More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
Wednesday saw two key clashes in the relegation struggle in Argentina's Primera División. First, in La Bombonera, Huracán and Gimnasia La Plata faced off in a one-match, winner-takes-all (or rather, loser-gets-nothing) tie-breaker to decide who was relegated and who gets another chance in the relegation playoff. This was because both ended 2010-11 on exactly the... Continue Reading →
River Plate got back to winning ways after two weekends of dropped points on Saturday evening, hosting Newell's Old Boys and beating them 2-1 with two goals from - I hope you're sitting down - Leandro Caruso, who was only playing due to Mariano Pavone's injury, and who hadn't scored in nearly a year and... Continue Reading →
Coverage of the fourteenth round of the Torneo Clausura here on HEGS has already been, and will again be, a little delayed due to various farewells I'm making here in England prior to my flight to Buenos Aires on Wednesday. So bear with me, and forgive me for not having got these fixtures online before... Continue Reading →
