More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
On Monday evening, Lanús beat Tigre 2-0 in La Fortaleza. Elsewhere, the other two Monday matches both finished in 1-1 draws: Olimpo gave away a lead against Argentinos Juniors, and Colón and Independiente fought out a draw which didn't particularly serve the visitors - Independiente - in the Copa Libertadores qualification race. Antonio Mohamed, managing... Continue Reading →
Boca Juniors recorded a much-needed win in their first match since Juan Román Riquelme's latest injury, beating Arsenal de Sarandí 2-1 in La Bombonera thanks to goals from Martín Palermo and Sergio Araujo. Elsewhere on Sunday River Plate and San Lorenzo drew 0-0 in a dreadful match, Racing and Quilmes drew 1-1, and Gimnasia La... Continue Reading →
Estudiantes de La Plata bounced back from last weekend's defeat away to Tigre to beat Huracán 2-0 at home in Quilmes, and move three points clear at the top of the Torneo Apertura, with Vélez Sarsfield yet to play. Gabriel Mercado and Enzo Pérez scored the goals. All Boys also kept up their superb campaign... Continue Reading →
Godoy Cruz took a big step towards qualifying for the 2011 Copa Libertadores in Friday night's only match, beating Banfield 2-1 in Mendoza. It's a result that means if Racing fail to win at home to Quilmes on Sunday night, the mendocinos will have qualified for the Copa (by my calculations, anyway). They won the... Continue Reading →
A new fecha, a new clásico, and another visit to a former hero for River Plate. After the euphoria of Tuesday's superclásico win, they travel to Nueva Pompeya to take on Ramón Díaz's San Lorenzo. Meanwhile, managerless Boca Juniors host Arsenal de Sarandí. Boca's potential next boss, Julio César Falcioni, travels with Banfield to Mendoza... Continue Reading →
Boca Juniors' season goes from bad to worse. Beaten in the superclásico and then left without a manager after Claudio Borghi finally (allegedly before the match, and independent of its result) decided his position was untenable - Banfield's Julio César Falcioni, incidentally, is the favourite to take over - they now have to face up... Continue Reading →
Tuesday evening was the first time in over three years that River Plate have beaten Boca Juniors in a competitive match, a result which doesn't do anything for them in the relegation struggle, but does lift them to eighth in the Torneo Apertura table. On Wednesday, Claudio Borghi's exit from the Boca manager's seat will... Continue Reading →
The superclásico will be upon us in around four and a bit hours, at 7pm local time (10pm Greenwich Mean Time) with Argentina's two biggest clubs doing battle in what has become a mediocre middle-of-the-table clash, but which will grab all the attention of the country's football-watching public anyway. The latest indications are that each... Continue Reading →
Eleven days after it should have been played, the biggest fixture in the Argentine calendar - and, in terms of league position and current form, just possibly the most mediocre match of the season - will kick off at 7pm Argentine time this evening. River Plate host Boca Juniors in one of the biggest derbies... Continue Reading →
Quilmes won for the first time in the 2010 Torneo Apertura on Sunday, beating Godoy Cruz 2-1 in the only game of the day to go over two goals. Vélez Sarsfield went joint top of the league, on thirty points with Estudiantes de La Plata. They did so by beating Lanús 1-0 with a fantastic... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 