

Articles tagged with "08-clausura"
Fall of an Idol: Ortega Leaves River
By Christian | August 5th, 2008It began last Friday in the early morning hours, when television images from América TV showed a drunken Ariel Ortega leaving a nightclub in the ...
The Victory Caravan
By Christian | June 24th, 2008It's been two weeks since los millonarios officially won the 2008 Clausura title, but River Plate and its fans are still celebrating the club's first ...
Clausura 2008: Banfield 2 - 3 River Plate
By Christian | June 22nd, 2008With their 33rd league title already in hand, River Plate nontheless gave their fans a terrific end to their championship season today, in a come ...
The Ortega Question
By Christian | June 14th, 2008Not a week has passed since River triumphantly wrapped up its 33rd league title, but a controversy already seems to be brewing, and it involve ...
RIVER CAMPEON!!! RIVER CAMPEON!!!
By Christian | June 8th, 2008River Plate are once again Champions of Argentina, grabbing their 33rd local title this afternoon in a 2-1 win over Olimpo in front of a ...
Clausura 2008: Colon 1 - 2 River Plate
By Christian | June 1st, 2008With River a man down early in the first half against Colón in Santa Fe, and Estudiantes leading 1-0 against Huracan, things were not looking ...
Final Stretch For Clausura Title Begins Tomorrow
By Christian | May 31st, 2008River Plate will start the first of 3, must-win matches beginning tomorrow when they travel to Santa Fe to face Colón. Los millonarios are currently ...
Clausura 2008: River Plate 1 - 0 Huracan
By Christian | May 25th, 2008Ariel Ortega and Diego Buonanotte were the heroes Saturday evening, combining together on the only goal in a 1-0 victory against Huracan, enough to send ...
Clausura 2008: Independiente 0 - 0 River Plate
By Christian | May 18th, 2008After an embarrassing week that featured insults exchanged between fans and players, River needed to put it all behind them to keep pace with leaders ...
Clausura 2008: River Plate 4 - 2 Gimnasia (LP)
By Christian | May 12th, 2008The River Plate of old made a return appearance yesterday, in a wild 4-2 victory at home against Gimnasia de La Plata. It was a ...
River Look To Put Copa Failure Behind Them In Must-Win League Match Today
By Christian | May 11th, 2008After their shocking elimination at the hands of the San Lorenzo this past week in the Copa Libertadores, River will now need to put that ...
Clausura 2008: Boca Juniors 1 - 0 River Plate
By Christian | May 5th, 2008OK, so I finally crawled out of the rock I've been hiding under. I cleaned up all the broken dishes I smashed on the floor ...
Superclasico!!
By Christian | May 4th, 2008The most important fixture in all of South America is only hours away, when our beloved River Plate will attempt to defeat hated Boca Juniors ...
Clausura 2008: River Plate 4 - 2 Argentinos Juniors
By Christian | April 27th, 2008Another exciting match this afternoon in the Clausura for River, but this time los millonarios came out with the victory, defeating a determined Argentinos Juniors ...
Clausura 2008: Rosario Central 2 - 1 River Plate
By Christian | April 20th, 2008I warned this past week that River could be due for a big surprise in the league, and sure enough, los millonarios suffered their first ...
Mid-Season Report and the Road to the 2008 Clausura Title
By Christian | April 16th, 2008With their 1-0 win to Tigre this past Sunday, River Plate now sit atop the Clausura table with 24 points, and only 9 more games ...
River Punished for Violent Incidents
By Christian | April 8th, 2008The Minister of Security and Justice today banned fans from the terraces of the Monumental stadium for two home fixtures, in response to the violent ...
Clausura 2008: Lanús 0 - 1 River Plate
By Christian | April 7th, 2008River took a huge leap towards their quest to win their first league title since 2004, winning 1-0 against last year's Apertura Champions Lanús yesterday ...
Clausura 2008: River Plate 1 - 0 Arsenal de Sarandí
By Christian | March 30th, 2008Continuing a tradition of boring and uninspired football, River and Arsenal yet again put on 90 minutes of absolute shocking futility, though los milonarios were ...
Vélez Sársfield 0 - 2 River Plate
By Christian | March 24th, 2008River grabbed their first away victory in the Torneo Clausura, defeating an underwhelming Vélez Sársfield side 2-0 yesterday afternoon. Los millonarios played one of their strongest ...
Tiros Libres: A Ganar Sí o Sí - Vélez
By Christian | March 21st, 2008Looking forward to seeing this weekend’s must-win game against Vélez Sársfield, but don’t have DirecTV? Thankfully for you, Telemundo will be showing the game live ...
River Plate 3 - 2 San Martín (SJ) - Final Score
By Christian | March 19th, 2008The last 13 minutes of our suspended 4th round fixture against San Martín in the Torneo Clausura were completed this afternoon, with River holding on ...
River Plate 0 - 0 Racing Club
By Christian | March 16th, 2008Another draw, another missed opportunity, as la banda were unable to get what should have been a deserved victory against a mediocre Racing side at ...
Estudiantes 0 - 0 River Plate
By Christian | March 9th, 2008River and Estudiantes played to an intense but ultimately disappointing 0-0 draw tonight in the Argentine Clausura, with los millonarios missing an opportunity to climb ...
River Plate 3 - 2 San Martín (SJ) - Suspended
By Christian | March 2nd, 2008Los millonarios were sitting comfortably in the lead this afternoon at home against San Martín, leading 3-2 and on pace to not only win their ...
River Plate 2 - 0 San Lorenzo
By Christian | February 26th, 2008I have decided that from this point forward, for the sake of the team, I will no longer be watching anymore River games live. Becasue ...
Newell's Old Boys 0 - 0 River Plate
By Christian | February 17th, 2008After an embarrassing loss in this week's Copa Libertadores, Diego Simeone hoped that changes to his starting XI would boost the squads chances this afternoon, ...
River Plate 2 - 0 Gimnasia (J)
By Christian | February 10th, 2008It may not have been the most commanding performance we were all hoping to see, but River Plate got it done regardless for manager Diego ...
River Plate Begins 2008 Clausura Tomorrow
By Christian | February 9th, 2008A new-look River Plate will take the field tomorrow at the Monumental, hoping to not only grab 3 points in their debut 2008 Clausura fixture ...





