Golazo’s end of season awards (Torneo Final 2013)
With the Torneo Final all wrapped up, we look back on an eventful season which has witnessed Newell’s Old Boys deservedly lift the trophy and still in with a shot […]
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Newell’s Old Boys – more than worthy champions
The championship may only have been sealed in midweek with Lanus’s failure to defeat Estudiantes, but Gerardo Martino’s men have been the stand out side in Argentina this year and […]
Golazo’s May Awards
The season is drawing to it’s dramatic conclusion and at the end of May the title is still very much up for grabs with Newell’s Old Boys and River Plate […]
Major changes needed at Boca following cup exit
Carlos Bianchi and Boca Juniors well and truly put all their eggs in the Copa Libertadores basket this season and so after their Quarter Final exit last night at the […]
Players to watch in the window….
With the European transfer window opening and the speculation going into overload Golazo takes a look at some of the players currently plying their trade in the Primera Division who […]
Huracan fans attack the team
Argentine football has been getting some coverage on the BBC so I thought I had better add the news here. Following their Copa Argentina defeat to Godoy Cruz on Wednesday […]
Gallego leaves Independiente….Where do Independiente go now?
Last night Americo Gallego parted company with Independiente as the club stand on the brink of relegation. Following Friday night’s 1 – 1 draw with Union, a result which deepened […]
Paper review – Veron, Maradona, Pope Francis plus injury and crime updates
With last night being the first time in some time that there wasn’t a game to write up I’ll take the opportunity to bring a quick review of the stories […]
The next test: Tuesday’s qualifier with Bolivia (Preview)
On Tuesday afternoon Alejandro Sabella’s team travel to the extreme altitude of La Paz to play Bolivia. Last time they played, under Diego Maradona, Argentina were humiliated, experiencing their heaviest […]
AFA decide upon light punishment
Following the recent episodes of violence and the resulting talk of banning away support the AFA have announced pretty soft punishments and in fact not really done anything with regards the […]
AFA to vote on banning away support after increased violence
The AFA Executive committee are due to meet tonight to discuss the proposed ban of all visiting supporters in a bid to control the football violence that has dominated the […]
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 […]
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 […]
35 years since Independiente’s famous victory
On 25 January 1977 Independiente claimed one of the club’s most famous victories when they defeated Talleres de Cordoba to win the National Championship in the most dramatic fashion. The […]
The greatest goal celebration
In light of the trouble that caused the Rosario clásico to be cancelled yesterday I thought I would add this story of the greatest goal celebration by the fans of […]
A brief history…
As the cultural and economic centre of Argentina, Buenos Aires shows signs of its colonial past in its blend of European architecture and culture with its own South American character. […]
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