More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
For the sixth time in a row, the final of the Copa América will feature an Argentine manager. Marcelo Bielsa in 2004 and Alfio Basile in 2007 took their homeland to defeats against Brazil, Gerardo Martino was involved for Paraguay in 2011 and Argentina in both 2015 and 2016, and in the latter two, the... Continue Reading →
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 →
After a high-scoring start to the sixth round of Superliga action, things settled down on Saturday and Sunday, but we still only had to sit through one 0-0 draw. In the biggest match of the round, Boca Juniors hosted River Plate in the superclásico and River put in a textbook Big Game Away Performance to run... Continue Reading →
The 2018–19 Superliga season got underway on Friday night. In Liniers, Vélez Sarsfield went ahead earlier and ran out 2-0 winners over a poor Newell's Old Boys side, thanks to a first minute Luis Abram goal and a twenty-sixth minute Matías Vargas penalty. Shortly after, Tigre v San Lorenzo – which had the look of... 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 →
Friday's Superliga games brought two 2-0 wins. One was for Gabriel Heinze's Vélez Sarsfield, who kept a rare clean sheet and continued to show signs of good attacking play as they raced into an early lead against San Martín and kept it throughout the remainder of the game. The other was for San Lorenzo, whose... Continue Reading →
Saturday's Superliga matches brought a second straight win for Gabriel Heinze's Vélez Sarsfield side, thanks to a Lucas Robertone goal with about fifteen minutes to play which saw them beat Banfield in Liniers. Defensa y Justicia claimed a comfortable win over Rosario Central to record a fourth consecutive victory and continue to dream of a... 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 →
There were two games yesterday evening in the Superliga. In Rosario, Newell's Old Boys hosted Talleres and got a rather surprising victory, beating them 2-1 thanks to a winner from Jerónimo Cacciabue to prevent Talleres from going third and to lift themselves to twenty-second. Later, Vélez Sarsfield and San Lorenzo were involved in an entertaining... Continue Reading →
The twenty-second round of Superliga action got underway on Friday evening in Victoria, where Tigre claimed a 2-0 win over Gimnasia with goals from Jacobo Mansilla and Diego Morales. That win, combined with Temperley's draw at home to Lanús and Olimpo's defeat away to Banfield, means doesn't leave them mathematically safe just yet – Olimpo's... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 