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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Saturday: Narrow wins for Racing and Argentinos; River and Velez bore draw
Saturday was perhaps not the best advert for Argentinian football as the 3 games served up only 2 goals and not really a great deal to talk about. Unfortunately, football […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sunday’s other action: River lose first of the season as Lanus draw to go top
Sunday’s other games were overshadowed and were almost the warm up before Riquelme’s return to Boca but the four other games did produce some other talking points. River Plate lost […]
El Rojo win Avellaneda bragging rights and fight out of relegation
Sunday afternoon saw the first of the big derby games of this tournament when the neighbourhood of Avellaneda is split red and blue for the clash between Independiente and Racing. […]
Racing net their first 3 points of the year
Racing got their campaign for 2013 up and running last night in the Estadio Juan Domingo Peron with a 2 – 0 win over Argentinos Juniors. Both teams had failed […]
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 […]
Fantastic goal
Although the summer tournament doesn’t mean too much I thought I would share a goal from last nights match between River and Racing. Racing won 2-1 but the highlight was […]
Paper round-up
With the season still a few weeks away and nothing but a series of fairly meaningless friendlies taking place the only other stories dominating the headlines are the transfer stories […]
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