Daily Archives: Tuesday, 3 July 2007

Pushing through reform

There was, as you may have heard if you’ve paid attention to this site in recent weeks, a bit of a problem with badly behaved crowds during the end-of-season promotion / relegation playoffs this year. Today, Nueva Chicago were punished … Continue reading

Posted in Argentine football, Argentine league, Ascenso, Domestic, Football, Football clubs, Lower leagues, Nueva Chicago | 1 Comment

Apertura opening fixtures

The fixtures for the opening weekend of the 2007 Apertura have been announced. For some reason, they’re not yet on the AFA’s website, but they have made it onto those of the main news outlets. The full fixtures for the … Continue reading

Posted in Argentine football, Argentine league, Argentinos Juniors, Arsenal de Sarandí, Banfield, Boca Juniors, Colón de Santa Fé, Domestic, Estudiantes, Fixtures, Football, Football clubs, Gimnasia, Gimnasia Jujuy, Huracán, Independiente, Lanús, Newell's Old Boys, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, Racing Club, River Plate, Rosario Central, San Lorenzo, San Martín de San Juan, Tigre, Vélez Sarsfield | 5 Comments

To the quarters!

The Copa América has its first absolutely mathematically watertight quarter-finalists. Both Argentina and Paraguay will progress from Group C after the albiceleste gave Colombia short shrift in the second round of group matches. And under a year after announcing his … Continue reading

Posted in Argentine football, Argentine national team, Argentines abroad, Copa América, Fixtures, Football, Goal videos, International football, Juan Román Riquelme, Lionel Messi, Players, Results, Selección | 4 Comments

Paraguay 3 – 1 USA

The scoreline makes it look a lot easier than it was for Paraguay, whose third didn’t come until the closing minutes and who were utterly dominated for most of the last 25 minutes or so. The States equalised through Ricardo … Continue reading

Posted in Copa América, Football, Goal videos, International football, Results, Selección