More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
Saturday's two games in the Torneo Clausura turned into only one game, thanks to a firefight outside Newell's Old Boys' ground in Rosario which left one policeman wounded. The gunfight was between members of Newell's barra brava, and it's not known at the moment when the match will be rescheduled for - San Lorenzo president... Continue Reading →
The weekend's games in the 2011 Torneo Clausura have left things very tight at the top of the Clausura table, thanks to Tigre's home victory over league leaders Vélez Sarsfield. Vélez rested a lot of their first-choice players ahead of Thursday night's Copa Libertadores semi-final second leg, and suffered for it in a 2-1 loss.... Continue Reading →
We had difficulty shutting up this week. A full 45 minutes of actually quite good stuff (if we say so ourselves) was cut, and the podcast still comes in at over an hour. Diego Maradona is the focus of much of the early part, his ongoing wars of words with AFA president Julio Grondona and... Continue Reading →
For the second match in a row, River Plate goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo made a howler to blow his side's chance of a win, making a complete hash of pushing a seemingly harmless long-range shot over the crossbar to gift San Lorenzo an equaliser as the weekend clásico finished in a 1-1 draw. That result... Continue Reading →
Saturday's games in the 2011 Torneo Clausura saw relegation-threatened pair Olimpo and Independiente both win their matches. Olimpo's win over Argentinos Juniors, in particular, shifts the pressure to one of Argentina's giants, River Plate, who go into Sunday's clásico against San Lorenzo needing a win to avoid finishing the weekend in the relegation playoff places. Independiente... Continue Reading →
For the 20th episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba welcome special guest Asli Pelit to the show. Asli's a Turkish TV presenter who was at La Bombonera to see Boca Juniors beat River Plate 2-0 in Sunday's superclásico, and as well as giving us her impressions of that game, she also... Continue Reading →
Sunday's biggest match in Argentina saw Martín Palermo a goal from a brilliant header in his final superclásico, and Boca Juniors win 2-0 aided by an uncharacteristic error from River Plate goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo in La Bombonera. Sunday's most important match for the title race saw Lanús come out on top of a five-goal... Continue Reading →
Racing Club won for the second match in a row to put their recent bad form well and truly behind them on Saturday, with Teófilo Gutiérrez bagging a double in a 3-0 win over Newell's Old Boys in Avellaneda. Gimnasia La Plata gave themselves hope in the relegation battle by beating Banfield 2-0, and All... Continue Reading →
The fourteenth round of the the 2011 Torneo Clausura has arrived, and that, of course, means it's superclásico time. Don't forget the Hand Of Pod preview episode. There are nine other games taking place this weekend though - or rather eight. Colón vs Huracán was supposed to be going on as I type, but has... Continue Reading →
One week to the day before they meet in La Bombonera in the first competitive superclásico of the year, River Plate and Boca Juniors had very different weekends in the 2011 Torneo Clausura. River, needing a win to keep up the pressure on Vélez Sarsfield at the top of the Clausura, and also to gain a... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 