The boy’s back in town

This just in from Camp Nou - Lionel Messi’s back. He was introduced midway through the second half for Javier Saviola, as Frank Rijkaard’s team lead Racing Santander 2-0.
Update: 2-0 it remained, with Lio having a quiet comeback. Ronaldinho scored both goals.

Opening weekend fixtures

Here are the fixtures for the opening weekend of the 2007 Clausura, played between Friday 9th and Monday 12th of February. I’ve given scores for the matches that have already been played, and a full roundup of scores and scorers will be up on Monday evening when all the matches have been played.
 Gimnasia y Esgrima [...]

France vs. Argentina

For those not already aware (these early posts are going up in no real order, until we’ve caught up with the big recent events), Argentina played France in Paris last Wednesday, the 7th of February.
The albiceleste ended up with a 1-0 victory in a match that was considerably better in every respect than a certain [...]

And they’re off

The summer break’s over and the 2007 Clausura started this weekend. The big stories in the buildup to the kickoff were Juan Román Riquelme’s return - on loan from Villarreal of Spain - to Boca Juniors, and Claudio López also coming back to boyhood haunts when signing for Racing from Club America of Mexico.
 A preview [...]