Crossing the divide

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 [...]

I’m not dead!

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 [...]

River 1-0 Colo Colo – The goal

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…

A bit late now, chaps

It’s been a long time in coming – 214 days – but Ariel Ortega was finally back in the starting lineup for River Plate on Wednesday night. It seems almost as long since River last won a match in the Libertadores. In fact it was only a couple of months ago, when they beat Colo [...]