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Not much going on down in Argentina, what with the club teams off and all. And while you may not have heard, a squat little fella seems to have had a good first day at the office.
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Burruchaga Raises the Unemployment Rate in Argentina
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Yep, on the same weekend that Pepe Santoro won and quit, Banfield’s Jorge Burruchaga put an end to his tenure as coach today after beating Arsenal 2-0 yesterday.
Category: UncategorizedSantoro Leaves On Own Terms
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Despite soundly thumping (and this hurts to write) Newell’s Old Boys 4-1 at home on Friday night, Pepe Santoro stepped down as coach of Independiente after the game.
Category: UncategorizedWhat A Friday!
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Two games and 10, as in nine plus one, goals. In the first game, Gimnasia de Jujuy showed off their brand spankin’ new coach,Héctor Arzubialde, and overwhelmed Pepe Santoro’s Independiente 4 -1 (plus they had one called off). Ouch. I’ve said before that Gimnasia weren’t that bad this season even though results [...]
Category: UncategorizedAnother Coaching Casualty
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Following Estudiantes defeat to Deportivo Quito in Ecuador in a Group 5 Copa Libertadores tie, head coach Leonardo Astrada resigned, citing the run of bad results as the reason.
Early talk for replacements includes two groups of co-coaches – Alejandro Sabella and Julián Camino with Fernando Gamboa and Ariel Zapata also getting mentioned. Sabella has [...]
Category: UncategorizedRiquelme Quits Maradona
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Just a short time after Diego named him to the squad to face Venezuela and Bolivia, Juan Roman Riquelme announced his retirement from the national team. This came as quite a shock to most people, including me and Diego.
He said that the thought of Riquelme retiring never entered his mind. Juan Roman said [...]
Category: UncategorizedRacing Fans Threaten Players
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After the dismantling suffered over the weekend at the hands of Tigre (4-1) members of the Racing barra brava, Guardia Imperial (Imperial Guard) approached several players at practice on Monday and spoke with two of them for several minutes.
Category: UncategorizedAnother Coach Says Adios
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Following yet another Gimnasia de Jujuy loss, head coach Omar Labruna decided to call it quits. Well, technically he was fired, but it just sounds better the other way. Labruna becomes the third coach to part from his team just five weeks into the Clausura.
Category: UncategorizedBoca Wins In Venezuela
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After thirteen long years, Boca did what no other Argentine team could do, take a win back home from Venezuela. The three points put them on top of Group 2 in the Copa Libertadores. Video after the jump.
Category: UncategorizedCoaches on the Hot Seat
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Ok, looking at the bottom of the table, 2 of the 4 teams (Racing and Central) currently tied on one point have already sacked their coaches. Which leaves Diego Cagna of Tigre and Omar Labruna at Gimnasia (J).
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