Torneo Apertura 2009: round 15 fixtures

Posted on Friday, 20 November 2009 by hastaelgolsiempre

The title race gathers pace. At the top, joint leaders Banfield visit Independiente, who will move to within three points with a win. Fellow pace-setters Newell’s Old Boys are at home in the clásico rosarino, perhaps the country’s most passionate. Third- and fourth-placed sides both play tonight: Colón are away to Lanús, prior to which Estudiantes will host Tigre. Champions Vélez, in seventh and eight points off the lead, bring the curtain down on the round on Monday night, at home to Racing. Throughout the weekend I’ll be trying to put each day’s Show de Goles up as I find them online after each evening’s matches, since the Monday night games appear to have brought an end to the single whole-weekend-long video.

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The news this week

Posted on Friday, 20 November 2009 by hastaelgolsiempre

Argentina's World Cup hero Mario Bolatti could be on his way out of Huracán

HEGS has lost a little of its news value lately due to diminishing spare time on my part, so as of today I’m going to try and remedy that slightly. As Thursday turns into Friday at the start of each round from now on, I’ll be giving a quick rundown of some of the main stories affecting the forthcoming weekend’s action. There won’t be much detail (these things take time to write after all, and I have a life and, moreover, a bed and a dayjob), but this should give readers a better idea of what’s going on day-to-day. This week, there’s been a victory for Boca Juniors’ girls over their River Plate counterparts, and not one but two weekend clásicos to prepare for…

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Angel Cappa to leave Huracán

Posted on Thursday, 19 November 2009 by hastaelgolsiempre

It’s been a funny old year for Ángel Cappa and Huracán. After a storming Torneo Clausura in which they were robbed of the title only on the last day by some appalling officiating, they’ve fallen away drastically in the second half of the year. Cappa tried to resign last week, but the players talked him out of it. On Tuesday though, he did it again. And this time he’s not changing his mind. After the Torneo Apertura ends, El Globo will be looking for a new boss.

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Argentines Abroad: 14th & 15th November 2009

Posted on Wednesday, 18 November 2009 by hastaelgolsiempre

Well, the national team were abroad, of course, but we’re not counting them. The Brazilian and Mexican leagues were the major top flights in action in spite of the international break during the weekend just gone, and there were goals in both of them. You can read about them and watch them right here, as well as read HEGS bidding farewell to one Bruno Marioni, who retired at the weekend.

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Torneo Apertura 2009: round 14 goals

Posted on Tuesday, 17 November 2009 by hastaelgolsiempre

Over the course of the 2009 Torneo Apertura, the mantra of fútbol para todos has transmogrified into something meaning that one easily embeddable, easily findable goal video for the whole round has become increasingly hard to find. The closest I can find are the four videos embedded here, which viewed in order will give you a rundown of the goals from Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday’s matches. Enjoy. And don’t say I never do anything for you.

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Torneo Apertura 2009: round 14 scores and scorers

Posted on Tuesday, 17 November 2009 by hastaelgolsiempre

The fourteenth round of the Torneo Apertura ended on Monday. Relegation strugglers Racing claiming a hard-fought win over the champions of South America, Estudiantes de La Plata, thanks to a goal from a former Estudiantes player. Estudiantes’ city rivals Gimnasia tore Huracán to shreds, running out 4-1 winners in a match which saw two superb free kick goals (one for each team) in the space of one first half minute. Central and Lanús rounded things off with a dull 0-0 draw. All the heroes and villains are right here, as always.

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Millonarios show some character

Posted on Monday, 16 November 2009 by hastaelgolsiempre
El Muñeco celebrates River's equaliser

El Muñeco celebrates River's equaliser

In probably the most unexpected development of the domestic league’s fourteenth round, River Plate played with spirit and intelligence to overturn a deficit and actually win a football match on Sunday afternoon. 1-0 down after only two-and-a-half minutes at home to Atlético Tucumán, it looked like the same old story for River. But they turned the match on its head with two goals in five second half minutes, and got a third shortly after. Has Leo Astrada got them playing properly at last?

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Spain 2 – 1 Argentina: the goals

Posted on Sunday, 15 November 2009 by hastaelgolsiempre

Argentina were thoroughly outclassed by the European champions on Saturday night in the Vicente Calderón, losing 2-1. Xabi Alonso scored twice for the home side, the second a late penalty, whilst Lionel Messi got a temporary equaliser also from the spot after just over an hour. I wasn’t in the best shape last night, hence the lack of a match report, but you can see the highlights right here, as well as read about Diego Maradona’s suspension from footballing activity.

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Riquelme’s Corinthian spirit

Posted on Sunday, 15 November 2009 by hastaelgolsiempre

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 you can read the fruits of my labour via this link.

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Torneo Apertura 2009: round 14 fixtures

Posted on Friday, 13 November 2009 by hastaelgolsiempre

Due to the AFA’s complete inability to comprehend that some of us are running blogs about their league in our spare time from a time zone three hours ahead and rather enjoyed having not much to do on a Monday evening, Monday afternoon and evening matches begin in earnest this week. Rodrigo Archubi, found guilty of doping a few weeks ago, begins his suspension and won’t play for River Plate (or indeed any other club) until the 10th of January 2010. The joint leaders have tricky assignments: Newell’s visit a resurgent Chacarita tonight, Banfield host champions Vélez on Saturday. San Lorenzo are at home to Independiente in Sunday’s clásico, and Sunday’s matches feature three teams fighting to avoid a relegation playoff spot – or worse – all against considerably more comfortably-off opponents.

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