Category Archives: Julio César Falcioni

Apertura 2011: ¡Boca campeón! (video)

Posted on Monday, 5 December 2011 by

Boca Juniors were crowned champions of Argentina on Sunday, with two matches left of the 2011 Torneo Apertura. A 3-0 win against Banfield gave Julio César Falcioni’s men the title – all they’d needed was a draw. Darío Cvitanich scored … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 Torneo Apertura, Argentine football, Argentine league, Banfield, Belgrano de Córdoba, Boca Juniors, Domestic, Football, Football clubs, Football managers, Goal videos, Godoy Cruz, Independiente, Julio César Falcioni, Newell's Old Boys, Primera A, Results | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Boca Juniors vs River Plate: how to watch, & who to watch

Posted on Sunday, 15 May 2011 by

The 2011 Torneo Clausura edition of one of the world’s biggest football derbies kicks off in an hour and a bit, with River Plate traveling south to La Bombonera to take on Boca Juniors in the superclásico. Boca have been … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 Torneo Clausura, Argentine football, Argentine league, Boca Juniors, Clásicos, Domestic, Erik Lamela, Fixtures, Football, Football clubs, Football managers, J.J. López, Juan Manuel Insaurralde, Juan Pablo Carrizo, Juan Román Riquelme, Julio César Falcioni, Martín Palermo, Matías Almeyda, Players, Primera A, River Plate, Superclásico | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

In the nineteenth episode of Hand Of Pod, me, Dan, Seba and Dan greet a couple of special guests to preview this Sunday’s superclásico in La Bombonera. Samuel (no, not Sam) is our tamed River Plate fan, and the four … Continue reading →

Posted on Wednesday, 11 May 2011 by

Hand Of Pod episode 9: relegation-threatened title challengers, & picking a team

Posted on Wednesday, 2 March 2011 by

In the ninth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba talk about River Plate and Olimpo, the league leaders who are also battling against relegation. The non-Argentines also field a question on how they came to support … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 Torneo Clausura, All Boys, Argentine football, Argentine league, Argentinos Juniors, Arsenal de Sarandí, Boca Juniors, Clásicos, Colón de Santa Fé, Continental football, Copa Libertadores, Diego Valeri, Domestic, Football, Football clubs, Football managers, Godoy Cruz, Independiente, Juan Román Riquelme, Julio César Falcioni, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, Other football sites, Players, Primera A, Racing Club, Ramón Díaz, River Plate | Tagged , , , , , , , , ,

Same old problem for Boca: Riquelme misses training

Posted on Tuesday, 1 March 2011 by

Juan Román Riquelme has seen quite a fuss kicked up over him in the last few days, following Julio César Falcioni’s decision to omit him from the squad which faced All Boys on Saturday. Yesterday, I wrote a piece for … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 Torneo Clausura, Argentine football, Argentine league, Boca Juniors, Domestic, Football, Football clubs, Football managers, Juan Román Riquelme, Julio César Falcioni, Other football sites, Players, Primera A | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Racing step out of Moreno’s shadow, and Riquelme-less Boca draw a blank (video)

Posted on Sunday, 27 February 2011 by

Racing played their second clásico in a week on Saturday afternoon, and fell behind away to San Lorenzo before a double strike from a Colombian saved the day and gave La Academia a 2-1 win. It wasn’t Giovanni Moreno, of … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 Torneo Clausura, All Boys, Argentine football, Argentine league, Boca Juniors, Clásicos, Diego Valeri, Domestic, Football, Football clubs, Football managers, Goal videos, Juan Román Riquelme, Julio César Falcioni, Lanús, Players, Primera A, Quilmes, Racing Club, Results, San Lorenzo | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

A week of managerial changes in Argentina

Posted on Thursday, 23 December 2010 by

It’s been a week of as many changes off the pitch as we expected following the exodus of managers in the closing few weeks and immediately after the conclusion of the Torneo Apertura. Julio César Falcioni took charge at Boca … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 Torneo Clausura, Angel Cappa, Argentine football, Argentine league, Banfield, Boca Juniors, Continental football, Copa Libertadores, Domestic, Football, Football clubs, Football managers, Gimnasia, Godoy Cruz, Julio César Falcioni, Omar Asad, Players, Primera A, Ricardo Caruso Lombardi, Ricardo Gareca, Sebastián Méndez, Tigre, Transfers, Vélez Sarsfield, Walter Erviti | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Torneo Apertura 2010: the managerial fallout

Posted on Tuesday, 14 December 2010 by

A day after the 2010 Torneo Apertura came to an end (for everyone bar Independiente and Tigre), the consequences of the campaign are being felt at clubs across the league. Whilst some have pleasingly exceeded their targets (All Boys) and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alejandro Sabella, Argentine football, Argentine league, Banfield, Boca Juniors, Daniel Passarella, Domestic, Estudiantes, Football, Football clubs, Football managers, Gimnasia, Julio César Falcioni, Omar Asad, Primera A, Ramón Díaz, Ricardo Gareca, River Plate, San Lorenzo, Tigre, Vélez Sarsfield | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Apertura: half-term reports from Argentina

Posted on Friday, 15 October 2010 by

Since we’re now halfway (and a bit) through the 2010 Torneo Apertura, I thought I’d compile a very brief ‘report’ on each team so far, and how they’re doing in relation to what they’d have hoped/expected at the start of … Continue reading →

Posted in 2010 Torneo Apertura, Alejandro Sabella, All Boys, Angel Cappa, Antonio Mohamed, Argentine football, Argentine league, Argentinos Juniors, Arsenal de Sarandí, Banfield, Boca Juniors, Claudio Borghi, Clásicos, Colón de Santa Fé, Descenso, Domestic, Estudiantes, Football, Football clubs, Football managers, Gimnasia, Godoy Cruz, Héctor Rivoira, Huracán, Independiente, Julio César Falcioni, Lanús, Miguel Angel Brindisi, Newell's Old Boys, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, Pedro Troglio, Primera A, Quilmes, Racing Club, Ramón Díaz, River Plate, San Lorenzo, Tigre, Vélez Sarsfield | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Copa Sudamericana 2010: Tolima eliminate Banfield

Posted on Wednesday, 13 October 2010 by

Banfield exited the 2010 Copa Sudamericana on Tuesday night after losing 3-0 away to Deportes Tolima of Colombia. Banfield had won the first leg in El Sur 2-0, but were thoroughly outplayed in the return by a home side who … Continue reading →

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