More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
Monday saw River Plate's squad travel to Córdoba for the first leg of their relegation playoff against Belgrano de Córdoba. River will be without Diego Buonanotte, who was given a plaque by president Daniel Passarella before Saturday's game in what seemed a calculated snub to the manager who all but froze him out of the... Continue Reading →
Saturday's goals from the 2011 Torneo Clausura are online now, including Godoy Cruz's 1-0 win over All Boys in the day's late game. There were seventeen goals in all over the six matches played, and if you're not sure where this leaves everyone then I'd direct you to this post, though the essence is that... Continue Reading →
The eighteenth and penultimate round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura ended on Monday night with Racing storming into a 2-0 lead courtesy of two goals from the Clausura's new top goalscorer Teófilo Gutiérrez (his first came after just 43 seconds), but Godoy Cruz overturning them to win 3-2 with a last-gasp penalty from Mariano Donda.... Continue Reading →
A dramatic weekend's action ended in Argentina with Martín Palermo's final match at La Bombonera as Boca Juniors drew 1-1 with Banfield, but although that got more of the headlines and TV coverage, Vélez Sarsfield are the biggest winners of the day. Their 2-0 victory over Huracán and Lanús' 1-0 loss at home to Argentinos... Continue Reading →
Argentinos Juniors and Estudiantes de La Plata played out a dull 0-0 draw in La Paternal on Monday evening, but the best entertainment of the night was, fittingly, to come later, when all of the top three were in action in the remaining two matches of the 17th round of the 2011 Torneo Clausura. In... Continue Reading →
Saturday's two games in the Torneo Clausura turned into only one game, thanks to a firefight outside Newell's Old Boys' ground in Rosario which left one policeman wounded. The gunfight was between members of Newell's barra brava, and it's not known at the moment when the match will be rescheduled for - San Lorenzo president... Continue Reading →
The weekend's games in the 2011 Torneo Clausura have left things very tight at the top of the Clausura table, thanks to Tigre's home victory over league leaders Vélez Sarsfield. Vélez rested a lot of their first-choice players ahead of Thursday night's Copa Libertadores semi-final second leg, and suffered for it in a 2-1 loss.... Continue Reading →
For the second match in a row, River Plate goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo made a howler to blow his side's chance of a win, making a complete hash of pushing a seemingly harmless long-range shot over the crossbar to gift San Lorenzo an equaliser as the weekend clásico finished in a 1-1 draw. That result... Continue Reading →
Saturday's games in the 2011 Torneo Clausura saw relegation-threatened pair Olimpo and Independiente both win their matches. Olimpo's win over Argentinos Juniors, in particular, shifts the pressure to one of Argentina's giants, River Plate, who go into Sunday's clásico against San Lorenzo needing a win to avoid finishing the weekend in the relegation playoff places. Independiente... Continue Reading →
Friday evening's games in the 2011 Torneo Clausura saw the recent brouhaha over refereeing standards in Argentina deepen. Godoy Cruz were playing away to Banfield and needed a win to keep up the pressure on league leaders Vélez Sarsfield. They drew 1-1, after having a legitimate goal disallowed, and then in the last ten minutes,... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 