In the thirty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba begin with a discussion of just how much of a massive idiot Carlos Tevez is, and conclude with a reflection on Cristian Fabbiani's suitability for the second division in Argentina. In between we discuss Wednesday night's Brazil v Argentina friendly second leg, Seba... Continue Reading →
Apertura: Olimpo hold Arsenal, San Martín beat Rafaela, & River win again in la B (video)
Saturday's top flight football action in Argentina was restricted to just two matches, since the bulk of the games will be played on Sunday and Monday for the ninth round of the Torneo Apertura. Olimpo held Arsenal de Sarandí 2-2 in Bahía Blanca, with two quickfire second half goals from Martín Rolle key after they'd... Continue Reading →
Apertura 2011: Godoy Cruz hit six, Tigre down Estudiantes & Racing scrape a win (video)
Saturday's Torneo Apertura matches saw some vastly differing margins of victory. To start off, Godoy Cruz fell a goal down and were thoroughly second best for the first half hour of their match against All Boys, before roaring back to win 6-1. Thereafter Tigre won 3-1 away to Estudiantes de La Plata, comfortably enough, and... Continue Reading →
Lanús return to the top of the Primera, & River Plate drop points for first time in second flight (video)
Saturday's matches saw Giovanni Moreno finally return to the Argentine Primera in the same stadium he left off in, as he came off the bench in the second half for Racing away to All Boys. He instantly improved Racing's game, but couldn't do enough to help them win; the match finished 0-0. Elsewhere, though, things... Continue Reading →
Apertura 2011: Rafaela go top, All Boys shock Vélez & more (video)
Friday and Saturday's matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura saw a few interesting results. None more so than in Liniers, where All Boys claimed their second away win over Vélez Sarsfield since promotion last year, winning 1-0. Atlético Rafaela beat Olimpo 3-1 to take the lead in the fledgling Apertura table with nine points, capitalising... Continue Reading →
This week's Hand Of Pod is a sensible length, so rejoice! Sam, Australian Dan and Seba meet again, and there are plenty of hot topics to get through. Santiago Silva has left Vélez Sarsfield for Fiorentina, seriously damaging the champions' title defence. We discuss the relative economic strengths of the Argentine league with Europe (and... Continue Reading →
Independiente ease past Estudiantes, and River win a second straight in Nacional B (video)
Saturday's Torneo Apertura action saw Lanús held away to new boys San Martín de San Juan, 0-0. San Lorenzo had the better of Argentinos Juniors in the Nuevo Gasómetro, and although they needed the help of a couple of fairly late goals, they were deserving 3-1 winners, and later in the evening Independiente edged past... Continue Reading →
The twenty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod is, as the milkmaid said to the parson, quite a whopper. That's largely because Sam, Australian Dan and Seba have not one but two rounds of Torneo Apertura matches to look back on, as well as River Plate's historic debut in the Nacional B (second division). There's more,... Continue Reading →
San Martín and River Plate start life in their new divisions with wins (video)
Tuesday evening saw the continuation of the second round the 2011 Torneo Apertura in the Primera División, and the conclusion of the first round of matches in the Nacional B (second round). San Martín de San Juan beat Tigre 2-1, and later in the evening River Plate won their first second division match in over... Continue Reading →
The 2011 Torneo Apertura is here!
Hasta El Gol Siempre is back, ladies and gents. I apologise for the long absence of any posts on here since the Copa América final, but I've been just as busy working as I was during the Copa itself, if not more (more of that in a short while), and it's been quite pleasant in some... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 