Primera team of the week: Round Two
Team of the week returns after another full round of Primera fixtures. Fifteen matches to choose from so here are the eleven that impressed from round two along with our Player of […]
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Atlético Rafaela claim vital win over Temperley & El Decano maintain fine start with victory over Arsenal (VIDEO)
It may only be round two but there is little doubt that Temperley’s visit to the Nuevo Monumental to face Atlético de Rafaela was a relegation six-pointer. Both sides are […]
Montagna comes back to haunt San Lorenzo in draw & Atlético Tucumán’s home streak goes on (VIDEO)
Despite the dreadful weather conditions in Bajo Flores, San Lorenzo and San Martín served up an exciting opening weekend draw and El Ciclón will be rueing the decision to allow […]
Estudiantes take a point in Santa Fe but Newell’s victory over El Decano secures second for El Pincha (VIDEO)
Atlético Tucumán were always outsiders for a spot in the Copa Libertadores but Sunday evening’s defeat in Rosario to Newell’s Old Boys ended any such hope. Mauricio Tévez’s powerful, low […]
Five talking points from Round Fifteen of the Primera – plus ALL the goals
Despite winning El Decano’s Libertadores dream may come up short Atlético Tucumán did what they needed to do on Friday night with a dramatic late 3-2 win over San Martín […]
Atlético Tucumán into Libertadores spots, El Halcón down Racing & Unión take a point off Huracán (VIDEO)
Atlético Tucumán’s most unlikely of Copa Libertadores bids took a step closer on Friday evening after a 3-2 win over San Martín saw El Decano leapfrog Estudiantes into second place […]
Lanús claim final spot with victory over Aldosivi, El Decano continue to dream with late winner & Arsenal defeat Central (VIDEO)
Lanús notched a seventh straight Primera win on Sunday afternoon after seeing off the challenge of Aldosivi in La Fortaleza but more importantly El Granate confirmed their place in the […]
Lanús within an inch of Zone Two title after win over Tigre, Gimnasia defeat Central & El Decano earn point in Temperley (VIDEO)
There appears to be no stopping Lanús now after a hard fought 1-0 win over Tigre in Victoria left El Granate all but confirmed as Zone Two champions. José Sand’s […]
The Superclásico, the clásico Rosarino, the clásico de Avellaneda – Super Sunday ends goalless
A Sunday packed with possibly the three biggest matches in Argentine football promised so much but delivered nothing more than coma-inducing goalless draws. (Normally I would write reports for each […]
La Crema end 10-game winless run, Vélez snatch late win over Argentinos Juniors & Olimpo defeat Aldosivi (VIDEO)
Atlético Rafaela hadn’t won since an own-goal on the opening weekend gave them a 1-0 win away to Huracán but on Friday evening in the Nuevo Monumental, Juan Manuel Llop’s […]
Atlético Tucumán too much for Defensa y Justicia and Unión edge out Tigre (VIDEO)
Luís Rodríguez scored his 100th goal for Atlético Tucumán to help El Decano to a 3-1 win over Defensa y Justicia on Saturday afternoon. El Pulga reached the milestone from […]
Estudiantes claim dramatic win over El Decano, Arsenal ease past Quilmes and La Crema snatch a draw (VIDEO)
Estudiantes managed to keep on the heels of league leaders Lanús thanks to a retaken penalty deep into injury time by Jonathan Schunke in La Plata on Monday night. Rodrigo […]
Atlético Tucumán join the leaders with late win over Huracán, Olimpo hold Central & Estudiantes see off Temperley (VIDEO)
Atlético Tucumán’s remarkable start to life in the top flight continued on Friday night after Rodrigo Aliendro’s 96th minute winner gave El Decano a 2-1 win over Huracán and sent […]
Colón thrash injury-ravaged River & Atlético Tucumán snatch a point against Aldosivi (VIDEO)
Even with just Eder Álvarez Balanta missing, River Plate were a little short defensively so when Marcelo Gallardo was robbed of Jonathan Maidana, Gabriel Mercado and Leonel Vangioni through injury for […]
Tigre spring to life with 5-0 win & Godoy Cruz claim a fourth consecutive win (VIDEO)
Tigre manager Mauro Camaronesi was being tipped to be the next Primera manager fired after his side remained winless and were struggling to reproduce the form they had under Gustavo […]
Lanús’ 100% start ended with draw against San Martín & Atlético Tucumán’s fine start continues (VIDEO)
Lanús remain top of Zona 2 and unbeaten but for the first time this season were denied victory after Javier Toledo’s powerful header earned San Martín a point in San Juan. […]
Sand puts Lanús top, Estudiantes see off Aldosivi & Temperley earn first win of the season in Rafaela (VIDEO)
Despite being early in the season, Atlético Tucumán’s visit to Lanús was a surprising top of the table clash with both clubs enjoying 100% starts to their campaigns. Something had […]
Five talking points from Round Three of the Primera – plus ALL the goals
Atlético Tucumán and Colón continue to surprise Even just three games into the 2016 season no one could possibly have predicted that the leaders in the two zones would be […]
Godoy Cruz beat River in the Monumental and Atlético Tucumán chalk up a third straight win (VIDEO)
River Plate’s indifferent start to 2016 continued last night in the Monumental after Leonardo Pisculichi’s first half red card proved costly. Los Millonarios were already trailing after Diego Viera had […]
Woeful Boca lose to Atlético Tucumán and leave Arruabarrena on the brink (VIDEO)
A summer that consisted of two superclásico defeats, a lacklustre goalless draw with Temperley on the opening weekend, followed by a shambolic thrashing at the hands of San Lorenzo for […]
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