Monthly Archives: August 2010

The 2010 Torneo Apertura is already one-nine-and-a-halfth of the way through, and with River plate hopeful of putting together the kind of run they need to avoid relegation, Boca Juniors still waiting for Juan Román Riquelme to return to fitness … Continue reading →

Posted on Wednesday, 18 August 2010 by

Torneo Apertura 2010: round 2 scores and scorers

Posted on Tuesday, 17 August 2010 by

In the final match of the second round of the 2010 Torneo Apertura, Independiente and Argentinos Juniors met in the Estadio Libertadores de América on Monday evening. I was there, along with Ben Fawkes from the excellent Football Filter, and … Continue reading →

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It ain’t over til the fat man speaks…

Posted on Monday, 16 August 2010 by

…And Julio Grondona has spoken. As well as defending himself against Diego Maradona’s accusations of lying (‘Time will tell whether I lied’), he’s also insisted he has no problem with Carlos Tevez’s statements of last week either. He claims he’d … Continue reading →

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Apertura 2010: round 2 Sunday goals

Posted on Monday, 16 August 2010 by

Sunday’s matches in the 2010 Torneo Apertura saw Ángel Cappa welcomed back to El Palacio as a hero. His River Plate team were more impressive than last week, but still ended up having to defend as if their lives depended … Continue reading →

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More rumours regarding Diego Maradona’s future

Posted on Sunday, 15 August 2010 by

There’s some odd stuff coming from the mouth of Diego Maradona’s European agent Walter Soriano today. A couple of news sites in the UK are reporting that Maradona is considering a number of European managerial jobs, and that his agent … Continue reading →

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Torneo Apertura 2010: round 2 Saturday goals

Posted on Sunday, 15 August 2010 by

This didn’t go up last night because (not for the first time), Flash kept crashing on my computer, meaning I couldn’t navigate YouTube at all. But here it is now. Saturday’s matches saw Lanús and Newell’s draw, San Lorenzo and … Continue reading →

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Colón 0 – 1 Banfield – El Taladro march on

Posted on Saturday, 14 August 2010 by

Banfield recorded their second win of the campaign on Friday night in the evening’s only Primera División match. Substitute Cristian García got the only goal of the game with twelve minutes to play to hand El Taladro a victory away … Continue reading →

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Diego Maradona has got a new deal!

Posted on Friday, 13 August 2010 by

A brief update to the weekend fixture list posted here this morning: it now looks very much, according to an Estudiantes-supporting friend of mine in La Plata, like Estudiantes will indeed be playing Quilmes at ‘home’ in Quilmes’ own stadium. … Continue reading →

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Torneo Apertura 2010: round 2 fixtures

Posted on Friday, 13 August 2010 by

The second round of the 2010 Torneo Apertura is upon us, and it’s going on all the way into Monday evening. I went down to La Bombonera earlier to try and sort a friend out with tickets for Boca vs … Continue reading →

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Riquelme finally signs, and Seba Verón wades in on Maradona

Posted on Thursday, 12 August 2010 by

After more ins and outs, ups and downs and all round tedious moaning than a particularly tawdry adult film, Juan Román Riquelme has finally signed his new four-year contract with Boca Juniors. Putting pen to paper earlier today, the Boca … Continue reading →

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