Matthaus to Coach Racing?
I saw this over on ESPN, so I am not sure what to make of it, but it appears that the Racing president Rodolfo Molina announced that ex-German captain Lothar Matthaus will be arriving in Argentina this week in time to watch Racing face Newell’s and then be taking over the management of the club.
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Do or Die in El Centenario
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The match should get underway in about 15 minutes or so. For just about the biggest match between the two countries since the 1930 World Cup Final in the same stadium, the weather has taken a nasty turn, cold and wet. The scenarios: Argentina wins and they automatically qualify. A draw and anything less than an Ecuador [...]
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Argentina 1 – Peru 1 – Palermo 1
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After a decade in the wilderness, Argentina and Boca’s current favorite son returned to the Selection and snatched all three points for the Albiceleste in a crucial (is that an understatement?) World Cup qualifier against Peru.
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Huracán Coach Uses Blog to Keep in Touch with Fans
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If you are a Spanish speaking fan of el Globo, or just a fan of Argentine football in general, make sure to check out El Toque de Cappa, which is the blog of Ángel Cappa, the straight speaking coach of Huracán who recently discovered blogging, thanks to his daughter. (And how did he choose [...]
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Google Makes Tracking Your Team Easier
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Ok, I must be a bit more of a geek than I care to admit because I just stumbled on to the Sports Calendars over on Google Calender and got fairly excited about it. Just click the the New Sports Calendars link next to your email address on the upper right hand of the screen and [...]
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The Manager Carousel Begins
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On Friday, Basile had said in a press conference that if Boca stumbled again, he would resign. Nothing official, but reports are that he did that very thing after the loss to Godoy Cruz. Fooball manager Carlos Bianchi has thus far confirmed nothing, but ex-Newell’s coach Fernando Gamboa, who had a stint coaching in Boca’s [...]
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Grondona Delays Start of Season Over Debt
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Julio Grondona has put his considerably heavy foot down and delayed the start of the season until clubs pay all the money that they owe to their players. In the Primera seven clubs owe around $30 million to various players. Those clubs – Independiente, Racing, River, Newells, San Lorenzo, Central and Huracan.
Another $10 million [...]
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Weekend Roundup
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Ok, the top four all won, so the top of the table still looks the same. With three games to go, only four teams mathematically still have a chance to win. Lanus leads Velez by 1 and Huracan by 2 with Colon trailing by 6 points. If Colon were second and down by six, I’d [...]
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Estudiantes Win and Friday Night Ties
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Estudiantes return from Montevideo with a 1-0 lead over Defensor Sporting. While it’s far from a slam dunk to advance, it does give them a decent edge over the Uruguayan side.
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Estudiantes – The Great Argentine Hope
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The sole remaining Argentine side in the Copa Libertadores travels to Uruguay to face the Montevideo side Defensor Sporting in the quarter finals. While not one of the traditional Uruguayan powerhouses (also known as Nacional and Penarol), Defensor saw off Boca Juniors in the round of sixteen, winning both ties. I know that La Bombonera [...]
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Team News
No Margin For Error As Boca Begin Copa Mission...
Los Xenienes are back at The Chocolate Box this Sunday afternoon in the first of our seven game mission to secure qualification into Copa Libertadores 2010.
Nov 06, 2009 | Read this article...
5 Match Suspension for Sánchez Prette
The AFA's disciplinary committee today handed down a hefty penalty for Sánchez Prette's tackle on Racing's Martin Cáceres. Cáceres will be out of action for eight months.
Nov 06, 2009 | Read this article...
Tigre 1 - 2 Newell's
Just a short clip of the goals tonight. Oh and Newell's provided all three goals with Boghossian scoring an own goal before netting the winner in the 86th minute.
Nov 02, 2009 | Read this article...
Apertura 2009: River Plate 0 - 1 Lanús
Despite a renewed sense of optimism in recent weeks, River Plate succumbed to their old ways yesterday as they fell 1-0 at home to Lanús.
Prior to the match, River were rocked by the news that Ariel Ortega had left the team on Saturday night after telling coach Leo Astrada ...
Nov 02, 2009 | Read this article...
Boca Feel Pain in the Rosario Rain
Rosario Central 2-1 Boca
It's a tried and true footballing cliche - you've got to take your chances. You've got to put the ball in the back of the net more times than your opponent. If you can't do that, then you're probably not going to win. If ever there was a clear example of this depressing footballing truth, it was Boca's match against Rosario Central on Sunday evening.
Nov 02, 2009 | Read this article...
Boh...Romi Not Going to Rosario...Plus Quiz Answer
Romi may only be 31 but that's not too old to do your back in when you're a professional footballer. Replaced after just 36 minutes against Chaca, Romi will sit out our next encounter with Rosario Central on Sunday. No official word on when he'll be back, but one can only hope it's soon...
Oct 30, 2009 | Read this article...
Tiki-Tiki, Toca-Toca...
Boca 3-0 Chacarita Juniors
All three goals looked as if they were straight out of the training ground play-book. We were that clean. That crisp. That quick. That clinical.
Not only that, it almost felt to me as if Chaca were in on it. Like they had been informed of their part in proceedings beforehand. As if Basile had interrupted their pre-game chat and set about informing them of exactly how the match was going to play out.
Apertura 2009: Argentinos Juniors 1 - 2 River Plate
Goals from Diego Buonanotte and Mauro Rosales helped River Plate end an 8-game winless streak last night in a 2-1 victory at Argentinos Juniors. The win, the first for Leo Astrada since taking charge at River three weeks ago, was also the first away win for la banda in 17 ...
Oct 30, 2009 | Read this article...
Up Next, Tigre.
Well, Schiavi has been not been ruled out but team doctors are recommending that el Flaco sit this one out. Seeing as how Tigre are bottom of table, it makes sense to rest him. He's got a small tear in the muscle of his left foot (I'm not sure what you call it in English or Spanish) and doctors say with the match off he should be back 100% against River.
Oct 30, 2009 | Read this article...
Newell's 1 - 0 Racing
Newell's continued their winning ways with a thriller against Racing. Racing came in on a bad run of form and tried to grind out a 0 - 0 draw by parking a bus in front of their goal that almost worked.
Once Newell's scored, courtesy of Juan Manuel Insaurralde and about ...
Oct 29, 2009 | Read this article...
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