Finally getting his own way

Daniel Passarella’s been a grumpy boy for a while now. First the fans start booing him midway through the Clausura campaign, then River Plate’s board insist that he offload players in the close season just because the club are in crippling amounts of debt. Then he’s forced to fly with his team to South Korea to [...]

Primera A 2007 - 2008: Meet the teams

This Friday sees the start of the 2007 Primera A Torneo Apertura, with that long football-less week-and-five-days since the World Youth Cup win finally over. But who are the teams? Where are they from? Who manages them, what are their histories like and which are the main derby rivalries? The superclásico’s an easy one, of [...]

A lovely new home

Independiente have been groundsharing with Racing since the start of the Clausura, and will have to go through that indignity for another season whilst their rather proud but very crumbling Doble Visera is remodelled. The plans for the new ground have been unveiled, complete with artists’ impressions - and doesn’t it look lovely?