Daily Archives: Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Racing away from success

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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 … Continue reading →

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A word in his ear

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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 … Continue reading →

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Back to the future

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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 … Continue reading →

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Nothing to see here…

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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 … Continue reading →

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