Friday’s action: Quilmes and Rafaela stalemate and Newell’s beat Belgrano
Friday night’s action saw plenty of goals as Quilmes and Atletico Rafaela played out an entertaining 3 – 3 draw with all the goals coming in the second half after […]
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February Awards
The first month of the new season has seen some great goals and some good performances so here is the Golazo Argentino pick of the bunch. Goal of the month, […]
Libertadores: Tigre lose again and chances of progression look slim
Tigre travelled to Lima, Peru for their second game in this years competition against Sporting Cristal but sadly were on the end of the same result as last week’s game […]
Libertadores: Boca defeat Barcelona
Boca Juniors claimed their first win of this years tournament with an important victory away to Barcelona of Ecuador. After losing at home to Toluca, a tricky away fixture in […]
Libertadores: Velez beat Peñarol as Arsenal are thrashed by Ronaldinho and co
The third week of Copa Libertadores action resumed last night with Argentine sides involved in two interesting ties. Velez Sarsfield travelled to Uruguay to face Peñarol, a crunch match as […]
Monday’s action sees San Martin hold Newell’s to a draw
The final game of round three saw Newell’s Old Boys travel to San Martin de San Juan. The game ended in a draw with San Martin taking the lead in […]
Sunday’s other action: River leave it late, Godoy Cruz and Belgrano win
After the earlier excitement of the clasico de Avellaneda, Sunday saw three other games that also had their fair share of thrills as late goals flowed. In the other earlier […]
El Rojo win Avellaneda bragging rights and fight out of relegation
Sunday afternoon saw the first of the big derby games of this tournament when the neighbourhood of Avellaneda is split red and blue for the clash between Independiente and Racing. […]
Saturday: Boca and Velez continue to struggle as Lanus win again
Boca‘s form doesn’t improve as they slump to another defeat away to All Boys. Poor defending and a lack of attacking threat saw them lose 2 – 0 in Floresta. […]
Argentinos lose again and Schurrer takes the fall
An eventful Friday nights football saw Argentinos Juniors lose at home to Arsenal leaving them bottom of the table and without a point from their first 3 games. This run […]
Libertadores 2013 Update: Velez win as Newell’s and Tigre lose
This week saw the second round of games in this year’s Copa Libertadores and once again Argentinian teams found things difficult. Last season’s domestic champions, Velez Sarsfield got their campaign […]
Ramon Diaz: To River and back
Sunday night’s game in the Estadio Monumental marked the new beginning under returning manager and River legend, Ramon Diaz. Never shy to give the press his opinion and responsible for […]
Arsenal and Rafaela draw in final game of round 2
In the final game of the second round Arsenal de Sarandi hosted Atletico Rafaela. Rafaela, having beaten Racing convincingly in the first round, would have been confident going into this […]
Sunday: Lanus continue to impress and River win again as Boca falter
Sunday’s round of fixtures gave us the chance to see probably the two most impressive sides from the first round of results against each other when Newell’s Old Boys hosted […]
Saturday: 10 men Independiente stun champions Velez
Velez Sarsfield‘s stuttered start to 2013 continued last night as they lost to relegation threatened Independiente at home. To make matters worse, Independiente played the majority of the game with […]
Racing net their first 3 points of the year
Racing got their campaign for 2013 up and running last night in the Estadio Juan Domingo Peron with a 2 – 0 win over Argentinos Juniors. Both teams had failed […]
Trinche
Featured earlier on In Bed with Maradona but thought I would share it here too In 1993, when Diego Maradona returned to Argentina to play for Newell’s Old Boys after […]
Newell’s get off to winning start as Arsenal suffer defeat
Newell’s Old Boys continued their great start to 2013 with a 3 – 1 win over Olimpia of Paraguay in the Estadio Marcelo Bielsa last night. After a goal less […]
Boca lose in Libertadores opener while Quilmes and Tigre play out 0-0 draw
Defensive frailities once again cost Boca Juniors as they slumped to defeat in La Bombonera against Mexican side, Toluca. With Carlos Bianchi back at the helm expectations are high for […]
Velez lose Copa Libertadores opener
Velez Sarsfield suffered a set back in their attempts to be crowned champions of South America losing their opening game of the Copa Libertadores in Ecuador to Emelec. New signing, […]
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