Busy Sunday and some significant and surprising results
Newell’s Old Boys bid to win back-to-back league titles continued today with a 2-0 win over Argentinos Juniors. Maxi Rodriguez opened the scoring and then missed a penalty but his […]
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All square in the La Plata clasico; San Lorenzo and River Sunday’s winners
Sunday’s big game was undoubtedly in La Plata where Estudiantes hosted city rivals, Gimnasia. The game ended 1-1 but Gimnasia will look back at some key decisions that may have […]
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 […]
Round 6 finishes with more surprises – River score 3 and Boca get spanked by Olimpo
Following a weekend of fairly unpredictable results, Sunday followed a similar pattern. River Plate having scored only twice so far this season and really struggling to create anything suddenly sparked […]
Boca and San Lorenzo winners in Sunday’s big clashes
River Plate‘s dismal start to the season continued last night as they suffered defeat in the Nuevo Gasmetro against San Lorenzo. Despite now being able to field striker, Teo Gutierrez, […]
Sunday: River and Boca lose to Colon and Estudiantes
River Plate were finally able to field new signing, Teo Gutierrez but were still surprisingly beaten in El Monumental by Colon. Despite bossing the game and having almost 70% possession […]
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 […]
Boca scrape victory in Cordoba; Argentinos and Estudiantes also win
Boca Juniors kicked off their season with a rather fortunate victory in Cordoba, aided by some generous officiating. Belgrano led early through Sebastian Carrera but were quickly pegged back by […]
Saturday’s friendlies – Estudiantes beat Madrid and Boca see off San Luis
Diego Simeone brought his Atletico Madrid side to Argentina as part of their pre-season tour yesterday afternoon but will have been disappointed to see them defeated by a rejuvenated Estudiantes […]
Why Varela’s move from Manchester to Boca could be good for everyone
Boca Juniors have announced that a loan deal for Manchester United’s recently acquired, Uruguayan youngster, Guillermo Varela could be in the pipeline. Having just signed the 20-year-old, it would be […]
Vargas set to switch red for blue in Avellaneda
Colombian midfield, Fabian Vargas looks set to further anger Independiente fans following his decision not to play in the Nacional B after the sides relegation as he now looks certain […]
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 […]
Argentinos Juniors win has huge implications at both ends of the table
Argentinos Juniors surprise 2-0 win over River Plate has perhaps handed the title to Newell’s Old Boys (if they win tonight) and lifted them away from, what is now looking […]
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 […]
Libertadores: Newell’s defeat Boca after epic penalty shootout
Last week’s goalless draw in La Bombonera was a tight and tense affair and tonight’s second leg in Rosario was no different. Neither team could score the decisive goal and […]
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 and Newell’s can’t be separated in Libertadores first leg
La Bombonera was packed to the rafters for this Copa Libertadores Quarter Final first leg and despite not witnessing any goals it was still a pretty exciting affair. Both sides […]
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 […]
Copa Libertadores: Revenge in Brasil for Boca to set up clash with Newell’s
The last 16 of the Copa Libertadores saw two Argentine sides progress to the Quarter Finals where they will meet each other, guaranteeing one semi finalist. Boca Juniors travelled to […]
Weekend Roundup: Newell’s go top as Lanus are held by Independiente
A later than normal weekend review but all the goals as always. On Saturday, Boca Juniors miserable run continued as they were comprehensively beaten by San Lorenzo to make it […]
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