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After the finalísima comes the rather more mundane business of recording the scores from the final round of the 2009 Torneo Clausura. Vélez took the title and Gimnasia de Jujuy and San Martín de Tucumán both go down, as we already know, but elsewhere there were wins for Boca and San Lorenzo, one last humiliation for River, and a celebration, for once, of a dull final weekend in the sky blue half of Avellaneda.
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In circumstances about as controversial as they come, and after thirteen minutes of second half stoppage time, Vélez Sársfield beat Huracán by a single late goal from Maxi Moralez – who was sent off for his celebration – to climb above them in the table and claim the Torneo Clausura 2009 title. Huracán had a goal wrongly disallowed for offside early on, before the match was almost called off due to a hail storm of Biblical proportions. When play restarted a tense match was deadlocked almost throughout, until Maxi popped up.
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The big finale of the 2009 Torneo Clausura has seen its first act played out with a late winner for visitors Lanús in Tucumán and a victory for the hosts in La Plata which see Gimnasia La Plata secure a relegation playoff spot ahead of San Martín de Tucumán, who go straight down to B Nacional. Two goals from Sebastián Romero saw Gimnasia over the line, whilst in Tucumán Lanús won 3-2, with José Sand cementing his place as goleador for the second short championship in a row.
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The Torneo Clausura now has just three matches remaining – the final relegation clashes and the title decider, a preview of which you can hear, if you’ve not already, over on the Mundo Albiceleste podcast from earlier in the week. Argentina’s representatives for the Copa Sudamericana are all confirmed after Saturday’s matches, and for once at least that competition doesn’t seem like a complete irrelevance: Tigre, for the first time, will get a shot at some richly deserved continental competition. Elsewhere, various River Plate players said goodbye with a loss to a Copa Libertadores-distracted Estudiantes.
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Racing and Newell’s Old Boys completed their seasons on Friday night in El Cilindro, with Ricardo Caruso Lombardi’s boys completing a stunning campaign – largely under their new manager – to climb to fifth place prior to the rest of the weekend’s games.
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The final weekend of the 2009 Torneo Clausura is upon us at last, and it’s going to be a dramatic one. Racing and Newell’s celebrate having nothing to play for to kick things off on Friday night, whilst Saturday sees Central take on Godoy Cruz in a match that could be vital to next season’s relegation story. The real business, though, is reserved for Sunday: Gimnasia La Plata play Gimnasia de Jujuy, at the same time as which San Martín de Tucumán host Lanús, to decide the order of things relegation-wise. And the finale, the last match of the season, sees Vélez Sársfield at home to Huracán – a home win and El Fortín claim the title, anything else and it goes to El Globo. Wimble-what?
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On Wednesday night Estudiantes clinched a place in the final of the 2009 Copa Libertadores de América, 38 years after they last lifted the trophy. A 2-1 win after a goalless first half saw Estudiantes, Argentina’s only representatives to make it past the second round, through to the final 3-1 on aggregate. Mauro Boselli scored a crucial double to become the tournament’s leading goalscorer. The other semi, between Cruzeiro and Grêmio, concludes tonight.
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If you were wondering why I’ve not written much here on HEGS about the upcoming final weekend of the 2009 Torneo Clausura season, including the ‘finalísimo‘ between Vélez Sársfield and Huracán and the relegation battles on Sunday, it’s because I’ve been talking about them. Frequent HEGS comment-botherer, journalist, and fellow webmaster over at Mundo Albiceleste was kind enough to invite me to take part in a podcast on his site about the conclusion of the league season. And here’s the result. Enjoy. And thanks Seba for some good conversation.
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