San Lorenzo suffer defeat to Corinthians in the Nuevo Gasómetro (VIDEO)
Brazilian side Corinthians have taken a commanding position in Group Two or as it has been dubbed ‘The Group of Death’ in this year’s Copa Libertadores. Last night in Bajo […]
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5 talking points from Round Three – Plus ALL the goals
1. Estudiantes earn the bragging rights after ANOTHER clásico victory One of the fiercest clásicos in Argentine football was born in 1905 when Estudiantes was formed from a breakaway group of members […]
Huracán earn valuable draw away to Brazilian champions (VIDEO)
Taking on the champions of Brazil, Cruzeiro in Belo Horizonte should be Huracán’s most demanding challenge from Group Three of this year’s Copa Libertadores but El Globo return to Buenos Aires […]
Calleri weighs up offers from Arsenal, Valencia, Villarreal and Inter Milan
Boca Juniors striker, Jonathan Calleri has made an oustanding start to 2015 and rumours are now surfacing of offers coming in the for 21-year-old from Arsenal, who were linked with […]
Violence erupts in Laferrere leaving 14 police injured
Football violence in Argentina is never too far away and last night in Greater Buenos Aires the latest chapter was written when a group of more than 200 Laferrere barra […]
Monday: Sarmiento and Aldosivi entertain in draw but no goals elsewhere including Newell’s v Vélez (VIDEO)
Just a matter of a couple of seasons ago, Newell’s against Vélez was perhaps the marquee match of the Primera but with both sides regressing after changes of management, surprisingly Sarmiento […]
Villarreal star, Vietto alerts Liverpool and others after superb first season
Undoubtedly one of the surprise packages in La Liga this season has been the meteoric rise of Villareal striker, Luciano Vietto. Few 21-year-olds can boast 16 goals and 6 assists […]
Sunday: Calleri puts Boca top while Racing and River also enjoy narrow victories (VIDEO)
Only Jonathan Calleri’s early strike separated Boca Juniors and Atlético Rafaela on the scoresheet but it was a thoroughly dominant performance from Rodolfo Arruabarrena’s title challengers which should have yielded […]
Sunday: Estudiantes take the clásico platense and Argentinos taste victory again (VIDEO)
The history books tell us that the clásico platense is a pretty even affair since Estudiantes broke away from Gimnasia in 1905, that is up until the last ten years, […]
GOLAZO FEBRUARY 2015 AWARDS – MANAGER, PLAYER AND GOAL OF THE MONTH (VIDEO)
Julio Grondona’s monstrous 30-team Primera finally arrived and now one month in it is still as utterly dreadful as we all knew it would be. However, that does not stop […]
Saturday: San Martín stun San Lorenzo and Independiente see off Quilmes (VIDEO)
There have been some spirited displays from the promoted sides this season but ultimately all have come up just a little short. However, on Saturday night in Bajo Flores, San […]
Saturday: Rosario Central top after late win, Unión hold Lanús and Tigre edge Olimpo (VIDEO)
Rosario Central are enjoying a excellent start to 2015 as they chalked up a third straight win to sit top of the table with maximum points. On the lush field […]
Friday: Late goal gives Godoy Cruz victory and Arsenal hold Nueva Chicago (VIDEO)
With just three wins from their last seventeen Primera fixtures, Godoy Cruz were due a victory and although they were made to work for it, the relief when Juan Garro […]
Racing win the race for the ‘new Messi’ from a host of top clubs
Two years ago, a then 8-year-old, Claudio Ñancufil caught the attention of the football world after footage of the footballing prodigy sparked a media frenzy and rumours of trials with Barcelona, […]
Osvaldo heads Libertadores winner for Boca on debut (VIDEO)
All the talk in the build-up to Thursday night’s Copa Libertadores match had been surrounding the future of Boca’s new loan signing, Daniel Osvaldo just weeks after completing his “dream” […]
Watch the trailer for the movie on Inter and Argentina legend, Javier Zanetti
This Friday in Milan, the premiere of “Capitano da Buenos Aires” takes place, a film based on the Inter and Argentina defender, Javier Zanetti. Having left Banfield in 1995, Zanetti went […]
Southampton striker Osvaldo’s Boca dream may ALREADY be over
Signing Daniel Osvaldo poses a risk for any club, after all, there is a good reason the 29-year-old has played for eleven different clubs since making his Huracán debut in 2005. He […]
Carrillo hat-trick gives Estudiantes an easy win over Barcelona (VIDEO)
A day after Gustavo Bou netted his second hat-trick of this year’s Copa Libertadores, Estudiantes’ 23-year-old centre forward, Guido Carrillo repeated the act. The highly rated youngster, for whom a […]
Bou smashes second Libertadores hat-trick in Racing win (VIDEO)
Racing may not be enjoying the start to the Torneo 2015 they would have liked but so far the Copa Libertadores is proving to be an absolute breeze. La Academia […]
Huracán snatch late draw with Mineros in Libertadores opener (VIDEO)
Huracán kicked off their Libertadores campaign properly last night against Mineros de Guayana in El Ducó and despite being the better side for large parts of the match it took a […]
