Former Greats
Ortega Signs with B Nacional Team
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Same result, different destination. Today, as announced this week, Ariel Ortega was introduced to his new club, only it wasn’t in the Middle East.
Instead, in a surprise move, Ortega inked a deal with B Nacional side Independiente Rivadavia, after his initial transfer to Al Ain was cut short when the player’s wife did not want [...]
Israel Filial Greets Daniel Passarella
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Our friends over at the River Plate Israel Filial celebrated what may have been the group’s biggest moment yet in its brief history, when they welcomed none other than Daniel Passarella, River playing and coaching legend, to Tel Aviv last week.
With El Kaiser in town to accept the title of World Ambassador for Peace from [...]
Tiros Libres: Bi-Campeon?
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River will need to put last Saturday’s loss to Boca behind them when they face San Lorenzo tonight in the Torneo de Verano.
While claiming to not be completely abandoning his unpopular and as yet unproven 3-3-3-1 formation, Diego Simeone will instead start a 4-2-3-1. Returning to the starting lineup will be Radamel Falcao, who came [...]
River Stars Past and Present in for Argentina Friendly
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The full roster for the Argentina – Guatemala friendly was released today, with several players of interest to River fans. As expected, former millonarios Gonzalo Higuain, Martín Demichelis, and Javier Mascherano were included in Sergio Batista’s 18 man squad for the February 6th game in Los Angeles, but perhaps the biggest surprise was the [...]
Muñeco to US?
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Reports from Argentina and Goal.com are claiming that Marcelo Gallardo, former River captain and Argentine international, could be on his way to MLS.
San Lorenzo was known to be in the running for the midfielder, currently languishing at PSG, a move which would have been a major coup for former River coach Ramón Díaz. However, according [...]
Tiros Libres – “God” Hates Us
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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 [...]
Tiros 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 [...]
Tiros Libres
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* Javier Mascherano scored the lone goal as Argentina defeated Paraguay in Copa America last night. Masche, the former River standout now with Liverpool, netted Argentina’s 9th goal in the group stage, giving el albiceleste 9 points in three games, and topping Group C. They will face Peru next in the quarterfinals.
* Former striker [...]
Nestor Rossi 1925-2007
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Nestor Rossi, considered to be one of the top 5 millonarios of all time, passed away Tuesday. He was 82 years old.
“Pipo” Rossi was a part of the legendary River squad La Maquina which dominated football in Argentina during the 1940’s and 50’s. He played 156 games in all for la banda roja, and was [...]
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