More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
There weren't too many high points in Sunday's super, truth be told, but what the match did have was two fine goals from two veterans of the Argentine football scene. You can see Martín Palermo's smart turn and thirty-yard rocket, and Marcelo Gallardo's twenty-five yard free kick (he changed his mind about which side of... Continue Reading →
Sunday, 19th April sees what might be an historic clash in La Bombonera between Boca Juniors and River Plate. If Julio Grondona gets his (and the only rule that's ever followed in Argentine football is that what Don Julio wants, Don Julio gets) this will be the last superclásico of the 'short tournament' era. Juan Román... Continue Reading →
The tenth round of the 2009 Torneo Clausura gets underway tonight, and a match between two sides who are off the pace in the race for the title has been taking up all the attention in the Argentine media for days now, and will on Sunday give Argentina the chance to show its league off... Continue Reading →
At long last, we're within a week of the return of proper domestic football to the Argentine top flight. The curtain is coming down on the summer tournaments with a bad-blooded Copa Ciudad de Mendoza (AKA Copa Revancha) in which Boca Juniors outclassed River Plate, and plenty of other sides were in action over the weekend as well. Lanús drew 2-2 with... Continue Reading →
It's been a busy few days for Sergio Batista's Under 20 team in Venezeula whilst I've been away. Two more group matches have yielded four points in spite of underwhelming performances - you can see highlights of both games here. In Mar del Plata on Saturday, Boca Juniors beat River Plate in the year's first... Continue Reading →
This wasn't posted with the rest of the goal videos on Monday evening because I didn't want it to overshadow them, or vice versa, in people's attention. So, here is a nice long video for any Boca Juniors fans who want to re-live their side's 1-0 victory over River Plate in La Bombonera on Sunday... Continue Reading →
All 31 of the goals from the 13th weekend of the 2008 Torneo Clausura are now online, and you can see them - including Sebastián Battaglia's winner for Boca Juniors against River Plate and Kily González's late effort for Central against Racing in the relegation battle - right here through TN. For the lazy who... Continue Reading →
It's been four years since Boca Juniors last beat River Plate in La Bombonera, during which time their sole consolation has been that River haven't won any trophies and they have done. On Sunday, though, with River arriving in La Boca on top of the league table, the run came to an end thanks to... Continue Reading →
The superclásico is upon us! You'll find the starting XIs (with a little confusion over which full backs are on which side of the pitch) in the story below this one, but right here is the place to be if you want to follow the match with HEGS. Click 'read more', and keep refreshing throughout... Continue Reading →
Apologies for the lack of coverage of Saturday's matches - my phone line (and with it my broadband) crashed on Saturday morning and was only fixed on Sunday - but the first competitive superclásico of 2008 is now just a few hours away. I type during the first few minutes of the Milan derby, but the... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 