Championship form

Posted on Sunday, 30 September 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre

San Lorenzo have never really been at the races in attempting to defend the championship they won so imperiously and surprisingly in the Clausura. And yet, quietly, without too many noticing, they’ve won their last three matches in a row, the most recent of which was a good 2-1 at home to Argentinos on Sunday. [...]

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In praise of Leo, and playing with pride

Posted on Sunday, 30 September 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre

I should admit something before I begin: I’d already had a couple of cocktails when in Messi’s honour, I decided to end the evenining with a fernet with Coke (very popular in Argentina, you see) about half an hour before coming back to my hostel to write this, so how coherent the following will be, I’m not [...]

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The latest Argentina squad

Posted on Saturday, 29 September 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre

Alfio Basile has named his squad for Argentina’s opening two World Cup 2010 qualifiers, at home to Chile and away to Venezuela on the 13th and 16th of October. Juan Román Riquelme, despite being stuck in limbo after failing to find his way to another club before the European transfer window closed, is included, and [...]

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As predicted

Posted on Friday, 28 September 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre

Not that I like to think of myself as a prophet in footballing matters, you understand, but I did mention how much better River Plate have been at home than away from home, didn’t I? 2-1 down on goals and 2-1 up on red cards with a little over quarter of an hour remaining, River [...]

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Apertura ‘07: round 11 fixtures

Posted on Thursday, 27 September 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre

Two newly-promoted sides meet on Friday evening as Olimpo host Huracán. The ‘derby of the Gimnasias’ (which is a phrase I made up, so I wouldn’t use it to any Argentine friends unless you want to get some very confused looks) takes place on Saturday with the Jujuy side at home, and league leaders Independiente [...]

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Two down, two left

Posted on Thursday, 27 September 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre

 That’s the situation for Argentine clubs in the Copa Sudamericana following last night’s second leg in Morumbí, where Sao Paulo gained revenge for last year’s Recopa defeat with a 1-0 win over Boca Juniors which puts the Libertadores champions out in the first round proper. Aloísio scored the game’s only goal, and the Brazilians are [...]

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Making history

Posted on Thursday, 27 September 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre

Arsenal de Sarandí achieved the biggest result in the club’s history on Wednesday night, a 1-1 home draw with Brazilian side Goiás seeing them through to the quarter-final of the Copa Sudamericana in their first ever appearance in South American competition.

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Lower division results

Posted on Wednesday, 26 September 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre

As the least widely-read of the site’s weekly features, I hope those who do use this update will forgive me for curtailing it during my few weeks ‘doing’ Spain. Scores will be given without scorers, but I’ll try and include the normal links to the lower division scores as often as possible. In B Nacional [...]

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Tricky decisions

Posted on Tuesday, 25 September 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre

The managers at Argentina’s two biggest clubs have some complication selection issues going into this week’s Copa Sudamericana return legs. Boca Juniors, who won the first leg of their tie against Sao Paulo 2-1 but conceded a last minute away goal which will make for very tricky business in Morumbí on Wednesday night, have seen [...]

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Apertura ‘07: round 10 goals

Posted on Monday, 24 September 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre

The goals from round ten of the 2007 Torneo Apertura went online a little while ago, and you can watch all 32 of them courtesy of TN simply by clicking here. Regular readers know the drill by now – read on for the full running order of this video, as well as a few of [...]

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