Tag Archives: Apertura 2010

Boca finally win, and Vélez keep the heat on

Posted on Monday, 6 December 2010 by

Boca Juniors at long last claimed another win on Sunday with a 1-0 defeat of Quilmes in La Bombonera. After recent talk of veterans – including on the Hand Of Pod – it was 20-year-old Cristian Erbes who got the … Continue reading →

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Estudiantes win again, and River grab the points late on

Posted on Sunday, 5 December 2010 by

Saturday’s Torneo Apertura matches were big ones, the first for the title race and the second for the relegation battle. Estudiantes de La Plata easily outclassed champions Argentinos Juniors, winning 3-1 in Quilmes with goals from Gastón Fernández, Maximiliano Núñez … Continue reading →

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Racing beat Gimnasia, and All Boys win again

Posted on Saturday, 4 December 2010 by

Racing easily saw off Gimnasia La Plata with some very nice football on Friday evening, but the big story was in Floresta, where All Boys beat Banfield 2-1 and, in the last action of the match, visiting striker Rubén Ramírez … Continue reading →

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Caruso Lombardi almost leaves Tigre amidst controversy

Posted on Friday, 3 December 2010 by

Ricardo Caruso Lombardi came close to stepping down as Tigre manager on Thursday afternoon amid accusations from the club’s Colombian full back Juan Angulo Villegas. If you’ve not heard of Villegas before, don’t feel bad: he arrived in Tigre during … Continue reading →

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The third episode of Hand Of Pod, featuring myself and the Dans English and Australian, is online now. We discuss Cristian Fabbiani’s girth, Martín Palermo’s slowness, Juan Sebastián Verón’s lack of pace and reveal just how little we know about … Continue reading →

Posted on Thursday, 2 December 2010 by

Torneo Apertura 2010, round 17 fixtures

Posted on Wednesday, 1 December 2010 by

For some reason, the seventeenth round of the 2010 Torneo Apertura gets underway in a couple of hours’ time, when Arsenal de Sarandí visit Olimpo in Bahía Blanca. The rest of the games are being played in the normal slots … Continue reading →

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Vélez win to keep the heat on, and Torneo Apertura round 16 scores and scorers

Posted on Wednesday, 1 December 2010 by

Vélez Sarsfield claimed a 2-1 victory at home to Tigre on Tuesday evening in the final match of the 16th round of the 2010 Torneo Apertura, to remain only two points behind Estudiantes de La Plata as the championship edges … Continue reading →

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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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