South American Futbol - Libertadores, Sudamericana, World Cup 2010

Banfield moved atop of the Argentine Apertura Championship after claiming a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Newell’s Old Boys at the Florencia Sola stadium on Friday. The first period was very evenly balanced as both teams fought hard in the midfield, and created several clear goal-scoring opportunities. Banfield came closest to going ahead when Uruguayan striker [...]

Brazil and Paraguay already booked their tickets for the 2010 World Cup, but six other teams are still in the running. There are only two automatic tickets left for South America, and one playoff berth against the fourth-place team from CONCACAF. The South American World Cup qualifying zone is the most difficult in the entire [...]

Danubio defeated Cerro 4-2 at the Jardines del Hipodromo stadium and in doing so stayed top of the Uruguayan first division with 13 points. Their goals were scored by Diego Ifran, Carlos Grossmuller, Esteban Conde and Jorge Garcia. While Fabian Trujillo and Alvaro Apolito converted for the visitors. Their rivals, Defensor Sporting, moved into second [...]

Adriano scored twice in the second half to give Flamengo a 2-0 victory over crosstown rivals Fluminense on Sunday. The former Inter Milan striker found the back of the net with two powerful strikes, to the delight of the majority of the 83,000 crowd at Maracana stadium. With the two goals Adriano climbed to the [...]

Martin Palermo scored a remarkable long-distance header to give Boca Juniors a 3-2 win over Velez Sarsfield in an action packed encounter at the Bombonera stadium on Sunday. Alfio Basile’s side were hoping to avenge their Copa Sudamericana elimination to Velez, but they suffered an early set-back when Leandro Caruso put the visitors ahead within [...]

Velez Sarsfield progressed to the quarter-finals of the Copa Sudamericana after fighting from two goals down to force a 2-2 draw against Union Espanola at the Santa Laura stadium in Santiago, Chile. The Argentine Clausura champions went through 5-4 on aggregate after the two legs. They won 3-2 in Buenos Aires last week. Union Espanola [...]

Cerro Porteno progressed to the quarter-finals of the Copa Sudamericana, despite suffering a 3-1 defeat to Goias in Brazil on Thursday. The Paraguayans went through on the away goals rule after winning 2-0 in Asuncion last week. Goias started strongly and they went ahead right before half-time with a strike from Felipe. The striker met [...]

River Plate proved too strong for Vitoria with a categorical 5-2 aggregate victory over the two legs of the Copa Sudamericana round of 16 stage tie. The Uruguayans came into the game with a commanding 4-1 advantage after the first leg result in Montevideo last week, but they were put under heavy pressure by Vitoria [...]

Universidad de Chile defeated Internacional of Brazil 1-0 in Santiago, and in doing so qualified for the quarter-finals of the Copa Sudamericana. The only goal of the match was scored by Uruguayan striker Juan Manuel Olivera in the first half. Universidad claimed a 1-1 draw in Porto Alegre last week and this put them in [...]

San Lorenzo proved too strong for Cienciano with a comfortable 2-0 win in Cusco, Peru. Diego Simeone’s side claimed a 5-0 aggregate victory over the two legs of the Copa Sudamericana tie. The Argentine outfit played a very intelligent game and won the match courtesy of goals from Cristian Gonzalez and Gonzalo Rovira. Cienciano pushed [...]