San Lorenzo crush Gimnasia to go clear in the league
San Lorenzo thrashed Gimnasia in El Nuevo Gasómetro to move 2 points clear at the top of the table, at least until Newell’s play. Juan Antonio Pizzi’s side dominated from […]
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Velez ease past Rafaela in Liniers
Velez Sarsfield put their defeat to Belgrano behind them and looked impressive in their demolition of Atletico Rafaela last night in Liniers. A fantastic first half performance saw Velez lead […]
Bianchi’s Boca brush aside Ischia’s Racing – all of Sunday’s other action
Fernando Gago was once again instrumental in Boca Juniors‘ latest win in La Bombonera. The central midfielder was the heartbeat of the side and crucial to his side’s 2-0 win […]
Busy Saturday ends with chaotic clash between Racing and Lanus
Despite the international fixtures this week, the Primera Division showed no signs of letting up and gave us 5 games to look at from Saturday. Racing hosted Lanus, in a […]
Argentinos and Arsenal miss the chance to go top after bore draw
The surprisingly good starts made by Argentinos Juniors and Arsenal continued, to some extent, as both sides avoided defeat and contributed to a dull 0-0. Arsenal remain undefeated and Argentinos’ […]
Gimnasia’s fine start and Racing’s woes continue
Gimnasia La Plata continue to impress on their return to the Primera as they came from a goal down to defeat Belgrano 2-1 in Cordoba. Two second half goals from […]
All of Sunday’s Primera action….
A Sunday which saw several of Argentina’s heavyweights in action produced some interesting results. Boca Juniors bounced back from their defeat earlier in the week to defeat Atletico Rafaela in […]
Lanus stutter in defeat to Rafaela as Round 2 rumbles on
Lanus failed to follow up their impressive opening day win and displayed once again their Jekyll and Hyde personality, slumping to defeat in Santa Fe to Atletico Rafaela. Santiago Silva […]
Pratto gives Velez winning start while its all square in Saturday’s other games
A wonder strike and an injury time penalty from Lucas Pratto ensured Velez Sarsfield started their Torneo Campaign with 3 points. Tigre perhaps deserved more and if wasn’t for some […]
Newell’s win to close in on title as Lanus thrash River
After weeks of comatose like performances, Lanus suddenly came back to life to end River Plate’s dreams of winning the title. The free scoring Lanus of the opening 6 weeks […]
Independiente fail to take advantage and Godoy Cruz thrash Arsenal
Time is running out for Independiente and yesterday’s home game with Estudiantes was a great opportunity to win and heap more pressure on Argentinos Juniors. However, neither side really did […]
Sunday: Lanus lose ground on River and Newell’s
After a football free Saturday due to 25 de Mayo celebrations, Sunday was crammed with 5 games and the top 3 all in action and it was Lanus who were […]
Boca end historic streak, Newell’s slip up and Godoy Cruz stun Velez
Saturday’s Primera division action produced a number of talking points, notably Boca finally managing to win, a feat they have not achieved for a record breaking 12 games, and Newell’s […]
Rafaela and Belgrano kick off weekend with bore draw
This game almost certainly doesn’t warrant a post but as the only game on Friday night it’s getting one. Atletico Rafaela travelled to Cordoba to face Belgrano and both sides […]
Big Sunday: Honours even in Super Clasico and Independiente’s revival continues
La Bombonera hosted this tournament’s super clasico and the result was a 1-1 draw between Argentina’s greatest rivals – Boca Juniors and River Plate. River dominated the first half and […]
Lanus drop more points and All Boys win in Cordoba
Lanus‘s lull has continued as they have been held to a 1 – 1 draw at home to Atletico Rafaela. They remain unbeaten but now trail leaders Newell’s Old Boys […]
Independiente on the brink and River show title credentials
Sunday’s games from round 10 of the tournament Final saw Avellaneda giants, Independiente take another step towards relegation as the first game under new manager, Miguel Angel Brindisi had an […]
Fury as the end looms for Independiente
Angry scenes erupted last night in Avellaneda as the red half of the neighbourhood watched their great side fail to secure three points yet again and as a result edge […]
Saturday: Not a lot of goals but Independiente are the big losers
After Friday night’s defeat to All Boys, Independiente were praying that results went their way over the rest of the weekend. Sadly for the Avellaneda giants that wasn’t to be […]
Sunday: Newell’s keep pressure on, Godoy Cruz win thriller and Boca Independiente ends in draw
After the disappointment of Saturday’s action Sunday served up plenty of drama and talking points: Independiente failing to take advantage of Boca playing with 10 men for most the game, […]
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