The second part of May's Superclásico Trilogy is almost upon us, as River Plate host Boca Juniors in the last sixteen of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier club competition. In Argentina, this match is being screened free to air by TV Pública, who have a live stream of their channel 24 hours a day -... Continue Reading →
Primera División 2015: all the goals from round eleven
Yes, round eleven of this year's Primera started a week ago. But it's taken until today for Fútbol Para Todos to get all the goals online in one video, so here it is, at long last - including Boca Juniors' late double to win the superclásico against River Plate, Matías Pisano's lovely finish for Independiente and Juan... Continue Reading →
Boca Juniors v River Plate (3rd May 2015): watch live here!
The first of a trio of superclásicos is upon us, as Primera División joint-leaders Boca Juniors and River Plate meet in Boca's Bombonera stadium this afternoon in Buenos Aires in one of the world's biggest derby clashes. The match is streamed live to the world by Fútbol Para Todos, who are kind enough to make the YouTube... Continue Reading →
All the goals from the tenth weekend of Primera action
Tuesday evening finally brought an end to the 'weekend' of Primera action in Argentina, with Newell's Old Boys' 2-0 win over Godoy Cruz closing a round which had seen River Plate and Boca Juniors go clear as joint-leaders of the table ahead of the superclásico at La Bombonera in just under two weeks. All the... Continue Reading →
All the goals from the ninth round of 2015 Primera action
Here are all the goals from the 'weekend' just finished, during which Boca Juniors were held to a 0-0 draw by San Martín, and River Plate, San Lorenzo and Rosario Central all managed wins (in Central's case a very, very, very late one), meaning that those four sides - Boca, River, San Lorenzo and Central -... Continue Reading →
Argentine football in 2014: two best XIs
As the clock ticks towards 2015, I present here not one but two best XIs of Argentina-based players during 2014. The reason it's two is simple: the sides who won the main trophies (the two domestic leagues and the two continental cups) dominate the actual best XI, and I felt sorry for the others. At... Continue Reading →
Argentine Primera: a just over half term report on all the teams so far
The last 'short championship' (as we currently know them at least) of the era is now eleven matches in in Argentina, and with eight games to go I thought it was time to try and get back to posting something - anything - here. So ahead of the twelfth round of games, which kicks off... Continue Reading →
Second chance to watch: River Plate v Boca Juniors from Sunday, 5th October
In case you missed Sunday's superclásico, I won't mention the score here - though I will reveal, as you'll discover pretty early in this video, that it was played in comically atrocious conditions (not so comic for those of us who were there, mind). Anyway; if you missed it, or if you want to rewatch it... Continue Reading →
Riquelme returns to Argentinos Juniors
Oh, hello. It's been a while, as it normally is. I shan't bore you with more promises of more frequent updates this time, I'll just post this one and we'll see what happens next, shall we? The Argentine Primera kicks off a week on Friday, and it will do so without Juan Román Riquelme, who's finally... Continue Reading →
Estudiantes finally wrap up the 2011 Apertura with a win (video)
On the 4th February 2012, the last game of the 2011 Torneo Apertura was finally completed. Estudiantes' home match against Banfield in the 15th round had been called off 13 minutes in with the score at 1-0 to the visitors back in November, due to crowd trouble. Now the remaining 77 minutes were played in... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 