Monthly Archives: February 2010

Clausura 2010: round 5 Saturday goals

Saturday’s biggest match was the first ever clásico de Avellaneda to be played at the new Doble Visera, and it was a good result for the home side, with Independiente winning by just one goal – and that from the … Continue reading

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Clausura 2010: round 5 Friday goals

Friday night saw Chacarita Juniors cruise to a 3-0 win away to Arsenal de Sarandí, before a lively match in La Bombonera ended in a 1-1 draw between Boca Juniors and Estudiantes. Martín Palermo scored a penalty against his former … Continue reading

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Torneo Clausura 2010: Round 6 fixtures

The biggest match of the weekend takes place on Saturday, when Racing travel the couple of hundred yards to the new Estadio Libertadores de América to take on Independiente in the clásico de Avellaneda. Boca Juniors, bizarrely, are in action … Continue reading

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Copa Libertadores 2010: Lanús finally hit their stride

After a dreadful run of form both domestically and continentally at the start of 2010, Lanús have finally had a decent week. After drawing in the league last weekend 1-1 away to Newell’s to cut short a run of five … Continue reading

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Banfield 3 – 0 Argentinos: the goals

The goals from Wednesday night’s match, which formed the remaining 82 minutes of the Banfield vs Argentinos Juniors match from the second round of the Torneo Clausura, are online now. The champions won 3-0 with Sebastián Fernández, Marcelo Quinteros and … Continue reading

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Argentines Abroad: 20th – 24th February 2010

A very late Argentines Abroad this week, because I was in Manchester over the weekend and didn’t get home until Tuesday night. One advantage of this is that we saw a very mixed midweek lot of action. In England it … Continue reading

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Clausura 2010: Banfield 2 – 0 Argentinos Juniors

Banfield and Argentinos Juniors met on Wednesday night to play the remaining 82 minutes of the match that, during the second round of the Torneo Clausura, was called off due to ridiculously heavy rain in El Sur. The champions won … Continue reading

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Copa Libertadores 2010: Vélez win again

Vélez Sársfield are enjoying 2010 so far. Top of the Clausura table already, on Tuesday night they went top of Group 7 of the Copa Libertadores with a 1-0 win away to Venezuela’s Deportivo Italia. It was an uninspiring performance … Continue reading

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Torneo Clausura 2010: Round 5 scores and scorers

There were plenty of draws in the fifth round of the 2010 Torneo Clausura, with only Friday offering goals in any real measure, but here you can see the heroes and villains from all the fixtures, including a not-so-happy 18th … Continue reading

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Clausura 2010: round 5 Sunday goals

There were no winners from Sunday’s matches in the Primera División – literally. One 0-0 and three 1-1s do not an exciting day of football make, but there were a couple of talking points. Matías Almeyda played for River Plate … Continue reading

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