Hasta El Gol Siempre

This week I make my first foray out of the internet realm and into the big, proper-writing world of print. The good people at British magazine When Saturday Comes have seen fit to provide me with my national debut this month. In ‘Season In Brief’ I write about the 1991 Torneo Apertura, in which Ramón Díaz [...]

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Following Estudiantes’ aggregate loss to LDU Quito on Tuesday night, Lanús took on Atlas in the Estadio Jalisco and also exited the tournament. Having lost 1-0 last week in Buenos Aires, Ramón Cabrero’s side needed to win at least 2-1 to advance, and failed in agonising fashion - Lautaro Acosta got a 90th minute goal [...]

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Estudiantes de La Plata are left with only the Torneo Clausura title to fight for after a 2-1 victory over LDU Quito on Tuesday night wasn’t enough to see them through to the quarter finals of the Copa Libertadores. Drawing 1-1 at half-time, Estudiantes got the eventual winner on the night midway through the second [...]

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