More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
The final round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura has already kicked off as I type, and there are two matches already taking place, two in a couple of hours' time, and six tomorrow, when the season will end with quite a ding-dong for the final Copa Libertadores spot between Godoy Cruz, Racing, Independiente and -... Continue Reading →
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 →
The seventeenth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura is already underway, with Estudiantes just having beaten All Boys 3-0 in La Plata, but it's still not clear exactly when San Lorenzo v Tigre will be played. The argument over the day and time of the match (currently scheduled for 17:00 on Saturday) takes in the... Continue Reading →
This weekend is the penultimate of the Torneo Apertura, even though there are three rounds left to play. That's because the next round is in midweek, meaning a week from now we'll be entering the final round of the season. This weekend, though, the title race can and probably will end; Boca Juniors host bottom-of-the-table... Continue Reading →
League leaders Boca Juniors could wrap up the tite in this round, although they won't be able to do so in their own match away to Godoy Cruz. If other results go their way, they win that match, and then Unión fail to beat Independiente on Monday, Boca will be champions. Elsewhere Newell's Old Boys... Continue Reading →
The fifteenth round of the Torneo Apertura is here, and it could see Boca Juniors all but seal the championship. If they win against Racing and Lanús and Atlético Rafaela don't win their matches, Boca will be eleven points clear with twelve to play for. All the kick off times and referees are here, as... Continue Reading →
The fourteenth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura sees a clash between the outgoing champions and the (probably) incoming ones, when Vélez Sarsfield host Boca Juniors on Sunday. That match has caused no end of umming and ahhing in the Argentine courts of justice, who finally decided on Thursday that Boca fans would be allowed... Continue Reading →
The thirteenth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura sees the league leaders host their closest pursuers, as Boca Juniors welcome promoted Atlético de Rafaela to La Bombonera, and look to open an even bigger lead in the table than they've already got. Godoy Cruz visit Lanús in potentially the most entertaining match of the weekend,... Continue Reading →
There's a clásico this week to heat things up during the twelfth round of the Torneo Clausura. What's more, it's an historic one: the first never clásico cuyano in the top flight. Godoy Cruz and San Martín de San Juan aren't each other's main derby rivals, but they're roughly third on each others' lists, and... Continue Reading →
After the international break, top flight football returns to Argentina this weekend with a vengeance. Boca Juniors will be looking to extend their five-point lead at the top of the Torneo Apertura table when they host Belgrano on Sunday; to kick the round off there's a relegation clash tonight between Olimpo de Bahía Blanca and... Continue Reading →
