Superfinal preview: Velez vs Newell’s
Saturday night is the much maligned Super Final between Velez Sarsfield, champions of the Torneo Inicial in 2012, and Newell’s Old Boys, the new Torneo Final Champions. A place in […]
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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 […]
San Martin and Quilmes both win in fight for survival as crowd trouble mars Saturday’s games
The relegation battle turned up a notch further yesterday and heaped even more pressure on Independiente ahead of their huge clash with River Plate later today. San Martin de San […]
Argentinos Juniors win has huge implications at both ends of the table
Argentinos Juniors surprise 2-0 win over River Plate has perhaps handed the title to Newell’s Old Boys (if they win tonight) and lifted them away from, what is now looking […]
Colon return to winning ways and Velez sweep Quilmes aside giving faint hope to Union
Velez Sarsfield‘s victory over Quilmes in Liniers not only saw them back to winning ways after the disappointment of their Libertadores exit and ten games without a win but also […]
Boca end historic streak, Newell’s slip up and Godoy Cruz stun Velez
Saturday’s Primera division action produced a number of talking points, notably Boca finally managing to win, a feat they have not achieved for a record breaking 12 games, and Newell’s […]
Copa Libertadores: Revenge in Brasil for Boca to set up clash with Newell’s
The last 16 of the Copa Libertadores saw two Argentine sides progress to the Quarter Finals where they will meet each other, guaranteeing one semi finalist. Boca Juniors travelled to […]
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 […]
Tigre beat Velez in Liniers
Two of Argentina’s representatives in this year’s Copa Libertadores went head to head in Liniers, both coming off bad results in previous weeks. Tigre had just lost to relegation threatened […]
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 […]
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 […]
Libertadores: Last 16 sees one all Argentine tie and a replay of last year’s final
With all the group games finishing last night we finally got to see the 16 teams that have qualified to the knockout stages of this year’s competition. Four of the […]
Sunday roundup: Newell’s keep pressure on the top as River lose ground
Newell’s Old Boys came through a fiery encounter with Tigre to win 3 – 1 and remain just two points behind league leaders Lanus. Two red cards and another goal […]
Paper review – Veron, Maradona, Pope Francis plus injury and crime updates
With last night being the first time in some time that there wasn’t a game to write up I’ll take the opportunity to bring a quick review of the stories […]
Libertadores: Velez win group and Tigre keep dream alive with win
Another good night for Argentine sides in The Copa Libertadores last night as Velez Sarsfield confirmed their place in the next round as group winners and Tigre, having looked down […]
Saturday: Not a lot of goals but Independiente are the big losers
After Friday night’s defeat to All Boys, Independiente were praying that results went their way over the rest of the weekend. Sadly for the Avellaneda giants that wasn’t to be […]
Libertadores: Velez qualify as Tigre hopes look slim
Tuesday night saw the return of the Copa Libertadores and the involvement of two Argentine clubs experiencing mixed fortunes. Velez Sarsfield travelled to Chile to face Deportes Iquique knowing that […]
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 […]
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