Monthly Archives: August 2007

Apertura ’07: round 6 fixtures

Midweek matches are very disorienting. No sooner have we recovered from the glut of goals in round 5, than round 6 arrives to dizzy us all again. This weekend’s main clash in the top flight is the clásico between Racing … Continue reading

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Moving on

Argentina’s Under 17s reached the quarter-final of their age group World Cup in Korea on Thursday, beating Costa Rica 2-0 with both goals coming from Boca centre back Gastón Sauro, in the 25th and 41st minutes of a very comfortable … Continue reading

Posted in Argentine football, Argentine national team, Fixtures, Football, Goal videos, International football, Junior selección, Results, Selección, Under 17 World Cup

Two moves sealed, and a protest afoot

Juan Román Riquelme has signed a two year contract with Atlético Madrid. There, it’s done at last. Now let’s move on. Juan Pablo Carrizo will fly back from Rome to Buenos Aires on Friday to rejoin River Plate on loan … Continue reading

Posted in 2007 Torneo Apertura, Argentine football, Argentine league, Argentines abroad, Domestic, Fans, Football, Football clubs, Juan Pablo Carrizo, Juan Román Riquelme, Players, Primera A, Racing Club, River Plate, Transfers | 1 Comment

Apertura ’07: round 5 goals

The near feature-length video of all the midweek goals is now online, and can be found through TN by clicking here. I suggest you put your feet up and get a cup of coffee beforehand. For those too lazy to … Continue reading

Posted in 2007 Torneo Apertura, Argentine football, Argentine league, Argentinos Juniors, Arsenal de Sarandí, Banfield, Boca Juniors, Clásicos, Colón de Santa Fé, Domestic, Estudiantes, Football, Football clubs, Gimnasia, Gimnasia Jujuy, Goal videos, Huracán, Independiente, Lanús, Newell's Old Boys, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, Primera A, Racing Club, Results, River Plate, Rosario Central, San Lorenzo, San Martín de San Juan, Tigre, Vélez Sarsfield

Apertura ’07: round 5 scores and scorers

It’s been a very high-scoring round of football matches in the middle of the week, with 34 goals flying in in only ten matches and not a single 0-0 amongst them. There were three thrilling clásicos, a return to attacking … Continue reading

Posted in 2007 Torneo Apertura, Argentine football, Argentine league, Argentinos Juniors, Arsenal de Sarandí, Banfield, Boca Juniors, Clásicos, Colón de Santa Fé, Domestic, Estudiantes, Football, Football clubs, Gimnasia, Gimnasia Jujuy, Huracán, Independiente, Lanús, Newell's Old Boys, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, Primera A, Racing Club, Results, River Plate, Rosario Central, San Lorenzo, San Martín de San Juan, Tigre, Vélez Sarsfield

The goals keep flowing

The AFA must be thinking very long and hard about switching all first division matches to midweek from now on. Following on from the thriller that was Banfield vs. Lanús on Tuesday afternoon came two absolutely ridiculous matches which saw … Continue reading

Posted in 2007 Torneo Apertura, Argentine football, Argentine league, Clásicos, Domestic, Estudiantes, Football, Football clubs, Primera A, Racing Club, Results, River Plate, San Lorenzo

Partidazo

A minor Spanish lesson for you: that headline means ‘great match’. Banfield hosted Lanús in the clásico in El Sur and the match truly lived up to the name. With the hosts looking to leapfrog Independiente at the top, and the visitors after … Continue reading

Posted in 2007 Torneo Apertura, Argentine football, Argentine league, Banfield, Clásicos, Domestic, Football, Football clubs, Lanús, Primera A, Results

Argentina squad vs. Australia

It’s perhaps not quite right to refer to Australia as ‘Down Under’ on this site, being as how Buenos Aires is actually further south than Sydney, but nearly all the players named in Alfio Basile’s squad for the 11th September … Continue reading

Posted in Alfio Basile, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Argentines abroad, Carlos Tevez, Fixtures, Football, Gabriel Heinze, Gabriel Milito, International football, Javier Saviola, Lionel Messi, Maxi Rodríguez, Players, Pre season, Roberto Abbondanzieri, Selección, Sergio Agüero, Sergio Romero | 11 Comments

Apertura ’07: round 5 fixtures

It is, of course, only two days since week 4 ended, but the fifth round of matches in the Apertura is taking place in mid-week. Team-news-wise, the biggest story right now is the future of Daniel Passarella, who was rumoured … Continue reading

Posted in 2007 Torneo Apertura, Argentine football, Argentine league, Argentinos Juniors, Arsenal de Sarandí, Banfield, Boca Juniors, Clásicos, Colón de Santa Fé, Daniel Montenegro, Domestic, Estudiantes, Fixtures, Football, Football clubs, Football managers, Gimnasia, Gimnasia Jujuy, Huracán, Independiente, Lanús, Newell's Old Boys, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, Players, Primera A, Racing Club, River Plate, Rosario Central, San Lorenzo, San Martín de San Juan, Tigre, Vélez Sarsfield

Apertura ’07: week 4 goals

The goals for the 4th round of the 2007 Primera A Apertura are online now and as ever can be viewed through TN‘s website – just click here. You know the drill by now – read on for the running … Continue reading

Posted in 2007 Torneo Apertura, Argentine football, Argentine league, Argentinos Juniors, Arsenal de Sarandí, Banfield, Boca Juniors, Colón de Santa Fé, Domestic, Estudiantes, Football, Football clubs, Gimnasia, Gimnasia Jujuy, Goal videos, Huracán, Independiente, Lanús, Newell's Old Boys, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, Primera A, Racing Club, Results, River Plate, Rosario Central, San Lorenzo, San Martín de San Juan, Tigre, Vélez Sarsfield