Twenty-eight time Paraguayan Primera División champions Cerro Porteño unveiled their Diadora 2012 home and away jerseys on Wednesday night. The new Azulgrana kits are the club's centenary shirts as it...

Brazilians Santos FC will participate in their first ever FIFA Club World Cup and are hoping to take the title back to South America after a five year period of domination for European clubs. Santos FC, who are based in Brazil's second city of São Paulo, will face the winner of the quarter-final between Japanese champions Kashiwa Reysol and North and Central American CONCACAF Champions League winners Monterrey CF on December 14th.

Paraguay's Superclásico took place this weekend with Olimpia and Cerro Porteño having to be content with sharing the spoils following a 1-1 draw in the capital city of Asuncion on Sunday.

Record champions Olimpia may have amassed 38 league titles to date in their glory-laden history but the last of those championships came eleven years ago which is far too long for a club of its stature.

Los guaraníes no hacen una semifinal desde el año 1983 en copa America incluso en la pasada fueron goleados por México 6 goles a 0, en esta ocasión llegan con mas brios, después de alcanzar por primera vez en su historia los cuartos de final en el Mundial de Sudáfrica 2010.

25.06.2011 - Ir a Corrientes a pescar huevos de dorado (?), al Chaco a cazar bebés de tatú carreta (?), a Formosa a apuntar a mínimos yaguaretés (?). "Si la tierra no descansa magras cosechas tendrás", aprendieron los emigrantes europeos.
Si bien la cantera argentina de jugadores viene manifestando un franco declive, la fiebre exportadora no se detiene.

Por Maxi Bibbo / @maxi_balcarce
Los equipos brasileños y uruguayos siempre animaron las instancias finales de la Copa Libertadores. Pero sólo jugaron 5 finales del certamen continental, contando la actual, en lo que va de sus 51 años de su creación, donde se repartieron dos victorias para cada país.

Santos From Pele to Neymar on the road to immortality is a post from: Just Football

by Gordon Fleetwood

It has been a long road for Santos this year in the Copa Libertadores. This was Santos' first campaign since 2008, when they exited at the quarter final stage.

Club Nacional finally managed to get their hands on the Torneo Apertura following their Matchday 22 win over Cerro Porteño.

Nacional were two points clear of record champions Olimpia before the final round of matches began on Sunday. At the half-time break Nacional were drawing following a goalless first half whilst Olimpia led against 3 de Febrero thanks to a 34th minute penalty from Juan Ferreyra.

Por Nicolás Cristoff / @nicocristoff
En Asunción, Santos igualó 3-3 frente a Cerro Porteño, al que había vencido por la mínima diferencia en el encuentro de ida jugado en San Pablo, y se transformó en el primer finalista de la Copa Libertadores de América, instancia a la que acude ocho años después de haber disputado y perdido el titulo ante Boca, en 2003.

On Tuesday night, Santos, from Brazil, and Cerro Porteño, from Paraguay, squared off in the second leg of the Copa Libertadores semi-final. Tuesday's match resulted in an exciting 3-3 draw and Santos advanced to the Copa Libertadores final on a 4-3 aggregate. Santos managed to go 3-0 in the first half, but Cerro Porteño battled back in the second half scoring 3 goals of its own, but could not find a fourth goal.

Por Nicolás Cristoff / @nicocristoff
Santos recibió a Cerro porteño en el encuentro de ida correspondiente a una de las semifinales de la Copa Libertadores y con un solitario gol de Edu Dracena logró una ajustada pero valiosa victoria, trascendental para elevar sus opciones de clasificarse a la gran final del torneo.

Overview The semi-final line-ups for the 2011 Copa Libertadores are intriguing. The Brazilian side Santos inspired by teenage sensation Neymar are the only ones of the four to have played in a Libertadores semi-final since the turn of the millenium. Their opponents Cerro Porteño are the only ones never to have won the tournament before having been eliminated in each of their five previous

Por Nicolás Cristoff
La Copa Libertadores ya tiene a sus cuatro mejores equipos. Peñarol y Cerro Porteño saldaron con victoria sus respectivos compromisos, ante Universidad Católica y Juaguares de Chiapas respectivamente, y en consecuencia ya quedó diagramado el cuadro de semifinales, instancia en la que el cuadro uruguayo enfrentará a Vélez y el conducido por Leonardo Astrada a Santos.

Game of the week - 22 April 2011 On 21 April 2011 Chilean side Colo-Colo hosted Cerro Porteño of Paraguay in the last game in group five of Copa Libertadores 2011. Both sides had been struggling in their own domestic leagues but this game would give the winners a chance to progress to the knockout stages of Copa Libertadores.

Caso acabasse hoje, esses seriam os jogos da Segunda Fase da Copa Santander Libertadores de 2011.
Jogo 1 - Junior Barranquila-COL x Univ. San Martin-PER
Jogo 8 - Colo-Colo - CHI x Estudiantes -ARG
Jogo 4 - Internacional-BRA x Cerro Porteño-PAR
Jogo 5 - Argentinos Juniors-ARG x LDU-EQu
Jogo 2 - Cruzeiro-BRA x América-MEX
Jogo 7 - Godoy Cruz-ARG x Grêmio-BRA
Jogo 3 - Libertad-PAR x Velez Sarsfield-ARG
Jogo 6 - Universidad Católica-CHI x Emelec-EQU

In the first round of games in Group 5 of the 2011 Copa Libertadores Paraguayan side Cerro Porteño put on a magnificent display to crush Colo-Colo of Chile 5-2. One of the highlights of the game was 17 year old Argentine born forward Juan Manuel Iturbe's Copa Libertadores debut as a second half substitute, he lived up to expectation hitting two goals.

Reports & highlights of Group 5 in the 2011 Copa Libertadores. After Corintians failure to progress through the qualifying round Santos were the next Brazilian side to slip up dropping points in a 0-0 away draw against Venezuelan side Deportivo Táchira. After the boring stalemate of the first game the second game provided plenty of entertainment with Cerro Porteño beating Colo-Colo 5-2.

There are 8 groups in the second round of the 2011 Copa Libertadores, To see the latest posts from the 2011 Copa Libertadores click here. To see highlights from specific groups follow the links below. Group 1 (Libertad, Once Caldas, San Luis, Universidad San Martín) Group 2 (Grêmio, Junior, León, Oriente Petrolero) Group 3 (Argentinos Juniors, Club América, Fluminense, Nacional) Group 4 (

You can follow us on Twitter and/or Facebook. After he scored this excellent individual goal against Brazil in the 2011 South American Youth Championships on 6 February 2011 the amount of speculation about 17 year old Argentine sensation Juan Manuel Iturbe has balooned with a lot of rumours linking him with a move to Manchester United.

Brazilian giants Corinthians are out of the 2011 Copa Libertadores before the group stage due to their Wednesday night defeat to Colombians Deportivo Tolima. Copa Sudamericana holders Independiente had it tough but managed to overcome Deportivo Quito in their qualifying match whilst the likes of two-time Libertadores champions Grêmio Porto Alegre, Jaguares de Chiapas, Cerro Porteño and Unión Española also booked their place in the league stage of South America's elite club competition.