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*** HALF OF THE TOURNAMENT HAS PASSED BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF PROFIT TO MAKE IN APERTURA !!!
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We are through the half of the tournament and there's one thing for sure: this is Boca's championship to lose.
After 10 rounds they are still undefeated, with only 2 goals conceded and 5 points above the 2nd placed team, the recently promoted Atletico Rafaela, and 6 above Racing who is also still undefeated and has conceded just 3 goals but drew 3 of the last 4 games.
* Racing had the chance to make a difference and grow in confidence with back to back derbies against San Lorenzo and Independiente, but they tied both and saw Boca take a bigger difference above them.
* The other story of this first half of Apertura is the good performance by most of the recently promoted teams. Rafaela, Belgrano and recently Union are among the top 10 of the league and have established themselves as very tough rivals. Now it comes the most difficult part: to keep the pace until the end of the season, something usually difficult for teams that come from 2nd division.
* Most important news this week in Argentinean football has been the confirmation that Juan Sebastian Veron is retiring at the end of this month when Estudiantes hosts Racing for the 13th round.
Besides his age (he's 36) the main problem is the ankle injury he's been suffering all year and that it seems like it won't heal so with nothing to play for until the end of the year he decided to retire sooner.
* Talking about Estudiantes, they are without a doubt the most disappointing story of Apertura. After an awful Clausura they rebuilt their team to fight for the championship and there was no season preview that didn't put them among the candidates.
But things never worked OK for them. A mix of injuries, bad performances and some bad luck put them exactly at the other side of where they were supposed to be: bottom of the standings with only 1 win in 10 games.
Their semester is gone and now with Veron retiring we'll see what happens with the club that was at the top of everyone the last 5 years.
* The end of the season and the promotion playoffs/relegations might be 8 months away but the fight in the lower places of the Averages table is as tough as always with San Martin, Tigre, All Boys, Olimpo, San Lorenzo, Arsenal and other teams coming in and out of the dangerous zone.
* Copa Argentina's first season is underway and about to reach the most interesting part !
The early stages have been played in August and September and next month the 40 First Division and Second division teams will join the 24 teams that went through the first phases.
For those of you interested to read a little more about it: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Argentina_2011/12
The league is now in a break for the first rounds of the World Cup 2014 qualifiers to be played on Friday and Tuesday, and will resume next Friday with round 11:
* Talking about Estudiantes, they are without a doubt the most disappointing story of Apertura. After an awful Clausura they rebuilt their team to fight for the championship and there was no season preview that didn't put them among the candidates.
But things never worked OK for them. A mix of injuries, bad performances and some bad luck put them exactly at the other side of where they were supposed to be: bottom of the standings with only 1 win in 10 games.
Their semester is gone and now with Veron retiring we'll see what happens with the club that was at the top of everyone the last 5 years.
* The end of the season and the promotion playoffs/relegations might be 8 months away but the fight in the lower places of the Averages table is as tough as always with San Martin, Tigre, All Boys, Olimpo, San Lorenzo, Arsenal and other teams coming in and out of the dangerous zone.
* Copa Argentina's first season is underway and about to reach the most interesting part !
The early stages have been played in August and September and next month the 40 First Division and Second division teams will join the 24 teams that went through the first phases.
For those of you interested to read a little more about it: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Argentina_2011/12
The league is now in a break for the first rounds of the World Cup 2014 qualifiers to be played on Friday and Tuesday, and will resume next Friday with round 11:
Friday October 14
17.10-- Olimpo de Bahía Blanca-Tigre
19.25-- Newell`s Old Boys-Arsenal F.C.
21.30-- San Lorenzo-Banfield
Saturday October 15
14.00-- Independiente-Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba
16.30-- Unión de Santa Fe-All Boys
21.15-- San Martín de San Juan-Racing Club
Sunday October 16
14.00-- Estudiantes de La Plata-Atlético Rafaela
16.10-- Argentinos Juniors-Colón de Santa Fe
18.30-- Boca Juniors-Belgrano de Córdoba
20.30-- Lanús-Vélez Sarsfield
Standings:
Averages Table (http://www.argentinapreviews.com/2010/05/how-are-relegations-decided.html) :
17.10-- Olimpo de Bahía Blanca-Tigre
19.25-- Newell`s Old Boys-Arsenal F.C.
21.30-- San Lorenzo-Banfield
Saturday October 15
14.00-- Independiente-Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba
16.30-- Unión de Santa Fe-All Boys
21.15-- San Martín de San Juan-Racing Club
Sunday October 16
14.00-- Estudiantes de La Plata-Atlético Rafaela
16.10-- Argentinos Juniors-Colón de Santa Fe
18.30-- Boca Juniors-Belgrano de Córdoba
20.30-- Lanús-Vélez Sarsfield
Standings:
Averages Table (http://www.argentinapreviews.com/2010/05/how-are-relegations-decided.html) :
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