Monthly Archives: April 2008

LDU Quito 2 – 0 Estudiantes: the goals

The goals from last night’s Copa Libertadores last sixteen, first leg match in Ecuador are online now. Read on to see them…

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LDU Quito 2 – 0 Estudiantes

Estudiantes controlled the first half despite playing away at altitude in Ecuador, but came unstuck in the second. Goals from Joffre Guerrón and Damián Manso combined with a late red card for Estuidiantes’ Juan Manuel Díaz to make the task … Continue reading

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Lanús 0 – 1 Atlas

Bruno Marioni scored a first-half winner for Atlas as the Mexicans visited El Sur and beat Lanús in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores second round. The Mexicans came to Buenos Aires with every intention of attacking, and got … Continue reading

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Copa Libertadores: last 16 kickoff times

The first knockout round of the 2008 Copa Libertadores begins on Tuesday,  so here, for the sake of anyone trying to find kick off times, are the start times for all the first-leg matches (non-Argentine games as well).

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Clausura ’08: Round 12 goals

The goals from the twelfth round of matches in the 2008 Torneo Clausura are online now, and there are plenty of ‘em, including some magnificent ones. To see the lot of them, click here for TN’s weekly video, and for … Continue reading

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Clausura ’08: Round 12 scores and scorers

Racing made it four – four! – matches without defeat at home to Tigre in the weekend’s only goalless game. Three games featured three goals, Estudiantes vs. Central had four, Vélez and Lanús shared five (the last of which came … Continue reading

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Buen-anotte

River Plate will be going into next weekend’s superclásico looking down on Boca Juniors from the top of the Primera A table, after they returned to winning ways against Argentinos Juniors thanks to a spectacular performance from their teenage wunderkid … Continue reading

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Two managers leaving

Olimpo lost their manager on Friday, Gustavo Echaníz stepping down from his charge of the Bahiense side, whilst Lanús are now starting to plan for life without their most successful ever boss – Ramón Cabrero has announced he’ll leave the … Continue reading

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Ahead again

Estudiantes have taken full advantage of their early start to the weekend, applying pressure on River Plate by going top of the table themselves on Friday night with a comfortable 3-1 win at home to Rosario Central. The visitors were … Continue reading

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Boca 3 – 0 Maracaibo: the goals (at last)

In the excitement of Wednesday evening’s league matches finally being played after postponements, I forgot to post the video of the goals from Boca’s 3-0 victory over Maracaibo which helped them to qualify for the knockout stages of the Copa … Continue reading

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