All Entries in the "Copa Libertadores" Category
Libertadores: Cruzeiro Gives Sao Paulo the Boot
It was the match for the two sides prove something. Sao Paulo needed to deliver a good performance in 2009. Cruzeiro needed to deliver a good match playing away. And the two sides had important players missing, some injured, some with the national team.
The match started and soon the vibe was set. The game was [...]
Libertadores: No Goals, One Out, One In
Palmeiras and Gremio played the second leg of the Copa Libertadores quarter finals.
The first in Montevideo, visiting Nacional. The second receiving Caracas in Porto Alegre.
The two controlled the first-half. The victory seemed close for the two.
One, Palmeira, had no time. The other, Gremio, had all the time of the world.
As time passed by, Caracas got [...]
Brazil, the new England – Part 2
Yes, Brazil continues to be in the Copa Libertadores what England is in the Champions League. The quarter finals are almost defined – Boca Juniors and Defensor from Uruguay is the only battle that still has to be decided. And from the 8 clubs in the next stage, 4 of them are Brazilian. What makes [...]
Saint Marcos Does Another 3 Miracles
Saint Mark is back. Or I should say Sao Marcos. The goalie that became a saint after denying important penalties in the Copa Libertadores in the late 90’s/early 00’s did some of his miracles again.
Palmeiras visited Sport for the second-leg of Copa Libertadores’ the round of 16. The locals played better all the time, missed [...]
Copa Libertadores Schedule
We already know the 16 clubs qualified for the knock-out stage of Copa Libertadores. Gremio and Cruzeiro will have the easy matches while Sport, Palmeiras and Sao Paulo got the toughest opponents.
Gremio will take on San Martin from Peru. And Cruzeiro faces Universidad de Chile.
Sport will face Palmeiras in a Brazilian battle which [...]
Brazil, the new England
Is Brazil the “England of South America”? 5 out of its 5 clubs qualified for the round of 16 of Copa Libertadores, just like English clubs dominate the Champions league. In fact, 4 (the maximum, given that 2 clubs were in the same group) of them qualified in first. If they don’t face each in [...]
Brazilians Clubs Make History in Copa Libertadores
Two Brazilian sides made history tonight in Copa Libertadores.
Sport not only qualified for the round of 16 for the first time. It also did it in great fashion by reaching the first place in the group. Not only that. Tonight, the club from Recife visited LDU, the current tournament’s champs, and got a victory that [...]
Review of the Week Part 1: Brazilians in the Libertadores
Yes, sometimes I let many juicy topics pass by. But hey, don’t yellow card me. It is just lack of time. So i decided to create the “review of the week”. As the title makes it really clear, these topics will discuss events that for some reason I could not write about on time.
This week, [...]
Palmeiras Reborn
It was the first major match of the Brazilian season. The major match for Palmeiras in 2009. A loss against Sport and the side headed by Luxemburgo was getting eliminated from Copa Libertadores. The home team, on the other hand, was defeatless this season. It had won its 2 matches in the Libertadores. Palmeiras had [...]
Cruzeiro: Libertadores is a B*tch!
Just imagine how Cruzeiro fans must be feeling. The match against Estudiantes in Argentina was delayed in half hour because the traffic jam around the stadium made it impossible for the visitors to arrive at the stadium on time. The players, then, were forced to get dressed on the pitch! Relief with the beginning of [...]
