A Maxi Rodriguez goal inside the first minute saw Newell’s Old Boys beat Velez Sarsfield to return to the top, while Belgrano Cordoba advanced two places to third and nudged their opponents Boca Juniors down to fifth with a 3-1 win.
Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien has lashed out at suggestions that he is not patriotic and denied that he took a break from the Black Stars because of injuries.
AFTER last Saturday’s debacle at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, a colleague, with tongue in cheek, asked if all the players the Sudanese used in holding Zambia to a 1-1 draw were eligible.