Well, that shows what I know…

Posted on Monday, 21 January 2008 by hastaelgolsiempre

On Monday, there arrived some proof that you can’t trust all my opinions on matters footbally. Back in June, Vélez Sársfield’s then-19-year-old forward Mauro Zárate moved to Al-Sadd of Qatar, and I suggested it was madness for him to think that Europe’s top clubs would still be interested regardless of how well he did in [...]

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A Clausura and Libertadores Q&A

Posted on Monday, 21 January 2008 by hastaelgolsiempre

The Clausura kicks off in around three weeks, dear readers, and we’re now less than two weeks away from the start of the qualifying rounds of the most enjoyable club football competition in the world, the Copa Libertadores. To mark the start of the countdown to both, The very excellent folk at Soccer Source asked [...]

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Yet more bother at Racing

Posted on Monday, 21 January 2008 by hastaelgolsiempre

And us English think Newcastle United are a joke team. The pre-season in Argentina continues, and there’s been more mudslinging and attempts to get out at one of the country’s biggest clubs - and this time some of it’s even come from the manager himself. OK, you know I’m talking about Racing because you’ve read [...]

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