RACING NEWS

RACING PLAYED ITS SECOND AWAY GAME. A PATERN IS FORMING. RACING PLAYS NOT TO LOOSE AWAY GAMES AND THEY TRY TO WIN HOME GAMES. THE WHERE ALMOST NO SHOTS ON GOAL THE WHOLE GAME FOR RACING. THE GOALKEEPER CAMPAGNUOLO SAVED RACING ON MANY OCCASIONS AND THE ONES HE COULDNT THE GOALPOST KEPT THE BALL FROM GOING IN. CAN RACING WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYING LIKE THIS?? I DONT THINK SO. THE GOOD THING IS THAT AFTER 4 GAMES RACING IS STILL UNDEFEATED. IT WAS A 0-0 TIE WITH NEWELL´S IN SANTA FE

(TOP L TO R) CAMPA, CROSA, BASTIA, CABRAL, SAVA AND GRIMI (BOTTOM) BARROSO, PERALTA, BERGESSIO, SANCHEZ AND TORRES

THE FANS FOLLOW THE TEAM WHEREEVER THEY PLAY, LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO

HERE ARE THE OTHER PICS OF GUALEGUAYCHU

1ST HORSEBACK RIDING

THEN HOT SPRING TO RELAX ALL THE SORE MUSCLES FROM THE RIDING

RACING NEWS

RACING PLAYED THE BEST GAME IN SOME TIME AND BEAT RIVER PLATE IN THE CILINDRO OF AVELLANEDA 3-1. MERLO SURPRISED MANY WHEN THE GAME STARTED BECAUSE HE CHANGED THE STARTING LINE-UP MINUTES BEFORE THE KICK OFF. THE TEAM THAT WENT OUT TO THE FIELD WAS MORE OFFENSIVE THAN THE ONE THAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE STARTING THE GAME. THAT TACTIC PAYED OFF. RIVER CONTROLLED THE GAME IN THE 1ST FEW MINUTES BUT RACING SCORED FIRST AND SCORED FAST. THAT MADE RIVER PLAY MORE OFFENSIVELY, AND EVENTUALLY TIED THE GAME, BUT BEFORE THE END OF THE 1ST HALF RACING SCORED AGAIN ON A BEAUTIFUL PLAY. IN THE 2ND HALF RACING PLAYED EVEN BETTER, AND THE 3RD GOAL CAME ON AN AMAZING SERIES OF PASSES THAT ENDED WITH BASTIA SOFTLY HITTING THE BALL OVER THE KEEPERS HEAD. A VERY WELL DESERVED VICTORY FOR RACING, THAT PUTS THEM CLOSE TO THE LEADERS AT 2 POINTS BEHIND

CAMPA, CROSA, SAVA, BASTIA, GRIMI, CABRAL

ARIZALA, BERGESSIO, PERALTA, TORRES AND BARROSO

MERLO AND HIS FAMOUS HORNS HAND GESTURE TO KEEP THE OPPONENT FROM SCORING

SAVA CELEBRATING THE SECOND GOAL, HIS 3RD IN THE SEASON

BASTIA HITTING THE BALL ON THE 3RD GOAL

THE FANS MAKING FUN AT INDEPENDIENTE FANS AND RIVER FANS FOR BEING SOURPUSSES

I LEFT BUENOS AIRES AND MY BELOVED RACING CLUB. I WILL STILL COVER THE GAME FOR YALL BUT IT WILL HAVE TO BE AT A DISTANCE.

I AM IN GUALEGUAYCHU, ENTRE RIOS PROVINCE. THIS IS WHERE CARNIVAL IS CELEBRATED IN ARGENTINA. THATS IN FEBRUARY SO NOW ITS JUST A SMALL TOWN WITH A RIVER. AND ITS THE MAIN CULPRIT OF A BIG FIGHT BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND URUGUAY. THE FIGHT IS OVER SOME PAPER MAKING FACTORIES THAT WILL POLLUTE THE RIVER. HERE I AM IN THE PORT ON A BRANCH OF THE RIO URUGUAY

ITS A REALLY COOL RELAXED PLACE

RACING NEWS

ONCE AGAIN RACING'S FANS SHOWED WHY THEY ARE CALLED NUMBER ONE. THERE WERE THOUSANDS MORE RACING FANS THAN VELEZ FANS. THEY DISPLAYED THOUSANDS BALLONS AND MANY FLAGS AND SANG ALL GAME LONG.

JEALOUS ONES ENVY

BALLONS

ME

RACING NEWS

HORRENDOUSLY BORING GAME. IF ITS WASNT FOR THE RACING FANS THAT SANG THE WHOLE GAME IT WOULD OF BEEN UNBEARABLE. THE GAME FINISHED VELEZ 0 RACING 0. IT WAS PLAYED IN SAN LORENZOS STADIUM. IT WAS COLD AND VERY WINDY. BETWEEN BOTH TEAMS THERE WERE ONLY ABOUT 4 SCORING POSIBILITIES. VELEZ CONTROLLED THE 1ST HALF AND RACING THE SECOND. BUT THE TEAM IS MISSINF PLAYERS THAT CREATE. MERLO IS MAKING THE TEAM PLAY TOO DEFENSIVELY. THE ONLY POSITIVE THING ABOUT THE GAME IS THAT FOR 2 GAMES IN A ROW RACING DIDNT RECEIVE ANY GOALS.

MACIEL, CAMPAGNUOLO, CROSA, BASTIA, SAVA, CABRAL, BARROSO (BOTTOM) SANCHEZ, TORRES, MORALEZ AND BERGESSIO

THE GAME WAS FOUGHT IN THE MIDDLE

I WENT TO GET A TATTOO. LUCKYSEVENSTUDIO WAS THE DESTINATION. THIS IS MY LAST WEEK IN BUENOS AIRES SO I WANTED TO GET SOMETHING THAT WILL LAST ME A LIFETIME. SO I WENT TO GET SOME INK IN THE SKIN. CHECK OUT THEIR WEBPAGE. WWW.LUCKYSEVENSTUDIO.COM

I GOT THE RACING EMBLEM PUT ON MY ARM

CLAUDIO DOING HIS THING

ANOTHER HAPPY CUSTOMER, I LL PUT UP A GOOD PIC WHEN IT HEALS

RACING NEWS

ONCE AGAIN RACING FANS CAME OUT IN HUE NUMBERS TO SUPPORT THEIR TEAM. THEY CELEBRATED ALL GAME LONG. WHEN THE TEAM CAME OUT TO THE FIELD BEFORE THE GAME STARTED THEY ALREADY HAD 15000 LONG BALLOONS OUT. AND DURING THE SECOND HALF 600 FLARES LIT UP THE STANDS. THE TEAM STARTED THE SEASON WITH A WIN AND RACING FANS TOOK THE BATTLE OF THE STANDS.

BALLONS

ME AND OTHER FANS

THIS DOG COMES TO ALL THE GAMES BY ITSELF WITHOUT THE OWNER IT LIVES IN ONE OF THE NEARBY HOUSES

RACING NEWS

LAST FRIDAY RACING AND CHICAGO PLAYED THE 1ST GAME OF THE TOURNAMENT. IT WAS THE 1ST OFFICIAL GAME FOR MOSTAZA MERLO AS RACING'S COACH SINCE HIS COMEBACK. THERE WAS A LOT OF ANXIETY ON BOTH SIDES BECAUSE THIS WAS ALSO THE 1ST GAME THAT CHICAGO PLAYES SINCE THEY CAME BACK FROM THE B DIVISION.

RACING WON THE GAME 2-0 WITH 2 PENALTY SHOT GOALS. CHIGAGO WAS PLAYING MUCH BETTER THAN RACING IN THE 1ST HALF. THEY WERE CREATING A LOT MORE SCORING CHANCES THAN RACING. WITH ONLY 3 DEFENDERS IN THE BACK RACING DIDNT HAVE THE BALL MUCH, AND WAS NOT CREATING DANGEROUS SITUATIONS TO SCORE. CHICAGO CONTROLED THE BALL BUT LACKED AN ACCURATE SHOT TO SCORE.

IN THE SECOND HALF MERLO MADE SOME CHANGES IN THE DEFENSE AND THE TEAM STARTED TO PLAY MUCH BETTER. A FEW MINUTES INTO THE 2ND HALF A CHIGADO DEFENDER GRABBED TORRES IN THE AREA AND THE REFEREE CALLED A PENALTY. SAVA KICKED THE BALL VERY HARD AND THE CHIGAGO GOALKEEPER COULDNT PREVENT THE BALL FROM GOING IN. RACING WAS IN CONTROL OF THE GAME BUT COULDNT SCORE. THAT WAS UNTIL CHIGAGO'S DEFENSE MADE ANOTHER MISTAKE AND THE REF CALLED FOR ANOTHER PENALTY SHOT. SAVA DID EXACTLY THE SAME THINGS AS THE PREVIOUS PENALTY SHOT AND RACING WAS UP 2-0. CHIGAGO ALMOST SCORED BUT THE BALL HIT THE POST. THE REF BLEW THE WHISTLE AND THE GAME WAS OVER. AND RACING FANS WERE VERY EXCITED TO START THE TOURNAMENT WITH A WIN.

MERLO WAVING AT THE FANS

(TOP L TO R) MACIEL, CABRAL, CAMPAGNUOLO, CROSA, BASTIA, SAVA

(BOTTOM) ROMERO, TORRES, BERGESSIO, MORALEZ AND FILEPPI

SAVA HIT THE BALL SO HARD THAT BOTH OF HIS FEET WERE IN THE AIR

I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE FOR NOT UPDATING MY BLOG IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENED AND I SHOULD OF COVERED THEM. SINCE I AM A JOURNALIST NOW, I HAD A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP EVERYONE INFORMED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN WITH RACING CLUB. I GIVE YOU MY MOST SINCERE APOLOGIES FOR BREAKING THE TRUST U HAVE GIVEN ME TO KEEP YOU INFORMED. THE REASON WHY I COULDN'T UPDATE THE BLOG IS THAT I HAD TO HAVE AN OPERATION IN MY NECK. HERE IS A PIC OF ME GETTING STITCHES