Hasta El Gol Siempre

We’ve got a weekend full of derbies ahead. Colón and Newell’s aren’t in the same city but they are both in Santa Fé Province, so theirs is a sort of half-rivalry to get us warmed up for the main events. Saturday and Sunday have two clásicos each, the La Plata derby starting things off before [...]

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San Lorenzo wanted a sizeable win on Thursday night against Liga de Quito, Estudiantes’ conquerors in the previous round of the Copa Libertadores. Knowing they’ll have to travel to the Ecuadorian capital to play a high-altitude second leg, Ramón Díaz’s team needed to attack and get a couple of goals ahead for their fans to [...]

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In the first leg of the Copa Libertadores quarter-final, Boca Juniors played host to Mexican side Atlas in Vélez Sársfield’s stadium as a result of the ban CONMEBOL imposed on La Bombonera following an incident at the end of their previous home match against Cruzeiro. The change of scene didn’t suit Boca one bit; having [...]

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The Copa Libertadores quarter-finals are upon us tonight, and if you’re after the kick off times for all the ties - whether or not they involve an Argentine side - you’ll find them right here.

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The winners of at least one event in the 2008 Beijing Olympics may as well be handed their medals now. Argentina will surely be successful in their defence of the title they won in Athens four years ago, because it was confirmed on Tuesday that Barcelona will allow Lionel Messi to join the squad. Elsewhere Julio [...]

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All the goals from the fourteenth round of the 2008 Torneo Clausura can be seen right here thanks to TN. As usual, read on for the running order of the TN clip. GolesTV have been unable to get all the goals uploaded as we went to press, which has affected the normal ‘goals of the [...]

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The first thing to do, of course, is remind everyone that nominations are open for the HEGS Award for Best Argentine Football in a Foreign League. Email your chosen one to sam@hastaelgolsiempre.com with ‘HEGS Award’ in the subject line (unless you already have, obviously).
There were two major triumphs for Argentine players in the weekend just [...]

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A dreadful week for Estudiantes and River Plate got much better on Sunday - both were knocked out of the Copa Libertadores in midweek, River after having lost last weekend’s superclásico, but this time out, Estudiantes beat Boca by a single goal and River rallied to demolish Gimnasia La Plata in the second half, running [...]

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Estudiantes de La Plata had a tricky task this weekend to atone for their Copa Libertadores elimination at the hands of LDU Quito in midweek, but they’ve passed the test with flying colours. They hosted third-placed Boca Juniors in the Estadio Municipal de La Plata on Sunday afternoon and, inspired as ever by Juan Sebastián [...]

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River Plate’s exit on Thursday night from the Copa Libertadores was so dramatic, even some of the opposition were left feeling a bit bad about it. Granted, Ramón Díaz isn’t exactly the world’s biggest River-hater, but after helping eliminate his former club, he made an apology of sorts. Another man saying sorry, meanwhile, might be rather more [...]

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