ARGENTINE PRIMERA PRESEASON

[jenni_blog]

Here are some adorable photos of some of my favourite teams in Argentina. Including River Plate, in the Primera B for this season anyway. :)

Juan Eluchans joins Banfield from U. de Catolica in Chile.







More from Banfield: new young boys having their heads shaved.





LOL...I love the underwear hanging from the bathtub racks.







Cristian Luchetti joins Banfield.



Argentinos Juniors



Estudiantes

Paraguayan goalkeeper Justo Villar joins the team from La Plata.



Independiente















Giovanni Moreno of Racing Club.



Tigre

Goalkeeper Javi Garcia has joined Tigre from Boca Juniors



Velez Sarsfield









River Plate

Comments

[ayres-4.livejournal.com]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: being a fan of an argie club implies a lot more than watching matches and buying jerseys :/ I'm controlling my management 24/7, checking the club's finances, reading the summaries from the management's meetings (I could go in person, but they're usually held while I'm in class) to see on what terms we buy each players, going to marches, paying the socio fee every month... Lol. It's exhausting. Thankfully a couple of socios have opened up a bank account where all fans can deposit money that will go exclusively to cover the "inhereted debt" (meaning the one that the old management left us with...) so I'll be going this week to pitch in with what I can. Can't leave the club alone during the hard times! hahaha

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Wow. It does sound like a job. And total involvement in your club. Idealistically that sounds great, but if you fans have to pay off your club's debt.... :((((((

[ayres-4.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm nothing compared to some people who actually spend most of their free time in the club. Helping the kids from the youth system (so many of them are little kids from a different province, living alone in the club) either by spending time with them or buying them lunch, people who help with the growth of the amateur sports (our rugby team is just starting out :D), I know of a doctor who specializes on knees who has offered to work for the club for free, etc. etc.
I'm pretty happy about the account, we've raised 30,000 pesos in a week. Hopefully once the tournament starts and people learn about it at the stadium, we'll be able to raise even more!

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

That's really awesome. :)