Matko Miljevic at Argentinos Juniors

Argentina gets 5 teams to qualify directly to the group stage and 1 goes to playoffs for 2 previous rounds. Mexican teams don't play this Cup anymore, it's only for all the teams from South America.

 

Fair. But I know Liga MX teams use to play in the tournament. How did they fare against Argentinean teams?

 

They were pretty evenly matched games. I always thought of teams from that league to be very complicated, despite the southamerican thing of "mexican teams suck".

 

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Here's a summary of how mexican teams did against south american teams during the time they played both Cups.

 

Independiente- Argentinos Juniors got moved to Saturday at 11am PST I'm not sure if Miljevic will start because there's a saying in spanish that says "if your team won, you don't make any changes" (equipo que gana, no se toca). I do hope he comes in, because they need somebody who can assist the forwards.

Independiente is a very good team at home and one of the Big 5, so it will be a crucial game to see if they can go for the title or not.

 

I need to make correction: 11:30AM on Saturday.

 

Miljevic won't be playing tomorrow, I'm assuming an injury.

On a very sad note, Gabriel Hauche's aunt was killed this week when they were trying to steal from her. A 15 year- old. Unfortunately young punks don't get tried as adults, so they get arrested and then released.

 

Argentinos Juniors won with 5 minutes left 1-0!!!!

Tied for 1st place with Boca. It's gonna be nerve wrecking from here, 13 games left and the difference in points between 1st and 10th is only 7 points. Later today, Talleres- Lanús play, both of them only 5 points away (they have to tie).

 

This weekend there won't be any games because on Sunday they're voting for President. Argentinos Juniors has a tough game at home against Talleres de Córdoba, Wednesday at 11AM PST

 

Here's a speculative theory: Argentina has a new President and he's a fan of Argentinos Juniors. The conspiracy theorists now are saying that the team is 1st because of that, but when I tell them that against Arsenal they were down 0-1 in the 7th minute of the game with a huge offside, nobody says anything...

 

On the bench:

#AAAJ ⚽️ ¡Acá están! ¡Estos son! Los 11 elegidos por Diego Dabove para recibir a Talleres de Córdoba. ¡#VamosBicho! ¡#VamosTodosUnidos! 🐞 pic.twitter.com/fqxsZ1Mx8u

— Argentinos Juniors (@AAAJoficial) October 30, 2019

#AAAJ ⏰ 37 ST: Segunda variante en Argentinos. Matko Miljevic reemplaza a Gabriel Hauche, el autor del gol. pic.twitter.com/Q5lxej3Ku2

— Argentinos Juniors (@AAAJoficial) October 30, 2019

 

Argentinos 1- Talleres 0, FIRST PLACE!!!

They played very bad the Second Half, Talleres hit a shot on the post but luck is on their side lol. Miljevic played the last 6 minutes, unfortunately the coach doesn't understand they need to play a little better... next game is on the road against Defensa y Justicia on Monday at 3PM PST, a team who last tournament finished 2nd, started bad but they started adding points. Another difficult game...

 

Started and played 68' in a 0 - 0 draw with Defensa y Justicia.

 

They played a very bad game, should've lost which also gives me hope that if they played this bad and still got a point, I can be optimistic.

Next game is a very special one: in 1981, Argentinos and San Lorenzo played a final game of the season. With a tie, San Lorenzo would stay in 1st Division. They were awarded a penalty and the goalkeeper saved it. Then Argentinos was awarded a penalty and they scored, Argentinos won 1-0 and San Lorenzo became the 1st of "The Big 5" to be relegated. Since then, it's always been a special game. In 2010, Argentinos Juniors was in 1st place and were losing 1-0, the fans of San Lorenzo celebrating but... Argentinos beat them 2-1 with a goal in the 88th minute (the following game, they were losing to Independiente 3-1 and won 4-3 with two goals in the last 5 minutes of the game. Sometimes I wonder how I'm still alive lol)

Argentinos has also eliminated them from the Copa Sudamericana on the road and recently from a new domestic Cup, also on the road. San Lorenzo is now going through a crisis and will have a new coach, so it will be a complicated game. The game is this Saturday at 12:45PM PST

Currently tied in 1st place with Lanús, one point over River Plate and Boca Juniors.

 

@Chaliaaaj appreciate your contributions brother!

 

So, does Tab try to bring him to Houston?

 

Do you know something?

 

Oof I hope not. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. The Dynamo are probably the worst run franchise in the league. Bottom 5 for sure.

 

Nah. If I did, I wouldn't be cute about it -- I'd either say it, or not say anything, depending on the situation. Just doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility if Ramos has a good relationship with the player and the team is looking to reload.

 

i mean right there in the post was the fact they have someone new running things

 

Thanks. I keep up with the team and go to 5 - 10 games a year. I stand by what I said before.

 

Thanks! It happens to be that I was born in the US and I'm a fan of Argentinos Juniors, having become a fan without any "outside influence". Miljevic is the 2nd US born player playing for the team.

 

The standings currently. If teams tie in points for 1st place, they play a Final game. Goal differential is important as a tie-breaker to qualify for the Copa Libertadores or Sudamericana.

 

Who was the first?

 

Renato Corsi, I also interviewed him. He won the Copa Libertadores with Argentinos Juniors in 1985.