As I mentioned in the previous post on HEGS, which was two Best XIs from last year in Argentine football, River Plate did quite well in the nominations for the 2014 South American Footballer of The Year, which was announced as usual on the 31st December. Leonardo Pisculichi finished third in the voting, Carlos Sánchez came... Continue Reading →
Argentine football in 2014: two best XIs
As the clock ticks towards 2015, I present here not one but two best XIs of Argentina-based players during 2014. The reason it's two is simple: the sides who won the main trophies (the two domestic leagues and the two continental cups) dominate the actual best XI, and I felt sorry for the others. At... Continue Reading →
Argentine Primera: a just over half term report on all the teams so far
The last 'short championship' (as we currently know them at least) of the era is now eleven matches in in Argentina, and with eight games to go I thought it was time to try and get back to posting something - anything - here. So ahead of the twelfth round of games, which kicks off... Continue Reading →
Watch River Plate v Boca Juniors live – free and legal!
I can't embed the video this time round as I'm going to the game and thus won't be online when the stream goes live, but as they did last time, Fútbol Para Todos are streaming today's superclásico to the whole world, live and in HD via YouTube. The stream will be on this page, starting shortly before... Continue Reading →