Posted on Friday, 2 November 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
On the 4th November, 1967 - forty years ago on Sunday - Argentina finally gained its first football world championship, thirty-seven years after losing the inaugural World Cup Final to hosts Uruguay in 1930 in the Estadio Centenario. Having drawn 2-2 on aggregate, Racing played against European Cup winners Celtic in a third match tie-breaker, [...]
Filed under: Argentine football, Continental football, Football, Football clubs, Goal videos, History, International football, Racing Club, Results | Tagged: 1967, Cárdenas, Celtic, football history, Goal videos, Intercontinental Cup, Lisbon Lions, Racing, world club champions | 9 Comments »
Posted on Friday, 2 November 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
It’s possible there’s a tighter league campaign somewhere in the world than in Argentina right now, but I’d be surprised. After this weekend, it could all look a lot clearer. But on the other hand, we could have even more teams squeezed even closer together, with just three matches remaining. Leaders Lanús host third-placed Tigre [...]
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Posted on Friday, 2 November 2007 by hastaelgolsiempre
The clash of the two unexpected sides in the title race and the glut of clásicos aren’t the only games taking place in Primera A this weekend, you know. They do, it is true, take up half of the weekend’s fixture list. But there are other matches on as well, and with practically half the [...]
Filed under: 2007 Torneo Apertura, Argentine football, Argentine league, Argentinos Juniors, Arsenal de Sarandí, Banfield, Clásicos, Colón de Santa Fé, Domestic, Fixtures, Football, Football clubs, Football managers, Gimnasia Jujuy, Newell's Old Boys, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, Primera A, Rosario Central, San Martín de San Juan, Vélez Sarsfield | Tagged: Argentine football weekend preview, Cvitanich, Gorosito, La Volpe | No Comments »
