After a high-scoring start to the sixth round of Superliga action, things settled down on Saturday and Sunday, but we still only had to sit through one 0-0 draw. In the biggest match of the round, Boca Juniors hosted River Plate in the superclásico and River put in a textbook Big Game Away Performance to run... Continue Reading →
River Plate 1-0 Boca Juniors: highlights from last night’s Copa Libertadores superclásico
River Plate and Boca Juniors met in the first leg of their last sixteen tie in the Copa Libertadores on Thursday night, and it was far from a classic - as most superclásicos in fact tend to be. Neither as bad-tempered as the derby often gets, nor as free-flowing and end-to-end as a properly good normal... Continue Reading →
Boca vs River: a few more highlights
The extended highlights from Thursday's superclásico are online now, and you can watch them right here. Enjoy. Boca Juniors 2 - 0 River Plate (25th March 2010): You can follow the Clausura and the Argentine sides in the 2010 Copa Libertadores via HEGS on Twitter (including updates during and between matches and similar stories that... Continue Reading →
Superclásico highlights
In a brazen attempt to get lots of hits in spite of the match being called off - and because people might find it funny - here's a video of all the bits worth watching from Sunday's aborted superclásico in La Bombonera between Boca Juniors and River Plate. Enjoy. Boca Juniors vs River Plate, 21st... Continue Reading →
Superclásico highlights
The scores and scorers of the weekend will be up in a few hours' time - after the super, Tigre and Argentinos drew 1-1 in Victoria and Colón then took over the leadership of the table in the weekend's final match with a 2-1 win over fellow contenders San Lorenzo in El Cementerio. For now... Continue Reading →
Clausura ’09: Round 10 goals (and some superclásico highlights)
The goals from the tenth round of the Torneo Clausura 2009 are online now - watch them here on the TN Sportblog. Read on, as usual, for the running order of this video, as well as a link to TN's highlights of yesterday afternoon's superclásico in La Bombonera. Running order for TN Show de Goles: Vélez... Continue Reading →
Apertura ’08: Round 10 goals
All the goals from the tenth round of the 2008 Torneo Apertura are online now, including Seba Verón's stunner for Estudiantes and all six of the strikes in the fantastic Arsenal - Vélez match (Vélez's new shirt deserving a highlight of its own, if you ask me). You can view them, as ever, right here... Continue Reading →