Daily Archives: Wednesday, 26 December 2007

R.I.P. Raúl Emilio Bernao

Posted on Wednesday, 26 December 2007 by

Former Argentina and Independiente forward Raúl Emilio Bernao died of a hepatitis-related illness on Wednesday, aged 66. Bernao was born in Sarandí on the 4th November 1941, and played in nearby Avellaneda for Independiente from 1961 to 1970, scoring 41 … Continue reading →

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Christmas behind bars

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Several of River Plate’s most notorious barra bravas have spent Christmas this year in jail, and now they’re to be joined for the new year by their boss, Alan Schlenker, after a senior judge ordered the capo of Los Borrachos … Continue reading →

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