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Cliffhanger
SAM KELLY
30/05/07
"As the Argentines say,
chau
,
amigos
"
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It's a knockout
SAM KELLY
23/05/07
"San Lorenzo, Estudiantes and Boca are still running neck-and-neck for the title"
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The run in starts here
SAM KELLY
16/05/07
"With seven points separating the top five and five matches still to go, the Argentine championship's no clearer as Europe's leagues draw to a close"
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Fight! Fight! Fight!
SAM KELLY
09/05/07
"Tough discipline on the one hand, fans running riot on the other. A nice relaxing week to come? Not a chance..."
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Alive and kicking
SAM KELLY
02/05/07
"In a land where one small group of people have literally created a church which worships Maradona as God, it's hard to imagine quite what the place will be like when he
does
go"
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Cutting the
Mostaza
SAM KELLY
25/04/07
"In a few short months, Osvaldo César Ardiles may be returning to management"
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A game of two halves
SAM KELLY
18/04/07
"Although failure to win the
superclásico
does their own title hopes little good, River will take satisfaction from the fact that they prevented Boca reclaiming the lead in the championship"
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When the going gets tough...
SAM KELLY
11/04/07
"Any time River and Boca Juniors meet, whatever the circumstances, everything goes a bit mental"
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A bit of a washout
SAM KELLY
04/04/07
"The pressure is building – let's hope those storm clouds stay away"
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Saint Ramón
SAM KELLY
28/03/07
"San Lorenzo endured a torrid time in the Apertura, conceding twelve goals in their two matches against River and Boca and looking seriously off the pace all over the pitch, but Díaz has got down to business sorting things out"
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Same Thing (Makes You Laugh, Makes You Cry)
SAM KELLY
21/03/07
"Newell’s fans have been left scratching their heads and wondering whether to laugh or cry"
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All so predictable
- for a change
SAM KELLY
14/03/07
"The joy of River and Boca's fans as their teams returned to winning ways was nothing next to the results of the rest of the 'Big Five' in this week's Clausura"
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Goals? Upsets? Right this way...
SAM KELLY
07/03/07
"Long may the scoring, and the unexpected results, continue"
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Some people never learn
SAM KELLY
21/02/07
"To the British eye, it’s clear that security needs drastically re-thinking"
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They’re off
SAM KELLY
14/02/07
"It’s been, if nothing else, a pretty decent week for Argentine football fans"
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On the eve of the big day
SAM KELLY
07/02/07
"Having witnessed nearly the whole of pre-season from Argentina, here are some educated (and probably wildly inaccurate) thoughts on how the Clausura 2007 will pan out..."
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Here we go again...
SAM KELLY
31/01/07
"The South American season starts soon – in fact the lower leagues in Argentina are already up and running"
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One hundred years of hatred
SAM KELLY
24/01/07
"If you only knew one thing about Argentine club football before starting to read this column, it was probably that River Plate and Boca Juniors don’t like each other very much"
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A seaside kickabout
SAM KELLY
17/01/07
"Lying for five days on the beach and going to the game on Saturday night is a great way of spending a week"
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Punishing the Morons
SAM KELLY
10/01/07
"It is hard to shake off the feeling that Morón may have been merely a sacrificial lamb in the authorities’ struggle to look credible when dealing with the violence which marred the latter half of 2006"
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A short look at footballing contrasts
SAM KELLY
03/01/07
"It’s not that Argentina is short of PlayStations, but football is seen as alternative entertainment, or preferable, but definitely not subordinate"
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Collapse: complete
SAM KELLY
20/12/06
"A near record-breaking winning streak, one of the highest points tallies in living memory, four points clear with two matches to play... and Boca blew it"
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Of joy, and failure
SAM KELLY
13/12/06
"One of the most troubled championships in recent years has also proved itself the most closely fought and dramatic, not to mention refreshingly honest"
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Campaign: on ice
SAM KELLY
06/12/06
"The champagne is still on order, but for a week at least, it’ll be kept on ice"
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Title talk
SAM KELLY
29/11/06
"How is a club’s size measured? It’s not only about how rich your owner is; success surely shouldn’t be ignored, and by that standard, there aren’t enough competitions for Chelsea to win in the next eight years if they want to overtake Boca"
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The new new new
Maradona(s)
SAM KELLY
22/11/06
"It’s an unwritten law - one that’s absolutely never broken - that any young attacking midfielder or forward who can do a bit of playmaking gets the in-no-way intimidating label of ‘the new Maradona’ as soon as he does something halfway impressive"
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A localised history of infamy
SAM KELLY
15/11/06
"This is a league in which the biggest clubs have too much power and influence with the viewing public, and in which the barras have the same influence over the clubs themselves"
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Darkness and light
SAM KELLY
08/11/06
"Associating violence with Argentine football is hardly original, and although it isn’t as constant as cultural stereotyping would have us believe, at this moment in time it’s really unavoidable"
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