Oh yes. It's back! After a bit of a break whilst I packed to come away and settled into my new hometown, Argentines Abroad returns now I've got some time and no jetlag. It was a less than spectacular weekend for the usual suspects in the top flights of England and Spain, but two new... Continue Reading →
Copa Sudamericana – River Plate 1 – 2 Lanús: the goals
The second Copa Sudamericana preliminary round in El Monumental on Wednesday night was Ariel Ortega's fourth debut for the club, and things seemed to be going swimmingly when Cristian Fabbiani scored a cracker just before the hour. That was all overshadowed, though, when Eduardo Salvio popped up with ten minutes to spare to equalise -... Continue Reading →
Lanús stay top (with a bit of help from Gustavo Bassi)
After Huracán's 2-1 win over Banfield on Friday night, they temporarily took the lead in the Torneo Clausura, but it was only for 24 hours. On Saturday night, Lanús beat San Lorenzo by the same scoreline thanks in no small part to a penalty given for a foul which only referee Gustavo Bassi spotted. A... Continue Reading →
Torneo Apertura 2008: The campaign in review
Hopefully all HEGS readers had a good few days off for Christmas (those who had days off for it, at least). After a couple of days away from the keyboard myself (you only need a mouse to play Football Manager), I hope I've now got things straight enough to look back on what was a... Continue Reading →
A night of contrasts
Friday night saw two very different matches. In Tucumán, there was a relatively dull 1-0 win for San Martín over Arsenal, Daniel Vega scoring again for the hosts in the 26th minute to help them return to winning ways after two straight defeats had put an end to a promising start to the season. In... Continue Reading →