Another look at the start of the year

Posted on Friday, 29 February 2008 by hastaelgolsiempre

Following the piece Pitch Invasion published by me earlier in the week, the excellent Soccer Lens have been kind enough to feature another article by me. The Pitch Invasion piece dealt largely with Racing – this one looks at Vélez’s good start to the Clausura, and the mixed beginnings Argentine sides have enjoyed in the [...]

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Clausura ‘08: Round 4 fixtures

Posted on Friday, 29 February 2008 by hastaelgolsiempre

Two of last week’s victors clash in the weekend’s first match, and it’s not often you get to write that sentence when one of the teams involved is Central. Leaders Vélez travel to Jujuy and Independiente look to bounce back from last week’s loss to the Rosario side as they take on Argentinos, and River [...]

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Los Borrachos are at it again

Posted on Thursday, 28 February 2008 by hastaelgolsiempre

Sadly familiar scenes in Retiro. Two hours before Wednesday night’s Copa Libertadores match between River Plate and Club América, the internal squabble enveloping River’s barra brava, Los Borrachos del Tablón, blew up yet again at the train station in the northern barrio, and a man was hospitalised.

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River Plate 2 – 1 Club América de México

Posted on Thursday, 28 February 2008 by hastaelgolsiempre

River desperately needed a win on Wednesday night to get their Copa Libertadores campaign up and running, but played underwhelmingly and were only drawing with tough opponents, unable to make the breakthrough in the second half. And then up popped one of the club’s icons to give all three points to the Millonarios. Ariel Ortega’s [...]

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Racing away from success

Posted on Wednesday, 27 February 2008 by hastaelgolsiempre

The kind folk at Pitch Invasion have published another of my musings, this time on the opening weeks of the Clausura and Racing’s truly terrible start to the year.
‘Micó isn’t to blame – he only came in after Gustavo Costas left in December – and nor are most of his players. Aside from the return [...]

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A word in his ear

Posted on Wednesday, 27 February 2008 by hastaelgolsiempre

Pedro Troglio’s been talking too much. He’s been upsetting some people who have a lot of influence over his continued wellbeing and, on Wednesday, the Independiente manager had a visit from some gentlemen who sat him down and told him, quietly but firmly, that he’d better shut up if he knows what’s best for him.

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Back to the future

Posted on Wednesday, 27 February 2008 by hastaelgolsiempre

Pedro Pompilio’s time as Boca Juniors president is over. For now. The General Inspection of Justice, which had been looking into the executive committee’s decision to ratify Pompilio as Mauricio Macri’s successor, ruled late on Tuesday that without elections, there could be no change of president, so the title reverts to Macri, now Mayor of [...]

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Nothing to see here…

Posted on Wednesday, 27 February 2008 by hastaelgolsiempre

The first all-Argentine fixture of Copa Libertadores Group 2 was played on Tuesday evening in La Plata, and it wasn’t the most thrilling of spectacles. Estudiantes hosted Lanús and, after the high-scoring shenanigans of both sides in the league on Friday, we might have been forgiven for licking our lips in anticipation of a goalfest. [...]

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Clausura ‘08: Round 3 goals

Posted on Monday, 25 February 2008 by hastaelgolsiempre

The goals from the third round of the 2008 Torneo Clausura are online now, and can be seen through TN’s website by clicking here. They’ve gone back to the normal simple goal video this week after last week’s massively overlong highlights package, so read on for a rundown of the running order, and my personal [...]

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