Pitch Invasion

River Plate are crowned champions once again, while Racing try something novel: putting the fans in charge of stadium security. Sam Kelly updates us on events in Argentina.

Sam Kelly updates on events in Argentina since the not so super superclásico.

Sam Kelly previews the superclásico this weekend, as Boca Juniors take on River Plate.

It seems to be asking too much to hope that a round of matches in this year’s Torneo Clausura will pass without incident in Argentina. In the two weeks since we last updated the situation on Pitch Invasion, there have been two matches in the first division affected by crowd unrest, with one man left in a coma. Sam Kelly breaks the latest bad news.

An exciting weekend of football in Argentina was, once again, overshadowed by tragic events off it. Sam Kelly looks at the latest crisis in Argentinian football.

Sam Kelly looks at the early developments in Argentina’s Clausura, and explains the poor performance by two of Argentina’s big five.

As the Copa Libertadores kicks-off, many have commented on the historic success of Argentinian football. In a collaborative feature, we present an illustrated map of football in Argentina, with an introduction explaining the context of the game’s development there.

Hasta El Gol Siempre’s Sam Kelly looks at a judgement that might finally mean Argentina’s battle against football violence is headed in the right direction.

Friday saw the culmination of a legal case that had been ongoing for exactly twenty-two months in Santa Fe, the capital city of the province of the same name in Argentina. […]

On Friday, 31st August, in Avellaneda near central Buenos Aires, outside the stadium known as El Cilindro, the fans of one of Argentina’s ‘Big Five’ clubs will be protesting.
Wednesday marked forty years since Racing became champions of South America by winning the Copa Libertadores, but the anniversary went all but unnoticed in the shadow of […]