It’s not an easy job…

…being a professional footballer when a member of your family is one of the best players on the planet. But Maxi Biancucchi isn’t doing too badly for himself lately. In June, Lionel Messi’s cousin won the Paraguayan Apertura with Sportivo Luqeño, scoring eight goals and impressing so much with his line-leading duties that he came to the [...]

Apertura ‘07: week 3 fixtures

The third round of fixtures in the Primera A Apertura, and the second round of Primera B Nacional fixtures, will be played this weekend, and can be seen (along with the other AFA-affiliated divisions) here. The most notable fixture of the weekend is the season’s first clash of two ‘Big Five’ sides, when River travel [...]

A quick round-up

Argentines were in action again in Europe on Thursday: Sergio Agüero and Maxi Rodríguez were both on target for Atlético de Madrid in a comfortable 3-0 win over Serbian side Vojvodina in the first leg of the second round UEFA Cup qualifiers. Uruguay’s former Independiente striker Diego Forlán scored the other to complete an all-rioplatense scoresheet.
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