Episode 558: Fedorco rescues a dramatic point for Independiente

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This week Sam, English Dan, Chris and Andrés look back on a midweek round of action that began with a wild draw in Avellaneda between Independiente and Unión, continued with a dull one in Junín between Sarmiento and Racing and ended (from our point of view recording before Estudiantes de La Plata v Lanús) with Eduardo Coudet winning his first match in charge of River Plate. All this and more awaits you …

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Episode 557: A week in the life of Chiqui Tapia

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This week Sam, English Dan and Andrés discuss a draw for River Plate in their last match prior to Eduardo Coudet’s arrival as head coach, a good win for Racing and some cracking goals in Parque Patricios, but the main topic is a ridiculously dramatic week in the life of AFA President Claudio Tapia.

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Episode 556: Gallardo leaves River and Lanús win the Recopa Sudamericana

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This week Sam, English Dan, Chris, Santi B and special guest Joey D’Urso look back on (almost) two whole rounds of Torneo Apertura action, which saw Marcelo Gallardo step down as River Plate manager, signing off with a 3–1 win over Banfield, Independiente Rivadavia continue their excellent start to the season and Independiente (de Avellaneda) have a torrid week in Mendoza (not for the first time). As well as all that, Lanús followed up last week’s home win with an away win after extra time over Flamengo to claim the Recopa Sudamericana.

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Episode 555: River scrape through in the Copa Argentina and Gimnasia finally draw

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This week Sam, English Dan, Chris and Andrés look at River Plate’s highly dignified win over Ciudad Bolívar in the Copa Argentina, a very dull La Plata derby that ended in Gimnasia’s first draw in 22 matches and continued good league starts for Tigre and Independiente among others.

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Episode 554: Gallardo in hot water at River but Tigre are off to a fine start

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This week Sam and English Dan review a couple of matches for some teams but just the one for most of them. It’s been a poor week for River Plate, where Marcelo Gallardo is coming under pressure, but a great one for Tigre , who’ve made a flying start to the year. We also look at Racing’s inconsistency, Boca Juniors’ consistent inconsistency and more.

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Episode 553: reviewing the start of the Apertura

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This week Sam, Santi B and Andrés cast their eyes over the first three rounds of league action in the 2026 Torneo Apertura, which have seen consistency (if nothing else) from Independiente, early group leads for Lanús and Independiente Rivadavia, and Juan Fernando Quintero playing like it’s 2015 again for River Plate.

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Episode 552: previewing the 2026 Torneo Apertura

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We’re back for 2026, and this week Sam, English Dan, Andrés, Santi B and Santi S look back over the summer break and the main transfer moves in Argentina and look forward to 2026 in Argentine football, including discussing whether anyone should really care about the league this year.

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Episode 551: ¡ESTUDIANTES CAMPEÓN!

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This week Sam, Chris, Andrés, Santi B and special guest Andrés Gurrieri, who did NOT used to play for Exeter, meet up to discuss Estudiantes de La Plata’s penalty shootout win over Racing in a less-than-classic Torneo Clausura final in Santiago del Estero. We also have a bit of news from San Lorenzo (for a lot more detail, and plenty more content besides, get over to our Patreon: https://patreon.com/handofpod) and the AFA as we head into the summer break. We hope you all have a good time whatever you’re celebrating at this time of year, and we’ll be back in your ears in mid-January.

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Episode 550: Racing and Estudiantes edge two dull semifinals and the 2026 Liga takes shape

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This week Sam, English Dan, Andrés, Chris and both Santis review two rather boring Torneo Clausura semifinals which saw Estudiantes and Racing advance to Saturday’s final. We also look at the draw for next year’s group stage and try to explain why the AFA and various clubs have had their offices raided by investigators.

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Episode 549: two clásicos in the Clausura semifinals

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This week Sam, English Dan and Andrés review last weekend’s Torneo Clausura quarterfinals and look forward to Sunday and Monday’s semis, which see an all-Big Five clash in the Bombonera between Boca Juniors and Racing and a clásico platense between Gimnasia and Estudiantes. There’s also news of a thumping win for Argentina’s women’s team in the CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones (whose name also contains the totally unnecessary word ‘Femenina’) and listeners’ questions (and our answers to them).

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