Articles tagged with "river-plate"
Sebastian Mendez's Bruce Lee Impression
By chris | September 3rd, 2008There's really no debating this one, Sebastian Mendez of San Lorenzo had zero intention of going for ball. It appears he'd just been watching too ...
Mitrovic glistens at Cobham Cup
By Jack | August 23rd, 2008Chelsea's Under-16 showcase, The Cobham Cup, kicked off today. And Marko Mitrovic stole the show. In his Chelsea debut, the highly-touted Swede -- signed by Chelsea ...
The New Staff
By Jeremy | August 7th, 2008The first game of the season is upon us and I haven't really mentioned the new staff. So here we go. Fernando Andres Gamboa - ...
ex-NOB Ortega to Rivadavia?!?
By Jeremy | August 6th, 2008Well, I know he is a River player, but he had some good times in Roario back when he won the Aperatura '04 with la ...
Thanks for the memories, Ricky
By Jeremy | August 1st, 2008What the crap? Apparently, Hernan Bernardello was sold to a group of investors (don't get me started on that garbage, that's a whole 'nother ...
Salcedo sold to River, finally
By Jeremy | August 1st, 2008Lopez held out and got $6 million or so for Salcedo. River bought 80% of his pass, and of course his services. $3 ...
All Star Angel Going International? River Plate Calling?
By Dave Martinez | July 24th, 2008First of all, congrats to Angel, who came off the bench in the second half for Blanco, and did an excellent job, with a goal ...
World Soccer's 50 Greatest Derbies
By Daryl | July 17th, 2008The July issue of the ever-informative World Soccer magazine has a great front page feature: The 50 Greatest Derbies in World Football. Unfortunately, the full ...
Pipino Moves His Goals to Brazil and Nacional Lose Their Heart.
By Mauro | July 17th, 2008Nelson "Pipino" Cuevas has left Club Libertad in his native Paraguay to join his new team Santos of Brazil. Cuevas, who, in my opinion, had ...
The Offside Podcast, Episode 24
By Daryl | May 22nd, 2008In Episode 24 of the Offside Podcast, Ian interviews Stuart Fuller, author of the Fan's Guide to European Football Grounds. They talk about the joys ...
The Offside Podcast, Episdode 22
By Daryl | May 9th, 2008They say it's all donwnhill once you hit 22. And that proved right as technical glitches mean The Offside Podcast is a little late this ...
Episode 22: Superclásico, Ligue 1 and Premiership Roundup
By Ian Rose | May 8th, 2008It's that time of the week again, and after a week of technical glitches that made me very nearly give up on the computer altogether, ...
The Boca vs River Superclasico Dance Off
By Daryl | May 5th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlMSrw5Dq3U[/youtube] Above is Sebastián Battaglia's `14th minute header from a Juan Roman Riquelme corner, which gave Boca Juniors their first win over River Plate in three ...
First Legs Complete in Copa Libertadores Last 16
By Daryl | May 2nd, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53XLg6CG880[/youtube] The fist legs of the Copa Libertadores knockout round were played this week, and two already juicy encounters just got juicier. In the big Argentina ...
Episode 21: Paris is Burning
By Ian Rose | April 29th, 2008No, film buffs ... we will not be talking about the drag documentary, but Paris St. Germain is a main topic of discussion this week, ...
Players To Watch In The Next Round.
By Mauro | April 28th, 2008I figured it would be best to start from the top of the fixture list I published late last week. Corporación Deportiva Atlético Nacional vs. ...
Round of 16 Matches Are Set.
By Mauro | April 24th, 2008With the end of the group stage coming to a close, these are the round of 16 ties. You'll find that there are no teams ...
Some Numbers of Interest, So Far.
By Mauro | April 21st, 2008This week will see the end of the Copa Libertadores second round group stage come to a close. Groups 3, 4 and 7 will be ...
CF America Squeak Through, Thanks to Goal Posts and Ochoa's Hands.
By Mauro | April 18th, 2008Played at the same time as the River Plate-San Martin match taking place in Buenos Aires, Universidad Catolica faced off with CF America for one ...
River Plate Demolish San Martin.
By Mauro | April 18th, 2008Instead of walking into this match thinking about the 2-0 loss in their opening match against tonight's opponents, River came out onto the pitch with ...
Group 5 Decided Tonight!
By Mauro | April 17th, 2008I want to apologize since it looks like I will not be able to provide you all with the proper previews for tonight's matches. What ...
Episode 19: Blatant Abuse of the 4-3-3
By Ian Rose | April 16th, 2008The podcast family widens a little as we welcome a new member to the crew. Red Bull New York Offsider Dave Martinez joins us ...
Episode 18: We're Legal!
By Ian Rose | April 8th, 2008That's right. Our little podcast turns 18 today. We can vote, we can go to war, and in several of the more enlightened ...
7 Goal Stunner at Azteca Stadium.
By Mauro | April 3rd, 2008AMERICA (MEX) 4 Vs RIVER (ARG) 3Uploaded by GolesyFutbol Playing at the Azteca stadium is not easy to begin with, the pollution and the high altitude, ...
A Seven Goal Thriller, Six Five of Them Headers
By Daryl | April 3rd, 2008
Sky Sports pundit Andy Gray loves headed goals. Back in the 90s you could see the Scot twitch with pleasure when the likes of Alan ...
Preview of tonight's matches/TV coverage, 04/02/08
By Mauro | April 2nd, 2008Club Atletico Lanús vs. Estudiantes de La Plata (Estadio Lanús (La Fortaleza), Lanus-Buenos Aires, Argentina) on FSE @ 3:30pm PST. Both teams are deeply affected by ...
Update from last night's matches 03/26/08.
By Mauro | March 27th, 2008LDU Quito vs. Arsenal de Sarandi (Quito, Ecuador) Arsenal started off their visit well going up 1-0 on a goal from Leguizamon but then fell apart ...
Copa Libertadores, update from last night's matches...
By Mauro | March 26th, 2008San Lorenzo vs. Bamin Real Potosi (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Last night, San Lorenzo hosted Bamin Real Potosi and won on a dodgy penalty call. In my ...
Matches This Week - 03/24-08 - Full TV Coverage
By Mauro | March 24th, 2008MATCHES THIS WEEK Fox Sports Español and the footy Gods have graced us with un-interrupted coverage of all nine Copa Libertadores matches this week. This week ...
Episode 15: Tragedy in Argentina
By Ian Rose | March 19th, 2008This week, we center on the tragic events in Argentina this past weekend, as Christian Reyes explains what happened, and tells us about his own ...
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