Starter for ten

Alfio Basile has unveiled the first ten names of his squad for the Copa América, which will begin at the end of this month. Only one home-based player was included - Juan Sebastián Verón. Training of these first ten will begin on Monday in the national side’s main training camp in Ezeiza (an area of [...]

Week 18 fixtures

It’s a tension-packed return to domestic duties, following the national side’s unnecessarily thrilling encounter with Algeria on Tuesday and Boca’s amazing comeback against Cúcuta on Thursday night. Boca will have to pick themselves up for the visit of Belgrano, who still stand a slim chance of getting into the playoffs rather than going straight down, [...]

Boca 3 - 0 Cucuta - the goals

The goals from Boca’s 3-0 win over Cúcuta on Thursday night, which sent them through to the final of the Copa Libertadores, are online now. Here they are, courtesy of our friends at GolesTV.
Juan Román Riquelme: Boca 1 - 0 Cúcuta (43 mins)

A week and a half left…

…To vote for your winner in the HLGS award for Best Argentine Abroad of the 2006-2007 season (the title of it just keeps getting shorter, I know). To remind you, the nominees are: Julio Arca of Middlesbrough; Luis González of Porto; Lionel Messi of Barcelona; Carlos Tevez of West Ham United and Javier Zanetti of [...]

Bring on Gremio

Trailing 3-1 from the first leg, Boca played Cúcuta in the semi-final second leg of the Copa Libertadores on Thursday night. It was never going to be easy, but a Riquelme-inspired display saw them run out 3-0 winners on the night, in horrendous fog, to book their place in the final.