Tag: South American Football

Sagas but no signings in the Argentine transfer window

If the transfer window is a merry go round as the cliché goes then this year’s has failed to begin rotating in Argentina as little to no major business has yet been conducted. Here are a few of the ongoing…

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5 to watch at the Sudamericano u-20 2017

As scouts from all around the globe head to Ecuador for the Sudamericano under 20 tournament, these are 5 of the players who could be set to shine for their respective countries. Santiago Ascacibar (Argentina) – Undoubtedly the standout name for…

The story behind the nickname: Uruguay

A clubs nicknames can reveal great detail about a clubs history and culture or it can be merely a trivial name attached at a certain point in history that has stuck. In our series of how South American clubs got their…

The 10 largest stadiums in the Copa Libertadores 2017

Anyone that has witnessed a game in South America be it live or on TV will know the difficulties of exact estimations of capacity. However, 90min magazine recently published a list of the biggest stadiums by capacity, here are the…

Referees on strike in Argentina after a second violent attack

As four of Argentina’s traditional big five faced each other on Sunday evening, the attention and discussion to this weekends fixtures in Argentina has been mostly turned toward the countries amateur leagues as two disgraceful attacks on Referees again raised questions…