Category Archives: 2008 Torneo Clausura

All the ups and downs

Photo by guille rusconi on the HEGS Flickr pool It’s a bit late this year, but with the pre-seasons well and truly underway it’s about time HEGS explained the teams who will be changing divisions this year. We’ve got the … Continue reading

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A homage to Verón

If you can remember new year’s day, you’ll remember that Juan Sebastián Verón was recently named South America’s Footballer Of The Year for 2008 by El País of Montevideo. Well now, on Soccernet, you can read more about why I was … Continue reading

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How did those resolutions work out?

I’ve looked at 2008 as far as the action between the touch- and goal lines is concerned already – if you’re struggling to remember, the Clausura review is here, and the Apertura one is here. It’s time, though, to take a look at how … Continue reading

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Would everybody please stop getting shot (or stabbed)?

This week, I’ve written for ESPN Soccernet on the murder of Daniel López in Colón’s stadium during their match against Banfield on Saturday, along with the death, early on Sunday morning, of Rodrigo Silva, the Huracán barra who was shot … Continue reading

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On the way

Diego Simeone will manage his last game as River Plate boss this Sunday against Huracán, after admitting in the wake of another spectacular continental elimination, and the worst start to a season in the club’s history, that he can’t stay … Continue reading

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Fight Central

Newell’s Old Boys got a HEGS headline last week thanks in part to their chairman, Eduardo López. It obviously affected the air in Rosario, because on Monday a video was made public of the city’s other top-flight football president, Horacio … Continue reading

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Where are the champions?

The fallout from the clásico against San Lorenzo on Sunday is beginning to die down in Núñez now, after two days of bitter attacks on Cuervo defender Sebastián Méndez for his horrific attempt to snap Radamel Falcao García in two at the … Continue reading

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Ahumada stays, and Agüero to England?

Now, here’s a surprise. For days, his departure has been a given, but on Monday Oscar Ahumada, who’s been arguing with River Plate’s directors about his contractual status for over a week, agreed to a contract extension with the Núñez … Continue reading

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2008 Winter transfers

A quick note to let you know that during the 2008 winter break (that’s summer for our northern hemisphere readers!), the page formerly known as ‘squad lists’ has been renamed ‘transfers’, and will contain a list, updated as frequently and … Continue reading

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Flores in, Ahumada out, and Bravo to follow…

Oscar Ahumada made a bit of a stir during River’s successful Clausura campaign, criticising the club’s fans in the aftermath of the superclásico defeat in La Bombonera before going on to be one of the team’s best players in the … Continue reading

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