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Sam Kelly is an English football writer based in Buenos Aires, specialising in all things Argentina - the national team and the domestic league - as well as across South America for When Saturday Comes, ESPN Soccernet, the Hong Kong Jockey Club and In Bed With Maradona among others.

Clausura 2012: all the scores and scorers

Posted on Tuesday, 14 February 2012

The first round of the 2012 Torneo Clausura brought with it no shortage of draws; six of the ten matches finished all square. Boca Juniors and Lanús were the most impressive performers, Rafaela and San Martín are the other winners, … Continue reading →

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Clausura 2012: Rafaela thrash Banfield, and in Nacional B River go joint top with a win (video)

Posted on Monday, 13 February 2012

The first round of the 2012 Torneo Clausura continued apace on Sunday, with four more matches. In the first, Atlético de Rafaela beat a woeful Banfield 3-0 to creep closer to 30 points for the season, and later on there … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Torneo Clausura, Atlético Rafaela, B Nacional, Goal videos, Godoy Cruz, River Plate, Vélez Sarsfield | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Clausura 2012: San Martín down Independiente, and two underwhelming draws

Posted on Sunday, 12 February 2012

Saturday saw the continuation of the first round of matches in this year’s Torneo Clausura, with San Martín de San Juan claiming a 1-0 win over Independiente and the day’s other two games finishing in draws. Estudiantes drew 1-1 with … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Torneo Clausura, All Boys, Belgrano de Córdoba, Estudiantes, Goal videos, Independiente, Newell's Old Boys, Primera A, San Martín de San Juan | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Clausura 2012: Boca and Lanús begin with victories (video), plus the rest of the weekend’s fixtures

Posted on Saturday, 11 February 2012

Lanús and champions Boca Juniors both began their 2012 Torneo Clausura title campaigns on Friday night, the opening evening of the new championship in Argentina. Both won: Boca beat Olimpo de Bahía Blanca 2-0 in La Bombonera, Darío Cvitanich and … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Torneo Clausura, Boca Juniors, Goal videos, Lanús, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, Primera A, Results, San Lorenzo | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Argentines Abroad: a quick roundup

Posted on Thursday, 9 February 2012

It’s time for a quick roundup of the action from the Argentine foreign legion in Italy, Spain, Mexico and Portugal, as Lionel Messi found the net after four games without a goal, Chelo Delgado scored a fine goal in Mexico, … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentines abroad, Goal videos, Lionel Messi, Lucho González, Rodrigo Palacio | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Estudiantes finally wrap up the 2011 Apertura with a win (video)

Posted on Sunday, 5 February 2012

On the 4th February 2012, the last game of the 2011 Torneo Apertura was finally completed. Estudiantes’ home match against Banfield in the 15th round had been called off 13 minutes in with the score at 1-0 to the visitors … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 Torneo Apertura, Banfield, Estudiantes, Goal videos, Primera A, Results | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Argentines Abroad: Messi disappoints, Lucho moves back to an old home and more

Posted on Friday, 3 February 2012

It’s been a good while since the last lot of Argentines Abroad, partly because of the Claudio Yacob exclusive on Tuesday night, partly because of an enormous storm in Buenos Aires over the last 24 hours which left me stranded … Continue reading →

Posted in Diego Simeone, Goal videos, Javier Mascherano, José Sand, Lionel Messi, Lisandro López, Lucho González, Marcelo Bielsa, Mauricio Pochettino | Tagged | Leave a comment

HEGS exclusive: England’s Arsenal want Racing’s Yacob at season’s end

Posted on Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Now that the January transfer window has closed in England, I’ve been given the go-ahead to report, exclusive to HEGS, that a few days ago a representative of Arsenal’s scouting team in London enquired about offering a contract to Claudio … Continue reading →

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Argentines Abroad: Messi hits three, Lamela key again, Aimar scores a cracker & more (videos)

Posted on Wednesday, 25 January 2012

It’s been another action-packed round of matches around the world, with Argentines once again providing no shortage of highlights. Step this way for the latest on Lionel Messi’s fine weekend performance and some impressive contributions in Italy, Spain, France, Portugal … Continue reading →

Posted in Erik Lamela, Goal videos, Gonzalo Higuaín, José Sand, Lionel Messi, Lisandro López, Pablo Aimar | Tagged ,

Copa Libertadores 2012: Argentina’s challengers

Posted on Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Tuesday night sees Arsenal de Sarandí get the ball rolling in the first match of the 2012 Copa Libertadores, which is being played as this post goes online because I hadn’t realised it kicked off so early in the evening. … Continue reading →

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