Pablo Mar-out-i

Defeat in the clásico rosarino to Central on Sunday was too much for Pablo Marini to take, and he stepped down as Newell’s Old Boys manager on Monday. The move was anything but a surprise,  since it had been widely reported in Monday morning’s papers that Marini was paid a ‘visit’ in the dressing room [...]

Apertura ‘07: round 9 goals

The video of all the goals from the ninth round of the 2007 Torneo Apertura is online now, and can be found here thanks to TN. As usual, read on for the full running order of that video, and my personal favourite strikes from the weekend (dominated this week by Señores Denis and Belluschi), courtesy [...]

Apertura ‘07: round 9 scores and scorers

The weekend was doing quite nicely for goals - twenty in nine matches, with four each in El Monumental and El Cementerio. But apparently, slightly more than two per game simply isn’t enough for Martín Palermo, who sought to prove manager Miguel Angel Russo’s pronouncement that his side feel at home in any stadium correct [...]

Clásico caliente

The Rosario derby was heated to say the least, but Central eventually ground out a well-fought triumph from their visit to El Coloso del Parque, beating Newell’s 1-0 despite finishing the match with nine men on the pitch. Elsewhere, River’s schizophrenia continued with yet another imperious home win, and champions San Lorenzo got back to [...]