RACING NEWS

IT WAS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR RACING TO WIN AFTER 3 STRAIGHT LOOSES. ITS WAS A HOME GAME AND THE FANS CAME OUT IN HUGE NUMBERS. THE 1ST HALF WAS HURRENDOUS, BUT THE SECOND HALF WAS ALL HEART. IN THE BEGGINNING BOTH TEAMS WERE PLAYING REALLY BAD. NEITHER TEAM DESERVED TO BE WINNING. THE GOALKEEPERS DIDNT HAVE ANY WORK TO DO. BUT FOR THE SECOND HALF MOSTAZA SURPRISED EVERYONE WHEN HE PUT SAVA ON THE FIELD, A PLAYER THAT WAS OFF THE SQUAD FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR REASONS THAT ARENT ALL THAT CLEAR. MOSTAZA SAID THAT SAVA WASNT PLAYING WELL BUT RUMORS SWIRLED AROUND THAT BLANQUICELESTE OWED THE PLAYER A LOT OF MONEY AND COULDNT PAY HIM SO THEY DIDNT WANT HIM TO PLAY ANYMORE. RACING WOKE UP IN THE SECOND HALF AND SHOWED ITS FANGS. THE FANS SANG AND THE TEAM PLAYED BETTER AND BETTER AND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES RACING HAD ITS RIVAL QUILMES CORNERED AND IN THE 1ST MINUTE OF INJURY TIME, SAVA SCORED THE WINNING GOAL.

MACIEL, CAMPA, CROSA, CABRAL, BASTIA, (BOTTOM)

ESQUIVEL, BERGESSIO, ROMERO, TORRES, MORALEZ, AND PERALTA

SAVA, FROM BEING EXCLUDED TO SCORING THE WINNING GOAL

THE TEAM HAD LOST 3 GAMES IN A ROW BUT THEY STILL COME OUT IN HUGE NUMBERS LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO

AFTER THAT VERY LONG TREK IN THE QUEBRADA DE HUMAHUACA I TOOK A VERY DESERVED REST IN THE HOSTAL

PUCARA DE TILKARA RUINS, THE COOL THING ABOUT THESE RUINS IS THAT ARCHEOLOGISTS REBUILT THEM SO EVERYONE CAN SEE HOW THE HOMAHUAC PEOPLE LIVED

RACING NEWS

ULTRADEFENSIVE PLAY BY RACING. MOSTAZA MERLO MADE THE TEAM PLAY DEFENSIVELY AGAIN AND AGAIN RACING LOST. THIS TIME IT WAS 2-3 AGAINST ARSENAL. 4 DEFENDERS, 4 MIDFIELDERS THAT STOOD AROUND, ONE MEDFIELDER TO CREATE CHANCES AND ONLY ONE FOWARD. RACING SCORED FIRST ON A REBOUND BUT ARSENAL TIED IT SOON AFTER. A DEFENSIVE ERROR BY ARSENAL´S PLAYERS, ALLOWED RACING TO BE AHEAD IN THE SCOREBOARD AGAIN. AFTER THAT THEY PLAYED INTELLIGENTLY, RACING HAD THE BALL, BUT MOSTAZA TOOK OUT PERALTA, WHO IS GOOD WITH THE BALL AND PUT IN A DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER. RACING LOST THE BALL AND ARSENAL TOOK ADVANTAGE. IN THE LAST 5 MINUTES ARSENAL SCORED TWICE, THE LAST GOAL COMING ON THE 1ST MINUTE OF ADDITIONAL TIME. HOW MUCH LONGER CAN THIS STAY LIKE THAT. RACING NEEDS TO WIN. FANS ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT THE RELEGATION STANDING INSTEAD OF THIS CHAMPIONSHIPS STANDING.

MACIEL, CABRAL, BASTIA, CROSA, CAMPA (BOTTOM) TORRES, ROMERO, BERGESSIO, MORALEZ, ARIZALA AND PERALTA

MERLO, FANS ARE GETTING IMPATIENT WITH THE DEFENSIVE STYLE OF PLAY

THE FANS ARE THE BEST SHOW IN TOWN

SORRY I HAVENT UPDATED BUT I WENT ON A TREK IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG RIVERS AND IM EXAUSTED. THERE WERE HOUSES BUNCHED UP BUT I WOULDNT EVEN CALL THEM VILLAGES AND THERE WASNT EVEN A PHONE. PEOPLE USED A SMALL RADIO STATION TO COMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER

IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

RACING NEWS


DURING THE WEEK MERLO HAS TAKEN OFF FACUNDO SAVA FROM THE ELIGIBLE PLAYERS LIST FOR THIS SATURDAYS GAME. THERE HAS BEEN A RUMOR FOR THE LAST 2 WEEKS THAT MERLO DID NOT LIKE SOME OF SAVA'S COMMENTS MADE TO THE PRESS AND THERE WAS AN ALLEGED DISCUSSION BETWEEN THEM BECAUSE THE PLAYER THOUGHT THAT HE WASNT GETTING THE BALL ENOUGH. LAST WEEKEND SAVA PLAYED AND EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT THE RUMORS WERE NOT TRUE BUT NOW MARLO SAID THAT SAVA IS NOT GOING TO PLAY UNTIL HE SEES THAT THE PLAYER IS PLAYING WELL IN THE PRACTICES. HE DENIED THAT THERE WAS ANY PROBLEM WITH THE PLAYER EXCEPT THAT HE DIDNT SEE THE PLAYER PLAYING WELL EVEN THOUGH HE IS IN A GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION. HE SAID THAT HE IS NOT OFF THE TEAM INDEFINATELY, HE JUST WANTS TO MAKE THE PLAYER WORK MORE SO HE CAN PERFORM BETTER IN THE GAMES.

SO LAST NIGHT RACING PLAYED ARSENAL OF SARANDI, THE SECOND STRAIGHT HOME GAME. IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR RACING TO WIN A GAME AT HOME AFTER LAST WEEKS LOSS. WELL IT LOOKS LIKE SAVA WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. BENITEZ WAS HIS REPLACEMENT. HE DIDNT EVEN HAVE ONE SHOT ON GOAL THE WHOLE GAME. BUT IT WAS NOT HIS FAULT, THIS TEAM DOES NOT CREATE CHANCES TO SCORE. SOMETHING IS DEFINATELY WRONG. MERLO TRIES WITH OTHER PLAYERS AND THE RESULTS ARE THE SAME. RACING WAS DOWN 2-0 WHEN THE REFEREE SIGNALED A PENALTY IN THEIR FAVOR, BUT PERALTA WASTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THE TEAM WITHIN A 1 GOAL DIFFERENCE. THEN RACING WAS DOWN 3-0 AND THE TEAM STARTED TO PLAY A LOT BETTER. THEY QUICKLY SCORED 2 GOALS BUT THE FAILED TO GET ONE MORE TO ACHIEVE A HISTORIC COMEBACK. MERLO'S BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT HE DOESNT HAVE THAT MUCH TO CHOOSE FROM IN THE BENCH AND SINCE HE TOOK SAVA OF THE TEAM,THE GOAL LEADER WITH 3, THERE ARE NO OTHER PLAYERS WITH ENOUGH EXPERIENCE TO PLAY IN VERY STRESSFUL SITUATIONS LIKE THE ONE RACING IS GOING THRU NOW. ONLY MANAGEMENT CAN BE BLAMED FOR THIS. THE FANS ARE GETTING IMPATIENT.

(TOP L TO R) BENITEZ, CAMPAGNUOLO, CROSA, BASTIA, CABRAL GRIMI. (BOTTOM) BERGESSIO, SANCHEZ, MORALEZ, BARROSO AND PERALTA

IN A RISKY MOVE CAMPA HAS TO COME OUT PLAYING WITH HIS FEET TILL THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD

MERLO SEEMS TO HAVE A GAS PROBLEM AND LET ONE GO. DAULTE HIS ASSISTANT COACH SEEMS TO TAKE IN A BIG WHIF

THE FANS ARE ALWAYS THERE, NO MATTER HOW BAD THE TEAM PLAYS

I AM IN HUMAHUACA, PROVINCE OF JUJUY. ITS THE MOST NORTHERN PROVINCE OF ARGENTINA ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE COUNTRY. IT IS VERY CLOSE TO BOLIVIA, AND THE CULTURES ARE VERY SIMILAR ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER

MONUMENT TO A NATIVE ARGENTINEAN

LIKE MOST COLONIAL SPANISH TOWN THERE IS A TOWN SQUARE WITH THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING, CHURCH AND OTHER BUILDINGS ALL AROUND IT. HERE IS THE CHURCH

HERE IS THE CABILDO (GOVERNMENT BUILDING) WITH A CLOCK TOWER

I FORGOT TO ADD THESE PICS OF BUENOS AIRES, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

LAKES OF PALERMO

THE MOSQUE IN PALERMO

THE ENGLISH TOWER IN RETIRO

RACING NEWS

WELL IT HAD TO HAPPEN SOMETIME, RACING LOST 1-0 IN THEIR OWN STADIUM TO LANUS. EVERYONE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN SOON, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN PLAYING. THE ONLY GAME THEY HAD PLAYED WELL IN THE SEASON WAS AGAINST RIVER. THE TEAM IS VERY WEAK OFFENSIVELY. NO ONE STANDS OUT AS A PLAYER THAT CAN WIN THE GAME BY THEMSELF IF THE REST OF THE TEAM IS PLAYING BAD. THE BEST PLAYER IN MOST GAMES IS BASTIA, A DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER. THE GAME SHOULD OF FINISHED 0-0 BUT A DEFENSIVE ERROR BY BARROSO, WHO HEADED THE BALL TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF HIS OWN AREA, LEFT A LANUS PLAYER WITH THE BALL IN FRONT OF THE GOAL. HOW MUCH LONGER IS MERLO GOING TO PLAY WITH 3 DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS? DOES HE HAVE MUCH TO CHOOSE FROM ON THE BENCH? THE ANSWER IS NO. WHAT IS RACING MANAGEMENT DOING? DIDNT THEY SEE THIS AS A POSSIBLE SCENARIO? OR ARE THEY TOO CHEAP TO INVEST IN A WHOLE STARTING TEAM AND QUALITY BENCH PLAYERS? YOU COULD COUNT IN ONE PAW THE GOAL OPPORTUNITIES RACING HAD IN THE ENTIRE GAME. STILL RACING ISNT VERY FAR AWAY FROM THE LEADER BOCA, CAN MERLO TURN THIS AROUND? LETS HOPE SO

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

THE FANS WHERE THE BEST THING RACING HAD TO OFFER THIS NIGHT