Clausura 2012: Rafaela thrash Banfield, and in Nacional B River go joint top with a win (video)

Posted on Monday, 13 February 2012 by
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The first round of the 2012 Torneo Clausura continued apace on Sunday, with four more matches. In the first, Atlético de Rafaela beat a woeful Banfield 3-0 to creep closer to 30 points for the season, and later on there were three draws: Vélez and Godoy Cruz ended 1-1 in Liniers, whilst Racing v Tigre and Argentinos Juniors v Unión de Santa Fe both ended goalless. In Nacional B, River Plate took advantage of Instituto de Córdoba’s slip-up yesterday; they beat Chacarita Juniors 2-0 away (in La Plata), with an own goal and an absolute cracker from rising star Lucas Ocampos. All the goals are here.

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Clausura 2012: San Martín down Independiente, and two underwhelming draws

Posted on Sunday, 12 February 2012 by

Saturday saw the continuation of the first round of matches in this year’s Torneo Clausura, with San Martín de San Juan claiming a 1-0 win over Independiente and the day’s other two games finishing in draws. Estudiantes drew 1-1 with Newell’s Old Boys in La Plata in a match which showed its lack in quality after Seba Verón was substituted in the second half, and Belgrano and All Boys battled to an unmemorable 0-0 draw in which Matías Giménez, Belgrano’s summer signing from Boca Juniors, made his debut off the bench – he’s been signed to replace Franco Vázquez, now of Palermo. The goals? You can see them here.

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Clausura 2012: Boca and Lanús begin with victories (video), plus the rest of the weekend’s fixtures

Posted on Saturday, 11 February 2012 by

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 Pablo Mouche getting a goal apiece, whilst Lanús raced into a 3-0 lead over San Lorenzo after just 25 minutes, and eventually won 4-1, with Mariano Pavone scoring twice. The goals from both games, and the kick off times and referees for the rest of this weekend, are right here.

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Argentines Abroad: a quick roundup

Posted on Thursday, 9 February 2012 by

It’s time for a quick roundup of the action from the Argentine foreign legion in Italy, Spain, Mexico and Portugal, as Lionel Messi found the net after four games without a goal, Chelo Delgado scored a fine goal in Mexico, and Rodrigo Palacio came up with an inspired – if fortunate – finish for Genoa, among many more highlights. Step this way.

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Estudiantes finally wrap up the 2011 Apertura with a win (video)

Posted on Sunday, 5 February 2012 by

On the 4th February 2012, the last game of the 2011 Torneo Apertura was finally completed. Estudiantes’ home match against Banfield in the 15th round had been called off 13 minutes in with the score at 1-0 to the visitors back in November, due to crowd trouble. Now the remaining 77 minutes were played in two halves of roughly 38 1/2 minutes (yeah, I think that’s a bit stupid too). Here, you can see the goals – from former Wigan Athletic forward Mauro Boselli, and defender Gabriel Mercado – which turned the game round for Estudiantes to grab a 2-1 win.

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Argentines Abroad: Messi disappoints, Lucho moves back to an old home and more

Posted on Friday, 3 February 2012 by

It’s been a good while since the last lot of Argentines Abroad, partly because of the Claudio Yacob exclusive on Tuesday night, partly because of an enormous storm in Buenos Aires over the last 24 hours which left me stranded for longer than expected at my girlfriend’s house on Wednesday, and partly because of a midweek round of matches in England and Italy meaning I can wrap the action in those countries up nicely now. Lionel Messi missed a midweek penalty and there was plenty more besides. Read on.

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HEGS exclusive: England’s Arsenal want Racing’s Yacob at season’s end

Posted on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 by

Now that the January transfer window has closed in England, I’ve been given the go-ahead to report, exclusive to HEGS, that a few days ago a representative of Arsenal’s scouting team in London enquired about offering a contract to Claudio Yacob of Racing Club here in Buenos Aires. Yacob’s contract with Racing expires in June, and if Arsenal’s interest grows during the rest of the season he could be an inexpensive addition to the midfield of a club who have seemed averse to spending big in the transfer market.

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