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Tiros Libres - Peace, Posh, and Lollipops
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It’s a slow night in Chicago, hence my viewing the Victoria Beckham TV special, which if you haven’t had the privilege of watching, features Posh buying shoes, getting plastered, and cheating on her drivers license exam. Oh, and buying a sex doll as a decoy for hiding from the paparazzi. (The fact that she doesn’t [...]
Tags: daniel passarella, ernesto farias, juan pablo angel, juan toja, miscellaneous, peace cup, Team NewsRiver Crash Out Of Peace Cup
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River Plate 1 - 3 Lyon
River’s 2007 Peace Cup campaign came to an end last night, as French champions Lyon defeated los millonarios 3-1. Marco Ruben scored the lone goal. Yet again, I wasn’t able to watch the game, but Inara over at the Lyon blog has a great breakdown of the match.
I won’t say [...]
Category: Team News…Bonjour Lyon
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River Plate will head into a decisive match with French Ligue champions Olympique Lyonnais tomorrow night in the final Group B match of the Peace Cup. River have played solidly throughout the tournament, being staged in Korea, and a draw will be enough to send los millonarios through to the final against Group A winners, [...]
Category: Team NewsChau Carrizo…
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River Plate keeper Juan Pablo Carrizo has signed with Italian club Lazio, ending months of speculation about the player’s future. River’s board and coach Daniel Passarella were desperate to hold on to the 23-year old rising star, but in the end, Lazio’s $10M dollar offer was too good to refuse.
This was certainly not the [...]
River Close In On Final
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Shimizu S Pulse 0 - 1 River Plate
It was the same starting XI, the same result, as River continued their impressive form at this year’s Peace Cup, beating Japanese side Shimizu S Pulse last night 1-0 in their second Group B match. Another goal from Matías Abelairas in the 34th minute was again the difference, [...]
Category: Team NewsCopa America Commentary
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Final: Argentina 0 - 3 Brazil
Julio Baptista (4), Roberto Ayala (o.g. 39), Daniel Alves (69)
Last year Argentina went to Germany with the full hope and expectation of winning their third World Cup title in Germany. Despite strong performances in the group stage, and a stunning overtime win against Mexico in the round of 16, they [...]
Category: ArgentinaTiros Libres
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* River Plate will be taking on Japanese club Shimizu S-Pulse tomorrow night, in Game 2 of the Peace Cup. The Buenos Aires club will hope to continue their good form following a 1-0 win over Reading FC last Friday, and maintain their current standing atop Group B, level on points with Ligue 1 champions [...]
River Opens 2007 Peace Cup with Victory
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River Plate 1 Reading FC 0
Lineups
River (1): Ojeda; Ferrari, Tuzzio, Gerlo, Villagra; Belluschi (Lima), Ponzio, A. Fernández, Abelairas (28); Rosales (Falcao) y Ruben. Coach: D. Passarella.
Reading (0): Federici; Halls (Cisse), Shorey, Ingimarsson (Duberry), Bikey; Harper, Gunnarsson, Oster (Hunt), Robson-Kanu (Henry); Doyle y Kitson. Coach: J. Madejski.
River Plate got their 2007 Peace Cup campaign off to [...]
Category: Team NewsTiros Libres
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It’s been a slow week news wise, with River training in Korea ahead of their Peace Cup debut tomorrow against Reading FC. If you happen to be in Argentina, you’ll be able to catch it on Fox Sports Español, if not, you could always hold out for the “free version,” later, though of course I [...]
Going the extra mile(s) for Peace
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Tonight River begin their 33 hour journey to Korea for the Peace Cup. Yes, 33 hours, including stopovers in Miami and New York. The team will then have 4 days to get used to the 12 hour time difference before facing Reading FC in their opening match July 13th. Details to follow. In the meantime, [...]
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