A midweek clash between two mid-table teams that brings a country to a standstill? Sam Kelly builds up to Rive Plate v Boca Juniors, the biggest match in the Argentine calender.

As the Northern hemisphere bids a final farewell to the dying embers of summer, Argentina welcomes the onset of Spring and a finely balanced league table.  Sam Kelly reports from Buenos Aires.

IBWM loves Argentina and always has.  Not just for the quality of the football and the passion of the fans, but also the unadulterated silliness that is point scoring in the Apertura.  Pay attention dear reader and let Sam Kelly explain.

Over 30, unfit, questionable attitude, unreasonable demands but can still play a bit?  There may be an opening for you in South America.  Sam Kelly looks at week 2 in Argentina and the final(?) episode of the Juan-Román saga.

Football is clearly back and the previews are coming thick and fast.  The Primera División in Argentina kicks off in just under two hours with Arsenal de Sarandí against Lanús .  IBWM's man in Buenos Aires, Sam Kelly, has the lowdown.