More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
On Thursday lunchtime, the Superliga Argentina de Fútbol finally released the fixture list for the coming season, which will kick off on Friday, 10th August. Like last season, teams will all play each other just once (with twenty-six teams in the league, there's not time for everyone to play everyone else twice), with the championship... Continue Reading →
On Thursday, Jorge Sampaoli announced the first part of Argentina's squad for the upcoming friendies against Italy (in Manchester on the 23rd March) and Spain (in Madrid on the 27th). This list consists of twenty-two players who play outside Argentina (all but one in Europe), to whom a few from the Argentine Superliga will be... Continue Reading →
On Monday we finally heard when the 2017-18 top flight season in Argentina will kick off, under the auspices of the new Superliga. The first weekend of the championship will be the weekend of Sunday, 20th August, according to Olé, and initially the organisation will 'borrow' various services from the AFA, including the disciplinary tribunal and... Continue Reading →
A new round of Primera División action begins tonight - albeit tonight's matches aren't themselves the most attractive of the weekend. As ever, I'm back for The Bubble, previewing the weekend and highlighting the matches you should definitely make sure not to miss. You can read that here. And if you want to listen to episode... Continue Reading →
On Wednesday afternoon, CONMEBOL drew the fixtures for the first round [CORRECTION: this is the second preliminary round, not the first] - the preliminaries - of the 2013 Copa Sudamericana, with the biggest news from an Argentine point of view being River Plate's return to continental competition four years after their last appearance (it's also... Continue Reading →
No sooner does one season end than another begins. In fact, 2012-13 still isn't over, since Newell's Old Boys take on Atlético Mineiro in the Copa Libertadores semi-final first leg on Wednesday night. Anyway, on Tuesday evening the AFA confirmed two things: first, that Vélez Sarsfield's ridiculous title would continue to count, and secondly, they... Continue Reading →
It's been a very quiet time for HEGS over the last few weeks, and I must say I've enjoyed it. If you're looking to get back up to date with what's been going, you could do a lot worse than check out the latest episode of the internet's finest Argentine football podcast, Hand Of Pod. As far... Continue Reading →
The sixteenth round of the Torneo Apertura is upon us, with San Martín taking on Olimpo in the weekend's first match (if Olimpo don't win, they'll be relegated). Tomorrow, title challengers All Boys (those are four words I never thought I'd write) travel to Lanús, Rafaela host Tigre - who'll climb out of all relegation... Continue Reading →
The fifteenth round of the 2012 Torneo Clausura starts shortly as Godoy Cruz host Argentinos Juniors in Mendoza, and continues later tonight with Tigre taking on league leaders Newell's Old Boys. Later in the weekend, San Lorenzo travel to Santa Fe to play Unión, Vélez Sarsfield, fresh from beating Santos on Thursday night, host Belgrano,... Continue Reading →
The fourteenth round of the 2012 Torneo Clausura got underway on Friday with two matches. First, Arsenal de Sarandí travelled to San Juan to take on San Martín, and came away with a crushing 4-1 victory which left the home side still firmly rooted in the relegation zone. In La Plata later on, Juan Sebastián... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 