Instituto lead the standings with 36 points followed by River with 34, Boca Unidos 32, Rosario Central with 31, Quilmes 30, Defensa y Justicia 29 and Almirante Brown 28. In week 20, on Saturday, River visit Chacarita.

In the standings for Libertadores Cup 2012, Lanús with 64 and Godoy Cruz with 58 qualified. Five teams qualified: Vélez (champions of Closing 2011), Boca (champions of Opening 2011), Lanús and Godoy Cruz (best two teams of these standings) and Arsenal (best placed in South American Cup 2011).

Oct 12. Tonight, Preliminary round was finished. There are 24 winners that will join First A and National B teams in round of 32 of final phase. There are 7 teams from First B (3rd level), 5 from Argentine A (3rd level), 5 from First C (4th level), 6 from Argentine B (4th level) and 1 from First D (5th level).

Jan 28. Racing 1 (61 Hauche) Independiente 0 in Mar del Plata.

Jan 21. Gold Cup in Mar del Plata: Independiente 1 (90 Schiavi -own goal-) Boca 0.
Jan 17. San Lorenzo 0 Boca 0. 47+: Sosa (BOC) saved a penalty shot by Salgueiro (SLO).
Jan 12. Independiente 0 San Lorenzo 0.

Jan 19. Ciudad Cup in Mar del Plata: River 2 (6 R.Funes Mori, 85 Trezeguet) Racing 1 (87 Teo Gutiérrez -penalty-).
Jan 14. River 0 Estudiantes 0.
Jan 10. Estudiantes 1 (71 Carrillo) Racing 1 (91 Teo Gutiérrez).

Belgrano beat Arsenal 1-0 in Córdoba with goal from Vázquez at 14th minute.

Argentinos Jrs beat Olimpo 1-0 at Diego Maradona stadium with goal from Nagüel at 63rd minute.

Estudiantes won 2-0 against Unión in La Plata with a header from Boselli (47+) and one goal from Cellay (78). Goals.

Boca, the champions, ended at the top of the standings with 43 points followed by Racing, Vélez, Belgrano and Colón with 31, Lanús with 29 and Tigre and Independiente with 27. Suspended game of week 15 will be finished in February. Closing 2011/12 start on Friday, February 10.

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Nov 11. In week 3, Argentina drew 1-1 with Bolivia at the Monumental stadium. They were losing with goal from Marcelo Martins (56) after Demichelis' mistake and managed to draw with goal from Lavezzi (60). Goals. Argentina lined up: Romero; Zabaleta, Burdisso, Demichelis, Clemente Rodríguez; Gago, Mascherano (82 Sosa), Ricky Álvarez (59 Lavezzi); Messi, Higuaín, Pastore. Argentina coudn't break Bolivian defense and the power of forwards was not enough this time to make forget the own defensive problems. Messi had another weak game.

Sep 26. D'Alessandro (injured) and Andrada are out of the list.
Sep 25. Sabella called up 23 players for the second leg of friendlies of the "Local" National Team against Brazil on Wednesday 28, 9:50 pm. He was allowed to choose players from Brazilian football. Barovero (VEL), Orión (BOC), Andrada (LAN); Pillud (RAC), Seba Domínguez (VEL), Cellay (EST), Desábato (EST), Bottinelli (SLO), Papa (VEL), Clemente Rodríguez (BOC), Re (EST); Augusto Fernández (VEL), Pelletieri (RAC), Canteros (VEL), Bolatti (INT-BRA), Guiñazú (INT-BRA), Chávez (BOC), D'Alessandro (INT-BRA), Montillo (CRU-BRA); Hauche (RAC), Mouche (BOC), Viatri (BOC), Gigliotti (SLO).

Aug 9. In eighth-finals, Argentina won 2-1 against Egypt in Medellín with two penalties from Lamela (42, 64). Salah closed the gap for Egypt (70), also from a penalty. Goals and lineups.

The cup is not important at all but winners count it as a new international title.

Jul 25. AFA decided to change the structure of the tournaments in 2012/13 season. They want to join First A (first division) and National B (secons division) in one big division of 38 or 40 teams. This means: a) River will be back in First Division with the only effort of not being relegated again. b) Relegations in First A in season 2011/12 are eliminated so Boca, San Lorenzo and Racing don't have any risk. c) More teams from the provinces will play in First Division and we will have a "federal" tournament and more votes for Grondona's re-election.

Vélez, the champions, ended at the top of the standings with 39 points followed by Lanús with 35, Godoy Cruz with 34, Olimpo and Argentinos Jrs with 30, Independiente with 29, Boca with 28 and Banfield with 27. On Wednesday, there are two games: the Huracán-Gimnasia tie-break and the first leg of the relegation play-offs between Belgrano-River. Opening 2011/12 start on August 5.

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Lanús lost 1-0 to Argentinos Jrs in the South with goal from Blandi at 58th minute.

River drew 1-1 with Estudiantes at Centenary stadium. They went ahead with goal from Ferrari (48) but Sarulyte scored the equaliser from a header for 'Pinchas' (54). Goals. If Olimpo don't win in final week, River avoid relegation play-offs. But if they win, River must also win to play a tie-breaker to avoid relegation play-offs.

Jun 1. In a friendly match played in Abuja, Argentina lost 4-1 to Nigeria with two goals from Uche (10 and 40 -header-), one penalty from Obinna (27) and one goal from Emenike (52). Boselli closed the gap from a penalty in final second. Goals. Argentina lined up: Gabbarini; Zabaleta, Garay (66 Musacchio), Fazio, Insúa; Belluschi (62 Bertolo), Bolatti, Tino Costa (57 Cabral), Nico Gaitán; Boselli y Diego Perotti (69 Jara). It was a match to test players but Argentina lost much prestige.

May 31. Ustari got injured and Damián Martínez (ARS-ENG) was called up. This young keeper played in U-17 WC in Nigeria and that's why he has the right vaccines and can travel in last minute. Otamendi and Angeleri also got injured and won't travel.

May 17. Sergio 'Checho' Batista called up 22 players -an 'European' U-25- for the next friendlies: Nigeria and Poland on Sunday 5 in Warsaw: Ustari (GET-SPA), Gabbarini (IND); Pablo Zabaleta (MCI-ENG), Garay (RMA-SPA), Fazio (SEV-SPA), Otamendi (POR-POR), Angeleri (SUN-ENG), Insúa (GAL-TUR), Cabral (LEG-POL), Musacchio (VIL-SPA); Bolatti (INT-BRA), Belluschi (POR-POR), Bertolo (ZAR-SPA), Mauro Formica (BLA-ENG), Alberto Costa (VAL-SPA); Nico Gaitán (BEN-POR), Cristaldo (MET-UKR), Pablo Piatti (ALM-SPA), Rubén (VIL-SPA), Jara (BEN-POR), Boselli (GEN-ITA), Perotti (SEV-SPA).

Brazil lead the final round with 10 points, followed by Uruguay with 8, Argentina with 7 and Ecuador with 5. Those four teams are qualified for World Cup U-17 Mexico 2011. In the last match, on Saturday 9, Argentina face Brazil.

Brazil were the champions with 12 points, followed by Uruguay with 10 and Argentina with 9. Best four teams qualified for the Youth World Cup Colombia 2011 (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Ecuador) and only best two qualified for the Olympic Games London 2012 (Brazil and Uruguay).

Vélez won 2-0 against Racing in Avellaneda with a very nice goal from 'Burrito -Little Donkey-' Martínez (24) and a free kick from Maxi Moralez (59). Goals.

Local championship start on Friday, August 6th.

Jun 27. In eighth-finals, Argentina beat Mexico 3-1 with goals from Tévez in offside (25), 'Pipita' Higuaín (33) after a big mistake from Mexican defender Osorio and Tévez again from 25 metres (52). 'Chicharito' Hernández closed the gap for Mexican team (71). Goals. Argentina lined up: Romero; Otamendi, Demichelis, Burdisso, Heinze; Maxi Rodríguez (87, Pastore), Mascherano, Di María (79, Jonás Gutiérrez); Messi, Higuaín, Tévez (69, Verón). When the game was closed, Argentina could take profit from assistant referee's and Mexican defender's mistakes. Then, with a three goal advantage, they gave the ball to Mexico and coudn't find a good counter-attack. Tévez was the best player and Messi, Maxi and Di María didn't have a good game today.

Jun 22. In the last game of Group B, Argentina beat Greece 2-0 with goals from Demichelis (77) and Palermo (89). Goals. Argentina lined up: Romero; Otamendi, Burdisso, Demichelis, Clemente Rodríguez; Maxi Rodríguez (63, Di María), Bolatti, Verón; Messi, Agüero (76, Pastore), Diego Milito (80 Palermo). Argentina played knowing that the ticket to eighth-finals were almost in the pocket. They had the control of the game during all 90', never got desperate and the substitutions were effective. Greece never looked for the victory.

Jun 17. In the second game of Group B, Argentina hammered South Korea 4-1. Park Chu-Young opened the scoring from an own goal (16) after Messi's free kick from the left. Higuaín extended the advantage from a header (32). Lee Chung-Young closed the gap after Demichelis' mistake (45). First half goals. In second half, Higuaín scored again (76 -offside- and 80 -header-). Second half goals. Argentina lined up: Romero; Jonás Gutiérrez, Demichelis, Samuel (23, Burdisso), Heinze; Maxi Rodríguez, Mascherano, Di María; Higuaín (81, Bolatti), Messi, Tévez (75, Kun Agüero). Jonás Gutiérrez saw the second yellow card and won't play against Greece. Mascherano and Heinze were also cautioned.
Argentina played a great first half, controlling the game without desperation, and made a good difference. But Demichelis' mistake in injury time changed the plans. In second half, Korea had a pair of chances while Argentina was not so sharp and showed some defensive gaps. Kun Agüero gave fresh air to the team and Higuaín could resolve the match. Higuaín was the best player (a hat trick in a World Cup is not so easy).

Jun 12. In the first game of Group B, Argentina beat Nigeria 1-0 with a header from Heinze at 6th minute. Argentina lined up: Romero; Jonás Gutiérrez, Demichelis, Samuel, Heinze; Verón (74th Maxi Rodríguez), Mascherano, Di María (85th Burdisso); Higuaín (79th D.Milito), Messi, Tévez. Argentina looked for the goal from the first minute and found it very early. Then they stayed in the back waiting for the chance of a counter-attack. Messi was the best player, brilliant in the speed dribbling, but no so precise when defining. Jonás Gutiérrez, Higuaín and Di María were the weakest players of a National Team who played better than in Preliminary Round but we still expect more from them.

May 29. The numbers of jerseys for World Cup are confirmed although the official list will be presented to FIFA on June 1st: 1-Pozo (COL), 2-Demichelis (BMU-GER), 3-Clemente Rodríguez (EST), 4-Burdisso (ROM-ITA), 5-Bolatti (FIO-ITA), 6-Heinze (OLI-FRA), 7-Di María (BEN-POR), 8-Verón (EST), 9-Higuaín (RMA-SPA), 10-Messi (BAR-SPA), 11-Tévez (MCI-ENG), 12-Garcé (COL), 13-Samuel (INT-ITA), 14-Mascherano (LIV-ENG), 15-Otamendi (VEL), 16-Kun Agüero (AMA-SPA), 17-Jonás Gutiérrez (NEW-ENG), 18-Palermo (BOC), 19-Diego Milito (INT-ITA), 20-Maxi Rodríguez (LIV-ENG), 21-Andújar (CAT-ITA), 22-Romero (AZA-NED), 23-Pastore (PAL-ITA).

Estudiantes hammered Colón 4-1 in Santa Fe but that wasn't enough. Boselli scored a hat trick (11, 22 -header- and 49). Enzo Pérez extended the advantage (54). Curuchet closed the gap for 'Sabaleros' (76). Goals.

Argentinos Jrs, the champions, ended at the top of the standings with 41 points followed by Estudiantes with 40, Godoy Cruz with 37, Independiente with 34, Banfield with 32 and Newell's with 30. Opening 2010/11 begin on Friday, August 6th.

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Newell's also lost 2-0 to San Lorenzo at Parque Independencia with two goals from Bordagaray (10, 67). Goals

Banfield, the champions, ended at the top of the standings with 41 points followed by Newell's with 39 and Colón, Independiente and Vélez with 34. Closing 2009/1010 will start at the end of January.

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Vélez ended at the top of the standings with 40 points followed by Huracán and Lanús with 38 and Colón with 34. For relegation play-offs, on Wednesday, Rosario Central visit Belgrano. On Thursday, Gimnasia LP visit Atlético Rafaela.

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Aug 19. In semifinals, Argentina hammered Brazil 3-0 with two goals from Kun Agüero at 52nd and 57th after crosses from Di María and Garay and one penalty from Riquelme at 75th. Goals. Argentina lined up: Romero; Zabaleta, Garay, Pareja, Monzón; Mascherano, Gago; Messi, Riquelme (90th Sosa); Di María, Agüero. First half was levelled but in second half Argentina found spaces after the goals, Brazil lost control, ended with nine -Lucas and Thiago Neves saw the red card-, and the game ended in a historic victory.

The squad is: 1-Sergio Romero (RAC), 2-Federico Fazio (SEV-SPA), 3-Emiliano Insúa (LIV-ENG), 4-Gabriel Mercado (RAC), 5-Éver Banega (BOC), 6-Matías Cahais (BOC), 7-Claudio Yacob (RAC), 8-Matías Sánchez (RAC), 9-Mauro Zárate (VEL), 10-Sergio Agüero (ATM-SPA), 11-Damián Escudero (VEL), 12-Javier García (BOC), 13-Germán Voboril (SLO), 14-Leonardo Sigali (NCH), 15-Alejandro Cabral (VEL), 16-Alejandro Gómez (ARS), 17-Maxi Morález (RAC), 18-Ángel Di María (ROS), 19-Pablo Piatti (EST), 20-Lautaro Acosta (LAN), 21-Bruno Centeno (SLO).

Jun 24. In eighth-finals, at Leipzig, Argentina beat Mexico 2-1 in extra time. Rafa Márquez opened the scoring for the Mexican team at 5th and Crespo scored the equaliser at 10th after a corner-kick shot by Riquelme from the right. In extra time, at 98th, Maxi Rodríguez received an air pass, stopped the ball with his chest out of corner of the area on the right, and shot high with his left foot before the ball touched the ground to the opposite angle of the goalkeeper. Argentina line up: Abbondanzieri; Scaloni, Ayala, Heinze, Sorín; Maxi Rodríguez, Mascherano, Cambiasso (76th Aimar), Riquelme; Saviola (84th Messi), Crespo (75th Tévez). Mexico had a very good start, played better than Argentina and deserved a bit more in first half. In second half, Mexico defended more but Argentina only had two clear goal chances. Argentina didn't play well but could take advantage thanks to a great shot.

Jun 21. In the third match of Group C in Frankfurt, Argentina and Netherlands ended in a scoreless draw. Argentina lined up: Abbondanzieri; Burdisso (24th Coloccini), Ayala, Milito, Cufré; Maxi Rodríguez, Mascherano, Cambiasso, Riquelme (80th Aimar); Tévez, Messi (70th Cruz). Argentina looked for the victory a bit more than the Netherlands but they were not as effective in the area as in previous games. It was not necessary to take many risks because we have to play again in three days for the final rounds.

Jun 16. In the second match of Group C in Genselkirchen, Argentina hammered Serbia & Montenegro 6-0. At halftime they were winning 3-0 with goals from Maxi Rodríguez at 6th after pass from Saviola from the left; Cambiasso at 31st, great goal after great team play with a wall pass between Cuchu and Crespo's backheels pass; and Maxi Rodríguez again at 41st shooting from the left to correct a Saviola's shot from the right which Serbian defense had saved. In second half, Crespo scored at 78th after Messi's pass from the left, Tévez extended the advantage at 84th dribbling on the left with two tunnels to the defenders and Messi closed the scoring at 88th. Lucho González got injured. Argentina lined up: Abbondanzieri; Burdisso, Ayala, Heinze, Sorín; Mascherano, Lucho González (17th Cambiasso), Maxi Rodríguez (75th Messi), Riquelme; Saviola (59th Tévez), Crespo. Argentina were very effective in first half and during second half they took advantage of Serbia keeping the 0-3 and played at excellent level with many skill plays.

Jun 10. In the first match at Hamburg, Argentina won 2-1 over Cote d'Ivoire. Crespo scored the first goal at 24th after a free kick from Riquelme from the left and rebound in the defense. Saviola extended the advantage at 38th after a great pass from Riquelme that let him alone with the goalkeeper. Drogba closed the gap at 82nd.
During first half Cote d'Ivoire had more possesion of the ball and attacked more but Argentina could take profit of their chances. Good job of our National Team defense. In the second half, Argentina controlled the game in the first twenty minutes and when Pekerman took Crespo out, the African team began to attack but they only could close the gap. Argentina lined up: Abbondanzieri; Burdisso, Ayala, Heinze, Sorín; Mascherano, Cambiasso, Maxi Rodríguez, Riquelme (92nd Aimar); Saviola (76th Luis González), Crespo (64th Palacio).

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Stars: Oscar Córdoba (45th Carini(60th Higuita)); Ciro Ferrara, Bermúdez, Iván Córdoba (45th Lothar Mattheus), Gamarra; Solano, Riquelme (45th Recoba (60th Aguilera)), Valderrama, Francescoli (45th Leo Rodríguez); Stoichkov (45th Cantona), Suker (60th Careca).