By his own admission Gonzalo Martínez’s 90th minute winner was in fact a cross but River Plate will not care in the least as it ensured them a place in […]
It was far from the convincing performance that Julio Olarticoechea would have wanted but Argentina earned a crucial three points against Algeria in Group D to keep their hopes of qualification […]
West Ham celebrated the official opening of their new London Stadium but were unable to prevent Juventus from sealing a 3-2 victory on Sunday afternoon. The Italian champions gave record […]
There was little to suggest from Argentina’s pre-Olympic friendlies that La Albiceleste would be celebrating a third gold medal and after Thursday night’s defeat to Portugal, that has never looked […]
Primera champions Lanús claimed the first spot in the Copa Argentina last 16 with a victory over Patronato, that was more comfortable than the two goals in the final ten […]
Argentina defender Gabriel Mercado is expected to join Jorge Sampaoli’s ever-increasing legion of compatriots at Sevilla this week but signed off in style for River Plate with a stoppage time […]
Thankfully there was no repeat of the worrying scenes that affected last weekend’s clásico but it didn’t mean that matters on the pitch were any more exciting as Newell’s Old […]
Julio Olarticoechea hasn’t had much time and several of the first choice picks were withdrawn from the squad but on the evidence of Thursday’s goalless draw with México, Argentina don’t look like […]
Leandro Desábato headed Estudiantes a draw against Inter Milan after Yuto Nagatomo had given the Serie A side the lead, in what was a poor pre-season friendly that will not […]
Julio Olarticoechea’s Argentina Olympic side continued their preparation with a 3-1 win over Haití in Miami on Sunday afternoon thanks to goals from Mauricio Martínez, Ángel Correa and Giovanni […]
Sunday afternoon’s clásico between Newell’s Old Boys and Rosario Central was marred by violent clashes between factions of the Newell’s barra brava inside the Estadio Marcelo Bielsa that caused delays […]
Julio Olarticoechea’s Argentina side began their Olympic preparations last night in Miami with a hard fought goalless draw against Colombia but will certainly feel they did enough to snatch victory after […]
The Copa Argentina has made an early start in Argentine football and although the start of the league season is still some weeks away several clubs have been in action. […]
When Lionel Messi is really in the mood there is little an opposition defence can do to stop him and for all of Venezuela’s confident pre-match talk and Rafael Dudamel’s tactical […]
Argentina made an impressive winning start to their Copa América campaign with a deserved victory over champions Chile despite the injury absence of Lionel Messi. Paris St Germain midfielder Ángel […]
Talleres’ long road back from relegation at the end of the 2003-04 season was completed on Sunday afternoon when Pablo Guiñazú’s injury time winner against All Boys in Floresta ensured La […]
The structure of the 2016 Transición may have been an ungodly mess but that didn’t prevent there being some superb goals scored over the past few months. As always, here […]
Atlético Madrid’s defeat in the Champions League final earlier in the weekend provided an example of when perhaps worthy winners end up falling just short. After dominating the regular season, the […]
The likelihood is both of these sides will be in the 2017 Copa Libertadores but Estudiantes left no doubt with victory in the playoff against Godoy Cruz. The runners up […]
Gonzalo Higuaín’s wonderfully taken goal, signalling that the record-breaking Napoli striker is bringing his outstading form to the Copa América, was perhaps the only good news from Argentina’s victory over […]
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