On a day when the Superclásico rolls into town it is easy to forget that there are other matches taking place in Buenos Aires. Before all the drama at La Bombonera, Lanús […]
After 10 years, goals from Manuel Lanzini and Ramiro Funes Mori were able to give River Plate victory in La Bombonera. A spectacular Juan Roman Riquelme free kick did level the scores […]
After Friday night’s attempts to turn anyone off watching Argentine football, Saturday was desperately in need of goals, and an incredible second half in Liniers, saw Vélez Sarsfield hit five past […]
The scoreline glossed over what was another shaky performance in Avellaneda but Independiente finally picked up 3 points with a win over Talleres de Córdoba after a run of 8 games […]
It’s a very difficult task to make Friday’s Primera action sound anything other than dull. This season’s propensity for goalless draws went to extreme levels yesterday evening as all 3 […]
San Lorenzo were seconds away from completing a Copa Libertadores round in which all 5 Argentine sides claimed wins, a feat not managed since April 2008. Sadly for El Ciclon […]
Round 9 came to an end on Sunday night with the Primera taking a day off for Día De La Memoria on Monday and there were big wins for River Plate, […]
The pressure has been growing in Avellaneda with every defeat since their last victory during the opening weekend but the smiling face of Mostaza Merlo indicates that the wait ended […]
Newell’s Old Boys defender, Gabriel Heinze announced his impending retirement at the end of the Torneo Final this week, calling time on an illustrious playing career. At 35 years of […]
Colón against Tigre was always likely to be a dull affair with neither side particularly free scoring and both boasting mean defences and although it took just 4 minutes for […]
Lanús completed their third consecutive victory on Monday night with a 1-0 win over Quilmes. Jorge Pereyra Diaz’s second half header meant that Guillermo Barros Schelotto’s side moved up to just 2 […]
A huge day of Primera action had a number of talking points but despite interesting results around Buenos Aires, it seems correct to start in La Plata and the Clásico […]
Saturday’s three matches in the Primera División were not the best advert for the league as they produced a measly two goals but Colón de Santa Fe will not care in the slightest. […]
Without the excuse of Copa Libertadores exertions, after sending a reserve side to La Paz in midweek, Vélez Sarsfield still produced an uncharacteristically sloppy performance in defeat against Atletico Rafaela. Fabián Cubero was […]
Apologies for not updating this earlier but here are the rest of the goals from Round 7. Besides, better than anything I could write you can listen to a roundup […]
Vélez Sarsfield were the big winners on Saturday as they came from behind to inflict Belgrano‘s first defeat of 2014. For the first time, Belgrano actually took the lead when Guillermo Farré tapped […]
Yet another full round of midweek games means that the Torneo Final is already 6 rounds in. Big wins for Newell’s, San Lorenzo, Quilmes, Boca and Lanús but interestingly since the […]
A little later than planned, but after missing a month (or two) at the end of the Torneo Inicial, it is a case of better late than never. With the […]
Sunday’s big game was at El Monumental where River Plate produced their best performance in some time to see off San Lorenzo. Teo Gutierrez finished a wonderful team move for […]
Four matches on Saturday and four winners, including two more away wins and a few surprises. Vélez Sarsfield kicked things off against Boca Juniors and thanks to Mauro Zárate’s fifth goal of […]
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