More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
The goals from Sunday's two Promoción second leg matches, which resulted in both Gimnasia La Plata and Rosario Central keeping their places in the Primera A, are now online and you can watch them right here. Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 3 - 0 Atlético Rafaela (3-3 agg., Gimnasia stay up due to 'sporting advantage')... Continue Reading →
Needing a three-goal win against a team they'd never previously beaten in three encounters - the most recent of which was just three days ago - Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata left it oh so late but, in the last twenty minutes, they struck three times - the last two goals coming with only nine... Continue Reading →
What with the Copa Libertadores final first leg as well as those of the Promociones during the week, I didn't have time to post this link. Those who paid attention to HEGS last week will remember my debut appearance in a podcast over on Seba's wonderful Mundo Albiceleste, and on Tuesday night, in the face... Continue Reading →
The first leg of the first Promoción (playoff) for a place in the Primera División next season in Córdoba, and top flight incumbents Rosario Central had goalkeeper Jorge Broun to thank for a clean sheet against hosts Belgrano which allowed Jesús Méndez to settle a very tight match with a tremendous drive from outside the... Continue Reading →
The goals from the final round of the 2009 Torneo Clausura are online now, and you can watch them on the TN Sport blog by clicking here. As usual, if you want to know which teams are wearing which shirts to tell the games apart, just read on and I'll give you the running order... Continue Reading →
After the finalísima comes the rather more mundane business of recording the scores from the final round of the 2009 Torneo Clausura. Vélez took the title and Gimnasia de Jujuy and San Martín de Tucumán both go down, as we already know, but elsewhere there were wins for Boca and San Lorenzo, one last humiliation... Continue Reading →
In circumstances about as controversial as they come, and after thirteen minutes of second half stoppage time, Vélez Sársfield beat Huracán by a single late goal from Maxi Moralez - who was sent off for his celebration - to climb above them in the table and claim the Torneo Clausura 2009 title. Huracán had a... Continue Reading →
The big finale of the 2009 Torneo Clausura has seen its first act played out with a late winner for visitors Lanús in Tucumán and a victory for the hosts in La Plata which see Gimnasia La Plata secure a relegation playoff spot ahead of San Martín de Tucumán, who go straight down to B... Continue Reading →
The Torneo Clausura now has just three matches remaining - the final relegation clashes and the title decider, a preview of which you can hear, if you've not already, over on the Mundo Albiceleste podcast from earlier in the week. Argentina's representatives for the Copa Sudamericana are all confirmed after Saturday's matches, and for once... Continue Reading →
Racing and Newell's Old Boys completed their seasons on Friday night in El Cilindro, with Ricardo Caruso Lombardi's boys completing a stunning campaign - largely under their new manager - to climb to fifth place prior to the rest of the weekend's games. After an appalling start which saw Alexis Machuca give Newell's the lead... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 