Monthly Archives: October 2009

Torneo Apertura 2009: Round 8 fixtures

Posted on Wednesday, 7 October 2009 by

With Saturday featuring Argentina’s must-win World Cup qualifier at home to Peru, the AFA have brought forward most of the eighth round of the 2009 Torneo Apertura, rather than opt for a two-week gap between matches. River Plate confirmed on … Continue reading →

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Full time approaching for Diego?

Posted on Wednesday, 7 October 2009 by

Ahead of the World Cup qualifying double-header which kicks off against Peru on Saturday, Diego Maradona did his bit for team harmony amongst the under-pressure Argentina squad by telling the press that he wasn’t sure whether he’d continue as manager … Continue reading →

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Argentines Abroad: 3rd & 4th October 2009

Posted on Tuesday, 6 October 2009 by

As the selección converge on Ezeiza from all corners of the world (well, western Europe) for the final, must-not-balls-up-this-time double-header of World Cup qualifiers against Peru (Saturday in El Monumental) and Uruguay (a week on Wednesday in Montevideo’s Estadio Centenario), … Continue reading →

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Torneo Apertura 2009: Round 7 goals

Posted on Monday, 5 October 2009 by

The goals from the seventh round of the 2009 Torneo Apertura are online now, and they include some crackers. Watch out in particular for Pablo Toranzo’s screamer for Huracán against Racing, and Juan Román Riquelme’s equaliser for Boca against Vélez … Continue reading →

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Torneo Apertura 2009: Round 7 scores and scorers

Posted on Monday, 5 October 2009 by

Martín Palermo scored an amazing 45-yard header to win a five-goal bonanza in La Bombonera as Boca Juniors became the first team this season to beat Vélez Sársfield. It’s got the more excitable elements of the Argentine press (which is … Continue reading →

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San Lorenzo give Gorosito a send-off

Posted on Sunday, 4 October 2009 by

On Friday Néstor Gorosito announced that win, lose or draw against San Lorenzo today, he’d be stepping down as manager of River Plate. Fitting that he should do so against the man he replaced in the Núñez hot seat, in … Continue reading →

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Not a lot in it

Posted on Sunday, 4 October 2009 by

Friday and Saturday’s matches have combined to leave the top of the Primera División table looking decidedly congested, and it might well get even more so on Sunday. On Friday Banfield failed to draw level with Estudiantes at the top, … Continue reading →

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Torneo Apertura 2009: Round 7 fixtures

Posted on Friday, 2 October 2009 by

Ricardo Caruso Lombardi’s Racing visit Huracán in what could be the manager’s penultimate match in charge of the Avellaneda side. If he doesn’t see a big improvement from his players by the time the next round’s game against Boca Juniors … Continue reading →

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Goals from two meaningless matches

Posted on Thursday, 1 October 2009 by

One of the matches on Wednesday night featured a ‘national’ team playing Ghana in Córdoba. Martín Palermo scored both goals and, as a result, has convinced everyone in the press that he’d be ideal to play as the number 9 … Continue reading →

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