Posted on Monday, 7 May 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
Gastón Sessa has been handed a six month ban (plus four Copa Libertadores matches out) by CONMEBOL for the horrific kick in the face he gave Boca’s Rodrigo Palacio last Wednesday in the first leg of the Boca vs. Vélez second round clash. The announcement follows the decision by the Vélez board not to field [...]
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Posted on Monday, 7 May 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
Hernán Crespo scored the winner for Inter Milan, and Gabriel Heinze was crowned a champion of England with Manchester United this weekend, but there was no questioning the finest performance by an Argentine in Europe’s leagues. Carlos Tevez, in spite of all the controversy surrounding whether or not he should be playing for West Ham [...]
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Posted on Monday, 7 May 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
There were a lot of goals this weekend. Arsenal’s 4-3 win over Belgrano and Argentinos’ 3-3 draw with Boca bookended the round, with Rosario Central, who lost away to Newell’s, the only team not to manage at least one. An improbably high number of them were long range screamers, with Mauro Zárate’s 40-odd-yard free kick [...]
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Posted on Monday, 7 May 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
Since we’ve got a bit to catch up on following the UK’s May Day bank holiday, this post will contain the normal match review and the full rundown of scores and scorers. I’ll keep the goals separate to avoid confusion.
The weekend’s big story was the ever louder cry from the stands for Daniel Passarella’s resignation (or [...]
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