After last week’s results several teams will have to pray for miracles to advance to the quarter-finals of the Copa Sudamericana. Vitoria and Goias of Brazil, Lanus of Argentina, Emelec of Ecuador and Cienciano of Peru suffered heavy defeats in the first legs of their match-ups. Difficult Tasks Ahead Cienciano were thrashed 3-0 by San [...]
Nacional and Penarol couldn’t win on the weekend, as Danubio moved to the top of the league standings after five rounds. Uruguayan champions Nacional were beaten 1-0 by River Plate at the Centenario stadium on Saturday night. Jorge Zambrano converted a penalty kick in the first half to hand River the three points. It was [...]
Ronaldo scored his first goal since breaking his hand more than two months ago to give Corinthians a 1-1 draw in the Paulista derby against rivals Sao Paulo at the Morumbi stadium on Sunday. The former World Player of the Year took advantage of a lapse of concentration in the Sao Paulo defence to put [...]
Dario Gandin scored twice in the first half to hand Independiente a 2-1 win over arch-rivals Racing Club in the highly disputed Avellaneda derby at the Cilindro de Avellaneda on Sunday afternoon. Independiente pushed to the attack straight from the kick-off, and they went ahead inside the first two minutes after a fine finish from [...]
San Lorenzo of Argentina thrashed Cienciano of Peru 3-0 and in doing so moved closer towards the quarter-finals of the Copa Sudamericana. Two goals from Bernardo Romeo and another from youngster Gonzalo Rovira handed El Ciclon a comprehensive victory at the Nuevo Gasometro stadium. The 2002 Copa Sudamericana winners controlled the game with much authority, [...]
River Plate and Boca Juniors, Argentina’s two most popular clubs, currently find themselves in crisis, and unless the situation reverses immediately not only will they be out of the Argentine title race this season, but they will fail to gain entry into the 2010 Copa Libertadores, which would be their greatest set-back. Both teams are [...]
Fluminense moved closer towards the quarter-finals of the Copa Sudamericana after picking up a 2-2 draw against Alianza Atletico in Peru on Wednesday. The Brazilians pushed forward in large numbers straight from the kick-off and they created several goal-scoring opportunities. They were awarded for their offensive approach in the 5th minute when Luiz Alberto put [...]
Velez Sarsfield scored twice in injury-time to overwhelm Union Espanola 3-2 at the Jose Amalfitani stadium in Liniers, Buenos Aires. The Argentine champions dominated their opponents in the early moments of the game, as they tried to take them by surprise with incisive attacking football. Velez created the better goal scoring opportunities, and it seemed [...]
River Plate of Uruguay thrashed Vitoria of Brazil 4-1 on Tuesday, a result that steered them closer towards the quarter-finals of the Copa Sudamericana. With two goals from Jorge Cordoba, who increased his personal tally to three in the competition, and others from Andrezinho and Jorge Rodriguez, the Montevideo-based outfit claimed a comprehensive victory. Wallace [...]
With Argentina on the brink of elimination from the 2010 World Cup, which would be the first time it missed out on the finals in 40 years, immediate measures need to be taken. Diego Maradona, who will remain the coach for Argentina’s final two qualifiers versus Peru and Uruguay next month, will need to pick [...]
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