More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
Saturday's top flight football action in Argentina was restricted to just two matches, since the bulk of the games will be played on Sunday and Monday for the ninth round of the Torneo Apertura. Olimpo held Arsenal de Sarandí 2-2 in Bahía Blanca, with two quickfire second half goals from Martín Rolle key after they'd... Continue Reading →
Wednesday's and Thursday's matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura saw little resolved in the race for the title other than the confirmation that Boca Juniors are the team to chase. Lanús dropped points for the second round running, Godoy Cruz only drew, and Racing managed a narrower-than-it-should-have-been win over Newell's Old Boys, whilst Boca beat... Continue Reading →
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 →
