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Apertura ‘08: Round 16 fixtures

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The end is nigh. The title won't be decided this weekend but Newell's, Vélez and Colón could drop out of the running if they lose. Things might look muddier by Saturday night: that's when San Lorenzo take on Lanús in the Nuevo Gasómetro - an away win would catapult last year's Apertura winners into the [. Click to continue reading...

Copa Sudamericana 2008: Estudiantes through to the final

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The second leg of the Copa Sudamericana semi-final between Argentinos Juniors and Estudiantes de La Plata was as all reasonable people expected it to be. That is, after Argentinos' first team thrashed Estudiantes' reserves 5-0 in the league on Sunday, it was evident to all that Estudiantes would advance from the semi. Click to continue reading...

All smiles

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The Maradona era has begun. Olé announced even before the friendly against Scotland had ended that 'the 19th of November, 2008, will be recorded with fire as a great ocassion in the history of our football.' Not that they're in any way hyperbolic. Diego himself was more reserved, but still showed in the post-match press [. Click to continue reading...

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Scotland 0 - 1 Argentina

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Diego Maradona's first match in charge of Argentina saw few surprises. Against improving and tenacious opponents, a big win was never on the cards, but those who've doubted the wisdom of Maradona's appointment can take some encouragement from a performance in which the Albiceleste actually played like a team. Click to continue reading...

Scotland vs. Argentina: Maradona’s expected starting XI

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In 1994, when Diego Maradona played his last match for Argentina, you could have got very long odds on him one day becoming the manager of the national side. What about the likelihood that his first match in charge would take place against the same country he scored his first senior international goal against? Click to continue reading...

What have Southampton F.C. got in common with Boca Juniors?

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No, it's not the creaking of the shelves in their trophy room. Nor (since the demolition men did their stuff at the Dell) is it a tightly-packed stadium whose stands almost reach the touchlines. And whilst the Boca faithful would no doubt have loved Matt LeTissier, the current playmaking situation on England's south coast isn't [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: 2008 Torneo Apertura, Argentina, Argentine football, Argentine league, Boca Juniors, Castelar, Domestic, Football, Football clubs, Latin America, Lucas Viatri, Players, Primera A, apertura 2008, robbery

Argentines Abroad: the last weekend P.D.

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That's 'Pre Diego', for those who can't work it out. The Argentina manager and most of his squad have arrived in Glasgow and begun training for Wednesday's friendly against Scotland in the city where Maradona scored his first senior goal for his country, back in 1979. It makes sense, then, to take a quick look at [. Click to continue reading...

Apertura ‘08: Round 15 goals

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The goals from the fifteenth round of the 2008 Torneo Apertura are online now, and you can see them right here on the TN Sportblog, as usual. Read on for the running order, for those who don't know which teams are wearing which shirts. Running order for TN Show de Goles: Newell's (white) vs. San Lorenzo (red [. Click to continue reading...

Apertura ‘08: Round 15 scores and scorers

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Hard to say what was the biggest surprise this weekend: River winning after twelve matches; Argentinos vs. Estudiantes producing a performance (from one side at least); Vélez beating Boca in the Monumental, or the upshot of that score, which means the leadership of the table is now shared between San Lorenzo and Tigre with four [. Click to continue reading...

Tigre roar to the top

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San Lorenzo's slump was momentarily halted last weekend, but it's not been enough to prevent the other challengers from creeping up behind them, and on Saturday night Tigre - whose second-place finish in last year's Apertura was the highest in their history - are joint top of the league, after their win at home to [. Click to continue reading...

A derby draw and a vital win for Central

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In El Sur, Lanús and Banfield cancelled each other out in a decent but not exactly stunning clásico on Friday night. Gimnasia La Plata, in a match which could have been crucial for the relegation struggle, beat San Martín de Tucumán 1-0 on the same evening, whilst Saturday's matches have begun with an away win [. Click to continue reading...

Apertura ‘08: Round 15 fixtures

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We're getting towards the business end of proceedings now. Can San Lorenzo regain the initiative after they finally got back to winning ways last weekend? Can River start afresh under assistant boss Gabriel Rodríguez? Will Tigre get the wins (and results in other matches) they need for Copa Libertadores qualification? Click to continue reading...

Copa Sudamericana semi-final first leg: Argentinos 1 - 1 Estudiantes

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Estudiantes de La Plata were for the most part the better side away to Argentinos Juniors in the first leg of the all-Argentine Copa Sudamericana semi-final on Thursday night. At half time they led 1-0 thanks to an unlucky own goal from Argentinos 'keeper Sebastián Torrico, but in the second half Juan Ignacio Mercier got an equaliser for the hosts to [. Click to continue reading...

This didn’t take long…

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It's happening already. There are rumours, before he's even managed his first match, that Diego Maradona might stand down as Argentina boss. I mean, honestly. The arguments between Diego and the AFA about who's the best assistant are still going on, and on Wednesday the media were reporting that the new manager might be considering [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Argentina, Argentine football, Argentine national team, Diego Maradona, Football, Football managers, Grondona, International football, Latin America, Maradona, Selección

Rolfi gets a call up!

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This wasn't expected. Diego Maradona has named three - not five - home-based players to be added to the Argentina squad prior to this weekend's international friendly against Scotland in Glasgow, in his first match as selección boss. In spite of Boca Juniors having exited the Copa Sudamericana, Juan Román Riquelme is not one of them. Click to continue reading...

Argentines Abroad: weekend of the 9th November

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There's been an award for an Argentine player in MLS, a bucket-full of goals for Argentines in Italy, the captaincy of the national team bestowed upon Javier Mascherano in England, another goal for Fernando Cavenaghi in France, and plenty of goals in Mexico too. The headline act of the weekend, though, was in Spain: Gonzalo Higuaín continued [. Click to continue reading...

Apertura ‘08: Round 14 goals

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All 27 of the goals from the fourteenth round of the 2008 Torneo Apertura are online now, and as per usual you can watch them - including a blink-and-you'll-miss-it stunner from Riquelme at the very start - via the wonderful TN Sportblog by clicking here. Once you've done that, if you're not sure which team is which, [. Click to continue reading...

Apertura ‘08: Round 14 scores and scorers

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Racing got an away win which will help them immeasurably in the relegation battle; Estudiantes edged out Independiente; both Rosario clubs lost on Friday night, and River were involved in a good match in which it wasn't them who did the throwing away of a good lead, for a change. At the top, San Lorenzo [. Click to continue reading...

Just typical…

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After 14 matches of utter dross (plus a few in the Copa Sudamericana) Diego Simeone signed off as River Plate boss on Sunday evening having served up one of the matches of the season. Even when River won the title in the Apertura they were rarely really entertaining, but this evening was something rather different. Click to continue reading...

Independiente still can’t win

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On the day they got a new president, Vélez Sársfield lost 2-0 at home to Gimnasia La Plata, a result which significantly slims their chances of fighting for the Apertura title. A little later in La Plata, Estudiantes won thanks to a first half goal from Mauro Boselli, and make it four matches without a win [. Click to continue reading...

On the way

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Diego Simeone will manage his last game as River Plate boss this Sunday against Huracán, after admitting in the wake of another spectacular continental elimination, and the worst start to a season in the club's history, that he can't stay until December. Simeone told the River directors of his decision after Thursday night's match against Chivas [. Click to continue reading...

Apertura ‘08: Round 14 fixtures

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Struggling Central kick the weekend off against Lanús, who could add yet another team to the title fray if other results go their way this weekend. Of the sides above the Granate, Newell's visit Banfield, Tigre are away in the 'Elephants' Graveyard' to Colón, San Lorenzo host Gimnasia de Jujuy and Boca visit Arsenal. Click to continue reading...

Copa Sudamericana 2008: Boca & River out - the goals

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River Plate followed Boca Juniors out of the Copa Sudamericana last night to emphatically deny CONMEBOL the all-singing, all-dancing, superclásico semi-final they always seem to wish for in this competition. Leading 2-0 at half time and playing well, Diego Simeone's team fell to pieces after the break and their Mexican opponents Chivas came back to [. Click to continue reading...

Not so scary anymore?

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There was a popular belief surrounding South American football until last year. It said that Brazilian club sides taking part in the Copas weren't afraid of anyone at all, until they came up against Boca Juniors. When they met the boys from the Riachuelo, though, they'd lie down for fear of angering their foes and [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Argentina, Argentine football, Boca Internacional, Boca Juniors, Brazilian Football, COPA SUDAMERICANA, Carlos Ischia, Continental football, Football, Football clubs, Football managers, International football, Latin America, South American Football

Copa Sudamericana 2008: last night’s goals

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The goals from Botafogo vs. Estudiantes and Argentinos Juniors vs. Palmeiras are online now, and you can watch them right here on this post. Thursday night's matches see River Plate travel to Guadalajara to take on Chivas, and Boca Juniors host Internacional do Porto Alegre. Both Argentine sides will need to overturn first leg deficits [. Click to continue reading...

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Copa Sudamericana 2008: Argentinos and Estudiantes through

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Argentinos Juniors and Estudiantes de La Plata both completed aggregate victories over Brazilian opponents on Wednesday night to win though to the semi-finals of the 2008 Copa Sudamericana. They'll play each other in one semi-final. The other might be a double-headed superclásico, depending on Thursday's results, but more likely it'll be an all-Brazilian semi. Click to continue reading...

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Argentina squad to face Scotland - official

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The squad as expected by the Argentine press (and subsequently here) prior to Diego Maradona's first press conference as Argentina boss yesterday turned out to be not quite accurate, so here's the list as announced by the man himself in that press conference, along with a bit of opinion (my own and others') on it. Click to continue reading...

Argentines Abroad, and Maradona’s first squad

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The AFA will hold their press conference in a few hours' time to allow Diego Armando Maradona to announce his first Argentina squad (read on to see who's made it), and already there's controversy surrounding the nature of the appointment (not to mention the exclusions of three key players). Maradona declared on Radio La Red [. Click to continue reading...

Apertura ‘08: Round 13 goals

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The goals from the weekend just gone are online, and TN's site is working today, meaning you can watch them all here. The title and the URL of this TN blog entry both claim it's the 14th round, but don't worry, it's just a typo. You haven't lost a week of your life. Read on [...] Click to continue reading...

Party pooping

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Huracán won the match against Estudiantes which marked the 100th anniversary of their founding on Saturday, but the big day was tragically overshadowed when three of their fans were shot - probably by members of the barra brava of their local rivals San Lorenzo - as their coach returned to Parque Patricios after the match [. Click to continue reading...

Apertura ‘08: Round 13 scores and scorers

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A low-scoring weekend, this one. River Plate fielded a reserve side (the first team have already flown to Mexico to prepare for the Copa Sudamericana quarter-final second leg), lost to Lanús and remain rooted to the bottom of the table; Boca Juniors beat leaders San Lorenzo in the clásico in La Bombonera; Tigre lost, away [. Click to continue reading...

Apertura ‘08: Round 13 fixtures, and a quick service announcement

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Here we go again. There's a bumper programme on Sunday and, due to the midweek action, only one match on Friday night. Independiente get us rolling against Godoy Cruz. Sunday sees two clásicos, one in La Bombonera, where faltering joint league leaders San Lorenzo take on Boca Juniors, and the other in El Coloso Del [. Click to continue reading...

RIP Pedro Pompilio

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As already mentioned by Seba in the comments, Pedro Pompilio, Boca Juniors' president, died unexpectedly on Thursday following a heart attack, aged 58. Pompilio had taken over the presidency of Boca last December, when Mauricio Macri left his post to become Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires. Elections had been due in the new year [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Argentina, Argentine football, Boca Juniors, Football, Football clubs, Latin America, Pedro Pompilio, club president

Apertura ‘08: Round 12 goals

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There seems to be a technical hitch with the TN sportblog this week (at least on my computer there is, the video isn't loading), and unfortunately the solution isn't an ideal one. If you click here, you'll be taken to the TyCSports website, where near the top of the page (right in the middle if [...] Click to continue reading...

A new era begins

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What will Diego Maradona's appointment as manager of Argentina mean for the fans and players of the national team? You can find out on Soccernet, where I've written a terrible first paragraph and an otherwise pretty good (I hope) article on the new technical team for the selección. You can read it here. Click to continue reading...

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