South American Futbol - Libertadores, Sudamericana, World Cup 2010

Paraguay were beaten 2-1 by Ireland in a World Cup warm-up match staged in the Royal Dublin Showgrounds on Tuesday. The Paraguayans played well below their potential, especially in the first half, but the game was still good preparation for the World Cup finals, which will be Paraguay’s fourth successive appearance. Gerardo Martino’s side were [...]

Esteban Cambiasso, who returned to Argentina on Tuesday morning after having won the treble with Inter Milan, assured that he “did the maximum possible to be in the national team” for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Cambiasso was awaiting an opportunity from Maradona, but despite his outstanding season with Inter Milan it never [...]

Argentina thrashed Canada 5-0 at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires on Monday in their farewell match before taking their flight to South Africa to participate in the 2010 World Cup. Los Albicelestes completely dominated their opponents, displaying enticing attacking football, and are expected to be one of the favourites to win the World Cup, [...]

Internacional of Brazil and Universidad de Chile advanced to the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores — South America’s biggest club competition — despite suffering defeats on Thursday night. They joined Chivas de Guadalajara and Sao Paulo in the final four of the competition, which resumes at the conclusion of the 2010 World Cup. A 89th-minute [...]

Claudio Borghi was officially unveiled as the new coach of Argentine giants Boca Juniors by club president Jorge Amor Ameal on Thursday afternoon. Borghi will not only have the responsibility to lift Boca back into contention for the Argentine championship — after three awful seasons — but also with the responsibility to fight for South [...]

Sao Paulo advanced to the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores — South America’s premier club competition — after beating Brazilian rivals Cruzeiro 2-0 at the Morumbi stadium on Wednesday night. The result was identical to the one they picked up in the first leg in Belo Horizonte last week. A goal from Hernanes in the [...]

Diego Maradona, the coach of the Argentine national team, announced his final 23-man squad to confront the 2010 World Cup in South Africa on Wednesday. Maradona cut seven players from his provisional list of 30 players, but one of these players wasn’t Colon de Santa Fe defender Ariel Garce, who made the squad despite having [...]

Chivas de Guadalajara advanced to the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores, despite suffering a 2-0 defeat against Libertad of Paraguay at the Defensores del Chaco stadium in Asuncion on Tuesday. The Mexican giants went through 3-2 on aggregate after their 3-0 win in the first leg of the tie at the Jalisco stadium last week. [...]

Luis Zubeldia will remain as the coach of Buenos Aires outfit Lanus after coming to an agreement with the club’s directors on Tuesday. Even if his team underperformed in the recently concluded Argentine Clausura championship, as well as being eliminated from the Copa Libertadores at the group stage and failed to qualify for the Copa [...]

Penarol won their first Uruguayan championship after seven years, despite being held to a 1-1 draw by arch-rivals Nacional in the second leg of the final at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo on Tuesday. Penarol’s 1-0 win over Nacional on Saturday gave them a superior 2-1 aggregate triumph in the two-legged finals series. A 68th-minute [...]