More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
Saturday's Superliga matches began with Godoy Cruz coming from behind to claim a 2-1 away win over Argentinos Juniors which means that while Boca Juniors are still red hot favourites for the title, they won't win it this weekend; Godoy Cruz go level on points with Boca, who have two games more to play (the... Continue Reading →
Friday's Superliga games brought two 2-0 wins. One was for Gabriel Heinze's Vélez Sarsfield, who kept a rare clean sheet and continued to show signs of good attacking play as they raced into an early lead against San Martín and kept it throughout the remainder of the game. The other was for San Lorenzo, whose... Continue Reading →
On Sunday, only two Superliga matches were played, due to Gimnasia v Boca Juniors and Racing v Arsenal being postponed after torrential rain swept across the north of Buenos Aires province in the early hours of Sunday morning. In the games that did happen, Patronato and San Lorenzo drew a dull game 0-0 in Paraná... Continue Reading →
Saturday's Superliga matches brought a second straight win for Gabriel Heinze's Vélez Sarsfield side, thanks to a Lucas Robertone goal with about fifteen minutes to play which saw them beat Banfield in Liniers. Defensa y Justicia claimed a comfortable win over Rosario Central to record a fourth consecutive victory and continue to dream of a... Continue Reading →
If proof were needed that Chacarita Juniors really haven't been good enough for the top flight this season, it came on Friday evening with the manner of Temperley's opening goal in a 2-1 win for the visitors between two already relegated teams. More pertinent to what's left of the season was the clásico del cuyo in... Continue Reading →
The twenty-fourth round of Superliga matches ended on Monday evening. In the evening game, Colón hosted Patronato, and with two first-half goals from Javier Correa, followed by late strikes from Alan Ruíz and Gustavo Toledo, handed them a 4-0 pasting which is Patronato's second heaviest defeat of their debut top flight season. Later, Defensa y... Continue Reading →
Sunday brought five matches and eleven goals in the Superliga. In the 11am kick off, there was unusually low score, with Huracán beating Tigre 2-0 to cement their continental qualification hopes. At (late) lunchtime, goals from Brian Mansilla and Lautaro Martínez helped Racing win against their manager Eduardo Coudet's old club, Rosario Central, 2-0, before... Continue Reading →
Saturday brought some interesting Superliga results, none more eye-catching than Vélez Sarsfield's improvement in one of the very first matches of the afternoon to tonk relegated Temperley 4-2 away from home, thanks to two second half goals from Lucas Robertone. Meanwhile, San Martín and Lanús were drawing 1-1 in San Juan. Talleres got their Copa... Continue Reading →
Friday evening saw two clashes of potentially vital importance to the Copa Sudamericana qualification race. Argentinos Juniors beat already relegated Olimpo 1-0 through an early goal from Leonardo Pisculichi, while later on, in La Plata, Belgrano won by the same scoreline against a second-string Estudiantes side, courtesy of a Mauro Guevgozián goal. In a tight... Continue Reading →
There were two games yesterday evening in the Superliga. In Rosario, Newell's Old Boys hosted Talleres and got a rather surprising victory, beating them 2-1 thanks to a winner from Jerónimo Cacciabue to prevent Talleres from going third and to lift themselves to twenty-second. Later, Vélez Sarsfield and San Lorenzo were involved in an entertaining... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 