2023 Liga AFA Review: It was River’s to lose, and they didn’t lose it

River Plate have made a successful transition from the Marcelo Gallardo era to the Martín Demichelis era with a clear and emphatic triumph in the Liga AFA competition. Here is the final league table: Final actual and expected table of Liga de Fútbol Profesional de la AFA, 2023 season. Match data supplied by DataFactory Latinoaméricano. […]

Final matchday of 2023 Copa Libertadores group stage: The State of Play

The group stage of the 2023 Copa Libertadores reaches its conclusion this week. Nine clubs have qualified for the last 16 of the competition; only one team has been eliminated from continental competition. Below is a whiparound of the eight groups and where things stand. (Teams qualified for the knockout stage have been highlighted in […]

A review of the preliminary rounds of the 2023 Copa Libertadores

The preliminary rounds of the 2023 CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores came to a conclusion last week. This phase of the competition has some similarities with the UEFA Champions League with representatives from lower-ranked countries eliminating each other first, and the survivors joined by teams from higher-ranked national associations. With a ten country confederation, the preliminary rounds […]

Argentina Primera División 2022: A two-thirds of the season review

This was supposed to be a mid-season check-in of Argentina’s Primera División championship, also called the Liga Profesional de Fútbol AFA, or commercially the Torneo Binance. One thing and then another happened, and before you knew it, two-thirds of the season has gone. It’s time to write that post before the entire season is over. […]