Goals from the Libertadores

The remaining goals from the week’s Libertadores action involving Argentine teams are now online. See inside for Boca - Toluca.
Gimnasia 1 - 2 Santos

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Week 7 fixtures

It may be international week in Europe but there’s still club action going on down south, and this week’s fixtures see two of the big clubs clash - leaders San Lorenzo play out of form Independiente on Sunday. We’ll see whether Newell’s can make it four in a row as they host Quilmes, and champions Estudiantes [...]

That’s more like it!

Boca Juniors made up for their limp 2-0 surrender away to Toluca last week by beating them 3-0 in the return. The first goal came on 15 minutes from potential star-in-the-making Jonatan Maidana, and the second, on 28 minutes, was Juan Román Riquelme’s first since his return to the club. Martín Palermo provided the assist for [...]

It doesn’t get worse than this

Gimnasia, who qualified for this year’s Libertadores by virtue of finishing second in the Apertura of 2005, may now be wishing they hadn’t bothered. Having lost in Santos last week, the rematch came tonight and they fell behind to the visitors in only the second minute, thanks to Marcos Aurélio’s goal.
Playing appallingly throughout but somehow [...]