More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
Godoy Cruz recovered from their 4-1 mauling at the hands of Arsenal de Sarandí last weekend by beating Newell's Old Boys 3-1 in Rosario on Friday night to move back into contention in the Torneo Clausura. On Saturday, Quilmes failed to win for the first time in a while - but still got a lateish... Continue Reading →
Monday evening's matches in the 2011 Torneo Clausura ended with Lanús fifth in the table, and Boca Juniors and Independiente getting a 1-1 draw in La Bombonera that won't really satisfy either team. Martín Palermo scored for Boca and youngster Lucas Villafáñez equalised for Independiente in the clásico. In Santa Fe, Leandro Díaz scored the... Continue Reading →
Friday night's games might not have seen any of this weekend's four clásicos, but the second was one of the best matches we're likely to see this year, as Quilmes came back from behind to win a knife-edge match for the second time in as many games. 3-2 down away to Banfield with 15 minutes... Continue Reading →
In the seventeenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Seba rejoins Sam, Dan and Dan. He's not happy with the way referees have been treating his club, and he's not afraid to make his anger heard, but a little surprisingly it's another HOP-er who drops an expletive, for which we of course apologise unreservedly. We also... Continue Reading →
Monday night saw the last match of the eleventh round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura, and after the sides around them in Argentina's relegation dogfight had for the most part dropped points over the weekend, Olimpo de Bahía Blanca did them all a small favour by only managing a draw away to Lanús. The goals... Continue Reading →
Sunday's Torneo Clausura matches saw Martín Palermo score for Boca Juniors once more, after a personal worst of 951 minutes without a goal, as his side beat Huracán 3-0 away from home. As well as that, there was a 1-1 draw in Sarandí between Arsenal and Gimnasia, Argentinos Juniors fell a goal behind to Racing... Continue Reading →
In the sixteenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan discuss the weekend's footballing action in Argentina, which included a hat trick at La Bombonera from a visiting forward you may never have heard of, a double strike from - are you sitting down? - Cristian 'Fat Fab' Fabbiani, and of course the... Continue Reading →
Saturday was a momentous day in the 2011 Torneo Clausura. For one thing, Racing Club's recent luck against hated rivals and near neighbours Independiente changed, and they deservedly claimed a 2-0 win in the clásico de Avellaneda, with goals from Gabriel Hauche on the stroke of half time, and Teófilo Gutiérrez in the second half.... Continue Reading →
It's taken them fully ten matches, but at long last Quilmes have managed to win a game of football in 2011. Inevitably, it was against Newell's Old Boys, a team so rubbish Quilmes have subsequently leapfrogged them into 19th place in the Torneo Clausura table, leaving Newell's rock bottom. Bernardo Romeo scored twice for the... Continue Reading →
The tenth round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura gets underway in a few hours' time when Quilmes host Newell's Old Boys. If it will be hard to avoid the temptation to give that one a miss (they've looked by some distance the two worst teams of 2011 so far), the weekend's other fixtures more than... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 