Pekerman to Toluca

It’s been nearly eleven months since those ugly scenes following Argentina’s exit from the World Cup, which were, some say, behind José Pekerman’s decision to take a sabbatical from football management. He’s called time on that today, as it’s been announced that he’ll take charge of Mexican club Toluca, in what may well be a stepping stone to [...]

Farewell to VOF

This week is my final column for Voice Of Football, which will be closing down tomorrow. The archive will remain online and over the coming weeks an archive of all my columns will be shifted (somehow) to HLGS. My weekly opinion column itself will be relocating here from next week onwards.
Reflecting on the situation in [...]

Boca lineup vs. Cúcuta

Boca have continued preparing for the first leg of their Copa Libertadores semi-final, away in Cúcuta, which is played on Thursday night. Last time they played in this competition in Colombia, Boca conceded a late equaliser and lost on penalties in the second leg of the 2004 final to Once Caldas, in one of the [...]