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December 2, 2008

The Crow flies again

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1-0 down from the start of the clásico 'away' to Huracán in La Bombonera, it took San Lorenzo three whole days to equalise. When Aureliano Torres eventually got that equaliser, though, three minutes into the second half of 37 minutes, the floodgates opened. El Cuervo battered their local rivals and came away from Boca's stadium [. Click to continue reading...

December 1, 2008

The (possible) return of the Prodigal Son, and Riquelme to be charged?

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Having fallen slightly behind over the weekend, it's worth mentioning briefly here now that discussions were going on on Sunday between José María Aguilar and Ramón Díaz to solve River's current crisis by bringing back the most successful manager in the club's history. His contractual situation with América de México is the sticking point at [. Click to continue reading...

November 15, 2008

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...

October 29, 2008

Apertura ‘08: Round 12 scores and scorers

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The midweek round is over, and Wednesday's matches saw a draw which leaves San Lorenzo sharing the leadership of the table with Tigre. There was also a win for Rosario Central, followed by a draw between River Plate and Newell's Old Boys, which leaves the defending champions bottom of the table for the first time [. Click to continue reading...

October 28, 2008

Apertura ‘08: Round 12 fixtures

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It's only Tuesday, but already we're gearing up for another round of action in the Primera A, and it becomes apparent once more why I refer to 'rounds' rather than 'weekends' in the HEGS headlines. There are some high-pressure matches at the top: Tigre get things started at home to Independiente, and will go top [. Click to continue reading...

October 26, 2008

Apertura ‘08: Round 11 scores and scorers

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The chasing pack all won and the leaders lost this weekend, so the title race is tightening up. At the bottom River struggled - and lost to another set piece goal - in Jujuy and Central lost in La Bombonera, whilst Banfield couldn't follow up last week's win over Racing with a result against Gimnasia La Plata. Click to continue reading...

The resurgence continues

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God knows where this has come from. Racing have looked a better team so far in the Apertura, but lost last week to Banfield and had a tricky match this weekend against top-of-the-table San Lorenzo in a clásico that surely, none of their fans thought they could win. But win it they did, thanks to [. Click to continue reading...

October 24, 2008

Apertura ‘08: Round 11 fixtures (and a word about time changes)

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Practically a triple-header coming up: we're about to go through three rounds of matches in one week, because the twelfth round will come in midweek. This weekend, though, Argentinos travel to Independiente following their win in Sao Paulo on Wednesday, Boca take on Central and River visit Gimnasia de Jujuy - it's a very real [. Click to continue reading...

October 22, 2008

Que pasa con Rayados?

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Después de mucho meditar respecto a lo sucedido este sábado, ya con la cabeza un poco más fría, pero con la sangre igual de caliente(y con apuesta pagada), sigo sin entender que es lo que pasa con Rayados. Porque la gente de FEMSA no hace nada al respecto, y digo la gente de FEMSA porque [...] Click to continue reading...

October 20, 2008

Que pasa con Rayados?

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Después de mucho meditar respecto a lo sucedido este sábado, ya con la cabeza un poco más fría, pero con la sangre igual de caliente, sigo sin entender que es lo que pasa con Rayados. Porque la gente de FEMSA no hace nada al respecto, y digo la gente de FEMSA porque ya todos sabemos [...] Click to continue reading...

October 18, 2008

Que decepción y que humillación

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Que decepción de Ricardo Antonio La Volpe ¿cómo te haces expulsar en un clásico? ¿qué ejemplo les pones a tus jugadores? Y ese cambio de Choy. Ahí perdimos el partido. ¿En dónde tienes la cabeza Bigotón? Qué decepción de varios jugadores, para empezar Christian Martínez, pero no tienes la culpa tú Christian sino el argentino que [. Click to continue reading...

October 14, 2008

Las emociones de un Clásico: Tigres y Rayados, Rayados y Tigres

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Hemos hablado aquí desde hace tiempo de como las emociones, sentimientos y pasiones son los principales alimentos del aficionado que disfruta el fútbol. Las aficiones de los equipos tienden a generar rivalidades por diversos motivos, principalmente por la proximidad geográfica, por eso es casi ineludible que cuando una ciudad tiene dos equipos, estos suelen ser [. Click to continue reading...

September 28, 2008

A real clásico in the Monumental

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The first of Sunday's two clásicos lived up to the name as, in a frantic encounter which barely saw the pace let up at any point, River Plate and Racing Club drew 3-3 in a match which saw no little rain, late chances to win for both sides, a red card right at the death, [...] Click to continue reading...

September 15, 2008

Almost crazy over Lunati

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There was no doubt as to the hot issue of the day in the Argentine press on Monday. The Boca Juniors vs. Independiente clásico in La Bombonera saw two red cards for the visitors during a second half which referee Pablo Lunati seemed to be losing control of at one point. Guillermo Rodríguez grabbed a [. Click to continue reading...

Rivas nuevo verdugo

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Jóse Rivas "La Palma" como le apodan desde su juventud cuando militaba en fuerzas inferiores se está convirtiendo en otro verdugo para los Rayados del Monterrey tras anotar el domingo su tercer gol en clásico regio aunque este ultimo de división de ascenso. Monterrey podrá anotar a un nuevo verdugo, que por segunda ocasión consecutiva le [. Click to continue reading...

September 3, 2008

Where are the champions?

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The fallout from the clásico against San Lorenzo on Sunday is beginning to die down in Núñez now, after two days of bitter attacks on Cuervo defender Sebastián Méndez for his horrific attempt to snap Radamel Falcao García in two at the end of the match. Now, though, manager Diego Simeone has to look forward to the [. Click to continue reading...

August 31, 2008

Apertura ‘08: Round 4 scores and scorers

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The clásico was a bit of a damp squib in the end: River and San Lorenzo didn't exactly serve up a poor match, but it wasn't a great one either and the one talking point was the undisputed foul of the weekend, a flying studs-up kick by San Lorenzo defender Sebastián Méndez right in the middle [. Click to continue reading...

August 29, 2008

Los Clásicos: Santos vs Rayados

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La próxima jornada del futbol mexicano cuenta con buenos encuentros. Entre los destacados, tenemos el Santos - Monterrey, juego que algunas personas lo han tildado de "clásico". Si bien es conocido que el clásico de Monterrey enfrenta a Rayados y Tigres, y más allá de que los regios insistan en que ellos ni caso hacen del [. Click to continue reading...

Apertura ‘08: Round 4 fixtures

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Time marches on, and thus arrives the fourth weekend of the Primera A 2008 Torneo Apertura. This weekend sees another clásico as River Plate welcome former player Santiago Solari back to Argentine soil - he'll be stepping onto the pitch in San Lorenzo's colours against his old club. Racing have a tricky assignment: they're away [. Click to continue reading...

May 30, 2008

El Clásico de Avella… oh.

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The Avellaneda derby between Independiente and Racing won't be taking place in Avellaneda this time round, on Saturday. In part that's because Independiente are the home side and, well, you can't very well play the derby at home when you're renting out your rivals' stadium for the season, can you? So instead, Diablos Rojos and [. Click to continue reading...

May 9, 2008

Clausura ‘08: Round 14 fixtures

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River Plate have to pick themselves up from a terrible weak as they host Gimnasia La Plata needing a win to stay top of the table - yes, in spite of all the bad on-pitch news, they are still joint top. Estudiantes, who River are sharing the summit with, clash with Boca, just one point [...] Click to continue reading...

May 8, 2008

San Lorenzo win through

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With LDU Quito already lying in wait in the quarter-final after knocking out Estudiantes on Tuesday night, River Plate and San Lorenzo met in the Monumental to decide their all-Argentine last sixteen tie and, in a phenomenal match, it was San Lorenzo, the only one of Argentina's 'Big Five' never to have won the Copa [. Click to continue reading...

May 4, 2008

Boca Juniors vs. River Plate: the teams

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Apologies for the lack of coverage of Saturday's matches - my phone line (and with it my broadband) crashed on Saturday morning and was only fixed on Sunday - but the first competitive superclásico of 2008 is now just a few hours away. I type during the first few minutes of the Milan derby, but the [. Click to continue reading...

April 30, 2008

Not the best preparation

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Brazilian sides often show a lot of deference to Boca Juniors in the Copa Libertadores, but on Wednesday afternoon in La Bombonera, at 2-0 down Cruzeiro got one back with a stunning strike after 68 minutes to take the wind out of the hosts' sails and give the Brazilians a potentially crucial away goal to take back [. Click to continue reading...

April 27, 2008

Buen-anotte

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River Plate will be going into next weekend's superclásico looking down on Boca Juniors from the top of the Primera A table, after they returned to winning ways against Argentinos Juniors thanks to a spectacular performance from their teenage wunderkid Diego Buonanotte. El Enano scored twice, was key in the third, and showed composure and [. Click to continue reading...

March 9, 2008

Independiente’s wait continues

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Independiente haven't won in La Bombonera for twelve years, and that run continued on Sunday afternoon in the latest clásico of the weekend. In a lively match, they took the lead early on and saw Boca reduced to ten men shortly before the break, but had to settle for a point after a fine equaliser [. Click to continue reading...

December 7, 2007

Torneo de Verano 2008: the fixtures announced

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The traditional start to Argentina's footballing year, the Torneo de Verano ('Summer Tournament') celebrates its 40th year in 2008, and the AFA have announced the fixture list for the mini-league, which features the 'Big Five', on Friday. The tournament will run from the 11th January to the 2nd February and matches will take place in [. Click to continue reading...