Aldosivi finished their 2015 season in confident fashion and made light work of Gimnasia in Mar del Plata with three second half goals. Former Independiente striker Sebastián Penco opened the […]
The farcical Torneo de Verano or summer friendlies played out the first superclásico of the year and following the contemptible ‘pepper-spray’ incident during the 2015 Libertadores meeting, Boca Juniors and […]
Ahead of next weekend’s superclásico, Rodolfo Arruabarrena opted to field an entirely reserve eleven for their Torneo de Verano clash with Racing in Mar del Plata and it is safe […]
“He will become like Messi,” declared the Corriere dello Sport after Paulo Dybala produced another virtuoso performance to help Juventus record a tenth consecutive Serie A victory on Sunday. A devilishly […]
Neither side fielded what will be considered their first choice elevens come February but for Independiente it was one of those players trying to force his way into Mauricio Pellegrino’s […]
The term ‘friendly’ is somewhat paradoxical when the summer preseason schedule pits some of Argentine football’s most fierce rivals against one another and while San Lorenzo and new manager Pablo […]
Boca Juniors might find it difficult to top the success of last season but Rodolfo Arruabarrena’s side have their sights firmly fixed on the Copa Libertadores and if Saturday night’s […]
Real Madrid may still be reeling from the news that they will be hit with a transfer embargo over ‘irregularities in the signing of minors’ but with this January being the […]
It’s a summer friendly match so let’s not get read too much into a match missing several of it’s key players and two teams under new management, still implementing ideas […]
There was nothing particularly illuminating about the first summer friendly in Mar del Plata of the year between San Lorenzo and Independiente and as always with these matches both managers […]
Unpredictable Palermo president Mauricio Zamparini has named former Lanús manager, Guillermo Barros Schelotto his sides new coach after a disappointing start to the Serie A season. The 42-year-old has been […]
Lionel Messi has captured a record fifth Ballon d’Or in Zurich after claiming a landslide 41.3 per cent of votes from a panel of journalists, international coaches and captains. An organisation […]
Having already seen Federico Mancuello and Matías Pisano leave the Estadio Libertadores de América in this window, Independiente will be loathed to lose any more of their starting eleven. However, […]
In recent years the Argentine Primera has witnessed a few triumphant returns as the likes of Juan Sebastián Verón, Diego Milito and Carlos Tevez have all come back to where […]
There have been only a handful of deals already in this January transfer window but there may not be a more surprising or exciting for the supporters of a club than […]
The IFFHS (International Federation of Football History & Statistics) has released it’s annual rankings and River Plate manager Marcelo Gallardo has been named the fifth best club coach in world football. […]
As the deal between River Plate and Atlético Madrid was completed back in August, the official presentation of Matías Kranevitter as an Atleti player this morning hardly feels like news […]
When Lionel Messi played his part in Argentina’s Olympic gold medal winning side in 2008, it was hoped that it would be the first of many international honours. La Albiceleste […]
Reversing Julio Grondona’s hair-brained scheme for a 30-team Primera División and eventually get back to a sensible number of top flight clubs playing over a year long championship that runs […]
Premier League big spenders Manchester City may have been linked with an audacious swoop for Lionel Messi but close friend and Argentina teammate, Sergio Agüero doesn’t think that it will […]
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