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 →
Weekend review: ¡River Campeón! and a frankly ridiculous relegation endgame (video)
I'm going to quickly surmise Sunday's action from the relegation and title battles. First things first: River Plate are the new champions of Argentina, claiming their thirty-fifth Primera División title overall and their first since their return to the Primera in 2012, thanks to a 5-0 thrashing of Quilmes in the Estadio Monumental on Sunday... Continue Reading →
Watch Boca Juniors v River Plate live, right here!
As my Twitter followers are already well aware, the Argentine government's Fútbol Para Todos programme has, for some time now, been streaming the vast majority of Primera División matches live to the world on YouTube. Today is no exception, so assuming this embed works properly, I am able to invite you to enjoy the superclásico right here on HEGS, live... Continue Reading →
Final round 3 so far: There goes the home dominance…
After the opening matches of the 2014 Torneo Final, I wondered whether the dominance of results favouring the home sides which we saw during the Torneo Inicial was set to continue. Four away wins in the second round of games seemed to suggest otherwise, and now it would appear we have more evidence for the... Continue Reading →
Torneo Final 2014 round 2: not just a crapping dog
Yes, a dog crapped on the pitch during Rosario Central v River Plate on Sunday. You've all seen the pictures and/or videos, so let's move on, because some other stuff happened during the second weekend of Torneo Final action. Most notably, there was a tentative move - could it be? - away from the heavy... Continue Reading →
Good wine beats cheap lager (Godoy Cruz beat Quilmes)
I didn't get round to making another post last weekend, because I was working on the tennis and struggled to stay awake during the football, never mind after it to write. But the second round of the 2014 Torneo Final began on Friday night with just the one match, between Godoy Cruz and Quilmes. Godoy had... Continue Reading →
Friday night football: starting where the Torneo Inicial left off?
Friday evening's matches brought one draw - a 0-0 between Vélez Sarsfield and Tigre in front of an empty stadium in Liniers - and two home wins; 1-0 to Estudiantes against Arsenal de Sarandí, and more surprisingly, 2-0 to Olimpo against the champions San Lorenzo in Bahía Blanca. The Torneo Inicial saw home advantage count... Continue Reading →
A couple of recent articles
Oh, hello. It's been a while, hasn't it. How are you all? I've been thinking over the last few days about how to better use HEGS (that is to say, how to use it at all), and as with the beginning of every new championship - the Torneo Final 2014 begins at 5pm local time on... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 