South American Futbol - Libertadores, Sudamericana, World Cup 2010

Diego Maradona, the coach of the Argentine national team, became the latest person to praise Lionel Messi after his extraordinary display in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final against Arsenal on Tuesday. Messi scored four goals in Barcelona’s 4-1 win, a performance that caught the attention of the entire world, including that of Argentina’s greatest footballer [...]

Guillermo Barros Schelotto, the main candidate to succeed Abel Alves as the coach of Boca Juniors, affirmed that he has yet to be approached by the Argentine giants and that at the moment he is still thinking like a footballer and not like a coach, even if the idea of becoming the coach of the [...]

Two-time world champions Uruguay have seen better days but qualification for the 2010 World Cup has boosted the confidence of the national team. Uruguay were very inconsistent during World Cup qualifying, but are destined to reach their peak in South Africa. Uruguay boss Oscar Tabarez has a lot of material to work with, but it [...]

Rosario Central put an end to a 20-year wait to beat Boca Juniors at the Bombonera stadium on Sunday, with a 2-1 win. Boca played poorly, but seemed set to claim a point, however, they conceded a silly goal in the final five minutes, after a mistake from inexperienced goalkeeper Javier Garcia. To make matters [...]

Brazilian superstar Ronaldo was on target as Corinthians defeated Ituano 2-0 at the Teixeirao stadium on Sunday, a result that keeps the Timao in contention for a semi-finals berth in the Paulista State championship. Corinthians struggled to break down Ituano, but they managed two goals in the final ten minutes of the match that allowed [...]

Uruguayan giants Penarol are just one win away from securing the Clausura championship after beating Cerrito 3-1 at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo on Sunday. It was Penarol´s eleventh consecutive victory of the season, a remarkable achievement for Uruguay´s most popular club. Penarol will win the league if they overcome Fenix next week. Diego Aguirre´s [...]

Former Argentine international Diego Simeone presented his resignation as the coach of San Lorenzo after his team´s narrow loss to Gimnasia La Plata at the Nuevo Gasometro stadium on Saturday. Guillermo Soppi, the vice-president of the club confirmed the news to the local press hours after the match concluded. The director informed to the press [...]

Argentine goalkeeper Roberto Abbondanzieri, who recently joined Internacional of Porto Alegre from Boca Juniors, affirmed that his new club are keen on securing the services of former Boca team-mate Martin Palermo. Abbondanzieri and Palermo played together at Boca for a number of years, and although towards the end of his career Palermo continues to prove [...]

Having emerged from the famous River Plate youth system, Andres D´Alessandro´s exceptional talent soon earned him a permanent place in the club´s first team. At River the player´s status increased and he became a prominent player of the squad, converting 19 goals in 70 matches for the club over a five-year period, before joining Wolfsburg [...]

Corinthians have one foot in the round of 16 stage of the Copa Libertadores after beating Cerro Porteno 2-1 at the Pacaembu stadium in Sao Paulo on Thursday night. The Brazilians dominated much of the play, but ended up suffering in the final ten minutes as Cerro Porteno tried their best to force a draw. [...]