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Dropped
By: Christian |
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Diego Simeone made his first major move since signing on as River Plate’s new head coach, dropping 5 players today from the Copa de Verano. Bernardo Leyenda, Federico Lussenhoff, René Lima, MatÃas Abelairas, and Sixto Peralta will not be joining the the rest of the squad when training begins January 6th for the pre-season summer [...]
Category: Team News
Felicidades!!
By: Christian | 1 Comment
With 2007 winding down, I want to take a brief moment to thank everyone who has stopped by and read or left comments here at The River Plate Offsides. I’ve had a blast writing this blog, and while it was not always a joy given River’s results during the past season, this blog wouldn’t have [...]
Thoughts On Our New Coach
By: Christian | 2 Comments
Yes, I know that I’ve been late in covering this story, but I spent the last week catching up on some things here in Chicago and thus wasn’t here to comment when the news broke. Regardless, I thought I would finally give my take on River Plate’s new head coach, Diego Simeone.
I’ve clearly been a [...]
2008 Copa Libertadores Draw Set
By: Christian | 2 Comments
The draw for the 2008 Copa Libertadores was announced today in Paraguay, with River Plate in Group 5 along with Universidad San MartÃn de Porres of Peru. Their other two opponents will be decided during the first knockout round which begins late January. Here’s the complete group draw.:
GROUP 1
San Lorenzo
Real Potosà (Bolivia)
Caracas (Venezuela)
TBD
GROUP 2
Estudiantes
Danubio [...]
Category: miscellaneousArgentina World Cup Blog
By: Christian | 3 Comments
I’m happy to announce that I recently signed on as contributor to The Argentina World Cup Blog, part of the BootsnAll Travel Network, which also includes this blog as well as all the other teams that make up The Offside. While the main focus will be on the national team’s quest to reach South Africa [...]
Category: miscellaneousApertura 2007: A Look Back
By: Christian | 9 Comments
Final Numbers
Final Table Position: 14th
Total Points: 23
Win – Loss – Draw Record: 6 – 5 – 8
The 2007 Apertura came to a close this past Saturday with a dismal loss away, but given the roller coaster ride that has defined River Plate’s season, it seemed an almost fitting end.
It was a season of delayed starts, [...]
Tiros Libres: Al Fin
By: Christian | 11 Comments
* Mercifully, the 2007 Apertura is finally behind us, and River Plate ended it with the same futility they have shown in recent weeks, losing 0-2 away to Banfield. The result leaves los millonarios 14th in the table, and extends River’s winless streak to 5 games, a stretch where they have been outscored 11-2, including [...]
Category: 07 AperturaDiego Simeone Resigns
By: Christian | 2 Comments
Diego Simeone has stepped down as head coach of Estudiantes de La Plata.
The decision, made tonight after a 2-0 home victory against Banfield, comes after weeks of speculation that River Plate had Simeone on the short list of potential candidates to replace Daniel Passarella. All this past week River President José Aguilar publicly stated that [...]
Olimpo 4 – 0 River Plate
By: Christian | 2 Comments
Before I got to the debacle that is River, let me first extend my congratulations to Lanús, who over the weekend won their first ever league title after drawing 1-1 away to Boca at La Bombonera. El Granate needed only a point to guarantee that they would finish higher than second place Tigre, the season’s [...]
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