Comments on: Independiente sign Medel, and Gorosito chooses an interesting captain… http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2009/01/16/independiente-sign-medel-and-gorosito-chooses-an-interesting-captain/ More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Johnny http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2009/01/16/independiente-sign-medel-and-gorosito-chooses-an-interesting-captain/#comment-3268 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:21:10 +0000 http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/?p=2380#comment-3268 Krupoviesa and Noir are both in the starting lineup tonight for Boca against San Lorenzo. I thought both were gone, Noir to Porto Alegre, and Snoopy, to I forget where. Strange, no ? I’m guessing both are leaving, and both on loans, otherwise they wouldn’t be playing tonight. Or, they aren’t leaving ?

]]> By: hastaelgolsiempre http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2009/01/16/independiente-sign-medel-and-gorosito-chooses-an-interesting-captain/#comment-3262 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:15:06 +0000 http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/?p=2380#comment-3262 Murt… what Seba said, really. You can get an indicator of a competition’s importance from the amount of attention it gets in terms of match write-ups on here, and you may note that I’m only doing two or three short paragraphs per game for the Torneo de Verano.

It did give me the chance to see my first clásico (River vs Racing in Mardel two years ago), but other than that I don’t have an awful lot to say about it…

]]> By: murt http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2009/01/16/independiente-sign-medel-and-gorosito-chooses-an-interesting-captain/#comment-3260 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:10:29 +0000 http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/?p=2380#comment-3260 cheers for that seba. it sounds like a good tournament: you have sold it to me.

]]> By: Seba http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2009/01/16/independiente-sign-medel-and-gorosito-chooses-an-interesting-captain/#comment-3259 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:04:29 +0000 http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/?p=2380#comment-3259 Murt…it is a pointless tournament. It always has been and it’ll always will.

All you get from Torneo de Verano matches are:

1. Horrible football (due to the teams being in the middle of pre-season trainings and not match-fit).

2. Nasty injuries (like the one promising Racing youngster Lihué Prichoda sustained against Independiente, breaking a bone in one foot and probably out of the Clausura -or at least a big part of it-).

3. Violence in the stands. Violent fans are at it because they know it’ll be very very unlikely for their teams to be deducted points and because security controls are not so rigorous.

All in all…a complete waste of time. A tournament that’s only there because of the money coming from television.

If only the AFA had the brains to create a Cup competitions say from Mid-January till late February and involve more than the Big5 teams in an official and relevant tournament….

]]> By: murt http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2009/01/16/independiente-sign-medel-and-gorosito-chooses-an-interesting-captain/#comment-3258 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:06:25 +0000 http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/?p=2380#comment-3258 Do the teams in general in the Torneo de Verano put out reserve sides and do they care about winning the games?? is it a pointless tournament?? Will boca put out a strong team against San Lorenzo and vice versa??

]]> By: justin http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2009/01/16/independiente-sign-medel-and-gorosito-chooses-an-interesting-captain/#comment-3257 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:55:51 +0000 http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/?p=2380#comment-3257 I think Ahumada is a great choice. If some fans can’t take it, screw ‘em, they were probably the ones throwing corn.

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