Hasta El Gol Siempre

In an all-Santa Fé encounter on Friday evening, Colón and Newell’s had to settle for a draw which leaves both sides still hovering above the relegation playoff spots in positions that, whilst they should be safe, are catchable for the chasing pack below them. Banfield, meanwhile, continued their recent revival with a 5-1 thumping of San Martín.

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We’ve got a weekend full of derbies ahead. Colón and Newell’s aren’t in the same city but they are both in Santa Fé Province, so theirs is a sort of half-rivalry to get us warmed up for the main events. Saturday and Sunday have two clásicos each, the La Plata derby starting things off before Boca and Racing meet in a challengers-versus-strugglers clash. On Sunday, Huracán host San Lorenzo and Independiente play River. After all these have been played, the championship race might look a lot clearer. Or, perhaps, a lot more confusing still.

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San Lorenzo wanted a sizeable win on Thursday night against Liga de Quito, Estudiantes’ conquerors in the previous round of the Copa Libertadores. Knowing they’ll have to travel to the Ecuadorian capital to play a high-altitude second leg, Ramón Díaz’s team needed to attack and get a couple of goals ahead for their fans to feel some comfort going into next week’s rematch. They were curiously lethargic, though, and a 1-1 draw leaves them on the precipice…

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In the first leg of the Copa Libertadores quarter-final, Boca Juniors played host to Mexican side Atlas in Vélez Sársfield’s stadium as a result of the ban CONMEBOL imposed on La Bombonera following an incident at the end of their previous home match against Cruzeiro. The change of scene didn’t suit Boca one bit; having beaten these opponents 3-0 at home during the group stage, they didn’t impress so much this time, and an entertaining match saw the Mexicans get a late equaliser to take two goals back to Guadalajara for the return next week. Step this way for the first-leg match report, and the goal video…

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The Copa Libertadores quarter-finals are upon us tonight, and if you’re after the kick off times for all the ties - whether or not they involve an Argentine side - you’ll find them right here.

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The winners of at least one event in the 2008 Beijing Olympics may as well be handed their medals now. Argentina will surely be successful in their defence of the title they won in Athens four years ago, because it was confirmed on Tuesday that Barcelona will allow Lionel Messi to join the squad. Elsewhere Julio Comparada’s pronounced himself pleased with an Independiente manager, for a change, and Racing lurch from one embarrassment to another after confrontations with the fans during a training session.

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All the goals from the fourteenth round of the 2008 Torneo Clausura can be seen right here thanks to TN. As usual, read on for the running order of the TN clip. GolesTV have been unable to get all the goals uploaded as we went to press, which has affected the normal ‘goals of the week’ feature. Fortunately they got the River vs. Gimnasia La Plata match up, and that one had a few decent strikes, so I’ve included those here. Enjoy…

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The first thing to do, of course, is remind everyone that nominations are open for the HEGS Award for Best Argentine Football in a Foreign League. Email your chosen one to sam@hastaelgolsiempre.com with ‘HEGS Award’ in the subject line (unless you already have, obviously).

There were two major triumphs for Argentine players in the weekend just gone. Carlos Tevez, already a champion in Argentina and Brazil, has added England to his list as Manchester United beat Chelsea to the Premier League title on the last day, whilst Sergio Agüero and Maxi Rodríguez’s Atlético de Madrid confirmed a European Cup place for next season.

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A dreadful week for Estudiantes and River Plate got much better on Sunday - both were knocked out of the Copa Libertadores in midweek, River after having lost last weekend’s superclásico, but this time out, Estudiantes beat Boca by a single goal and River rallied to demolish Gimnasia La Plata in the second half, running out 4-2 winners to share the leadership. Racing drew with Argentinos, gaining a little ground in the Promedio on Central, who lost to Vélez. Guillermo Rodríguez got the only goal of the San Lorenzo vs. Independiente clásico and Lanús ended their ten-match winless run, leaving it incredibly late to beat San Martín 2-1 in San Juan. After their own Copa elimination, that might be some small consolation.

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Estudiantes de La Plata had a tricky task this weekend to atone for their Copa Libertadores elimination at the hands of LDU Quito in midweek, but they’ve passed the test with flying colours. They hosted third-placed Boca Juniors in the Estadio Municipal de La Plata on Sunday afternoon and, inspired as ever by Juan Sebastián Verón, lifted the club’s mood by putting daylight between themselves and one of their fellow challengers for the Clausura title, winning 1-0.

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