Monthly Archives: June 2009

Clausura ’09: Round 18 scores and scorers

Posted on Monday, 22 June 2009 by

The title race is going down to the last weekend – in two weeks’ time – and will be decided when the top two, Huracán and Vélez, play each other in Liniers, after the latter drew with Lanús to leave … Continue reading →

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Racing to salvation

Posted on Saturday, 20 June 2009 by

A little later on today, Racing Club de Avellaneda will play Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy away from home. A win will be enough for them to confirm safety from relegation – they won’t even have a threat of a … Continue reading →

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Celebrations all round

Posted on Saturday, 20 June 2009 by

With their backs to the wall, San Martín de Tucumán won on Friday night. Any other result would have relegated them, but as they worked their way to a 1-0 victory away to Newell’s Old Boys, El Coloso Del Parque … Continue reading →

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Clausura ’09: Round 18 fixtures

Posted on Friday, 19 June 2009 by

The penultimate round of Torneo Clausura matches is played this weekend, after which we’ve got a fortnight’s gap due to next week’s Argentine elections. Vélez Sársfield would win the league on Sunday if they beat Lanús and Huracán lose against Arsenal … Continue reading →

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Copa Libertadores 2009: Estudiantes (2) 1 – 0 (0) Defensor Sporting

Posted on Friday, 19 June 2009 by

In spite of the dreadful showing by Argentine clubs in this year’s Copa Libertadores, one of them will be in the semi-finals, after Estudiantes beat Uruguay’s Defensor Sporting on a better-than-expected pitch in La Plata 1-0, to complete a 2-0 … Continue reading →

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Treading new ground

Posted on Thursday, 18 June 2009 by

After falling out with River Plate over the appalling pitch surface for the recent World Cup qualifier at home to Colombia, the AFA have submitted a request to FIFA that Rosario Central’s stadium, El Gigante Del Arroyito, be accredited as … Continue reading →

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Ischia leaves Boca

Posted on Wednesday, 17 June 2009 by

That’s not much of a news story, I know, but Carlos Ischia has now dotted the ‘i’s and crossed the ‘t’s on the paperwork that sees his reign as Boca Juniors manager come to an end. He’ll say goodbye to … Continue reading →

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A bit of a grey area

Posted on Tuesday, 16 June 2009 by

Estudiantes de La Plata might be paying on Thursday night for a decision very similar to that made by River Plate shortly before Argentina’s recent match against Colombia. The city government of La Plata allowed rock band La Renga to … Continue reading →

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Clausura ’09: Round 17 goals

Posted on Monday, 15 June 2009 by

The goals from the seventeenth round of the 2009 Torneo Clausura are online now, and you can watch them on the TN Sportblog simply by clicking here (and then clicking play). If you don’t know which teams wear which shirts, … Continue reading →

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Clausura ’09: Round 17 scores and scorers

Posted on Monday, 15 June 2009 by

Sunday’s two clásicos saw two unheralded winners, although given recent form they weren’t, perhaps, huge surprises. Huracán won away to San Lorenzo (in La Bombonera) for the first time in seven years to maintain the pressure at the top thanks … Continue reading →

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