Editorial: it’s just getting interesting

Posted on Tuesday, 18 September 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre

Sunday’s clásico rosarino saw the fourth managerial casualty of the season in Argentina, under probably the most worrying circumstances, as Newell’s boss Pablo Marini stepped down after threats from the club’s barra brava following the loss to Central. The influence the barras have over Argentine football generally is clearly too much, but at Newell’s it’s [...]

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A short but important notice

Posted on Tuesday, 18 September 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre

As from the 19th September (that’s this coming Wednesday), Hasta El Gol Siempre will be operating a slightly slimmed-down version of itself until November. I’m going backpacking round Spain for six weeks, so won’t be updating quite as frequently. Most obviously, longer articles and the photos page won’t change for a while. The main news [...]

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Twice the good news

Posted on Tuesday, 18 September 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre

Alfio Basile can cheer up a bit. A good few weeks in advance of Argentina’s opening World Cup qualifier against Chile, it’s become apparent that Lionel Messi’s injury which kept him out of Barcelona’s 0-0 draw away to Osasuna on Sunday really isn’t too bad - La Pulga is back training with the squad now. [...]

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Lower division results

Posted on Tuesday, 18 September 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre

The latest rounds of matches in Argentina’s lower divisions are staggered and some won’t be fully completed until Tuesday, but here you’ll find the results thus far for B Nacional, and links to those from the other divisions (which pages will be updated as and when the remaining scores come in). In B Nacional, there [...]

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