Copa Libertadores 2008: the draw

The draw for the 2008 Copa Libertadores - with Santander taking over from Toyota as title sponsor - took place in Asunción on Wednesday, and Argentina will have six representatives in the tournament - River Plate, Boca Juniors, San Lorenzo and Estudiantes all qualify automatically from the 2006-2007 season, whilst Lanús and Arsenal de Sarandí go [...]

Tug of war

Guillermo Barros Schelotto is a very popular man in Argentina right now. Eight months ago, he left Boca Juniors, where he’d become one of the most succesful players in the club’s history, to move to Columbus Crew of the MLS in the United States. On Tuesday it emerged that his boyhood club Gimnasia La Plata [...]