Lifting the Copa Sudamericana at the weekend may have been the first many had heard about Defensa y Justicia so Peter and Tom look back on the historic final win […]
History was to be made whichever side emerged from the Copa Sudamericana semi-final between Defensa y Justicia and Coquimbo Unido and thanks to Braian Romero’s first half hat-trick it will […]
The scoreline may not reflect the tie but Lanús cruised into the Copa Sudamericana final on Wednesday evening with a 3-0 win over Vélez Sarsfield. Leading 1-0 from the first […]
For all the talk in recent years of River Plate benefitting from favourable decisions, Tuesday’s Copa Libertadores semi final saw Marcelo Gallardo’s side denied one of the great comebacks by […]
Lanús have taken a small step towards the Copa Sudamericana final after securing a 1-0 win over Vélez Sarsfield in Liniers last night. A first half of goalkeeping heroics and […]
By Martín O’Donnell It’s an exciting time for Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia just days before the Copa Sudamericana semi-finals. For the first time in the club’s history, the […]
River Plate had one foot in the semi-finals already after last week’s 2-0 win over Nacional in Avellaneda but emphatically set a date with Palmeiras with a 6-2 victory over […]
It’s advantage Racing Club in the Copa Libertadores quarter-finals after Lorenzo Melgarejo’s powerful header gave La Academia a 1-0 first leg win over Boca Juniors in Avellaneda. In a game […]
Independiente all but finished their job last week with a 4-1 first leg win over Fénix in Montevideo and while Lanús had lost in La Paz a 6-2 demolition of […]
It took a huge slice of good fortune with some favourable VAR calls to earn a first leg win over Deportivo Cali and with that safety net secured Vélez Sarsfield […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A disappointing night for Argentinian football as two sides saw their hopes of progressing in CONMEBOL competition brought to an early end. Argentinos Juniors were made to pay for the […]
Vélez Sarsfield progressed to the second round of the Copa Sudamericana on Tuesday evening despite suffering a 2-1 defeat to ten-man Aucas in Quito. A Thiago Almada penalty with literally […]
Independiente were in need of a response after the weekend’s embarrassing clásico defeat to Racing Club and while it was hardly a performance to silence the critics it was a […]
Atlético Tucumán certainly don’t look like a side capable of matching 2018’s run to the Copa Libertadores quarter-finals but El Decano booked a spot in Round Three after overcoming a […]
Unión put their Superliga struggles behind them on Thursday evening to sweep past a disappointing Atlético Mineiro and secure a 3-0 first leg victory in the Copa Sudamericana. Averaging less […]
Vélez Sarsfield’s struggles in front of goal have been evident in the league this season and it’s cost Gabriel Heinze’s side a title challenge. Toiling to find a way past […]
All eyes were on Paraguay this Tuesday for the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying draw and an evening in which the continent’s best club sides discovered their opponents in the 2020 […]
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