Monthly Archives: October 2007

Apertura ’07: Round 14 fixtures

Posted on Thursday, 18 October 2007 by

Two big games this weekend – one is set to kick off in B Nacional as this post goes online, as joint leaders San Martín de Tucumán and Quilmes clash in Tucumán. In Primera A, meanwhile, bottom placed Central host Vélez, Lanús … Continue reading →

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Walking pace

Posted on Wednesday, 17 October 2007 by

Away in Caracas against a Venezuelan side who surprisingly won their first qualifier thanks to what some are calling the greatest free kick of all time, the selección may have been more concerned with getting the job done than with … Continue reading →

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Transfer talk, and a B Nacional update

Posted on Monday, 15 October 2007 by

Juan Román Riquelme’s two magnificent free kicks on Saturday night, followed by Argentines bombarding Spanish football websites to let Chilean manager Mauricio Pellegrini know that he really should be considering Riquelme for inclusion in Villarreal’s side, will not apparently be … Continue reading →

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Gimnasia de La Piatti

Posted on Sunday, 14 October 2007 by

Gimnasia and Colón completed the match which was called off partway through on the 12th September as a result of torrential rain in La Plata. It had been 0-0 then, and so it continued on Friday night as Gimnasia, who’ve … Continue reading →

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A good start

Posted on Saturday, 13 October 2007 by

Against tricky opponents, Argentina got off to a winning start in their campaign for the 2010 World Cup. The goals in the Monumental came from near identical free kicks from Juan Román Riquelme, who showed (as one of our readers … Continue reading →

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The big day arrives

Posted on Saturday, 13 October 2007 by

Argentina make their debut in the 2010 World Cup campaign tonight, with everything prepared to be the main focus for the start of a ball-obsessed weekend for the nation’s sport fans. On Sunday, the national rugby side will play the … Continue reading →

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Piling on the pressure, and taking a break

Posted on Friday, 12 October 2007 by

Contrasting Fridays for Daniel Passarella at River Plate, and for the players who’ve succeeded him and the generation of ’78 in the national team. The selección were given a free morning before tomorrow’s World Cup qualifying opener against Chile, but … Continue reading →

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Arsenal 0 – 0 Chivas

Posted on Thursday, 11 October 2007 by

Arsenal played their quarter-final first leg in the Copa Sudamericana on Wednesday night, looking to bounce back from their first home defeat in over a year to Lanús on Sunday. They didn return to winning ways, but they did at … Continue reading →

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The fallout

Posted on Tuesday, 9 October 2007 by

There was apparently some bad blood in the Boca Juniors squad on their return to training after the 2-0 loss to River Plate in Sunday’s superclásico. Manager Miguel Angel Russo and the rest of Boca’s squad are reportedly furious with … Continue reading →

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The FULL qualifying squad

Posted on Tuesday, 9 October 2007 by

So, it turned out on Sunday that the 18 names Alfio Basile gave us a few weeks ago weren’t in fact the only ones to be included in Argentina’s squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Chile (in the … Continue reading →

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