Posted on Friday, 10 August 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
Following the now resolved doubts over the Tigre vs. Independiente match (see previous story), it also became apparent on Friday evening that River Plate’s home game against Newell’s - which was going to be Los Millonarios‘ first of the campaign - may now also be put back to a later date, for very different reasons.
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Posted on Friday, 10 August 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
Sunday’s match between Tigre and Independiente has hit a bit of a snag. Three days ago, CoProSeDe sent representatives to Victoria, to look over Tigre’s ground and make sure it was up to the task of hosting a Primera A match. Tigre have had work done on it in recent weeks after they realised its previous [...]
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Posted on Friday, 10 August 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
Marcelo ‘El Loco‘ Bielsa has, after much coming and going, put pen to paper on a contract with the Chilean FA to manage their national team from now until the end of their World Cup 2010 campaign, whether they qualify or not. The deal makes Biela, apparently, the best-paid coach in South America - he’ll [...]
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Posted on Friday, 10 August 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
As well as those from the first round of Primera B Nacional, for the weekend beginning Friday 10th August 2007. All kick-off times are local (add four hours for British Summer Time, subtract one for Eastern Seaboard Time in the States).
Primera División: 2007 Apertura 2nd round
Arsenal de Sarandí vs. Colón de Santa Fe (Fri, 19:00)
San [...]
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Posted on Friday, 10 August 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
Rosario Central could be in some slightly warm water after it emerged on Thursday that their sale of Ángel Di María and Andrés Díaz to Benfica a couple of weeks ago might not have been entirely legal and above board. The transfer wasn’t ratified by the correct authorities, and will have to be looked at again [...]
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Posted on Friday, 10 August 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
It got swallowed up by a certain other news story today, but Wednesday night did see one match take place - Lanús vs. Estudiantes in the qualifying rounds of the Copa Sudamericana.
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Posted on Friday, 10 August 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
A very short update to last night’s main story: Martín Gonzalo Acro was pronounced dead at 7:20am Argentine time (11:20am BST) by Mario Visiglia, head of Intensive Care at Pirovano Hospital in Buenos Aires. Needless to say, there’ll be an editorial on this following very soon.
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