Daily Archives: Thursday, 14 August 2008

Palermo arrives at a record

In a glorified all-Argentine continental pre-season friendly, Boca Juniors hosted Arsenal de Sarandí in Racing’s ground on Wednesday night, in the first leg of the Recopa Sudamericana, played between the winners of the previous year’s (not season, confusingly) Copas Sudamericana and … Continue reading

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Olympic Football Tournament: Argentina 2 – 0 Serbia

Argentina rounded off their Olympic Football Tournament group campaign with an academic defeat of Serbia on Wednesday. Having already qualified for the quarter-finals, Sergio Batista rested Juan Román Riquelme, Javier Mascherano and (to the disappointment of a Chinese crowd who’d … Continue reading

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