More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
After a few days off the blog due to food poisoning, lethargy after attending San Lorenzo v River Plate (see above) and work (that's my Saturday, Sunday and Monday for you, in order, in case you were wondering), I've now got a few spare minutes so here, dear HEGS readers, are all the goals scored in... Continue Reading →
The 2013 Torneo Final began on Friday evening with Unión and 2012 Clausura champions Arsenal de Sarandí fighting out a 1-1 draw in Santa Fe. Next was the visit of defending champions Vélez Sarsfield to Argentinos Juniors, a match held up by a floodlight failure just twelve minutes in. When it stopped, Argentinos had been... Continue Reading →
Friday evening saw the first two matches of the final round of the 2012 Torneo Inicial. Outgoing champions Arsenal de Sarandí, who didn't have the best campaign in defence of their title, went out on a high note at least with a 1-0 away win over All Boys in Floresta, thanks to Emilio Zelaya's first... Continue Reading →
Friday night brought the start of the 2012-13 season in Argentine football, with champions Arsenal de Sarandí kicking things off against Unión and claiming a 1-0 win thanks to a goalkeeping howler from Alejandro Limia (who later saved a penalty). Afterwards, Vélez Sarsfield hosted Argentinos Juniors, beating them 3-0 with two headed goals from centre... Continue Reading →
This weekend sees the end of the regular season in the Torneo Clausura and Nacional B - only relegation/promotion playoffs, a possible title tie-breaker, will be played after Sunday. Olimpo and Argentinos Juniors have already drawn 0-0 in Bahía Blanca, and in an hour and a half Lanús visit Newell's Old Boys. The main action... Continue Reading →
Sunday's matches in the 2012 Torneo Clausura saw a few very interesting results which leave the Clausura table looking rather different to before the weekend. Most notably, Boca Juniors have been joined at the top on 20 points by Newell's Old Boys, who swept Banfield aside 3-0 in Rosario. Arsenal de Sarandí, knocked out of... Continue Reading →
The eighth round of the 2012 Torneo Clausura has seen its fair share of surprises and goals already, and we're only halfway through. First of all, on Friday night, Belgrano surprised Lanús away from home thanks to a late penalty, and then on Saturday Independiente returned to winning ways, dispatching Rafaela 2-0, Argentinos beat Tigre... Continue Reading →
Saturday's matches in the seventh round of the 2012 Torneo Clausura saw a couple of eye-opening results. Belgrano's draw, 1-1 at home to San Martín, wasn't a shock by any means, but even that had its share of drama, with both goals coming from penalties in the last five minutes. Meanwhile, Racing fell apart at... Continue Reading →
The fourth round of the 2012 Torneo Clausura is already underway, but I'm scrambling to get HEGS back up to date in between doing paid-for work, so sorry that this post is going up a few hours later than planned. Newell's Old Boys are already playing against Belgrano but the rest of the matches are coming... Continue Reading →
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 →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 