Banfield made it three wins from three on Friday evening as Javier Sanguinetti’s side came from behind to defeat Rosario Central 4-2. A wonderful Martín Payero effort clattered the crossbar […]
Argentina were unable to maintain their perfect start to World Cup qualification on Thursday evening as a dogged Paraguay battled to a 1-1 draw in La Bombonera. Lionel Messi and […]
For any player with over 60 Argentina appearances and a club career that took him from Boca Juniors to Real Madrid and ended with 14 titles, it’s perhaps difficult to […]
It’s only four games but Independiente have quickly found a new hero as new goalkeeper Sebastián Sosa was once again the star man in El Rojo’s 1-1 draw with Colón […]
Boca Juniors made it two wins from two on Sunday evening with victory over Newell’s Old Boys in Rosario. In a first half with little between the two sides Newell’s […]
It wasn’t the most convincing display but River Plate responded to Tuesday’s defeat to Banfield with victory over Rosario Central in Avellaneda on Saturday evening. The impressive Nicolás De La […]
All three Argentine clubs progressed in the Copa Sudamericana on Wednesday but the expectation on Thursday was that Unión would be the first to fall having lost 1-0 to Emelec […]
Despite his outstanding club form over the past year Ángel Di María’s international career appeared over, a casualty of the team’s failures and coach Lionel Scaloni’s desire to bring through […]
Lanús booked their place in the Copa Sudamericana last 16 on Wednesday evening in the most dramatic fashion as Nicolás Orsini’s stoppage goal fired El Granate past São Paulo on […]
Two days later than scheduled River Plate finally hosted Banfield in their Copa Liga Profesional opener at the Estadio Libertadores de América rather than the club’s training ground but Marcelo […]
Argentinian football is back! Peter & Tom bring you up to speed on what exactly is the Copa Liga Profesional – how it works and what are the problems to […]
Kily González got off to a winning start as Rosario Central manager as Lucas Gamba’s wonderful goal five minutes from time clinched victory over Godoy Cruz. It was the visitors […]
Racing Club have not been accustomed to losing since Sebastián Beccacece took charge and few would have predicted a visit from Atlético Tucumán would have produced only a second loss […]
Superliga champions Boca Juniors began their Copa Liga Profesional campaign with a deserved victory over Lanús. Ramón Ábila headed the decisive goal just before the hour mark pouncing on a […]
Diego Maradona’s 60th birthday celebrations continued in La Plata on Friday evening as the Copa Liga Profesional got underway with his Gimnasia side sweeping past Patronato. Debutant Johan Carbonero gave […]
Lanús will take an important first leg lead to Brazil next week thanks in large part to the predatory instincts of veteran striker José Sand. The 40-year-old struck twice at […]
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 […]
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