R.I.P. Gustavo Eberto

Former Boca Juniors goalkeeper Gustavo Eberto died of leukaemia on Monday, aged 24. Eberto, a South American Under 20 champion in 2003, who was viewed as one of Argentina’s great goalkeeping hopes for the future, had been battling testicular cancer since February.

Apertura ‘07: round 6 goals

The goals from round six of the 2007 Torneo Apertura can be viewed by clicking here. As ever, you can see the running order for this clip, as well as my favourite picks from the weekend’s 16 strikes, simply by reading on…

More trouble

Following Sunday’s clásico between Racing and River, some of the visiting barra bravas attacked some coaches on which ordinary Racing fans were travelling, injuring four. The two sets of fans were travelling on the Perito Moreno motorway from the partidos of Merlo and Hurlingham, in the west of Gran Buenos Aires, to the match in Racing’s El [...]

Apertura ‘07: round 6 scores and scorers

Another round is over, and we’ve seen the last undefeated record in the top flight (Huracán’s) fall, other promoted sides claim important points and a clásico that finished all square and left no-one really satisfied. Notable results in the lower divisions were Aldosivi’s demolition job against Independiente Rivadavia and Talleres’ win over Instituto in this [...]