The champions stumbled again, Arsenal won their second match in a row whilst Racing and Lanús both hit four and claimed three points. Boca, having gone nearly a year and a half without a home defeat until recently, have now lost twice in two weeks in La Bombonera, after Estudiantes did their lingering title hopes [. Click to continue reading...

Independiente find themselves managerless on Sunday evening after losing by a single goal to Huracán in Argentinos' stadium. Claudio Borghi, who's overseen just two wins so far in the Apertura, and three consecutive defeats after the loss today to Leandro Díaz's brilliant overhead kick, stood down from his post after the match, telling reporters; 'after [. Click to continue reading...

River and Boca both suffered shock defeats on Sunday, San Lorenzo won on Friday to ensure they still top the table tonight regardless, and Vélez, who won well against Central on Saturday, are close behind them. Racing, having seen a three match unbeaten run ended in midweek by Huracán, got back to winnings ways against managerless [. Click to continue reading...

The sixth match of the Apertura was the date preordained by River Plate manager Diego Simeone as the day his first-choice side would finally come to life. Oh dear oh dear. River lost at home to Vélez on Wednesday and, one third of the way through the campaign, surely can't afford any more slip-ups if [. Click to continue reading...

It's been an interesting weekend in Primera A, with Gimnasia de Jujuy and Huracán giving us a seven goal thriller to kick it off, Racing making it three matches unbeaten, the two promotees sharing the spoils in Tucumán, and River stumbling again. There was also a draw in a very heated clásico between Boca and [. Click to continue reading...

Only nine matches this weekend, due to Boca travelling to Spain to take part in Barcelona's Copa Joan Gamper (they lost 3-1, after leading); the Xeneize will travel to Newell's on Wednesday evening. Champions River got their first win of the campaign, as did Independiente. Argentinos tonked Vélez at home, and Colón did likewise to [. Click to continue reading...

Yes, it's Monday again, and that must mean it's time to run through the results from the first weekend of the 2008 Torneo Apertura. Champions River Plate avoided defeat in the stadium known as 'The Elephants' Graveyard' thanks to a second half equaliser from their new Uruguayan starlet, Boca gave Gimnasia de Jujuy a twonking [. Click to continue reading...

Unión de Santa Fé beat Chacarita Juniors by a solitary goal on Sunday to derail the visitors' hopes of moving into the top two of B Nacional, and instead took second place for themselves. Juan José Serrizuela's 41st minute header separated the sides, to make up for Rubén Ferrer having two earlier goals disallowed (the first incorrectly). Click to continue reading...

Yes, it returns at last, a week or two later than promised, for which I apologise - here's what's been happening in the AFA-affiliated lower divisions! Monday night saw Chacarita Juniors hold on to third place in the B Nacional, as they beat Atlético Rafaela 1-0 in La Paternal to end a run of five matches [. Click to continue reading...

Sunday's three matches saw River and Boca go joint top with Vélez after both winning, although River's match against San Martín was called off with ten minutes left after heavy rain made the pitch unplayable. It'll be completed at a later date. Racing, meanwhile, lost again, this time to fellow strugglers Newell's by a solitary [. Click to continue reading...

Estudiantes began the weekend with a thrashing of Newell's which saw them go top of the table, and they were joined on nine points the next day by Vélez, who beat Banfield. River and Boca both won on Sunday evening to keep in touch with the early leaders, whilst the champions got back to winning [. Click to continue reading...

River Plate were the only one of the 'Big Five' to win on the opening weekend of the Clausura, with Racing and Boca both drawing and San Lorenzo and Independiente both crashing to defeats. Carlos Ischia's introduction to competitive action was spoiled by a club he used to manage, as Central proved ungenerous hosts to his [. Click to continue reading...

Following Tigre's and Lanús's wins on Friday night, it's getting tighter than a nun's proverbials at the top of the table, with both Boca and Independiente dropping points and River winning - wait for it - away from home - to be able to keep dreaming. Three points separate the top four. Just six separate [...] Click to continue reading...