Daily Archives: Friday, 15 February 2008

The new Messi?

Never let it be said that Barcelona’s scouts are lazy. Not content, in recent years, with discovering Lionel Messi, Bojan Krkic and Giovani Dos Santos to name but three, the club’s newest signing has just been confirmed – and impressed … Continue reading

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A footballing map of Argentina

Eagle-eyed perusers of the page tabs along the top of the site will have noticed the addition on Thursday night of our new map. This has been put together by Bill at Bill’s Sports Maps, and he’s very kindly allowed … Continue reading

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Clausura ’08: Round 2 fixtures

The second round of matches in the 2008 Torneo Clausura is already upon us. Champions Lanús, fresh from Thursday night’s Copa Libertadores win over Danubio, visit Huracán on Sunday, before the two ‘Junior’ teams clash at La Bombonera. River, the … Continue reading

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Lanús 3 – 1 Danubio

Lanús are the best team in Argentina, don’t you know. In case anyone wondered about their ability to challenge for honours again this year, they reminded us of that fact on Thursday night by claiming Argentina’s first win in four … Continue reading

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San Martín 2 – 0 River Plate: the goals

Here are the goals from Wednesday night’s Copa Libertadores group match between San Martín of Peru and River. Watch out for the second, it’s rather good…

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