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Argentina Primera Division Report: Week 19 (Dec 12)
Godoy Cruz grabbed Argentina's final Copa Libertadores berth after defeating Atletico Rafaela on Monday. Racing, Independiente and Tigre missed out at their expense.
Godoy Cruz of Mendoza grabbed Argentina's final Copa Libertadores spot after cruising to a comfortable 2-0 victory over Atletico Rafaela in the 19th and final round of the Apertura championship on Monday.Independiente, Racing Club and Tigre had all hoped for a Godoy Cruz slip-up, in order to stay in the hunt for a Libertadores berth, but El Tomba maintained their composure and will feature in the competition for a second consecutive year.
Had Godoy Cruz dropped points against Rafaela, Independiente would have qualified instead, after they came from behind to defeat Tigre 2-1 in Avellaneda.
Meanwhile, Racing Club were beaten 1-0 by Velez Sarsfield in Liniers, but still finished in second-place with 31 points, twelve points behind Apertura champions Boca Juniors.
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Argentina Primera Division Report: Week 19 (Dec 11)
Dario Cvitanich ensured that Apertura champions Boca Juniors ended the season unbeaten with a late winner against All Boys at the Bombonera stadium on Sunday.
Apertura champions Boca Juniors capped off a memorable campaign with a 1-0 win over All Boys at the Bombonera stadium. Boca, Argentina's most popular club, ended the season unbeaten with a staggering 43 points, that came from 12 wins, 7 draws and zero losses.Boca scored 25 goals and only conceded a mere 6 in nineteen league matches, a stunning achievement considering that Julio Falcioni's side finished in seventh-place of the 2011 Clausura championship, with only 28 points.
What makes Boca's triumph even that more satisfying is the fact that they can look down at arch-rivals River Plate, who lurk in the obscurity of the Argentine second division.
With the Argentine Apertura in the bag, Boca's next objective will be the 2012 Copa Libertadores, a tournament which they have won six times, but not since 2007.
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Argentina Primera Division Report: Week 18 (Dec 6-7)
Apertura champions Boca Juniors extend unbeaten record with draw at Arsenal, while Racing Club and Independiente fight for Copa Libertadores berth.
Cristian Chavez rescued Argentine Apertura champions Boca Juniors a 2-2 draw with Arsenal de Sarandi with twenty minutes left in the second half to give Boca the possibility to finish the season unbeaten when they take on All Boys at the Bombonera stadium on Sunday.Meanwhile, the race for Argentina's fifth and final Copa Libertadores spot is going down to the wire, after Racing Club and Independiente picked up crucial wins midweek. The same could not be said for Godoy Cruz and Tigre however, after defeats reduced both team's chances of qualifying for South America's biggest club competition next year.
For now, Boca, Velez Sarsfield, Arsenal and Lanus have assured themselves of participation in the Copa Libertadores, with the final spot still up for grabs for either of the following clubs: Godoy Cruz (55 points), Racing Club (54 points), Independiente (53 points) and Tigre (52 points).
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Argentina Primera Division Report: Week 16 (Nov 26-27)
Boca Juniors moved within a point of the Argentine Apertura championship after defeating Godoy Cruz on Sunday.
Boca Juniors, Argentina's most popular club, are just a step away from clinching the Argentine Apertura championship, after defeating Godoy Cruz 2-1 in Mendoza on Sunday. Everything indicates that Boca, with 36 points, will win their 24th national championship next weekend as they only need a draw at the Bombonera stadium against a Banfield side who are stranded at the bottom of the table.With the title practically decided in Boca's favour with three rounds still to play in the Apertura, the race for the two remaining Copa Libertadores berths is still alive. With Boca, Velez Sarsfield and Arsenal de Sarandi already assured of a place in South America's biggest club competition next year, two more places are up for grabs, with Lanus and Godoy Cruz occupying those slots at the moment.
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Argentina Primera Division Report: Week 15 (Nov 19-21)
Boca Juniors missed out on a glorious opportunity to close-in on the Argentine Apertura championship after being held to a goalless draw by nine-man Racing Club on Sunday.
Boca Juniors missed out on an ideal opportunity to practically clinch the Argentine Apertura championship after fighting out a goalless draw with second-placed Racing Club at the Bombonera stadium on Sunday.Despite failing to beat a Racing side that were reduced to nine-men, Boca have a healthy lead in the competition with 35 points from 15 matches, with only four rounds left in the season. Rivals Racing trail them by eight points, and will need to win their remaining matches and hope for a Boca slip-up in order to stay with a chance at the silverware.
Meanwhile, Velez Sarsfield moved into third-place, with 24 points, after beating Belgrano de Cordoba 3-1 on Saturday. Velez remain with mathematical possibilities at the title, but will have to pray for a miracle to win back-to-back championships.
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Argentina Primera Division Report: Week 14 (Nov 5-7)
Boca Juniors move within touching distance of Apertura title after draw with Velez Sarsfield.
Boca Juniors are just a step away from clinching the Argentine Apertura championship, after picking up a precious point at Velez Sarsfield on Sunday. The Argentine giants would practically have sealed the title, had veteran defender Rolando Schiavi converted a first-half penalty kick.With 32 points from 14 rounds of the Apertura, Boca find themselves in a commanding position, as their closest competition, Racing Club, trail them by eight points. Racing beat Argentinos Juniors 1-0, a result that keeps alive their title aspirations.
Meanwhile, in beating Banfield 2-1 Lanus not only climbed into third-place, but they made sure that their arch-rivals remain rock-bottom of the 20-team Argentine First Division.
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Argentina Primera Division Report: Week 13 (Oct 29-30)
Boca Juniors extend lead in Apertura to eleven points with outstanding win over second-placed Atletico Rafaela.
Boca Juniors, Argentina's most popular club, are only a step away from clinching the Argentine Apertura championship after extending their lead at the top of the table to nine points, after inflicting a 3-1 defeat on their closest rivals Atletico Rafaela on Sunday. With only six rounds left in the competition, it seems that no team has what it takes to catch Los Xeneizes.Meanwhile, Velez's chances of claiming the title were severely dented after they were on the wrong end of a 3-1 defeat to Argentinos Juniors on Saturday. Besides Boca, the only other teams that made progress at the top end of the table were Colon de Santa Fe and Lanus, clubs which both claimed important victories.
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Argentina Primera Division Report: Week 12 (Oct 24-25)
Boca Juniors increase lead in Argentina to six points after beating Colon de Santa Fe.
Boca Juniors, Argentina's most widely supported club, further consolidated their lead atop the Apertura championship after beating Colon de Santa Fe. Boca find themselves six points ahead of their closest rivals, Atletico Rafaela, who they face in a clash that could practically decide the title next week.Meanwhile, Rafaela cruised to an easy win over Argentinos Juniors and Velez Sarsfield remain in touching distance of the top two, after beating Estudiantes de La Plata. At this point it seems that the only two teams that have any chances of catching Boca are Rafaela and Velez.
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Argentina Primera Division Report: Week 11 (Oct 15-16)
Boca Juniors stay top in Argentina despite unexpected draw with Belgrano.
Despite having been held to a frustrating goalless draw by Belgrano de Cordoba in Round 11 of the Argentine Apertura championship, all of Boca Juniors' closest rivals dropped points, practically handing Boca exclusive rights to winning their 30th national championship.Boca, Argentina's most widely supported club, have a five-point lead over second-placed Racing, who could only afford a draw at San Martin. The only possible title candidate to have won on the weekend were defending champions Velez Sarsfield, scraping a 2-1 win against the always-difficult Lanus.
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Argentina Primera Division Report: Week 19 (Dec 11-13)
Estudiantes is crowned Apertura's champion thanks to Hernan Rodrigo Lopez's double.
Alejandro Sabella's Pinchas celebrated another as they tamed Arsenal in La Plata from the very first minute. Velez Sarsfield needed Gustavo Alfaro's Viaducto to stop Estudiantes from winning to have a shot for the first position, but it was an unreachable goal.
All Boys survived Godoy Cruz's visit after Omar Asad's Tombas opened a two-goal in Floresta, but in the last minute of the game the hosts found the leveller with a penalty shot.
Libertadores' champion in 2009, Apertura's champion this year, Estudiantes adds a new title to their showcase after a perfect season, with 45 points in 19 games.
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Argentina Primera Division Preview: Week 19 (Dec 11-13)
The four fittest teams of the season take on each other in the final match day.
At the beginning it was River Plate the main candidate to occupy the top position of the tournament. Weeks later Arsenal and San Lorenzo made it to the first position but finally Estudiantes has been the undisputed leader throughout the whole second half of the tournament.Velez Sarsfield has done an excellent job keeping up with Estudiantes' pace and only three weeks ago they joined Alejandro Sabella's Pinchas at the top, before losing it only days later.
Independiente was crowned Sudamericana champion last Wednesday and this leaves Lanus, Racing and Newell's without chances to obtain qualification for next year's Copa Libertadores.
The last round is likely to bring along a wide variety of surprises. Who'll become Apertura's champion by Monday?
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Argentina Primera Division Report: Week 18 (Dec 7-8)
Estudiantes is only 90 minutes away from lifting this year's Apertura title.
Not much has changed this week in the Argentinean league. Apertura's leader Estudiantes celebrated a sound 4-0 victory at the Monumental against 10-men River Plate.Gimnasia defeated All Boys at the Forest and claimed three decisive points for the relegation fight, leaving Huracan at the bottom position of the tournament. Velez Sarsfield claimed the full scoring in Liniers against basement boys Huracan,who couldn't take advantage of River's defeat to shorten the gap from the safe zone.
Arsenal secured the third position upon a flawless victory over Colon in Sarandi. The top four squads will be taking on each other in the next match day, as Velez visits Racing while Estudiantes receives home Arsenal. Who'll claim the title?
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Argentina Primera Division Preview: Week 18 (Dec 7-9)
Apertura leader Estudiantes visits the Monumental to secure the Apertura title.
There are only six points in play and Estudiantes has been able to maintain a two-point advantage over runners-up Velez Sarsfield, who humiliated Godoy Cruz in Mendoza last week.Pincha's striker Gaston Fernandez has played a major role in the last few games, scoring six goals in the last 9 weeks. Estudiantes will have to do without Juan Sebastian Veron and Enzo Perez.
Independiente's game will be rescheduled for the near future as Antonio Mohammed's Diablos will be locking horns with Goias for the second-leg match of the Sudamericana final.
Velez hosts Huracan in Liniers. The visitors are highly compromised with the relegation fight and a victory is mandatory to lift their spirit and obtain every possible point in the last two games.
If Velez fails to secure the three points, Estudiantes can become the new champion. Will they succeed?
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Argentina Primera Division Report: Week 17 (Dec 1-5)
Arsenal makes a false move and in Bahia Blanca. The first position has now become unreachable.
Apertura's 17th round started earlier than expected with a far from exciting draw 1-1 between Olimpo and Arsenal in Bahia Blanca. Matias Alustiza and Nestor Bareira exchanged goals in the first 30 minutes to seal a worthless draw for both squads.Standing in the 18th position, Independiente visits Lanus on Sunday after suffering a sound defeat 2-0 in Brazil against Goias for the Sudamericana final. Antonio Mohammed is likely to repeat an alternate squad to give his players the needed rest for next week's challenging second leg Sudamericana fight.
Racing, Newell's and Lanus are fighting for the last Libertadores place, but Independiente might claim the fifth ticket if they lift this year's Sudamericana.
With nine points in play, everything is possible. Estudiantes depends only on itself to claim the Apertura.
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Argentina Primera Division Preview: Week 17 (Dec 1-5)
Velez looks forward to Estudiantes to make a false move in the fight for the top.
With only three games yet to be played, the end can bring forth innumerable surprises to the Argentinean league. Estudiantes occupies the top position with 36 points, while Velez keeps its hopes alive standing two points below after 16 games.J J Lopez's River Plate made a major step forward in the last week as they finally managed to leapfrog Huracan in the fight for the category. Pablo Morant's Lobos have not been so lucky and will have to improve a lot if they don't want to start 2011's Clausura so compromised with the relegation.
Reigning Clausura champion Argentinos visits La Plata eager to celebrate it's seventh consecutive victory undefeated and obtain three points that might take them to the 5th position on the table standings.
Miguel Angel Russo's Racing look forward to qualify for next year's Libertadores as they host Pablo Morant's desperate Lobos. River visits Colon's Elephant Cemetery while Boca hosts Quilmes in La Bombonera.
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Argentina Primera Division Report: Week 16 (Nov 26-30)
Godoy Cruz abused Pablo Moran's Lobos at the Forest and have almost secured their presence in next year's Libertadores.
Is there anything Gimnasia can do to avoid the relegation fight in the next Clausura?. Having obtained only six points in the last nine matches, Pablo Morant's Lobos are left with a mountain to climb if they're truly determined to retain the category.Gustavo Alfaro's Viaducto made things extremely difficult for San Lorenzo in the last 45 minutes, scoring the equalizer close to the hour mark before Claudio Mosca score the winning goal on injury time.
Another defeat for Ramon Diaz's Cuervos who are left with nothing to fight for in the next three matches.
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Argentina Primera Division Preview: Week 16 (Nov 26-30)
Leader Estudiantes receives Independiente on Sunday to secure the top while runner-up Velez hosts Tigre late on Tuesday.
The final countdown has already started and now Velez failed to keep up with Estudiantes pace, Alejandro Sabella's Lions depend only on themselves to lift this year's title. It'd be the perfect retirement for Juan Sebastian Veron, who's already warned this might be his last year as a professional footballer.Boca Juniors celebrated an important victory over Arsenal in La Bombonera and it seems Roberto Pompei will once again save Boca ship from sinking. Sergio Araujo's excellent performance against el Viaducto has granted the young winger an opportunity in the starting squad.
River receives Omar De Felippe's Aurinegros in a decisive clash for the bottom fight, while Pablo Morant's Lobos take on Omar Asad's Tombas.
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Argentina Primera Division Report: Week 15 (Nov 19-22)
Godoy Cruz claimed half a ticket for Copa Libertadores as el Tomba defeated Banfield in Mendoza.
Julio Cesar Falcioni's Taladros went through a nightmare in Mendoza as they locked horns with Omar Asad's Tombas. Two early goals granted the hosts an important victory over a direct rival for Libertadores qualification.Antonio Mohammed's Independiente failed to celebrate a victory in Ecuador against Liga de Quito and must now prepare to host La Bordadora on Thursday night to advance to Sudamericana finals.
Velez and Estudiantes have tight schedules waiting ahead, as Arsenal and Godoy Cruz struggle to claim the third position.
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Argentina Primera Division Preview: Week 15 (Nov 19-22)
After a long chase Velez finally made it to the first position, shared with Estudiantes for the moment. On Friday night, Ricardo Gareca's Fortineros have a golden chance to claim the top.
Argentinean football fanatics have been busy during midweek, as two exciting derbies (Boca vs River and Argentina vs Brazil) have taken place on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively.Estudiantes suffered a major blow as Tigre claimed the full scoring last week and Velez Sarsfield never hesitated to take advantage of the situation. Velez visits Gimnasia at the Forest on Friday night in what could be the most important game of the season for the Fortineros.
The hottest match of the week might be San Lorenzo vs River, as both Ramon Diaz and J J Lopez are in great need of a victory to make up for the lost time.
Independiente is the only Argentinean survivor in thie Copa Sudamericana but they might fall to the basement if they continue ignoring the Apertura fight.
Apertura leader Estudiantes receives Miguel Brindisi's Huracan eager to recover the top for their own. With only five matches ahead, every point matters. Who'll claim the top?
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Argentina Primera Division Report: Week 14 (Nov 12-14)
Colon celebrated an important victory while Banfield wasted the chance to join the top fight.
Much more than the Superclasico takes place in this 14th round of the Apertura fight. Pablo Morant's Gimnasia wasted the opportunity to leapfrog River Plate on the relegation fight after a goalless draw in the south against Banfield.Fernando Gamboa's Colon, on the other hand, rescued three important points in Parque Patricios and inflicted aggravated damage on Huracan, who finishes the week the week on the 16th position with 13 points.
There are only five weeks left of this tournament. Is anyone ready to defy Estudiantes leadership and stop Alejandro Sabella's Pinchas from lifting another title?
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