More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
The superclásico returned to Argentina's top flight after a one-and-a-half year absence on Sunday, and although River Plate had largely the better of the play in a tetchy match, Boca Juniors midfielder Walter Erviti got a stoppage time equaliser to wipe the smiles from the home team's faces. I'll try and get a better quality video... Continue Reading →
A year and a half on from the last competitive fixture between Argentina's two biggest clubs, River Plate host Boca Juniors at 15:30 local time today (18:30 Greenwich Mean Time). There are a couple of options I can provide you with if you're after something in the way of a preview. First, this piece by... Continue Reading →
Tuesday evening saw the continuation of the second round the 2011 Torneo Apertura in the Primera División, and the conclusion of the first round of matches in the Nacional B (second round). San Martín de San Juan beat Tigre 2-1, and later in the evening River Plate won their first second division match in over... Continue Reading →
The morning after the night before, River Plate are being forced to adjust to life as a Nacional B institution. J.J. López is gone as manager, and might leave the club altogether. Ramón Díaz, who watched the game on television in Miami, has offered to take charge in the second division. Juan Pablo Carrizo returns... Continue Reading →
For the 20th episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba welcome special guest Asli Pelit to the show. Asli's a Turkish TV presenter who was at La Bombonera to see Boca Juniors beat River Plate 2-0 in Sunday's superclásico, and as well as giving us her impressions of that game, she also... Continue Reading →
Sunday's biggest match in Argentina saw Martín Palermo a goal from a brilliant header in his final superclásico, and Boca Juniors win 2-0 aided by an uncharacteristic error from River Plate goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo in La Bombonera. Sunday's most important match for the title race saw Lanús come out on top of a five-goal... Continue Reading →
The 2011 Torneo Clausura edition of one of the world's biggest football derbies kicks off in an hour and a bit, with River Plate traveling south to La Bombonera to take on Boca Juniors in the superclásico. Boca have been in better form in recent weeks but River, challenging for the title whilst also battling... Continue Reading →
