Monthly Archives: February 2009

Torneo Clausura 2009

Posted on Friday, 6 February 2009 by

At long last, after a summer of transfer bore-stories and ridiculous friendly matches which are only 70 or 80 minutes long, real league football returns to the Argentine Republic on Friday night. Following the most closely-fought championship in short tournament … Continue reading →

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Ortega’s not coming back

Posted on Thursday, 5 February 2009 by

At least not yet. After a summer transfer break full of ‘yes he will… no he won’t… yes he will…’ style changing of minds, Ariel Ortega will not be returning to River Plate for the Clausura. At least not as … Continue reading →

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Estudiantes qualify for the Copa, and Argentina’s kids are in trouble

Posted on Thursday, 5 February 2009 by

Two matches were taking place simultaneously with potentially enormous consequences for HEGS this year. In one, Estudiantes de La Plata had the second leg of their Copa Libertadores qualifier against Sporting Cristal of Peru, having lost the first 2-1 in … Continue reading →

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Ledesma left at home, and Newell’s right of admission

Posted on Wednesday, 4 February 2009 by

Diego Maradona’s not pleased with the AFA, after revealing that the reason for his not calling up Juan Román Riquelme and Sebastián Battaglia was that the governing body insisted Boca Juniors play on Sunday rather than Saturday, even though the … Continue reading →

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Argentines Abroad – 31st Jan / 1st Feb; and the domestic callups

Posted on Tuesday, 3 February 2009 by

Diego Maradona announced the home-based players for the France friendly on Monday (surprise surprise, Boca Juniors won’t be inconvenienced by any call-ups…), after another fun-packed weekend for the foreign legion, during which Nico Burdisso rescued a record for his manager … Continue reading →

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A loss in the derby

Posted on Monday, 2 February 2009 by

Argentina’s underwhelming showing in the Sudamericano Sub 20 continued on Monday evening as they lost 2-0 in the final group stage to bitter rivals Brazil. In torrential rain, Argentina actually turned in their best performance of the tournament so far … Continue reading →

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Summer’s almost over…

Posted on Monday, 2 February 2009 by

At long last, we’re within a week of the return of proper domestic football to the Argentine top flight. The curtain is coming down on the summer tournaments with a bad-blooded Copa Ciudad de Mendoza (AKA Copa Revancha) in which Boca Juniors outclassed River Plate, … Continue reading →

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