Posted on Sunday, 29 April 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
San Lorenzo nearly let the final match of the weekend slip, conceding twice in the second half, but ran out 3-2 winners against Nueva Chicago. Combined with Facundo Sava’s last-minute equaliser for Racing in La Bombonera, this leaves Ramón Díaz’s side four clear at the top ahead of Boca, with Estudiantes a further two behind, [...]
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Posted on Sunday, 29 April 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
Boca and Racing played a clásico ‘not apt for those with weak hearts’, as the Argentine phrase goes, which included no fewer than three penalties, and, before kick-off, the farewell of Guillermo Barros Schelotto to his adoring public.
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Posted on Sunday, 29 April 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
Marco Rubén (second from left in the row of River shirts) finally had a decent match for River on Saturday - and it came against the club they bought him from, Rosario Central. Away from home in El Gigante del Arroyito, River won 2-0 thanks to two strikes from Rubén and not a lot else. [...]
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Posted on Saturday, 28 April 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
That will be the situation by the time we’re into the Copa Libertadores quarter-finals. With River, Banfield and Gimnasia falling in the group stages, Vélez and Boca have been drawn against each other in the first knockout round. So there’ll definitely be one Argentine side in the quarters, but that’s all there will be. Vélez, [...]
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Posted on Friday, 27 April 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
At the time of writing, no matches have been called off this weekend, but, Quilmes fans, fret not - your team don’t play until tomorrow, so there’s still time yet. The biggest fixture of the week is Boca vs. Racing in La Bombonera on Sunday evening, one big side gunning for the title against another just [...]
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Posted on Friday, 27 April 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
3-0 up when I left you last night, Boca ran riot in the second half and won 7-0 against Bolívar in their first Libertadores match without Guillermo Barros Schelotto, thus qualifying emphatically ahead of Cienciano and two points behind Toluca, who beat the Peruvians 3-0 in the other match. The match was indeed, as pointed out by [...]
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Posted on Friday, 27 April 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
Apologies for not giving you this as a final score, but it’s already very late in England. Boca need to win by three goals against Bolívar in La Bombonera tonight, in order to go through to the second round of the Copa Libertadores. At half-time, they’re doing precisely that, having started very strongly. Rodrigo Palacio [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 26 April 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
Reports in Spain (Marca) today indicate that former River Plate forward Javier Saviola might be leaving Barcelona on a free in the summer - and has a verbal agreement to join Real Madrid. In an inexplicable demonstration of how not to do things, which may well come back and bite them on the bums next season, Barça [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 26 April 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
In scenes reminiscent of the peasant village in Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Diego Maradona has, for the third time in recent months, had to assure the world’s media that he’s really just a bit ill, and in fact is feeling a bit better now, and might go for a walk if he could [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 26 April 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
River’s goal from last night, scored by Diego Galván via not one but two deflections, is online now. River fans enjoy - it’s the last you’ll see of your side in the Libertadores until next year…
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