The end is nigh…

…to the longest-running of all the promotion playoff delays. Guillermo Brown vs. Independiente Rivadavia is the playoff to decide the championship - and only direct promotion spot - from Torneo Argentino A (the third division for teams from outside the main cities) to the B Nacional.

Nothing doing

Argentina began their Under 20 World Cup campaign on Saturday night with what will probably be the toughest group match, against the Czech Republic. Never the less, as one of the favourites (not to mention reigning champions), they’ll have wanted to do a little better than this. The Czechs were, it was said prior to [...]

On the brink…

After CONMEBOL’s draw was very favourable indeed to them, the hosts were expected to qualify from Group A. But after the first two matches, very few people would have thought them capable of beating Peru 2-0. Yet that’s exactly what they’ve done, thanks to goals from Alejandro Cichero and Daniel Arismendi in the second half. [...]