 1-1 against Newell's Old Boys, to add to the
0-0, 2-2 and 2-0 scorelines seen in the first five matches of the round. Lucas Viatri opened [...]
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Futbolita 14 August @ 10:23 PM EST
via Photogamma
The Boca boys didn't have much to do yesterday (apart from their laundry, etc) since the AFA
postponed the start of the Apertura. So it was only natural that Javier
García, Lucas Viatri, Ricardo Noir and Juan Forlin turned up at the infamous DOT shopping
centre in Buenos Aires to reveal Los Xeneizes' new kit.
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AEK Archives 08 August @ 05:19 PM EST
So, we lost this one but it was not at all a bad performance by our team, and was definately the
best game we've seen AEK play all pre-season. First of all, goal highlights.
Unfortunately I haven't seen a video with more highlights uploaded yet, but we had many chances,
just as many if not more than Boca.
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Let's start off with a crazy one:
- Landon Donovan and Sao Paulo?
- The big news is Real's successful move for Xabi Alonso.
- Lescott has asked for a City move.
- Arsenal closer to Salomon Kalou.
- Another American signs with Everton.
- Boca says hands off Riquelme.
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Sir Alex's side got their first real run out of pre-season and got off to a flyer but were then
pegged back in the second half where they managed to withstand a great deal of pressure from
Riquelme and co.
- Will Owen Hargreaves Ever Play for Man United Again? (2)
- Man United Have Signed Bargain of the Season: No I Am Not Drunk!
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Futbolita 26 July @ 10:55 PM EST
via LatinContent Editorial / Cesar Morejon
Benjie Aguero's grandfather is not going to be changing his diapers anytime soon. In fact, he
answered to speculation about his role as Argentina's national coach and
finally stopped talking about Riquelme.
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Ives had a pretty cool idea the other day. Instead of bringing in an outside team for a exhibition
in the MLS all-star game, how about this:
American MLS stars (Landon, Keller, etc.) v. World MLS stars (Blanco, Ljungberg, etc.).
Take a look at the link for some full teams...
Now the other links:
- Portsmouth takeover done.
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Futbolita 22 July @ 02:49 AM EST
Boca's homeboy, Riquelme has insisted that he's not going anywhere despite
reports linking him to Corinthians. Still, he'd love to play alongside Ronaldo
Lima (yes, the same man who was greeted by 100 tranvestites at Rio's airport. Never mess
with these folks ever!
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Since we are approaching the end of a decade, and since it's summer,I thought I would offer up
my La Liga Team of the decade. I set my team based on the best actual season had by a player in
each position. It is not an aggregative list. It is not based on contributions over the course of a
few seasons or a career.
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On Wednesday, Diego Maradona marked Juan Román Riquelme's birthday by telling the country that
Riquelme will still be welcome back in the national team if he wants to return, but might have to
explain himself directly to his team-mates. No doubt Riquelme will be unhappy Maradona's not said
that to his face.
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Futbolita 24 June @ 07:44 AM EST
Julio Grondona, the chairman of the Argentinean football
association (who looks like a cast member of GhostBusters 1, 2 and 99)
has declared that Riquelme deserves a place in the Albicelestes. You may
remember The Dona's rumoured 'tiff' with Riquelme, and also his decision to quit the
national team earlier this year.
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reportajes 06 June @ 06:36 AM EST
Por Paul Tanner
Desde Santiago de Chile
Ninguneado por los hinchas, mal recibido por la prensa, a Manuel Pellegrini-Ripamonti no se le
perdonó el descenso con la Universidad de Chile recién iniciada su carrera de entrenador. Y eso
que antes había sido central del célebre Ballet Azul (ver fotografía) Dio igual: fue la primera
(y hasta el momento única) salida del club de la serie de honor.
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Libertadores'in her zaman en büyük favorisidir Boca Juniors. Ama dün Uruguay takımı Defensor'a
yenilip elenince sadece kendi taraftarlarında değil tüm Güney Amerika futbolseverlerinde dumura
yol açtı. İlk maçta deplasmanda alınan 2-2'lik skor zaten favori olan Boca için işi
garantileme manasındaydı ama Bombonera'da alınan 0-1'lik süpriz yenilgi beklenmedik şekilde
Defensor'un turu geçmesini sağladı.
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Futbolita 22 May @ 03:03 AM EST
It's sad day for Boca fans as they were knocked out of the Copa Libertadores in a
surprise 1-0 loss to Defensor Sporting from Uruguay on Thursday.
Unfortunately, despite Riquelme's return to the squad, Defensor's
counterattacks worked extremely well against the home side.
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Futbolita 18 May @ 02:27 AM EST
Boca Juniors welcomed back the influential Riquelme on Sunday, but had to work
hard for their 2-1 win over Arsenal de Sarandi at the Bombonera stadium. And for
those of you who're wondering, Roncaglia (in the photo above) is not attempting to
wear a Ball Hat.
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Gesta Romanorum Argentino
Ab initio. The tale of Argentine football is one of bittersweet victory and harrowing
tragedy. From the founding to its peak in the 80s to the current era of uncertainty and struggle,
the stories behind the victories and defeats illuminate the joys and folly of free will as a proud
people valiantly row against the tide.
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