More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
The twenty-second round of Superliga action ended on Monday night with yet another late winner for Defensa y Justicia, who emerged victorious from a five-goal thriller against Banfield thanks to Nicolás Fernández's hat trick. The win meant that Defensa have qualified for the Copa Libertadores for the first time in their history – they'll be in... Continue Reading →
Argentina's five Copa Libertadores group stage representatives all started their qualification efforts this week – and all with rather frustrating results. There were goalless draws all round on Tuesday: Godoy Cruz got a creditable one at home to Olimpia of Paraguay, San Lorenzo visited Melgar of Peru, where both teams absolutely stank the place out,... Continue Reading →
The sixth round of Superliga 2018–19 action started promisingly, with five goals in the first game and four in the second. San Lorenzo took an early lead, trailed at the break and stormed back in the second half to win 3-2, with youngster Adolfo Gaich bagging his first goal for the club and Franco Mussis... Continue Reading →
It's not been a classic Superliga weekend: Saturday and Sunday's matches in the opening round of 2018–19 Superliga action brought just nine goals from nine games, with three 0-0 draws and not a single away victory. On Saturday, Gimnasia and Unión got 1-0 wins over Argentinos Juniors and Aldosivi respectively, before Patronato v Colón and... Continue Reading →
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 →
Saturday's Superliga matches began with Godoy Cruz coming from behind to claim a 2-1 away win over Argentinos Juniors which means that while Boca Juniors are still red hot favourites for the title, they won't win it this weekend; Godoy Cruz go level on points with Boca, who have two games more to play (the... Continue Reading →
If proof were needed that Chacarita Juniors really haven't been good enough for the top flight this season, it came on Friday evening with the manner of Temperley's opening goal in a 2-1 win for the visitors between two already relegated teams. More pertinent to what's left of the season was the clásico del cuyo in... Continue Reading →
Saturday brought some interesting Superliga results, none more eye-catching than Vélez Sarsfield's improvement in one of the very first matches of the afternoon to tonk relegated Temperley 4-2 away from home, thanks to two second half goals from Lucas Robertone. Meanwhile, San Martín and Lanús were drawing 1-1 in San Juan. Talleres got their Copa... Continue Reading →
Friday's and Saturday's matches in the twenty-third round of Superliga action have seen an ever-tightening race for the continental spots, and the relegation picture get a whole lot clearer: defeats for Temperley and Olimpo on Saturday mean both are relegated with five matches to play, and Chacarita Juniors are now the only team left in... Continue Reading →
Monday evening brought the last two matches of the twenty-first round of Superliga action. In Bahía Blanca, relegation strugglers Olimpo and Temperley played out a 1-1 draw which suits neither of them in terms of survival: Olimpo are now 13 and Temperley 14 points behind Tigre (who are outside the relegation zone), with the same... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 