While Godoy Cruz are certainly not at the level that saw them finish runners-up last season, Mendoza remains a difficult place to go and yet Defensa y Justicia not only […]
Defensa y Justicia failed to make the most of their superiority last month in Florencio Varela but there was no such mistake in the Estadio Florencio Sola on Thursday evening […]
Independiente couldn’t find a winner in their midweek draw against River Plate in the Copa Libertadores and on Saturday Ariel Holan’s ten men were once more forced to accept a […]
Scoring three and cruising into the Copa Libertadores quarter finals, River Plate looked to be over their recent scoring troubles and while Juan Fernando Quintero netted Los Millonarios’ first Superliga […]
Independiente still don’t know if their goalless first leg against Santos in the Copa Libertadores will be awarded as a 3-0 win but with thoughts clearly on Tuesday’s rematch, Ariel […]
The Copa Sudamericana last 16 got underway on Tuesday evening with the all-Argentine clash between Defensa y Justicia and Banfield but with one side seemingly content to leave with a […]
Franco Armani wrote himself into the River Plate record books with yet another clean sheet but it was César Rigamonti, his opposite number in the Belgrano goal, who played the […]
It was as if the Superliga had never really been away as Boca Juniors won in very ordinary fashion thanks to a moment of quality from Cristian Pavón. Talleres, looking […]
Newell’s Old Boys booked their spot in the Copa Argentina last 16 on Sunday afternoon with a 3-0 victory over Primera B club Defensores Unidos in Junín. Had La Lepra not ran […]
There was no question that Defensa y Justicia’s margin of victory when El Nacional visited Florencio Varela two weeks ago should have been greater but it proved just enough for […]
Sebastián Beccacece was back in the dugout in Florencio Varela after his ill-fated stint with Argentina and while for 70-odd minutes it looked as though the coach had brought his […]
Jorge Sampaoli still remains as Argentina manager as talks with the Argentine Football Association (AFA) rumble on but his assistant and Under-20 coach Sebastián Beccacece has already handed in his […]
Champions Boca Juniors might have fielded a second-string side but there was no doubting their commitment in a thrilling 3-3 draw with Huracán on Saturday. El Globo clawing back a two-goal […]
A place in the 2019 Copa Libertadores was on the line in the clash between two of the Superliga’s surprise packages and the goalless draw between Talleres and Huracán left […]
After consecutive wins over Boca, Racing and Independiente, the visit of Rosario Central to Florencio Varela was understandably viewed as an expected victory for in-form Defensa y Justicia. The locals […]
While Independiente manager Ariel Holan cuts a concerned figure after another disappointing defeat, Juan Pablo Vojvoda’s Defensa y Justicia go from strength to strength with a third consecutive win over […]
by Daniel Fraiz-Martinez While ‘the auspicious wind of change’ as César Luis Menotti termed it, brushes over the Superliga in the form of a mini-coaching revolution. There’s one club in […]
After defeat to River Plate last weekend, Racing Club needed a result to boost their chance of claiming a spot in the 2019 Copa Libertadores and despite Ricardo Centurión’s best […]
Boca Juniors’ victory over Talleres last weekend was supposed to signal the end of the title race and it isn’t exactly back on but some suicidal defending by the defending […]
Sixteen years ago, Arsenal de Sarandí, the club founded by former AFA president Julio Grondona in 1957, reached the top tier of Argentine football. With one of the most powerful men […]
