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Primera Results - Week 3

February 26th, 2008 | By: Christian | 24 Comments »

Sorry for not having posted this earlier, but I just came back from a weekend in San Diego. By the way, if anyone here can recommend a good bar/pub to catch some footy out there, please let me know.

As for the results from over the weekend, Estudiantes and Lanús had huge victories over Newell’s and Colón respectively, with both teams scoring 5 goals at home. Add to that, both met today in Group 2 of the Copa Libertadores, but unfortunately played to a 0-0 draw.

Tied with Estudiantes for 1st overall, Vélez continue to keep pace, with both sides even now on points and goal differential. And San Lorenzo, despite the return of Andrés D’Alessandro, were unable to earn their first point of the season after a 2-0 loss to River at the Monumental, and will now have to climb out of the bottom of the table.

Full Results

Friday
Estudiantes 5-2 Newell’s
Lanús 5-1 Colón

Saturday
Racing 0-0 Gimnasia (J)
Argentinos 2-0 Gimnasia
Vélez 3-0 Banfield
Central 2-0 Independiente
Tigre 1-2 Huracán

Sunday
River 2-0 San Lorenzo
Arsenal 1-0 Olimpo
S. Martín SJ 0-2 Boca

Standings with Points

Vélez 9
Estudiantes 9
Boca 7
River 7
Lanús 6
San Martín (SJ) 6
Huracán 6
Arsenal 6
Rosario Central 4
Newell`s 4
Independiente 3
Gimnasia 3
Colón 3
Banfield 3
Tigre 3
Argentinos 3
Racing 2
Olimpo 1
Gimnasia (J) 1
San Lorenzo 0

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By Primera Results - Week 3 | February 26th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

[...] Caleb wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptPrimera Results - Week 3 By: Christian | February 26th, 2008 | No Comments » Sorry for not having posted this earlier, but I just came back from a weekend in San Diego. By the way, if anyone here can recommend a good bar/pub to catch some footy out there, please let me know. As for the results from over the weekend, Estudiantes and Lanús had huge victories over Newell’s and Colón respectively, with both teams scoring 5 goals at home. Add to that, both met today in Group 2 of the Copa Libertado [...]

By Golazo | February 26th, 2008 at 7:03 pm

Which player has the most goal???

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By Christian | February 26th, 2008 at 9:55 pm

In the Clausura? Gustavo Balvorín from Velez with 4.

By Albo | February 26th, 2008 at 10:49 pm

Palermo (Boca) with 3, for now…

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By Albo | February 27th, 2008 at 12:20 am

Some stats on Messi.
This coming weekend Lio Messi will play his match # 100 for Barcelona. He’s 20 years old.
His debut took place during the 2004-05 season, under Frank Rijkaard against Espanyol in Montjuîc. At the time, he was 17.
Wearing numbers 30 and 19 (currently), Lio has played 71 matches in La Liga, 18 in CL, 7 in Copa del Rey, 2 in Supercopa de España y 1 in Supercopa de Europa.
He was a starter 76 times, and 19 he subbed-in.
With Messi on the pitch, Barça won 67 of the 99 matches they played.
He has scored 40 goals, 30 in La Liga, 7 in CL and 3 in Copa.

On a different topic, Atlético de Madrid, after reviewing the play and studying the situation, decided not to appeal the 2 UEFA matches suspension against Sergio Kun Agüero for spitting at a Bolton player.
Source: “La Nación” (Argentina) and “Marca” (España).

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By ajNYHC | February 27th, 2008 at 9:45 am

Thanks Albo. Here’s an interview with Messi from UEFA.com:

http://www.uefa.com/magazine/news/kind=4/newsid=643796.html

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By tamim | February 27th, 2008 at 11:02 am

hi christian, i am tamim from egypt blog. i think you knew that argentina will play with egypt in cairo at 26 march. we are more than happy to host the tango dancers in egypt. looking forward for this match!!

By Alexa | February 27th, 2008 at 11:55 am

nice to see Messi give Saviola props in that UEFA interview. Poor guy is in a tar pit in Real Madrid now.

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By Christian | February 27th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

First tamim, congrats on the Cup of Nations. I’m looking forward to the game next month.

Check out this previous post where I mention the rest of the ARG schedule for 2008:

http://argentina.worldcupblog.org/2010-world-cup-qualifying/argentina-nt-to-play-in-us.html

By J-Argie | February 27th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

Cavenaghi is wanted.

http://goal.com/en-us/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=602071

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By anand | February 27th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

Seems like Crespo is having a good game so far:)

By J-Argie | February 27th, 2008 at 5:55 pm

messi played agreat game but he just unable to score.

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By Golazo | February 27th, 2008 at 7:36 pm

Any word on the friendly agaisnt the U.S.

And the river - america game was a hell of a game. But River can do so much better.

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By Albo | February 27th, 2008 at 9:54 pm

It was Javier Zanetti’s turn, this time, to raise to the occasion.
His rocket from outside the box, at the end of the game, gave Inter Milano the draw (1-1) they needed to keep the 9 point distance from the Romanos.
Inter are still unbeaten this season after 25 matches in Calcio!!!
But that’s not all.
In those 25 matches they scored 50 times.
Inter average 2 goals per game. Guarantied.
Now that’s awesome, isn’t it?

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By maradona | February 27th, 2008 at 10:31 pm

I still think Inter is missing a good attacking mid-fielder though. An amf would be the missing link between draws and 3 goals per game (considering the quality of the team).

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By Christian | February 28th, 2008 at 12:55 am

Just finished watching the River-America game. Shocking. I’m glad we won, but River should be embarrassed. That should have been far easier than we made it. Props to the America keeper, but River should have put the game away with ease.

By Albo | February 28th, 2008 at 11:40 am

Hey “bookmakers”, are you selling us your web-page in our blog?
What kinda crap is that?
Take a hike, phish…

By Christian | February 28th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

…And gone.

By Albo | February 28th, 2008 at 1:20 pm

Thnx Christian

By aimar10 | February 28th, 2008 at 4:24 pm

i totally agree about the inter comments above, they do need an amf. they play 2 defensive mf which i don’t like at all. they never found a replacement for veron and then for some strange reason they sold pizzaro. if you look throughout the inter’ mf they are mostly defensive mf. their supposed play maker stankovic is playing well below par this season. and then during the january transfer window they sign maniche another defensive mf. i would like to see either perrotta or aqualani go to inter.

By Golazo | February 28th, 2008 at 8:49 pm

I think diego will join inter milan.

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By ajNYHC | February 29th, 2008 at 11:33 am

Fantastic article by Marcela about upcoming Argentina youngsters:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/02/29/argentinians_get_their_teenage.html

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By john | February 29th, 2008 at 1:21 pm

Hi Guys,

Just trying to catching up on some of the discussion, I’ve been extremely busy.

ROMA v inter……….Who thought that Mexes yellow card was justifiable? Exactly my point …no-one does. How many more controversial wins / ties are we as football fans willing to endure? Again I encourage all my fellow bloggers to write the FIGC demanding a min. 12 point deduction from inter.

Thanking you in advance for your continued support. As always I will have my Italian soccer report posted by Sunday evening.

regards

By Golazo | February 29th, 2008 at 1:53 pm

Argentina To Face Catalunya In May

http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=604504

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