Hand Of Pod 31: Everton’s new centre forward, and the Apertura finally takes off
In the latest episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and the Dans discuss Denis Stracqualursi, and what Everton fans can expect from him in the Premier League, and an interesting weekend of Torneo Apertura...
View ArticleIndependiente win with a caretaker boss (video)
Wednesday night saw two big matches in Argentina: Independiente vs San Martín de San Juan, left over from the first round of the Torneo Apertura due to Independiente’s pre-season trip to Japan, and...
View ArticleVélez click into gear to thrash Arsenal in Copa Sudamericana (video)
Vélez Sarsfield have had a woeful start to the season, by their own high standards, but on Thursday night their engine finally crunched and ground into the gear they’d been looking for, and the result...
View ArticleBrazil beat Argentina; Independiente lose in Quito (video)
In the Superclásico de las Américas, Argentina’s domestic national team lost 2-0 to their Brazilian counterparts on Wednesday night in Belém, going down to a 2-0 aggregate loss. Lucas opened the...
View ArticleRiver Plate hit seven in the Nacional B, Vélez win away in the Sudamericana...
It was inevitable, in spite of a certain lack of cohesion in their play to date, that at some point River Plate were going to click and put in a good team performance, and that their opponents that day...
View ArticleCopa Sudamericana: Independiente go out despite a win (video)
Defending Copa Sudamericana champions exited the tournament at the hands of 2009 winners Liga de Quito on Wednesday night, winning 1-0 on the night in the Estadio Libertadores de América but losing 2-1...
View ArticleCopa Sudamericana: Vélez and Arsenal march on, but Godoy Cruz go out (video)
Before the start of the twelfth round of Torneo Clausura action, I thought I’d give HEGS readers a chance to catch up the Argentine clubs in the Copa Sudamericana. Apologies that these videos weren’t...
View ArticleCopa Sudamericana: Vélez win a thriller late on to advance to the semis (video)
Thursday night was the time for Vélez Sarsfield’s quarter-final second leg in the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, and it was a brilliant match. Having drawn the first leg 1-1 away to Santa Fe of Colombia last...
View ArticleCopa Sudamericana 2011: Vélez stumble in their semi-final first leg
Vélez Sarsfield suffered a setback in Quito in the first leg of their Copa Sudamericana semi-final, away to LDU Quito. With two goals from Hernán Barcos, the Argentine former Racing and Huracán...
View ArticleBoca Juniors v River Plate: watch the Copa Sudamericana semi-final first leg...
In about twenty minutes’ time, the biggest superclásico since the 2004 Copa Libertadores semi-final will kick off in La Bombonera, as Boca Juniors host River Plate in the semi-final first leg of the...
View ArticleNew weekly column for The Bubble: Huracán’s date with destiny
Starting this week, I have a weekly football column for Argentine English-language news site The Bubble. I’ve been given free rein to write about whatever I fancy from week to week (suggestions are...
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