One week to the day before they meet in La Bombonera in the first competitive superclásico of the
year, River Plate and Boca Juniors had very different weekends in the 2011 Torneo Clausura. River,
needing a win to keep up the ... Continue reading →
By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN
Argentina's Velez Sarsfield and Uruguay's Penarol each have a step into the semifinals of the Copa
Libertadores after their shutout wins in the home legs of their quarterfinal ties.
Santos, the lone Brazilian team remaining in the field, got a vital away victory in Colombia,
and Mexico's Jaguares needed a little English flavor to equalize at the last minute in this week's
other first-leg quarterfinal matches.
By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN
The Copa Libertadores -- without global marketing and SuperBowl-like build-up -- has remained
one of the more prestigious competitions in the world. Its passion, purity and pressure is what
drives all South American-based players to step it up a notch in the intense challenges that the
Copa offers.
