Este es el fixture completo de la 8va edición de la Copa Sudamericana.Participan 32 equipos de los 10 países miembros de la Conmebol. Esta vez no hay invitados de la Concacaf.Aquí todo el programa de partidos de la Copa Sudamericana 2009, que concluirá el 2 de diciembre:
FASE PRELIMINAR
26/8 - Belo Horizonte: Atlético Mineiro 1 - 1 Goiás
16/9 - Goiania: Goiás 1 - 1 Atlético Mineiro / Goiás clasificó por penales 6-5
5/8 - Bogotá: La Equidad 2 - 2 Unión Española
25/8 - Santiago: Unión Española 1 - 0 La Equidad
13/8 - Salvador: Vitória 2 - 0 Coritiba
15/8 - Curitiba: Coritiba 2 - 0 Vitória / Vitória clasificó por penales 5-3
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The title race gathers pace. At the top, joint leaders Banfield visit Independiente, who will move to within three points with a win. Fellow pace-setters Newell's Old Boys are at home in the clásico rosarino, perhaps the country's most passionate. Third- and fourth-placed sides both play tonight: Colón are away to Lanús, prior to which [. Click to continue reading...

HEGS has lost a little of its news value lately due to diminishing spare time on my part, so as of today I'm going to try and remedy that slightly. As Thursday turns into Friday at the start of each round from now on, I'll be giving a quick rundown of some of the main [...] Click to continue reading...

Así marcha el Apertura 2009 en la Argentina, con un Banfield que no cree en nadie y sigue invicto con 32 puntos, y el Newells a pesar de tener 2 derrotas marcha pegadito tambien con 32, el Colón sorprende y esta con 28 puntos. Boca y River muy abajo en este torneo.
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Well, the national team were abroad, of course, but we're not counting them. The Brazilian and Mexican leagues were the major top flights in action in spite of the international break during the weekend just gone, and there were goals in both of them. You can read about them and watch them right here, as [. Click to continue reading...

Fuente: Arsenal de Sarandí
Nuevamente una genialidad de Cristián Álvarez permitió al Arse salvar un partido que parecía perdido, para el que no encontraba respuestas. Aunque hubo complicidad de Abbondanzieri, el Pelado aprovechó su pegada magistral poniendo el balón en el ángulo, con un lanzamiento perfecto. Click to continue reading...

Over the course of the 2009 Torneo Apertura, the mantra of fútbol para todos has transmogrified into something meaning that one easily embeddable, easily findable goal video for the whole round has become increasingly hard to find. The closest I can find are the four videos embedded here, which viewed in order will give you [. Click to continue reading...

As part of The Football World Series, the New York Red Bulls will host international teams at Red Bull Arena this summer.
In recent years, the Football World Series has featured Liverpool, Porto, Arsenal, Ajax, A.C. Milan, Manchester United, Boca Juniors, Lazio, Atletico Madrid and others. Click to continue reading...

The fourteenth round of the Torneo Apertura ended on Monday. Relegation strugglers Racing claiming a hard-fought win over the champions of South America, Estudiantes de La Plata, thanks to a goal from a former Estudiantes player. Estudiantes' city rivals Gimnasia tore Huracán to shreds, running out 4-1 winners in a match which saw two superb [. Click to continue reading...

In probably the most unexpected development of the domestic league's fourteenth round, River Plate played with spirit and intelligence to overturn a deficit and actually win a football match on Sunday afternoon. 1-0 down after only two-and-a-half minutes at home to Atlético Tucumán, it looked like the same old story for River. Click to continue reading...

Fuente: Arsenal de Sarandí
Tradición de Noviembre
Como es la costumbre en los fixtures de las últimas temporadas, la fecha 14 del Apertura se juega en Sarandí ante Boca Juniors. Pero a diferencia de los campeonatos anteriores, hoy ninguno de los equipos se juega cosas importantes pensando en el corto plazo (de acá a fin de año). Click to continue reading...

It's another busy weekend in South and North America with the Argentinian Primera Division and the Mexican Primera Division having a full set of matches. Our other site, Free Live Sports TV, will be providing live coverage of several matches, at the links below.

Arsenal de Sarandi v Boca Juniors LIVE Argentinian Primera Division Sunday, November 15, 2009 01:15 GMT, 19:15 EST

River Plate v Atletico Tucuman LIVE Argentinian Primera Division Sunday, November 15, 2009 22:10 GMT, 17:10 EST

Santos Laguna v Club America LIVE Mexican Primera Division Sunday, November 15, 2009 22:00 GMT, 17:00 EST

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Stories in the Brazilian press at the start of the week had Corinthians, one of the country's biggest clubs and the current employers of Ronaldo, planning to sign Juan Román Riquelme from Boca Juniors in a bid to boost their Copa Libertadores campaign in 2010, their centenary year. I've written about it for Soccernet, and [. Click to continue reading...

"It will be Rooney. I think Rooney is ready to be a captain. Why not?"
Fabio Capello is a pretty bright chap.

"There was never any doubt that I would play for Wales, my family wouldn't have let me play for England! It would not have tempted the young Ryan Giggs it was never an issue for me.

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Due to the AFA's complete inability to comprehend that some of us are running blogs about their league in our spare time from a time zone three hours ahead and rather enjoyed having not much to do on a Monday evening, Monday afternoon and evening matches begin in earnest this week. Rodrigo Archubi, found guilty [. Click to continue reading...

Yes, I am aware Daniel Agger is not even a left-back but it just shows how badly Insua has been playing. The Reds had their share of problems this season but one of the biggest reasons behind the disappointing results is the fact defence is leaking too many goals. Johnson, Carragher and Skrtel are doing really well when they are fully fit, thus I am positive the back line would be much more stable with Agger replacing completely unconvincing Insua.

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• That's The Dona's son, Diego Sinagra and not a reincarnation of Wolverine, mind you. He demands that you give his papa all the respect in the world! "He was brutally attacked. Qualifying for the World Cup is his victory. My father deserved it as well as the rest of the nation.

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The thirteenth round of the 2009 Torneo Apertura ended on Monday night with a late, late goal from Arsenal de Sarandí midfielder Diego Galván which clinched a point for El Arse after they'd trailed for practically the entire second half to Huracán. Angel Cappa's team were thus denied a third win of the campaign. Click to continue reading...

At the end of Week 13

1. Banfield – 29
2. Newell's Old Boys – 29
3. Estudiantes 26
4. Colon 25
5. Velez Sarsfield 24
6. San Lorenzo – 23
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Sid Lowe's La Liga column in the Guardian shared an interesting statistic this week over 50 clubs have beaten Real Madrid since October 2009 (last 10 years), but Atletico Madrid isn't one of them.

Here's the list in full:

Al Nasr Saudi Club, Al-Ahly, Alavés, Alcorcón, Almería, Anderlecht, Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Betis, Boca Juniors, Celta Vigo, Deportivo, Espanyol, Galatasaray, Getafe, Graz, Hannover, Internazionale, Juventus, Las Palmas, Levante, Liverpool, Lokomotiv Moscow, Málaga, Mallorca, Manchester United, Milan, Monaco, Murcia, Nastic, Numancia, Olympiakos, Lyon, Osasuna, PSV, Racing, Rayo Vallecano, Nexaca, Real Sociedad, Real Unión, Recreativo, Roma, Servette, Sevilla, Spartak Moscow, Sporting Lisbon, Tokyo Verdy, Toledo, Valencia, Valladolid, Villarreal, Werder Bremen and Zaragoza.

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So it was Mask Wearing Extraordinaire, Martin Palermo's birthday yesterday (a November baby, like us. Now get running with that hint!) so Boca Juniors helped him to celebrate 36 years of his existence in this world.

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Following Newell's Old Boys' victory over River Plate on Saturday, the other sides hoping to keep up in the race for the title had to win on Sunday, and two of them managed it. Banfield overcame San Lorenzo 1-0 in Boedo for their first win away to El Cuervo in 13 years, and Estudiantes brushed [...] Click to continue reading...

The economics of the game in South America demand that the region's best players spend the prime of their careers in Europe.

Fans of even the most prestigious clubs such as Boca Juniors and Flamengo must savour watching their young prospects because as soon as they demonstrate an ounce of class they will be snapped up and shipped out.

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The thirteenth round of the Torneo Apertura sees the first weekend round to hang over to Monday night (not counting the twelfth round which lasted through til Tuesday due to the previous round only having finished on the Thursday before). Joint leaders Newell's and Banfield are at home River and away to San Lorenzo respectively, [. Click to continue reading...

Fecha 12


Una sana costumbre
VÉLEZ SARSFIELD 2 X 0 GODOY CRUZ
(Fabián Cubero, Leandro Somoza)
Despierta de la pesadilla
RACING CLUB 4 X 0 ATLÉTICO TUCUMÁN
(Pablo Lugüercio, Pablo Caballero, Adrián Lucero, Lucas Aveldaño)
La deja ir
GIMNASIA LP 2 X 2 SAN LORENZO
(José Vizcarra, Rubén Maldonado; Juan Carlos Menseguez -p-, Pablo Pintos)
Comparten todo
CHACARITA JUNIORS 2 X 2 ARGENTINOS JUNIORS
(Cristián Grabinski, Facundo Parra; Nicolás Pavlovich, Mauro Bogado)
Granate encendido
RIVER PLATE 0 X 1 LANÚS
(Maximiliano Velásquez)
Día del arquero
ROSARIO CENTRAL 2 X 1 BOCA JUNIORS
(Jesús Méndez, Germán Castillejos; Juan Krupoviesa)
Muestra las credenciales
BANFIELD 2 X 1 ESTUDIANTES
(Santiago Silva, Walter Ervitti; Juan Sebastián Verón)
El candidato menos esperado
TIGRE 1 X 2 NEWELL'S
(Joaquín Boghossian e/c; Mauro Formica, Joaquín Boghossian)
Ironía del destino
COLÓN 3 X 0 HURACÁN
(Federico Nieto -3-)
LEE ADEMÁS:
LA PELOTA NO DOBLA: RACING ESTÁ MOTIVADO
FUTEBOL PORTENHO: NEWELL'S E BANFIELD SEGUEM NA LIDERANÇA DO APERTURA
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Before kick-off, Uruguay vs Argentina, World Cup 2010 qualifier. Centenario Stadium, Montevideo, Uruguay. October 14th, 2009.

Photo credit: Joelr on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion Photo Pool.

Related posts:

1. Photo daily: Nacional fans, Uruguay Fans of Club Nacional de Football, Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Banfield and Newell's lead the table with Argentine champions Vélez, South American champions Estudiantes, Colón� and Diego Simeone's San Lorenzo in the chasing pack. River Plate and Boca Juniors both lost again, whilst Racing won in style. All the heroes and villains are here as ever. Read on... Primera División Torneo Apertura 2009, twelfth round: Vélez Sársfield (F. Click to continue reading...

For the record, the photo accompanying this article is from Thursday's Boca Juniors match with Chacarita Juniors at the Bombonera. It had no effect on the rankings, but I wanted to post a photo of my own to the entry.

For the first time in over a month, a club remained at the top spot of the rankings for consecutive weeks as Chelsea solidified its position at the top with a pair of 4-0 victories over Bolton Wanderers this week.

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Early on Sunday morning, violence once again reared its head in the world of Argentine football, when Fernando Cáceres Independiente's reserve team coach and a former Argentina international was shot by robbers, taking a bullet in his right eye. At the time of writing, he continues in the Carrillo Hospital in Ciudadela [. Click to continue reading...

The twelfth round of the Torneo Apertura 2009 got underway on Saturday, and I'm afraid to say, following the midweek round of matches and the fact I was out on Friday night, that it caught me out. On Saturday, champions Vélez hosted and brushed aside Godoy Cruz, before Racing Racing! gave Atlético Tucumán [. Click to continue reading...

Fecha 11
NEWELL'S OLD BOYS 1 X 0 RACING
(Juan Insaurralde)
ATLÉTICO TUCUMÁN 1 X 2 VÉLEZ SARSFIELD
(Javier Páez; Rolando Zárate y Maximiliano Moralez -p-)
GODOY CRUZ 1 X 2 ESTUDIANTES
(Cristián Chávez; Jorge Curbelo e/c y Leandro Desábato)
GIMNASIA LP 0 X 1 BANFIELD
(Santiago Silva)
HURACÁN 1 X 0 ROSARIO CENTRAL
(Eduardo Domínguez)
INDEPENDIENTE 3 X 2 COLÓN
(Andrés Silvera, Ignacio Piatti -2-; Federico Nieto, Alfredo Ramírez)
BOCA JUNIORS 3 X 0 CHACARITA JUNIORS
(Federico Insúa, Nicolás Gaitán, Sebastián Battaglia)
LANÚS 4 X 0 TIGRE
(Eduardo Salvio, Marcos Aguirre, Sebastián Blanco, Santiago Biglieri)
ARGENTINOS 1 X 2 RIVER PLATE
(Néstor Ortigoza -p-; Diego Buonanotte, Mauro Rosales)
LEE ADEMÁS:
LA PELOTA NO DOBLA: EL BANFIELD DE FALCIONI
LÍNEA DE CINCO: COMO EN LAS VIEJAS ÉPOCAS
GONZALO BONADEO: DELICIAS DE NUESTRO FÚTBOL
VALE CHUMBAR: APUNTES DE LA 11 FECHA
FUTEBOL PORTENHO: TRÊS LÍDERES E SETE NA BRIGA PELO TÍTULO
LA REDÓ: EL PROSAÍSMO AL PODER
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If you thought that Napoli's injury time brace, which handed the club a 2-2 draw at home to AC Milan, was its comeback of the week, think again. The underperforming Naples outfit has suddenly brought an end to an indifferent spell by stunning Serie A contenders Juventus 3-2 this evening, and that too away from home.

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I know this is kind of late, but things have been busy here in Buenos Aires. Look for the Stadium Tour entries to continue as I was able to attend the Boca Juniors / Chacarita Juniors match at La Bombonera on Thursday.

Putting together this list just keeps getting more and more frustrating.

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"La recuperación será larga". La frase del médico del club, Jose Veiga, le duele a los hinchas de Boca. Juan Román Riquelme se resintió de la lesión en su pie derecho que lo tuvo a maltraer en la primera mitad del año y, con seguridad, un mes afuera de los concentrados.

En Olé confirman que la lesión lo tendría alejado del equipo hasta el 2010, ya que la recuperación demandaría 3 meses.

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The goals from the eleventh round of the Torneo Apertura 2009 are online now, and you can watch all 29 of them right here on HEGS, along with a running order of matches for those who aren't sure which clubs play in which colours. Step this way... Running order for Show de Goles: Newell's (red & black [. Click to continue reading...