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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Uruguayan centre-back Gonzalo Sorondo scored a header two minutes from full-time to give Internacional a 1-0 victory over Estudiantes de La Plata in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores quarter-final match-up at the Beira-Rio stadium in Porto Alegre on Thursday night. The Brazilians are only a draw away from reaching the semi-finals of South [...]
Sao Paulo shocked Cruzeiro with a 2-0 win in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores all-Brazilian quarter-final match-up in Belo Horizonte on Wednesday. The Tricolor Paulista claimed a crucial victory that puts them in a good position to advance to the semi-finals of the competition ahead of the return leg at the Morumbi stadium [...]
Chivas de Guadalajara are just a step away from the Copa Libertadores semi-finals after hammering Libertad of Paraguay 3-0 in the first leg of the quarter-finals at the Jalisco stadium on Tuesday. Chivas proved far superior to their opponents, and kept alive their chances of becoming the first Mexican team to lift the prestigious South [...]
In a highly-dramatic clash played under torrential rainfall, Libertad came from behind to defeat Once Caldas of Colombia 2-1 in Asuncion on Thursday. The result assured the Paraguayans of a place in the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores, after the first leg of the tie ended goalless in Manizales last week. Libertad were presented with [...]
Flamengo reached the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores despite suffering a 2-1 defeat to Corinthians at the Pacaembu stadium in Sao Paulo on Wednesday night. The Mengao went through on the away goals rule, after having beaten their rivals 1-0 in the first leg of the tie in Rio de Janeiro last week. To the [...]
Sao Paulo progressed to the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores after beating Universitario of Peru 3-1 on penalty kicks after the teams were deadlocked at 0-0 over both legs on Tuesday. Sao Paulo, three-time winners of the competition, were expected to breeze past the Peruvians, but lacked determination in their game and were fortunate to [...]
Cruzeiro are only a step away from the Copa Libertadores quarter-finals after defeating Nacional of Uruguay 3-1 at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte on Thursday night. The Brazilians dominated much of the match, taking a three-goal lead into the break after a superb hat-trick from attacker Thiago Ribeiro. The Belo Horizonte giants pushed to [...]