River Plate emphatically got their league form back on track with a 6-1 demolition of Godoy Cruz. After suffering defeat to Argentinos Juniors and looking vulnerable in last week’s Superclásico […]
Two goals, two red cards and plenty of drama as the latest Superclásico between Boca Juniors and River Plate ended all square on Sunday afternoon. An empty Bombonera played host to […]
The disparity between River Plate’s form in cup competition and the league continues to be something of an enigma. Four days after putting five past Racing Club to lift the […]
The benefits of stability were laid bare in the Supercopa Argentina final on Thursday evening as Marcelo Gallardo’s long reign of success at River Plate produced yet another title at […]
It was another poor performance from Boca Juniors on Sunday evening that saw newly promoted Sarmiento de Junín take a point from their trip to La Bombonera yet it was […]
Back at the Monumental for the first time in almost a year, River Plate enjoyed themselves on a newly laid pitch and made relatively light work of Rosario Central. Rafael […]
Ten years on from sending River Plate down to the Nacional B, Ricardo Zielinski reprised his role as the Millonarios bogeyman. El Ruso’s debut as Estudiantes manager ended in dramatic […]
A day after Boca Juniors are crowned Copa Diego Maradona champions, Peter and Tom look back on the tournament. Despite lifting the title Boca and the other grandes have plenty […]
For all the talk in recent years of River Plate benefitting from favourable decisions, Tuesday’s Copa Libertadores semi final saw Marcelo Gallardo’s side denied one of the great comebacks by […]
Boca Juniors booked their place in the Copa Diego Maradona final on Saturday night holding off the challenge of Argentinos Juniors with a 2-2 draw in La Paternal as River […]
It will take arguably the greatest night of Marcelo Gallardo’s tenure if River Plate are to reach the Copa Libertadores final next week in São Paulo after suffering a 3-0 first […]
Any suggestion that Boca Juniors and River Plate would be sacrificing the Superclásico in favour of this week’s Copa Libertadores semi-finals proved unfounded as the two sides battled to an […]
January’s Copa Libertadores semi-finals are clearly the priority but next Saturday’s Superclásico may well decide whether Boca Juniors or River Plate are heading to the Copa Diego Maradona final. Both […]
The Superclásico may have been absent from the 2020 calendar but January’s fixture is already shaping up nicely. The traditional summer ‘friendly’ will make way for a Copa Diego Maradona […]
River Plate had one foot in the semi-finals already after last week’s 2-0 win over Nacional in Avellaneda but emphatically set a date with Palmeiras with a 6-2 victory over […]
The last round of matches in the initial group stage of the Copa Diego Maradona didn’t exactly bring with it a whole lot of drama but Atlético Tucumán and River […]
Defending the Copa Libertadores title hasn’t been done since Boca Juniors in 2001 and it won’t be achieved this year after Racing Club stunned champions Flamengo at the Maracanã on […]
An earlier storm and damage to the floodlights almost put paid to River Plate’s trip to Rosario Central but in the end a much changed line-up picked up the three […]
“Today I feel robbed,” were the words of Sebastián Beccacece in his post-match press conference following Racing Club’s 1-1 draw with Flamengo in their Copa Libertadores last 16 first leg. […]
Next week’s Copa Libertadores last 16 is Boca Juniors’ priority right now but Miguel Ángel Russo will still feel the side selected should have been able to avoid defeat to […]
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