Newell’s 2 – 1 Estudiantes
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Newell’s had the match of the season thus far and downed an Estudiantes side looking to go top. This game was a huge character test for Newell’s and they passed with flying colors. Video of the goals after the jump.
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Caminos Up To His Old Tricks?
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An ex member of the Pimpi Caminos led barrabrava was shot and killed Friday night in a neighborhood that was/is a Caminos stronghold.
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Category: Team NewsEstudiantes mini-kinda-sorta Preview
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Tonight’s match against Estudiantes will be a good barometer of just how high Newell’s can dream of climbing this season.
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Category: Team NewsOh Yeah, Godoy Cruz
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I forgot all about writing about the Godoy Cruz outcome. It was last Wednesday, and marked the sixth time the two sides had met, and predictably, it ended in the sixth draw. Video after the jump.
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Category: Team NewsSchiavi Gets the Nod From Diego
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Newell’s captain Rolando Schiavi returned to the Selection, playing the whole game on the back line.
He was his normal, dominate self in the first half, putting up a brick wall in front of the Peruvian attackers.
His play sloppied up a bit, just like the rest of the team, in the second half but still he had a more than satisfactory performance. He should get the nod again on Wednesday when the Albiceleste travel to Montevideo to face Uruguay in a fight for the last direct qualifying spot.
Category: Team NewsNewell’s 3 – 0 Tucuman (or Fairweather Blogging)
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Coming off that robbery of a match against Banfield, which I’m still a little too bitter to write about and which I haven’t found a replay of the “penalty” call to illustrate the robbery, NOB faced everybody’s new favorite whipping boy in Atletico Tucuman. Video after the jump.
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Category: Team NewsThree Old Boys to Face Ghana
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Diego has named his squad for a friendly this Wednesday against Ghana and three Newell’s players made the cut – Rolando Schiavi, Leonel Vangioni and Juan Manuel Insaurralde.
Part of me is thinking this is cool and part of me is hoping they don’t play so they can’t get hurt.
Category: Team NewsTonight at El Taladro
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Another Friday night match following a Sunday tie. You know how I don’t like those. Banfield comes in fresh off a draw against Rosario Central and La Lepra will be looking to continue the momentum from beating Lanús last Sunday.
The lineup for Newell’s is the same: Sebastián Peratta; Alexis Machuca, Rolando Schiavi and Juan Insaurralde; Franco Dolci, Diego Mateo, Lucas Bernardi and Leonel Vangioni; Cristian Sánchez Prette; Jorge Achucarro and Joaquín Boghossian.
I liked the 3-4-1-2 last week, but Banfield is a good team and sit one point ahead of Newell’s and two points off the top, so this will be a good test. El Taladro is a team built for the attack and seem a bit shaky in the back, so hopefully we can take advantage of that. If Mateo and Bernardi control the midfield today like they did against Lanús, (who have a pretty strong midfield) then NOB has a good chance to take points back to Rosario.
The winner of the fixture will be, for the moment at least, top of table.
Category: Team NewsLanús 0 – 2 Newell’s
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Now that was a fun game to watch. We laid off the long ball, and a striker actually scored for the first time in around 700 minutes of play. Make that two strikers. Achucarro opened the scoring and Boghossian headed in a strike (which is what they brought the tall dude in for) in the second half. Of course he blew another easy opportunity or two, but at least he was in the right position at the right time. Good play from the strikers all around today.
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Category: Team NewsNext Up, Lanús
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Good news. I figured out how to use the keyboard to make all of the Spanish symbols without having to cut and paste.
Just a quick review. We started out with a pair of 1-0 wins over Independiente and Huracán and followed up with a 1-1 draw to Boca Juniors. Then came Argentinos Juniors and a 1-0 loss. A lot of criticism was leveled at the team and Sensini following the Argentinos game, but it was really just one bad half.
Midfielder Franco Dolci, who seems set to get his first start, summed up the problem Newell’s is facing “We don’t need to play for the long ball.” Amen. Newell’s has relied on the long ball far too much and in the second half against Argentinos abandoned any other strategy.
The defense is playing pretty solid, only giving up .5 goals per game so if NOB can figure out a way to score a bit, then we might have a fun season ahead.
Game time is at 1pm EST on Sunday. Watch the game here or maybe here.
La Lepra head to Buenos Aires to face a Lanús squad that is coming off a mid-week tie against River Plate in the Copa Sudamericana, but I doubt it will make that big a difference. We need points out of this match, even if it is a draw. That should provide a little momentum and silence some of the criticism.
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