http://boca.theoffside.com News about Boca Juniors Argentine football team Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:03:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en He's a few months short of his 22nd birthday. He wears the number 28 shirt and his idol is Juan Roman Riquelme. He's the son of laburantes (a term loosely used to describe labourers...and thieves) parents and his childhood was spent selling plants on trains with his brothers. And playing ... http://boca.theoffside.com/boca-team-news/nicolas-gaitan-bocas-very-own-david-silva.html Sao Paulo outfit Corinthians have come to Argentina for a spot of fishing. They're not chasing some piddly flounder or snapper, either. Oh, no. They're hunting for big game. The big catch. A certain peces (yes, that's fish in Spanish) by the name of Juan Roman Riquelme. The idea is ... http://boca.theoffside.com/boca-team-news/corinthians-fishing-for-a-roman.html Boca 0-0 Colon de Santa Fe The faithful made their way to La Bombonera ready to party. The songs were louder, the atmosphere more hostile and the landscape a sea of yellow and blue banners, umbrellas and balloons. It was, afterall, a day for celebration. One of the clubs greatest ever ... http://boca.theoffside.com/boca-team-news/has-anyone-seen-our-mojo.html Los Xenienes are back at The Chocolate Box this Sunday afternoon in the first of our seven game mission to secure qualification into Copa Libertadores 2010. No longer handed an automatic spot simply because we are awesome - we've claimed 4 of the last 10 Copa's, 6 overall, and are joint ... http://boca.theoffside.com/boca-team-news/no-margin-for-error-as-boca-begin-copa-mission.html Rosario Central 2-1 Boca It's a tried and true footballing cliche - you've got to take your chances. You've got to put the ball in the back of the net more times than your opponent. If you can't do that, then you're probably not going to win. If ever there was ... http://boca.theoffside.com/boca-team-news/boca-ruined-in-the-rosario-rain.html Romi may only be 31 but that's not too old to do your back in when you're a professional footballer. Replaced after just 36 minutes against Chaca, Romi will sit out our next encounter with Rosario Central on Sunday. No official word on when he'll be back, but one can ... http://boca.theoffside.com/boca-team-news/boh-romi-not-going-to-rosario-plus-quiz-answer.html Boca 3-0 Chacarita Juniors All three goals looked as if they were straight out of the training ground play-book. We were that clean. That crisp. That quick. That clinical. Not only that, it almost felt to me as if Chaca were in on it. Like they had been informed of their ... http://boca.theoffside.com/boca-team-news/tiki-tiki-toca-toca.html Two season defining matches in the next four days against Chacarita Juniors and Rosario Central will determine whether Boca is still a force to reckoned with in Apertura 2009 or if this campaign will be resigned to the crap heap and attention turns to slavaging some pride with a spot ... http://boca.theoffside.com/boca-team-news/time-to-put-up-or-shut-up.html River Plate 1 - 1 Boca If figures are to be believed, then the happiness of 72.6% of the Argentine population rested on the outcome of the 324th Superclassico yesterday afternoon at the El Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires. In the end, I guess they were all, like myself, kinda ... http://boca.theoffside.com/boca-team-news/kinda-happy-kinda-not.html Earlier this week, the Boca Offside featured, what I thought at least, was an open and honest interview with irreplaceable Boca Juniors playmaker, Juan Roman Riquelme. In this interview, our number 10 gave a trenchant, thoughtful analysis of this Sunday's Superclassico opponents, River Plate. For those of you who didn't ... http://boca.theoffside.com/boca-team-news/5-reasons-why-boca-will-win-the-superclassico.html