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Argentine Clausura Could Be Decided This Afternoon

June 8th, 2008 | By: Christian | 118 Comments »

Should Estudiantes grab anything less than a draw against Colón in La Plata this afternoon, and if River Plate defeat Olimpo at the Monumental, then los millonarios would claim the 2008 Clausura, their 33rd local title overall.

How likely is that? Well, both Colón and Olimpo are in or near the relegation zone, and River and Estudiantes, first and second in the table respectively, have certainly dropped points against “lesser” opposition this season. And with San Lorenzo just behind in third place, should both teams lose today, it would make for one hell of a final weekend.

The River - Olimpo match will be live on FSC and FSE at 3PM ET, with Estudiantes - Colón at the same time on TyC Sports.

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By day1star | June 8th, 2008 at 8:23 pm

Maxi off, Cavenaghi on.

Posted from United Kingdom

By Alexa | June 8th, 2008 at 8:23 pm

cavigol on!!! Maybe they’ll pass to him!

Posted from United States

By skywalker | June 8th, 2008 at 8:23 pm

are we now playing 4-3-3. we have 3 strikers now. or maybe Aguero drops back. either way, I like this move.

By Alexa | June 8th, 2008 at 8:25 pm

None of the Arg players made any protest against Mastreoni before the red card. What coud it have been?

Posted from United States

By Alexa | June 8th, 2008 at 8:27 pm

the divinely perfect zanetti ON

That other guy OFF

Posted from United States

By day1star | June 8th, 2008 at 8:27 pm

Zabaleta off, Zanetti on.

Posted from United Kingdom

By Alexa | June 8th, 2008 at 8:31 pm

Arg looks like they aren’t really trying.

Posted from United States

By skywalker | June 8th, 2008 at 8:35 pm

this game has gotten real chippy

By skywalker | June 8th, 2008 at 8:36 pm

Masche could have got red there. I dunno what Arg are complaining about there.

By Alexa | June 8th, 2008 at 8:37 pm

Now - I can understand wanting to kick landon donovan becuase he’s a prat, but that mascherano tackle was pretty bad.

Mascherano OFF (does this mean that he won’t be able to play in the qulaifiers?)

Posted from United States

By day1star | June 8th, 2008 at 8:37 pm

Aguero off, Banega on.

Posted from United Kingdom

By Alexa | June 8th, 2008 at 8:38 pm

There is no one left on the field who can score for Arg.

Posted from United States

By skywalker | June 8th, 2008 at 8:39 pm

masche is off? I thought he got a yellow

By day1star | June 8th, 2008 at 8:42 pm

Not good second half, too many substitutions, we’ve lost our rhythm, forgotten how to pass and put ourselves under pressure. You wouldn’t think we were playing against 10 men.

Posted from United Kingdom

By Alexa | June 8th, 2008 at 8:43 pm

He should have gotten a straight red.

Honestly, I’m kind of glad about this result, since it will put an end to the arguments that I was reading that Arg don’t need Riquelme. The US played 10 men behind the ball, and they always defend well, so I;m not surprised that Arg didn’t score, but it was alarming that they didn’t have that much possession in the game!

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By Alexa | June 8th, 2008 at 8:45 pm

It doesn’t mean much to play against 10 men if all the men are playing defense.

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By skywalker | June 8th, 2008 at 8:45 pm

the one good thing to come out of this game is that Cruz may never play another game for La Seleccion

By Alexa | June 8th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

Man of the Match — Julio Cruz

Posted from United States

By OilerFan | June 8th, 2008 at 8:47 pm

the second half was way too chaotic…no flow to our game at all. not sure what experiment Basile was trying to do there, but it clearly did’nt work. We definately need Riquelme in the middle to control the flow otherwise we look uncontrolled…esp when Messi is off too. At least we didn’t lose, but yikes what a difference from the Mexico game.

Posted from Canada

By day1star | June 8th, 2008 at 8:56 pm

How many clear cut opportunities did we have on goal in the second half? Not many coz there was no creative force in the midfield.
It would have been better to leave Messi on and replace Cruz at the start of the secxond half.

Posted from United Kingdom

By day1star | June 8th, 2008 at 8:58 pm

Right, well i’m disappointed, you would expect the team to get better in subsequent matches, but that second half was a step backwards.

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By Alexa | June 8th, 2008 at 9:01 pm

Basile didn’t want to play Messi at all. He wanted this to be an experimental side. It’s sort of alarming to see that our only real dominant midfield presence is Riquelme. I’m not sure why Basile doesn’t call Aimar or Lucho Gonzalez up. It’s like it’s Riquelme, or no midfield at all.

Basile was obligated to play Messi for obvious reasons.

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By OilerFan | June 8th, 2008 at 9:12 pm

I think the main problem was too many substitutions, the team lost its flow b/c of it and they didn’t have time to settle before another substitution was made. I get its a friendly so it doesn’t matter, but that 2nd half was terrible to watch…the US could see we were unsettled and took advantage of it. I dont like how much we rely so much on Messi and Riquelme, what happens when either of them gets injured?? We should have options and we should have confidence in those options. We have some great players, but they need time to settle and play as a team. I dont know if Basile is going to change anything, but i’m a bit worried after today…there was no reason for us to lose control so entirely…where was the passing, possession? The weather might have been a factor too, i dont know…but i hope we get it together before Ecuador. Btw, thats on Tuesday right?

Posted from Canada

By akk | June 8th, 2008 at 9:23 pm

The Ecuador match is on the 15th and the Brazil match on the 18th

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By OilerFan | June 8th, 2008 at 9:29 pm

ok, thanks akk. i dont know why i thought it was this week. Well they have lots of time to get their act together although they might be a bit more tired before the Brazil match.

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