Defensa y Justicia keep waiting for Racing Club to slip but as yet Eduardo Coudet’s title favourites just keep on winning. Sunday evening was another opportunity to falter after the […]
The hangover from beating eternal rivals Boca Juniors to the Copa Libertadores took its toll on River Plate. First came a surprise defeat to Al-Ain in the Club World Cup […]
If you missed it already, the countdown of the new Golazo 50 is already well underway so you can catch up here… 50-46 / 45-41 / 40-36 / 35-31 If you don’t know […]
It was almost perfect and although Darío Benedetto’s 77th minute equaliser may have denied Newell’s Old Boys victory, there was much to celebrate for the Newell’s Old Boys supporters packed […]
If you missed it already, the countdown of the new Golazo 50 began last week so you can catch here… 50-46 / 45-41 / 40-36 If you don’t know what this is, it […]
Argentina may still be sweating in the summer sun but the Superliga returns and with only ten rounds of fixtures to play in this ludicrously short season, we are already […]
There are two faces to Marcelo Gallardo’s River Plate. One is the all-conquering Copa Libertadores winning goliath and the other is the horribly inconsistent Superliga outfit, who after losing to […]
A trophy laden eight-and-a-half year spell comes to an end and Tom Nash pays tribute to a River Plate legend who walks away from the Monumental for a final fling in Mexico… […]
If you missed it already, the countdown of the new Golazo 50 began last week so you can catch here… 50-46 / 45-41 If you don’t know what this is, it is […]
June 26, 2011: Belgrano and River Plate draw 1-1 at El Monumental giving El Pirata a 3-1 victory on aggregate and historically relegating River down to the B Nacional. January […]
It’s only a little over a month since River Plate were celebrating their greatest ever triumph in Madrid but after their subsequent Club World Cup defeat and a short break, […]
There is rarely a dull moment in Argentine football and a rollercoaster 2018 proved no different. The bad invariably outweighs the good and that’s certainly been the case this year […]
It’s not always been plane sailing at the Monumental for Pity Martínez as Tom Nash charts the rise from frustrating youngster to fan favourite. With the chants of ‘El Pity Martínez, que […]
River Plate know that they should have been playing Real Madrid today for the Club World Cup but didn’t allow that disappointment to affect their performance in the third-place playoff […]
This was supposed to be River Plate’s best opportunity to break Europe’s monopoly over the Club World Cup against a struggling Real Madrid side, who are yet to pay Kashima […]
The historic Copa Libertadores in the bag River Plate now head to the UAE for the Club World Cup and while Real Madrid could lie ahead, Jack Tilghman suggests there is far […]
The Copa Libertadores represents the pinnacle of South American football, there is nothing that tops it but for River Plate lifting the famous trophy with victory over fierce rivals Boca […]
It might be the most tainted Copa Libertadores of all time and one that the rest of South America simply wants to forget but for River Plate it will be […]
Argentine football has had more than enough accusations of corruption and conspiracy theories in recent weeks but Independiente added further fuel on Sunday evening after an awful refereeing performance by […]
Miami. No, Asunción. Why not Doha, Qatar? We’ll play it on December 8th. Ok then, Qatar! Spread the word everyone. Actually… maybe Madrid. Yeah, and let’s do it on December […]
