Last week the biggest match of the Argentine Football (futbol, soccer) season took place at La Bombonera (Boca Juniors Stadium) in La Boca. The bi-annual Superclásico between the two biggest Argentine football clubs (Boca Juniors vs. River Plate) was undoubtedly the biggest topic of conversation in Buenos Aires both before and after the match. However, even after … Continued
The second official tournament of the year, the Clausura, is well under way here in Argentina. Most Argentina football teams are about 6 games in on their 19 game season and the madness is in full swing. Last night I ventured out to Racing for my first game of the season with my Italian buddy, Marco. He … Continued
I decided to take a page out of Kate Hudson’s book and create a “How To” guide for Argentina football fans who want to attend a match here in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This is the first of many “T2T How To Guides” about traveling to Buenos Aires. Hopefully it will be a good travel resource & … Continued
the boys getting geared up for our first Argentine Football experience. We headed out to the Velez Sarsfield stadium where the Velez faithfuls cheered their club to victory over the might River Plate. Read all about my first Football in Argentina Experience Checkout the video on “How To: Survive a Futbol Match in Buenos Aires” … Continued
Lots of big news in the Football world over the last few weeks and Argentina was in the middle of it all. 1. Banfield won the Argentine Apertura 2009. In their final match of the Apertura 2009 tournament Banfield faced off against the most popular club in Argentina Boca Juniors, at Boca. A friend and I actually went … Continued
I knew my first Argentine football match here was going to be a great experience when a gang of rowdy football fans came running threw our section before the game shoving people around yelling “SING! DANCE! CHEER!” That was the only pep-talk we needed. Greco and I waved our hands and lip-synced Velez fight songs the … Continued