Apertura [R] Apertura Round 1: The Quest begins Jeepers, trying to keep up with all of the changes in this league is a very huge task indeed. Starting with the recent resignation of Reinaldo Merlo of Racing on Wednesday evening, the teams are in constant flux. Many of these changes have to do with cash-strapped clubs trying to do more with less. Starting with River Plate selling Ariel Ortega for top dollar to Fenerbahce, Boca Juniors doing the same with Juan Roman Riquelme, and even Gimnasia La Plata striking a deal with Fulham and selling away their top striker Facundo Sava. Many teams are selling their stars in an effort to survive. Teams like Independente and San Lorenzo, which have dominated the Argentina liga in seasons past, are in deep financial crisis where they might not be able to recover from. Can those teams rebound? So the question that needs to be answered is which team or individual will step up and take advantage of the Power Vacuum. Well two players that can fill the Power vacuum are Andres D'Alessandro and Fernando Cavenaghi. Cavenaghi was the leading scorer in the Clausura, but many believe that having Ortega up front helped him get to the top. Can Cavenaghi continue to produce? D'Alessandro will need to provide quality service to Cavenaghi and or River might be looking very desperate to score goals. Maybe Manual Pellegrini will insert Nelson Cuevas, the young striker that looked so spectacular in the World Cup for Paraguay. Cuevas struggled to find time under Ramon Diaz, but that might be changing now with Pellegrini in charge. Can Colon finally step up with the big boys? The team from Santa Fe had so much praise for their strong finish in the 2001 Apertura and many people had thought that Colon would battle for the Clausura Championship, but after getting slapped around by Boca Juniors in Week 3 of the Clausura, Colon finished at mid-table 20 points behind Champions River Plate. Will Osvaldo Ardiles help Racing up to the top? Merlo said, "forget it", after requesting for more personnel to help the club prepare for the upcoming season and the 2003 Copa Libertadores. However the club is trying to make mends will a tight budget and denied Merlo his request. The club still has Maximiliano Estevez and Gerardo Bedoya, but astonishingly La Academia only has 4 natural midfielders. Now one can see while Merlo jumped ship. Arsenal Futbol Club and Club Olimpo from Bahia Blanca are the new kids on the block. Can either team reciprocate the performance of Banfield or Nueva Chicago? Arsenal will be banking on Jorge Burruchaga to take this team to the promise land, but with players like Maurcio Piersimone and Gustavo Grondona it appears that storm clouds are forming over the Estadio del Viaducto in Sarandí, where Arsenal plays. We do know one thing, the 2002 Apertura will start this weekend and those questions will be answered. The rest of the weekend's fixtures are listed below. SoccerAge 74 Minute: Rosario Central 0 - 0 San Lorenzo
Today's Matches - July 28th Arsenal - Olimpo River Plate - Newell's Old Boys Talleres - Gimnasia La Plata Union - Banfield Huracan - Racing Club Nueva Chicago - Boca Juniors
el unico partido que me parece interesante por ahora es river Newell's vamos a ver como se desarrolla el torneo de aca en adelante
Can you get Argentine matches where you are? I'm hoping Telemundo will show the Boca or River match on tape-delay.
FT Arsenal 1 - 0 Olimpo FT River Plate 0 - 0 Newell's Old Boys FT Talleres 0 - 0 Gimnasia La Plata FT Union 0 - 0 Banfield FT Huracan 1 - 3 Racing Club FT Nueva Chicago 0 - 0 Boca Juniors
Fecha 2 8/2/2002 Racing Club 1-1 Arsenal 8/3/2002 Newell's 1-0 Huracán San Lorenzo 1-0 Nueva Chicago 8/4/2002 Colón 3-1 Chacarita Jrs. Vélez Sarsfield 0-1 River Gimnasia LP 1-1 Independiente Lanús 1-6 Rosario Central Boca 3-0 Unión Banfield 0-0 Estudiantes LP 8/6/2002 Olimpo v. Talleres
2002 ARGENTINA APERTURA SOCCER STANDINGS TEAM GP W L T PTS Rosario Central 2 2 0 0 6 BOCA 2 1 0 1 4 RACING 2 1 0 1 4 COLON 2 1 0 1 4 Independiente 2 1 0 1 4 ARSENAL 2 1 0 1 4 NEWELL'S 2 1 0 1 4 RIVER 2 1 0 1 4 San Lorenzo 2 1 1 0 3 Estudiantes 2 0 0 2 2 GIMNASIA 2 0 0 2 2 Banfield 2 0 0 2 2 TALLERES 1 0 0 1 1 VELEZ 2 0 1 1 1 Nueva Chicago 2 0 1 1 1 Chacarita Juniors 2 0 1 1 1 UNION 2 0 1 1 1 OLIMPO 1 0 1 0 0 Huracan 2 0 2 0 0 Lanus 2 0 2 0 0
UPDATED STANDINGS as of August 7, 2002 2002 ARGENTINA APERTURA SOCCER STANDINGS TEAM GP W L T PTS Rosario Central 2 2 0 0 6 BOCA 2 1 0 1 4 RACING 2 1 0 1 4 COLON 2 1 0 1 4 Independiente 2 1 0 1 4 ARSENAL 2 1 0 1 4 NEWELL'S 2 1 0 1 4 RIVER 2 1 0 1 4 San Lorenzo 2 1 1 0 3 Estudiantes 2 0 0 2 2 GIMNASIA 2 0 0 2 2 Banfield 2 0 0 2 2 TALLERES 2 0 0 2 2 VELEZ 2 0 1 1 1 Nueva Chicago 2 0 1 1 1 Chacarita Juniors 2 0 1 1 1 UNION 2 0 1 1 1 OLIMPO 2 0 1 1 1 Huracan 2 0 2 0 0 Lanus 2 0 2 0 0
every sunday at 4pm they show live argentine soccer on FSWE. last sun it was the velez v river game and next sun they are going to show the river game also. SDD for the colombian league at 9pm.
River Again ???????? Initially, they were going to show Boca-Union game last Sunday, but thanks to AFA they switch to Velez-River game. Just what I wanted to see: more River.
Fecha 3 8/7/2002 Banfield 0-1 Boca http://www.futbolargentino.com/AutoNoticias/DetalleNoticia15662.asp
el equipo de menotti es el lider: rosario central ayer golearon 5-2 a gimnasia LP nueva chicago gano a lanus 1-0 river a colon de santafe (debuto Mina polo) talleres 2 -0 racing de avellaneda, con mucha contundencia.
fecha 3 Unión 3-1 San Lorenzo River 1-0 Colón Huracán 0-4 Vélez Sarsfield Arsenal 1-2 Newell's Estudiantes 0-1 Chacarita Talleres 2-0 Racing Independiente 3-1 Olimpo Rosario Central 5-2 Gimnasia LP Nueva Chicago 1-0 Lanús
Apertura 2002 Standings (As of August 12, 2002) CLUBS PTS P W D L F A Rosario Central 9 3 3 0 0 12 3 Independiente 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 Boca Juniors 7 3 2 1 0 4 0 Newell's Old Boys 7 3 2 1 0 3 1 River Plate 7 3 2 1 0 2 0 Talleres 5 3 1 2 0 2 0 Velez Sarsfield 4 3 1 1 1 4 1 Colon 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 Racing 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 Arsenal Futbol Club 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 Nueva Chicago 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 Union 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 Chacarita 4 3 1 1 1 2 3 San Lorenzo 3 3 1 0 2 2 4 Estudiantes 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 Banfield 2 3 0 2 1 0 1 Gimnasia La Plata 2 3 0 2 1 3 6 Olimpo 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 Huracan 0 3 0 0 3 1 8 Apertura 2002 Goal Scorers GOALS PLAYER CLUB (PEN.) 3 Cesar Delgado Rosario Central Cesar Andres Carignano Colon 3 (1) Pablo Ferrari Rosario Central 2 Marcelo Quinteros Rosario Central Mauricio Piersimone Arsenal Futbol Club Martin Perezlindo Union Federico Dominguez Independiente 1 Juan Eduardo Eluchans Independiente Federico Insua Independiente Andres Silvera Independiente Diego Castagno Suarez Independiente Leonardo Rodriguez Lanus Leonardo Ponzio Newell's Old Boys Guillermo Marino Newell's Old Boys Gaston Liendo Newell's Old Boys Claudio Ubeda Racing Adrian Bastia Racing Maximiliano Estevez Racing Guillermo Rivarola Racing Maximiliano Lopez River Plate Damian Ariel Alvarez River Plate Gonzalo Rodriguez San Lorenzo Alberto Federico Acosta San Lorenzo Lucas Rimoldi Talleres German Real Talleres Mariano Mignini Chacarita Carlos Moreno Chacarita Jonathan Santana Nueva Chicago Hugo Pavone Estudiantes Matias Arce Gimnasia La Plata Andres Madrid Gimnasia La Plata Gonzalo Choy Gimnasia La Plata Martin Roberto Mandra Rosario Central Gustavo Barros Schelotto Rosario Central Jorge Daniel Martinez Colon Hector Bracamonte Boca Juniors Sebastián Battaglia Boca Juniors Carlos Alberto Tevez Boca Juniors Ezequiel Gonzalez Boca Juniors Dario Fernando Husain Velez Sarsfield Leonardo Gracian Velez Sarsfield Sebastian Dudar Velez Sarsfield Silvio Augusto Gonzalez Arsenal Futbol Club Luciano Figueroa Rosario Central 1 (1) Ruben Oscar Capria Union Roberto Nanni Velez Sarsfield
fecha 4 08/16/2002 Vélez Sarsfield - Arsenal 08/17/2002 San Lorenzo - Banfield Lanús - Unión Colón de Santa Fe - Huracán 08/18/2002 Chacarita Juniors - River Plate Boca Juniors - Estudiantes LP Gimnasia y Esgrima LP - Nueva Chicago Olimpo - Rosario Central Racing Club - Independiente Newell´s Old Boys - Talleres Cba.
Racing Club ground ruled unsafe Racing Club, one of Argentina's most popular football teams, have been banned from hosting Sunday's derby against bitter rivals Independiente as their ground fails to meet safety standards, an official said on Tuesday... SoccerNet
Sunday's Chacarita-River match may be suspended, because Chacarita is complaining about the number of policemen it has to pay for security at the match, to be held in Velez's stadium. http://www.ole.com.ar/um/notas/2002/08/16/n-430483.htm http://www.futbolargentino.com/AutoNoticias/DetalleNoticia15851.asp
chacarita river si se Juega! los cacos son pagados por la AFA para asegurar mas metidos del vinculo policiaco. hoy gano velez con gol de Naniu. el goleador del torneo es un FERRARI - con 3 esta noche se viene san Lorenzo....