Five talking points from Round Fifteen of the Primera – plus ALL the goals
Despite winning El Decano’s Libertadores dream may come up short Atlético Tucumán did what they needed to do on Friday night with a dramatic late 3-2 win over San Martín […]
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San Lorenzo maintain title challenge with impressive win over River & Estudiantes claim a point from Racing (VIDEO)
San Lorenzo produced a superb performance to defeat River Plate in the Nuevo Gasómetro and join Godoy Cruz at the top of Zone One with two matches remaining. Nicolás Blandi […]
Champions River thwarted by Independiente del Valle as Gallardo’s side are dumped from Libertadores (VIDEO)
Even after suffering a two-goal defeat in Quito, Copa Libertadores champions River Plate were expected to reverse the deficit and progress past Independiente del Valle when the sides met back at […]
Five talking points from Round thirteen of the Primera – plus ALL the goals
Monetti shines as Lanús close on title There appears to be no stopping Lanús now after a hard fought 1-0 win over Tigre in Victoria left El Granate all but […]
Godoy Cruz maintain challenge with victory over Arsenal, River are held by ten-man Vélez and Quilmes claim draw with Belgrano (VIDEO)
Godoy Cruz took a huge step towards the 2017 Copa Libertadores and possibly the Torneo Transición title with a 2-0 win over Arsenal in Mendoza. After a goalless first half, […]
River left with plenty to do after defeat in Quito (VIDEO)
River Plate are used to doing things the hard way in the Copa Libertadores after their remarkable route to the title last year. However, after suffering a 2-0 defeat to […]
Argentina’s best young players: 18-17 #GOLAZO50
Continuing our look at the best young players in Argentina, we now reveal positions 18 and 17. In case you missed it here is a recap so far: 50-41 40-31 30-26 25-21 […]
Five talking points from Round twelve of the Primera – plus ALL the goals
A weekend of clásicos is really really bad What more can I say that these tweet doesn’t already tell you…. Weird set of results in ARG as most teams played […]
The Superclásico, the clásico Rosarino, the clásico de Avellaneda – Super Sunday ends goalless
A Sunday packed with possibly the three biggest matches in Argentine football promised so much but delivered nothing more than coma-inducing goalless draws. (Normally I would write reports for each […]
Part Four: Argentina’s best young players 25-21 #Golazo50
Continuing our look at the best young players in Argentina, we now reveal positions 25 to 21. In case you missed it here is a recap so far: 50-41 40-31 30-26 […]
River top Libertadores group one with victory over Trujillanos & Calleri puts São Paulo through in second (VIDEO)
River perhaps made harder work than was necessary of their Venezuelan opponents, Trujillanos in the Monumental on Thursday night but ran out 4-3 winners and group winners to sail into […]
Five talking points from Round Eleven of the Primera – plus ALL the goals
Four points separate the top six in Zone One For the second consecutive weekend only two of the top six sides in Zone One secured three points and so with […]
River Plate edge Olimpo in Bahía Blanca & Banfield end winless streak with victory away to Patronato (VIDEO)
A largely reserve River Plate side ended their recent run of poor results in Bahía Blanca against Olimpo thanks to a wonderful headed goal by Leonardo Pisculichi midway through the […]
Calleri brace hands São Paulo victory over River Plate (VIDEO)
River Plate could have guaranteed their place in the Copa Libertadores last 16 on Wednesday night in Morumbí but were undone by former Boca Juniors striker Jonathan Calleri. The 22-year-old, […]
Five talking points from Round Ten of the Primera – plus ALL the goals
The Primera’s team to beat, Lanús are title favourites Lanús beating Banfield comfortably in Sunday’s Clásico del Sur came as little surprise but an eighth win in ten league games […]
Sarmiento snatch draw with River in the Monumental & Independiente fire a blank against Olimpo (VIDEO)
River Plate are now five games without victory in the Primera after yesterday squandering a two-goal lead against Sarmiento in a sodden Monumental. Iván Alonso and Milton Casco had put […]
D’Alessandro dazzles as River Plate stick six past The Strongest (VIDEO)
Bolivian side, The Strongest have always made their club name seem slightly ironic when travelling away from the altitude of La Paz in the Copa Libertadores but after a shock […]
Five talking points from Round Nine of the Primera – plus ALL the goals
Time to start considering Lanús & Godoy Cruz as serious title contenders Over the halfway mark now of this short championship and the leaders in their respective zones are Godoy […]
Patronato stun River Plate & Banfield earn a draw with Colón (VIDEO)
River Plate were able to name a much stronger starting lineup than had been suggested in the week after nine members of the first team squad were struck with gastroentiritis […]
Peñarol ease past River at inaugaration of new stadium (VIDEO)
In 1938 Peñarol were the visitors to River Plate’s newly constructed Estadio Monumental and on Monday evening, Marcelo Gallardo’s side repaid the favour at the inaugaration of the Estadio Campeón del […]
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