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
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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 [.
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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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All the goals from the tenth round of the 2008 Torneo Apertura are online now, including Seba
Verón's stunner for Estudiantes and all six of the strikes in the fantastic Arsenal -
Vélez match (Vélez's new shirt deserving a highlight of its own, if you ask me). You can
view them, as ever, right here [.
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Lucas Viatri had hardly had a sniff of anything in the superclásico, but popped up in the 60th
minute to decide the match all the same in a manner the great Martín Palermo, looking on,
would have been proud of. The goal came after Boca had been reduced to ten men through the
sending-off of [...]
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The players are taking to the pitch in the Monumental for the biggest match of the weekend, and if
you're not fortunate enough to be able to watch, you can follow it right here on HEGS, where I'll
be attempting to update this post every few minutes with the latest goings-on in the match. Just
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The 2008 Torneo Apertura superclásico kicks off in a little under six hours, but already
the starting lineups are known, bar any last-minute calls of bluff or injuries in the warmup.
Luciano Figueroa's transfer has officially gone through in time for the former River striker to
start on the bench for Boca, wearing the number 18 [.
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It's that time again. The tenth round of the 2008 Torneo Apertura is upon us, and with it comes one
of the world's biggest derbies: all eyes on the Monumental on Sunday, where River Plate will be
hosting Boca Juniors in another superclásico. There'll be big match buildup on HEGS as well as
live coverage [.
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Mutlak Gol 22 September @ 07:19 AM EST
Futbol Avrupa kıtasında ticarileşe dursun, futbolun romantik kıtasında
Boca bu işle ilgili yaratıcı işlere imza atmayı sürdürüyor.
Kurdukları taksi şirketi ve mezarlıktan sonra şimdi de turizm işine
giriyor Arjantinli kulüp. 15 milyon dolara, 2010 yılında yapımı
tamamlanacak 17 katlı 89 odalı bir yapıdan bahsediyoruz.
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R-I-V-E-R 05 August @ 07:47 PM EST
Simeone demanded his arrival, River accepted his request. After a hard fought battle to bring in
Santiago Salcedo, "los Millonarios" were finally able to acquire the Paraguayan forward
from Newell's Old Boys.
The 26-year old has shown his talent throughout his career, but became River's main target after
his successful 2007-2008 season with the "Rosarinos".
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The full fixture list for the Primera División A Torneo Apertura 2008 has been released.
Thanks to Seba for posting the fixtures when they were first announced in a comment last
night. Read on for the 'HEGS-approved' official list, with all the clásicos highlighted.
Except the single midweek date, which is noted, all these dates refer to [.
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Monday marked the fourtieth anniversary of a dark day in the history of football in Argentina and,
indeed, across South America. On the 23rd June 1968, as Boca Juniors fans left the Estadio
Monumental at the end of a mid-season superclásico, a gate was left less than fully opened
under circumstances that remain mysterious to [.
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It's been an interesting few days whilst I've been away, and I hope I don't miss anything out of a
whirlwind summary: Saturday's superclásico in Mendoza was a thriller, seeing five goals and four
red cards as River avenged their 1-0 defeat of the Torneo de Verano with a 3-2 victory. On the same
day, [.
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Well, that's one way to do it. Carlos Ischia wasn't the Boca fans' choice of new manager, and his
appointment caused some anger towards Pedro Pompilio when the latter first unveiled him, but on
Saturday night, in the Estadio Mundialista of Mar del Plata, he took a huge step to winning over
the fans: He [.
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Thanks to the editor of Futvolblog.es for linking to this vid in a comment to last night's match
report. Highlights of Sunday's super: River Plate 2 - 0 Boca Juniors
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