By Peter Coates With not as much as a friendly in preparation before the resumption of this year’s Copa Libertadores, the expectation of River Plate and the remainder of Argentina’s […]
River Plate’s place in the last 16 of this year’s Copa Libertadores was already secure but wanting to win Group D and avoid the possibility of meeting rivals Boca Juniors, […]
After a fascinating start to World Cup qualification in South America Peter and Tom are joined by BBC World Football phone-in’s Tim Vickery to look back on the week. Argentina […]
The last time Argentina secured victory in La Paz, Lionel Scaloni lined up in starting eleven as the Albiceleste won 2-1 on the way to qualifying for the 2006 World […]
The points were all that mattered on Thursday evening at La Bombonera and so Argentina’s narrow victory over Ecuador should be deemed a successful start to South American World Cup […]
Football in Argentina is yet to return and financial troubles have led to an understandably quiet window within the country but a late flurry of transfer activity in Europe saw […]
Three may still be four as River Plate, Boca Juniors and Racing Club all booked their places in the Copa Libertadores last 16 this week. Primera Nacional Tigre’s dreams were […]
Lucas Robertone becomes the latest Vélez Sarsfield academy product to make the leap to Europe after the midfielder’s transfer to Almería was confirmed on Thursday. The Spanish Segunda División side […]
2020 – best laid plans and all that. Argentinos Juniors had just finished the Superliga season fifth and in doing so secured a place in the 2021 Copa Libertadores, midfielder […]
Serie A club Parma confirmed their first signing of the window but Lautaro Valenti’s move to Italy is the latest significant loss to Lanús. It came as no surprise after […]
Boca Juniors closed in on a place in the last 16 of this year’s Copa Libertadores with a 1-0 win over Independiente Medellín in Colombia on Thursday evening. Following up […]
Racing made hard work of securing victory against lesser opponents but following last week’s defeat to Nacional, Sebastián Beccacece’s side made their passage to the last 16 almost certain with […]
River Plate could consider themselves unfortunate to only earn a point last week against São Paulo but made amends on Tuesday evening in emphatic fashion as Marcelo Gallardo’s side put […]
By Peter Coates “Usually when you’re not training with the first team, the speed is different, but the truth is, he is a kid who was ready for it.” Eventual […]
Peter and Tom are joined by Julio Arca to chat at length about his career. From his beginning with Argentinos Juniors, the under-20 World Cup triumph, his daunting move to […]
It looked as though coronavirus would send October’s World Cup qualifiers the same way as that of the original start date in March or the 2020 Copa América but with […]
After six months without as much as a friendly to prepare Argentinian clubs were thrust back into Copa Libertadores action on Thursday and aside from Tigre’s expected struggles it was […]
By Tom Robinson Arsene Wenger once asserted that “South America is the only continent to develop strikers today”, and the Argentinian Primera has always proved to be a great testing […]
El Semillero del Mundo (The seedbed of the world) reads on a wall at the training ground at Argentinos Juniors. Beneath that in bold, capitalized letters is the name of […]
It may have taken the best part of a year to complete but Minnesota United finally confirmed the signing of Emanuel Reynoso from Boca Juniors. The 24-year-old completed a transfer […]
