Racing’s miserable week continues with cup defeat
The weekend defeat and subsequent departure of manager, Luis Zubeldia was confounded last night as Racing limped out of the Copa Sudamericana following a 2-0 defeat to Lanus. Two goals […]
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Zubeldia set to be the first managerial casualty
Friday’s home defeat to Arsenal is almost certainly going to be Luis Zubeldia last in charge of Racing. 1 point from the opening 4 rounds and defeat in the first […]
Gimnasia’s fine start and Racing’s woes continue
Gimnasia La Plata continue to impress on their return to the Primera as they came from a goal down to defeat Belgrano 2-1 in Cordoba. Two second half goals from […]
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 […]
Lanus heap pressure on Zubeldia with cup win
Young, under-fire Racing manager, Luis Zubeldia had to face his angry public last night as his Racing side lost again, this time in the first leg of their Copa Sudamericana […]
San Lorenzo impress as they thrash Racing and River bounce back
Round Two of the Torneo Inicial was completed last night prior to elections this weekend (although Newell’s have yet to start) and saw San Lorenzo impressively defeat Racing 3-0, River […]
Pratto gives Velez winning start while its all square in Saturday’s other games
A wonder strike and an injury time penalty from Lucas Pratto ensured Velez Sarsfield started their Torneo Campaign with 3 points. Tigre perhaps deserved more and if wasn’t for some […]
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 […]
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 […]
Racing sign off on a high
Having waited all the season for back to back wins Racing have finished the Torneo Final strongly and put together three. Last night’s victory over, already relegated, Union was a […]
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 […]
Surprise surprise! Quilmes beat Racing
The controversial fixture between Quilmes and Racing ended in the result that the whole of Argentina was expecting. Two sides united in their goal: Quilmes to fight against the alledged […]
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 […]
Inconsistent Racing lose in Sarandi
A second half header from Nicolas Aguirre was enough to give Arsenal a 1-0 won over a limp Racing side that have not won back to back games for 17 […]
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 […]
Saturday: Lanus back to winning ways plus two other games
The relief in La Paternal was tangible after Lanus had gone two games without a win, lost the lead at the top of the league and were struggling to recreate […]
Sunday’s football has implications at both ends of the table
Independiente finally got back to winning ways in Brindisi’s second game in charge with a 3 – 1 win over Argentinos Juniors in Avellaneda. The result lifts them back above […]
Midweek roundup: Advantage Velez in all Argentine Copa Libertadores clash and two big upsets in the Copa Argentina
This week’s midweek football brought us some very surprising results (aside from Barcelona and Real Madrid getting turned over in the Champions League) both domestically and in the Copa Libertadores. Fresh from […]
Friday: Newell’s go top with win over Velez and Racing Colon ends in draw
On Wednesday night Newell’s Old Boys and Velez Sarsfield will meet again, this time in the Copa Libertadores last 16, and it will be Newell’s who will feel more confident […]
Saturday: Boca thrashed in San Juan, Racing batter San Lorenzo and Lanus edge All Boys in last minute
The earlier kickoff on Saturday undoubtedly brought the major talking point as Boca Juniors were humiliated in San Juan by San Martin, losing 6 – 1. They will point to […]
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