Sunday saw the first round of the 2013 Torneo Final continue with three matches. In Córdoba, the biggest game - or at least the biggest grudge match - of the day saw River Plate visit Belgrano, the side who relegated them in the playoffs in 2011. Having drawn one and lost one of those, before... Continue Reading →
Inicial 2012: Newell’s tonk Rafaela, and Auzqui sees off San Martín
The penultimate round of the 2012 Torneo Inicial came to an end on Monday night with a 2-0 win for Estudiantes de La Plata over San Martín de San Juan, as 20-year-old Carlos Auzqui scored the first and second goals of his first team career late on in the match. Earlier, Atlético Rafaela had made... Continue Reading →
A glut of golazos in round 9 of the Inicial (video)
The ninth round of the Torneo Inicial saw no shortage of goals - thirty-five of them in ten matches, in fact - and moreover a fair few spectacular ones. The most surprising scorelines came in Liniers and Rafaela, where Colón beat Vélez Sarsfield 4-2 and Rafaela beat Argentinos Juniors 5-3 respectively. There were two 4-0... Continue Reading →
Belgrano down Godoy Cruz, Rafaela brush Tigre aside, & the goals from Weds Brazil v Argentina friendly (videos)
Friday evening saw the start of the eighth round of the 2012 Torneo Inicial, and there were two home wins to kick things off. Belgrano de Córdoba beat Godoy Cruz 1-0 thanks to a Claudio Pérez strike halfway through the second half, before Atlético Rafaela started early, but left it late to put the gloss... Continue Reading →
Olimpo beat Rafaela in the Clausura, River go through in the Copa Argentina (video)
The fourth round of the 2012 Torneo Clausura ended on Monday evening with Olimpo de Bahía Blanca getting a last-gasp penalty winner against Atlético Rafaela in a potentially important match for the relegation standings. On Tuesday night, second division River Plate were in action in the Copa Argentina, and beat Sportivo Belgrano de San Francisco... Continue Reading →
Clausura 2012: Rafaela thrash Banfield, and in Nacional B River go joint top with a win (video)
The first round of the 2012 Torneo Clausura continued apace on Sunday, with four more matches. In the first, Atlético de Rafaela beat a woeful Banfield 3-0 to creep closer to 30 points for the season, and later on there were three draws: Vélez and Godoy Cruz ended 1-1 in Liniers, whilst Racing v Tigre... Continue Reading →
All Boys beat Argentinos for first time in 35 years, Lanús qualify for the Copa & Racing also win (video)
The penultimate round of matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura started on Tuesday with a fairly dull few games. Olimpo and Estudiantes played out a dull goalless draw, and in the four matches as a whole there were only three goals - and one of them, from Teo Gutiérrez of Racing, was a penalty -... Continue Reading →
Torneo Apertura 2011: round 18 fixtures
The penultimate round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura is upon us already, with four matches today, two tomorrow and four on Thursday. We kick things off with the All Boys v Argentinos Juniors clásico in Floresta, and late tonight Racing host Atlético Rafaela. Tomorrow newly-crowned champions Boca Juniors will look to extend their unbeaten run away... Continue Reading →
Apertura 2011: San Lorenzo get a big win in Tigre relegation clash, and the round’s scores & scorers (video)
After Sunday saw Boca Juniors win the title, Monday saw a match that could prove just as important come the end of the season (i.e. Clausura); the relegation battle between San Lorenzo and Tigre. The resurgent visitors were beaten by a first minute goal to nil, which is huge for San Lorenzo, who nonetheless have... Continue Reading →
Apertura 2011: Rafaela down Vélez, Verón leaves to an ovation as Estudiantes beat All Boys and more (video)
Friday's and Saturday's matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura have seen no shortage of goals, and as expected, one postponed match - San Lorenzo v Tigre will now be played on Monday at 20:30, for the reasons outlined in this post on Friday evening. Rafaela beat Vélez 2-0, and San Martín beat fellow promotees Unión... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 