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Argentina and Spain in November
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According to Jorge Perez, secretary general of the Spanish Football Federation, Argentina will travel to Spain to play a friendly during the 100 year anniversary of the federation, most likely in November of 2009.
Now that will be a match worth watching. With the Spanish side currently on top of their game this could prove [...]
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Was Diego Plan B?
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According to Gerardo Martino, currently the coach of the Paraguayan National Team, he was offered the job by both Julio Grondona and Pedro Pompilio after then coach Alfio Basile resigned. He said he turned it down for ethical reasons because he was still under contract at the time.
Category: UncategorizedBoca beats San Lorenzo
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Boca Juniors pulled out a 3-1 victory over San Lorenzo in game two of the Triangular. The win allows Boca to control its own destiny. Winning or drawing against Tigre in the final game of the Triangular gives them the championship.
Category: UncategorizedEyes on the Prize
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Tonight, San Lorenzo takes the pitch, playing for all the marbles. A season’s worth of work leads up to this game tonight. Regardless of results, their season ends tonight. A win and they take the trophy home. No waiting for next week to see if Tigre can knock Boca down. [...]
Category: UncategorizedSan Lorenzo Starts Strong
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Thanks to a 2-1 victory over Tigre in the first game of the Triangular, San Lorenzo finds themselves in the driver’s seat, kind of. Video of the goals after the jump.
Category: UncategorizedComings and Goings
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The season isn’t even officially over, and we have already seen a number of coaches go, and a few replacements come. Let’s take a quick look at who’s gone and who’s taking their places.
Category: UncategorizedShedding a Little Light on the Triangular
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All right. I’ve done some digging, and a lot of reading and this is what I have come up with thus far. The matches will be played on neutral pitches, and there are no home teams, but I don’t know how the tickets will be sold. I believe each team will get [...]
Category: UncategorizedGrondona Softening Towards Ruggieri?
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The Don of all things futbol in Argentina today indicated that he would be open to a meeting with Oscar Ruggieri. He also, for the first time, didn’t say that he wouldn’t allow Ruggieri to join the Selection coaching staff as requested by el Diego.
He reiterated that it is a personal matter, (Ruggieri’s [...]
Category: UncategorizedThree way playoff this week.
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All three clubs tied for first place won, so this Wednesday the three way playoff begins with a match between Tigre and San Lorenzo, followed by San Lorenzo and Boca Juniors on Saturday and Boca Juniors and Tigre on Tuesday.
All the teams need to do is win both matches and they are champions. Failing [...]
Category: UncategorizedMatch Times for the Weekend
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Well, Newell’s gets the Friday night tie with Racing. Nobody important (to the championship, anyway) plays on Saturday, and all three teams tied for first, plus Lanus, start at 5:20 local time on Sunday. Which kind of stinks as I would have liked to see a couple of the matches and not just [...]
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