Monthly Archives: November 2010

River celebrate though they didn’t play, and the champions win

Posted on Tuesday, 30 November 2010 by

River Plate were the side who benefited most from Huracán’s 1-2 home defeat to Lanús on Monday evening, since it was a result which, for the first time in months, lifts River out of the relegation promoción (playoff) places. Later … Continue reading →

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River win, Boca lose, and Estudiantes edge closer

Posted on Monday, 29 November 2010 by

Estudiantes de La Plata edged a little closer to deciding what’s proving a neck-and-neck race with Vélez Sarsfield for the 2010 Torneo Apertura title with a 2-1 away win over Independiente on Sunday afternoon. Juan Pablo Pereyra gave them the … Continue reading →

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Saturday’s goals

Posted on Sunday, 28 November 2010 by

Saturday involved an early start and a late finish for me in socialising terms in the evening, so here are the goals from it now. Quilmes claimed only their second win of the season, at home to All Boys by … Continue reading →

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Godoy Cruz qualify for 2011 Copa Libertadores

Posted on Friday, 26 November 2010 by

Godoy Cruz qualified for next year’s Copa Libertadores on Friday night with a 3-1 away win over Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, and in so doing they’ll become the first team from the province of Mendoza ever to play in … Continue reading →

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Torneo Apertura 2010: round 16 fixtures

Posted on Friday, 26 November 2010 by

Estudiantes visit Copa Sudamericana finalists Independiente on Sunday, Vélez Sarsfield host Tigre on Tuesday (a match too late to be covered by the weekly Hand Of Pod podcast) and Boca Juniors travel to Newell’s Old Boys. Meanwhile on Friday evening, … Continue reading →

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Copa Sudamericana 2010: Independiente are finalists

Posted on Thursday, 25 November 2010 by

Independiente qualified for the final of the 2010 Copa Sudamericana on Thursday night, thanks to a 2-1 home win over defending champions Liga de Quito which, with a 4-4 aggregate draw, saw the Avellaneda side go through on away goals. … Continue reading →

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In the second episode of Hand Of Pod, I rejoin Dan and Dan to discuss last week’s superclásico and Argentina’s Lionel Messi-inspired win over Brazil. Last week’s River Plate-supporting guest Gerardo is back to give us his take on both. … Continue reading →

Posted on Wednesday, 24 November 2010 by

Argentines Abroad: 20th & 21st November 2010

Posted on Tuesday, 23 November 2010 by

A doubly pleasing Argentine performance for Manchester City on Saturday was matched by a veritable flood of goals from Argentines in Europe’s major leagues. As well as Carlos Tevez and Pablo Zabaleta both scoring for City, there were also goals … Continue reading →

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Torneo Apertura 2010: round 15 scores and scorers

Posted on Tuesday, 23 November 2010 by

On Monday evening, Lanús beat Tigre 2-0 in La Fortaleza. Elsewhere, the other two Monday matches both finished in 1-1 draws: Olimpo gave away a lead against Argentinos Juniors, and Colón and Independiente fought out a draw which didn’t particularly … Continue reading →

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Boca win, River draw

Posted on Monday, 22 November 2010 by

Boca Juniors recorded a much-needed win in their first match since Juan Román Riquelme’s latest injury, beating Arsenal de Sarandí 2-1 in La Bombonera thanks to goals from Martín Palermo and Sergio Araujo. Elsewhere on Sunday River Plate and San … Continue reading →

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