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Tiros Libres: The Return
By: Christian |*In a surprising development, former keeper Juan Pablo Carrizo, who had been sold to Lazio during the off season, will be rejoining River on a 6 month loan. According to Buenos Aires sports daily Ole, the Roman club did not want Carrizo to go without playing time for a season (there appears to have been [...]
River Plate 4 – 2 Estudiantes: Final
By: Christian |It may not have been the most convincing of wins, but we’ll certainly take it, as River Plate finally got their first win of the season at home to Estudiantes, winning 4-2 in an entertaining, if not technically brilliant match. A draw seemed inevitable after a late goal by Estudiantes in the 81st minute to [...]
San MartÃn 1 – 0 River Plate
By: Christian |Sorry it took so long to post, but I still haven’t gotten over the shock, not to mention the embarassment. In what was one of the most pathetic displays of football I’ve seen in some time, River went down 1-0 to newly promoted San MartÃn yesterday, showing no imagination, no ideas, no fútbol. In fact, [...]
Gimnasia (J) – River Plate
By: Christian |It’s makeup day for River, who will be in Jujuy facing Gimnasia (J) to play their postponed match from three weeks ago. If you get TYC on Direct TV, you can watch it at 2PM CT.
Much has been discussed of Passarella’s failed 4-4-2 formation in the first half of last week’s game against San Lorenzo, [...]
Tiros Libres – “God” Hates Us
By: Christian |As a non-Argentine who follows football in Argentina, I have to say that the figure of Diego Maradona is fascinating, even as a River fan whose never done blow Al Pacino-style. On one hand, he’s a fat, coke-binging adulterer, and even worse, a bostero, which is odd in itself considering he played more time with [...]
Week 3 Results
By: Christian |River Plate finally began their Apertura campaign yesterday, squeezing out a a 1-1 draw away at San Lorenzo. River played poorly in the first half, looking like a team that, well, hasn’t played in months, but the second half was a different story, as “El Burrito” Ortega gave los millonarios the equalizer in the 57th [...]
River WILL Play. Pretty Sure.
By: Christian |Away to San Lorenzo, today at 2PM CT. Haven’t heard of anything to suggest that this game won’t be played. I’ll be watching the delayed feed on FSC at 4PM, so check back later for all the post game discussion. Keep your fingers crossed…
Probable lineup:
Juan Marcelo Ojeda, Leonardo Ponzio, Nicolás Sánchez, Eduardo Tuzzio
Cristian Villagra, Fernando [...]
Well, At Least Boca Lost…
By: Christian |Round 2 of the Apertura is behind us, as well as another weekend without River Plate. At this rate, if they continue to miss games, they’ll become the South American equivalent of the L.A. Galaxy.
Results:
Arsenal 2 – 0 Colón
San MartÃn (SJ) 1 – 2 San Lorenzo
Rosario Central 2 – 2 Gimnasia
Vélez 3 – 0 [...]
Violence Wins Again in Argentina
By: Christian |Today’s match between River Plate and Newell’s Old Boys has been suspended. The Minster of the Interior handed down the ruling this week, in an effort to prevent acts of violence within or outside the Monumental stadium. As of today, no future date for the match has been set. This comes days after the [...]
Week 1 Results
By: Christian |Colón 0 1 Vélez
Banfield 0 3 Estudiantes
Gimnasia 0 1 Tigre
Argentinos 0 1 San MartÃn (SJ)
Independiente 5 3 Lanús
Olimpo 0 2 Racing
Newell`s 1 0 San Lorenzo
Boca 0 0 Rosario Central
Huracán 1 1 Arsenal
The first weekend of games is behind us in Argentina, [...]






