Lanus held in La Bombonera and River take advantage to close the gap
The league’s top three sides were in action yesterday and it was River Plate who profitted the most as leaders Lanus could only draw and Newell’s Old Boys were defeated […]
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Newell’s nearly there thanks to some Scocco magic
Newell’s Old Boys got the win that was needed last night at home in Rosario and took a huge step towards the knockout stages of this year’s Copa Libertadores. Fresh […]
Golazo’s March awards
An eventful month which has seen an Argentinian (and San Lorenzo fan) Pope elected, numerous incidents of football violence, the attempted kidnapping of River Plate player Jonathan Bottinelli and culminating […]
Sunday: Newell’s keep pressure on, Godoy Cruz win thriller and Boca Independiente ends in draw
After the disappointment of Saturday’s action Sunday served up plenty of drama and talking points: Independiente failing to take advantage of Boca playing with 10 men for most the game, […]
Round 7 preview and Pope Francis a Huracan fan?
After the week off for International duty the Primera division kicks off again this week with some big clashes in Buenos Aires, notably Boca taking on Independiente and River playing […]
Round 6: Lanus stretch their lead at the top as River stumble
As the sixth round of fixtures draws nearer there is a lot to catch up on from the weekend’s action so far. Lanus continued their unbeaten start to the season […]
Libertadores: Velez and Newell’s both win to keep qualification alive
Tuesday night was a good night for Argentina in the Copa Libertadores as both Velez Sarsfield and Newell’s Old Boys ran out winners from potentially difficult games. Velez beat Uruguayans, […]
Saturday: Goals galore as Newell’s and Racing both win
Newell’s Old Boys secured an impressive victory in La Plata against Estudiantes despite twice being behind. Ahead of their Copa Libertadores game in the week, Newell’s put in one of […]
Libertadores: Newell’s suffer defeat again
Newell’s Old Boys have a difficult task if they are to qualify for the next stage of the Copa Libertadores after losing 2 – 1 in Rosario to Universidad de […]
Friday’s action: Quilmes and Rafaela stalemate and Newell’s beat Belgrano
Friday night’s action saw plenty of goals as Quilmes and Atletico Rafaela played out an entertaining 3 – 3 draw with all the goals coming in the second half after […]
Monday’s action sees San Martin hold Newell’s to a draw
The final game of round three saw Newell’s Old Boys travel to San Martin de San Juan. The game ended in a draw with San Martin taking the lead in […]
Libertadores 2013 Update: Velez win as Newell’s and Tigre lose
This week saw the second round of games in this year’s Copa Libertadores and once again Argentinian teams found things difficult. Last season’s domestic champions, Velez Sarsfield got their campaign […]
Sunday: Lanus continue to impress and River win again as Boca falter
Sunday’s round of fixtures gave us the chance to see probably the two most impressive sides from the first round of results against each other when Newell’s Old Boys hosted […]
Newell’s get off to winning start as Arsenal suffer defeat
Newell’s Old Boys continued their great start to 2013 with a 3 – 1 win over Olimpia of Paraguay in the Estadio Marcelo Bielsa last night. After a goal less […]
Terrible day for Avellaneda teams and River get revenge over Belgrano
Three of the “big 5” were in action on Sunday but it was only River Plate who had anything to celebrate when the final whistles blew. River finally got some […]
The greatest goal celebration
In light of the trouble that caused the Rosario clásico to be cancelled yesterday I thought I would add this story of the greatest goal celebration by the fans of […]
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