More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
Tuesday afternoon saw the start of the ninth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura, with Arsenal de Sarandí hosting All Boys - a match which provided the day's only win. All Boys took a 2-0 lead through two goals from Juan Carlos Ferreyra, one from a hand ball and the other from the penalty spot,... Continue Reading →
I've got all the videos from the weekend's 2011 Torneo Apertura action for you at once today, due in part to laziness and in part to business over the weekend (round eight will be played in midweek, which has meant I've had to prepare my betting preview for the Hong Kong Jockey Club a few... Continue Reading →
Monday night saw Lanús round off the sixth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura with a crushing 4-0 win away to Argentinos Juniors which saw them go joint top of the table along with Boca Juniors on fourteen points with eight goals scored and one conceded. The two leaders meet at the weekend. You can... Continue Reading →
There were four matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura on Sunday, and for a change none of them ended in draws. Arsenal de Sarandí got an away win over Banfield, 1-0, in Ricardo La Volpe's first match in charge of El Taladro. Belgrano de Córdoba beat Independiente in the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes 2-0, and... Continue Reading →
Saturday's Torneo Apertura matches saw some vastly differing margins of victory. To start off, Godoy Cruz fell a goal down and were thoroughly second best for the first half hour of their match against All Boys, before roaring back to win 6-1. Thereafter Tigre won 3-1 away to Estudiantes de La Plata, comfortably enough, and... Continue Reading →
On Friday night, Atlético Rafaela and Newell's Old Boys got the sixth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura started with a goalless draw which means Rafaela could be overtaken at the top of the league this weekend. Later on, Colón ended a long run without a home win by finally getting a victory in the... Continue Reading →
Wednesday night saw two big matches in Argentina: Independiente vs San Martín de San Juan, left over from the first round of the Torneo Apertura due to Independiente's pre-season trip to Japan, and Godoy Cruz vs Lanús in the second leg of the Copa Sudamericana qualifiers. The latter finished goalless, sending Godoy through on away... Continue Reading →
Sunday's matches in the Torneo Apertura began with another dull goalless draw, as Argentinos failed to find a way past San Martín in San Juan. Thereafter, though, things got a bit more interesting, with Atlético Rafaela beating Unión 1-0 away to return to the top of the table, and Boca Juniors winning by the same... Continue Reading →
Saturday's matches saw Giovanni Moreno finally return to the Argentine Primera in the same stadium he left off in, as he came off the bench in the second half for Racing away to All Boys. He instantly improved Racing's game, but couldn't do enough to help them win; the match finished 0-0. Elsewhere, though, things... Continue Reading →
Alejandro Sabella's first match in charge of the Argentine national team wasn't a walk in the park, but brought a victory and a performance no-one had any particular complaints about. Against Venezuela, one of the (many) shock teams of the Copa América in July, having finished fourth in that tournament, Sabella's men won 1-0 in... Continue Reading →
