Game One: v Huracan

Argentinos Juniors  1  Huracan  2

Of course, everyone tries just that little harder to beat the champions. And with a lot of new players, Argentinos Juniors were still finding their feet. And their midfield playmaker, Nestor Ortigoza, was missing and the wind blowing in a north-north-easterly direction always has an impact on the way the home-side [...]

Game Nineteen: v Huracan…..Champions!!!

Huracan  1  Argentinos Juniors   2

The main reason I adopted Argentinos Juniors as the team to write this blog about was that they were crap. I watched them a couple of times a year or so ago and thought their ramshackle ground, their tubby players and their comical goalkeeper would give me plenty of amusing anecdotes [...]

The Wait

So it’s Chelsea again. And Bayern Munich and Inter. And either Real Madrid or Barcelona and Rangers or Celtic. Most of the rest never win anything worth building a trophy cabinet for. So when, unexpectedly, that magic moment arrives you really have to milk it for all it’s worth.

That’s exactly what we’re doing as Argentinos [...]

Game Nine: v Racing Club

Racing Club 0  Argentinos Juniors  1

I’m not going to say it since when I said it last season after Argentinos Juniors strung a few victories together, they went on to lose and draw their next batch of games. But three wins on the trot and….no! Resist! Resist!

And the winner is….

It’s a week now since [...]

Game Nineteen v Huracan

Argentinos Juniors  5  Huracan  1

And so ends this journey through an Argentine first division football season.  But my word, what a way to end it! The sun was shining, the Argentinos Juniors fans were in fine voice, Huracan supporters had travelled in numbers and there were goals galore. The home side went ahead after just [...]