Comments on: Tables http://hastaelgolsiempre.com More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: hastaelgolsiempre http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/tables/#comment-1111 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:26:57 +0000 http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/tables/#comment-1111 Unfortunately, David, missed penalties isn’t a stat I’ve come across for the Argentine league and certainly not one I can track myself. It’s worth noting that penalties can be lucrative enough to serve as the only way of goalscoring and still get you into the chart for the short tournaments, though: Cristián Lucchetti (joint eighth along with his team-mate, striker Darío Cvitanich) is Banfield’s goalkeeper, but takes all their penalties.

As for free kicks not featuring, I’m guessing it’s because they’re often taken by playmakers or other specialists whose first job isn’t necessarily to score from open play (so overall they get fewer). Also, in my experience of watching at least, there’s less of a tendency to shoot from free kicks in Argentina, unless the ball’s fairly central and well within twenty-five yards. None of this 35+ yard screamer stuff we get in England every weekend…

]]> By: David http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/tables/#comment-1110 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:20:07 +0000 http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/tables/#comment-1110 Wow… I like the breakdown on the goal scorers. I’m also surprized so few seem to have been score from free-kicks. About the only thing one could possibly ask for in addition would be for missed penalties.

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