Torneo Final 2013: Boca v River ends all square & Rafaela win with a controversial late penalty (video)

Posted on Tuesday, 7 May 2013 by

Part of this post should have gone up on Sunday night, but I didn’t have time for it – apologies. Anyway, Sunday’s Torneo Final matches saw a dull superclásico whose main talking points were Manu Lanzini scoring the fastest goal in the fixture’s history to put River 1-0 up, before Santiago Silva equalised, and a hold-up during the second half caused by Boca Juniors’ barra brava which looks set to result in the closure of some sections of La Bombonera for Boca’s next home games. Independiente got a second straight win, and Atlético Rafaela came from behind to beat San Martín de San Juan 2-1, courtesy of not one but two late penalties – the second of which was highly debatable. On Monday, All Boys and Estudiantes bored everyone to death, before Arsenal de Sarandí got a 2-0 win over Newell’s Old Boys in a far more entertaining game. All the goals are here.

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Boca Juniors v River Plate: live stream

Posted on Sunday, 5 May 2013 by

At 16:30 on Sunday afternoon (20:30 UK time, 15:30 if you’re on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States – hopefully the rest of you can work it out from there!), Boca Juniors host River Plate in one of world football’s biggest derbies. You can of course follow my updates during the match on Twitter. If you’d like to watch the match as well, in decent quality, entirely legally and with that touch of local colour that Argentine commentators bring (not that they know what they’re talking about, but still), you can click here to be taken to the Argentine government’s official sports streaming site. The link will open in a new tab. This site is not geo-blocked. If the stream doesn’t load first time, try a forced reload (hit F5 on your keyboard), and keep doing so until it plays – it might take several attempts but you should be able to get it to play.

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Torneo Final 2013: Lanús get back to winning ways & go top temporarily (video)

Posted on Sunday, 5 May 2013 by

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 that sees Unión’s points-per-game average remain at exactly 1, and as such doesn’t help them at all in the promedio relegation table, which they remain bottom of. In La Paternal, Argentinos Juniors’ late surge wasn’t enough to prevent Lanús from getting a 2-1 win – breaking a run of three straight draws – to retake the leadership of the championship, at least until Newell’s Old Boys play on Monday evening. And in Avellaneda, Racing drew 0-0 with Vélez Sarsfield in a fairly dull game. All the goals are here.

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Torneo Final 2013: Godoy Cruz and San Lorenzo get wins (video)

Posted on Saturday, 4 May 2013 by

Superclásico weekend is upon us in Argentina, but before River Plate’s visit to Boca Juniors’ Bombonera on Sunday, there are other games to take care of, and Godoy Cruz and San Lorenzo got the weekend started with a win apiece on Friday night, as we saw six goals in two matches. Godoy Cruz’s win came at home to Colón de Santa Fe, whose recent improvement was abruptly halted by a 3-0 defeat, whilst San Lorenzo rallied to come from a 1-0 half time deficit and win 2-1 away to Quilmes. All six of those goals are right here.

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Torneo Final 2013: Boca disappoint again, River show they mean business & more (video)

Posted on Monday, 22 April 2013 by

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 had been knocked out of the Copa Argentina on penalties by Olimpo; Racing and Colón drew, as did All Boys and San Martín, both 1-1; Quilmes and Rafaela got home wins over Estudiantes and Independiente, respectively; San Lorenzo beat Arsenal de Sarandí, and the two giants had contrasting weekends. Boca Juniors were the better side but failed to break down Belgrano in a 0-0 draw, whilst River Plate beat Godoy Cruz 2-1 in Mendoza to put themselves right there in the title race; their first goal came from a penalty for a foul committed outside the box, but overall they just about deserved the win. All the goals so far are here.

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Torneo Final 2013: Boca Juniors handed ‘shameful’ 6-1 thrashing, Independiente’s misery deepens & more (video

Posted on Sunday, 14 April 2013 by

Friday’s Torneo Final matches held little excitement, but Saturday’s three games saw 15 (fifteen!) goals, and over both days there were talking points galore. First, there was a 1-1 draw between Independiente and Unión, after which Américo Gallego’s resignation was rejected by Independiente’s board, only for him to be let go 24 hours later. Argentinos Juniors and Atlético Rafaela played out a deathly dull 0-0 on Friday night. Then on Saturday, everything got silly. Boca Juniors put out a mostly first team XI but were tonked 6-1 – their worst defeat in nearly a decade – by relegation-threatened San Martín; Racing beat San Lorenzo 4-1 in Bajo Flores in a game chock full of great goals, and leaders Lanús got a barely deserved (okay, frankly totally undeserved) 2-1 win over All Boys. All the goals are here.

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Torneo Final 2013: Results go against Independiente; Vélez & San Lorenzo draw (video)

Posted on Saturday, 6 April 2013 by

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, and seeing results on Saturday go against them – mainly the fact that Atlético Rafaela got a 3-1 win away to Tigre. Elsewhere, Vélez Sarsfield and San Lorenzo drew 1-1, with San Lorenzo’s equaliser coming from a horrendous error from Vélez goalkeeper Sebastián Sosa. And there were 0-0 draws between Unión and Argentinos Juniors, Godoy Cruz and Belgrano, and Quilmes and San Martín. All the goals are right here.

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Libertadores 2013: Vélez beat Iquique to go through, Tigre lose to Palmeiras and will struggle (video)

Posted on Wednesday, 3 April 2013 by

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. A little later, Tigre visited São Paulo to take on Palmeiras and lost 2-0, the Brazilian goals coming from Caio and Charles. All six goals are right here for your viewing pleasure.

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Torneo Final: Lanús maintain top spot, but Newell’s close in & Godoy Cruz win the clásico cuyano (video)

Posted on Monday, 1 April 2013 by

Sunday’s and Monday’s matches in the 2013 Torneo Final brought thirteen goals and plenty of developments at the business ends of both tables (league and relegation). On Sunday, Independiente and Boca Juniors met in the weekend’s second clásico, and drew a frantic match 1-1, a little fortunately for Boca. Next was the third derby of the weekend, the clásico cuyano (wine region derby) between San Martín of Syrah (shiraz)-producing San Juan, and Godoy Cruz of malbec Mecca Mendoza. Martín Palermo’s visitors kept up his great start to management, winning a thriller 3-2. Atlético Rafaela ended Unión’s three-game unbeaten run with a 1-0 victory, and Newell’s beat San Lorenzo 1-0 in Bajo Flores with a goal from ex Liverpool wide man Maxi Rodríguez, after which San Lorenzo goalkeeper Pablo Migliore was arrested for accessory to murder (I’m not making this up). On Monday night, Lanús and Quilmes played out a thoroughly entertaining game which ended 2-2. All the goals are right here.

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Torneo Final: Argentinos beat All Boys in clásico, Colón & Tigre serve up a five-goal thriller and more (video)

Posted on Sunday, 31 March 2013 by

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 ran out 3-2 winners to get their first win of the year. Later on Friday, Belgrano and Arsenal de Sarandí drew 1-1. On Saturday, Argentinos Juniors got their first win of the year, beating All Boys 1-0 in the clásico, and there were two other games; River Plate and Vélez Sarsfield drew 0-0, and Racing got a late winner from Javier Cámpora to beat Estudiantes 1-0 away in La Plata. All the goals so far this weekend are right here.

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