More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
Sergio Batista has announced the Argentina squad which will travel to Tokyo for a friendly against Japan on the 8th October. In spite of the injury he suffered against Atlético de Madrid at the weekend, Lionel Messi is included, as are returnees Oscar Ustari and José Sosa. There's also a first call-up to the senior... Continue Reading →
A bit of a paradox, this torneo corto (short championship), because in spite of it only lasting 19 matches, it's been an absolute epic. We've seen four teams in contention for the title, two of whom couldn't have been expected to do so well at the turn of the year, as well as the (sort... Continue Reading →
Weeks after becoming the first Argentine club in four decades to take a Copa Libertadores point from a high-altitude match in Bolivia, Estudiantes were at 'home' in Quilmes to Bolívar on Tuesday night. After a first half in which the Bolivian visitors proved a very tough nut to crack, things finally came good for El... 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 →
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 →
In Pepe Santoro's last match in charge (he announced his impending resignation earlier on Friday, in spite of Independiente president Julio Comparada's attempts to convince him to stay on Thursday), Independiente turned in their best performance of the year so far. An astonishing match against Newell's in the Tomás A. Ducó was looking unusuallly low-scoring... Continue Reading →
Independiente's poor start to the season continues, whilst for Racing, the next fixture might just be looked upon with a little more optimism. El Rojo were leading as the away team in El Cilindro thanks to a Daniel Montenegro strike five minutes before the break, but as the match looked like it was dying, with... Continue Reading →
The goals from the tenth round of matches in the 2008 Torneo Clausura are online now, and you can see them through TN by clicking here. If you want a rundown of the running order in this clip, read on - and this week also sees the return of my favourite goals of the week,... Continue Reading →
The selección will play a friendly against Egypt, in Cairo, on the 26th March, and the AFA are also in talks with the FMF about a friendly against Mexico in February, to be played in Dubai. Domestically, the end of the championship - and the imminent re-opening of the European transfer windows - mean it's... Continue Reading →
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