Copa Sudamericana reached the semifinals, two Brazilian clubs had the chance to be in the final 4. However, only Fluminense did so. Flu visited Universidad de Chile and one more time relied on Fred. The ex-Lyon seems to be playing for all the matches he did nothing since the beginning of the year.

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Después de la insospechada caída de San Lorenzo (local) ante el Ríver uruguayo de Carrasco, Vélez representó los últimos minutos argentinos en la edición 2009 de la Copa Sudamericana.
En un partido muy latinoamericano, Liga se quedó con el pasaje a semifinales ganando por 2-1 en su estadio, Casablanca de Quito, Ecuador (2. Click to continue reading...

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Copa Sudamericana Cerro Porteno and River Plate Uruguay, through to the semis

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=694236&sec=global&cc=3888

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Warner and the handbags

http://www.sportsfeatures.com/index.php?section=olympic-article-view&title=Jack%20Warner%20handbags%20England%27s%20bid%20to%20host%202018%20World%20Cup&id=46178

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U-17 World Cup on Galavision: Mexico - Korea at 10am. Europa League on GolTV: Hamburgh - Celtic at 1pm, Villarreal - Lazio at 3pm, and Everton - Benfica at 8pm. MLS playoffs on ESPN2: Salt Lake - Columbus at 8pm. Copa Sudamericana on Fox SPorts en Espanol: Universidad - Fluminense at 6pm and LDU Quito - Velez Sarsfield at 8:30pm. Click to continue reading...

Welcome to November. A week of domestic competition is behind us. This week clubs go back to work in the Champions- and Europa Leagues (as well as the Copa Sudamericana but those clubs do not figure in the Top 25 at this point). Here's where they stand ahead of a crucial week in those competitions:
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Hey guys, I'm back from the dead. Due to commitments with school I haven't had time to update. However, I'll be hard at work with a new format to the posts. That includes translating and posting articles from Globoesporte, Futebol Uol Esporte, and of course the club's official website. I think this would be the best way to keep others up to date on the workings of the club. Click to continue reading...

The two Brazilian clubs still in the Copa Sudamericana did not start well the quarter-finals of Copa Sudamericana. Botafogo and Fluminense will have a lot of work if they plan to advance to the semis. Botafogo visited Cerro Porteno in Paraguay and lost 2-1. Reinaldo scored for Bota, but if the club from Rio wants to advance, it must win at Maracana.

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Diego Simeone's San Lorenzo travelled across the Río De La Plata on Wednesday night for the first leg of their Copa Sudamericana quarter final against Uruguayan opposition Just like the national team a week earlier, they came away with a narrow win, 1-0 over River Plate of Montevideo thanks to a 71st minute header from [. Click to continue reading...

MLS on ESPN2: Chivas USA - Chicago at 8pm. Europa League on GolTV: Benfica - Everton at 1pm, Fulham - Roma at 3pm, and Lazio - Villarreal at 8pm. Copa Sudamericana on Fox Sports en Espanol: River Plate - San Lorenzo at 5:30pm and Fluminense - Universidad at 7:30pm. CONCACAF Champions League: Comunicaciones - UNAM Pumas at 10pm. Click to continue reading...

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Champions League on Fox Soccer Channel: Inter Milan - Dynamo Kiev at 2:30pm, Alkmaar - Arsenal at 5pm (on Setanta at 2:15pm), and Liverpool - Olympique Lyonnais at 10pm. Setanta also has Barcelona - Rubin Kazan at 6:45pm (on Fox Sports en Espanol at 2:30pm). CONCACAF Champions League on Fox Soccer: Toluca - DC at 8pm. Click to continue reading...

From last week's Copa Sudamericana second leg match between Universidad de Chile and Internacional Inter's Gonzalo Sorondo gets kicked square in the head by Universidad defender Osvaldo Gonzalez on his attempt to clear Sorondo's head from his shoulders the ball from inside the box. There are three insane things about this:

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Se empató con la Liga de Quito 1 a 1 de local en un partido que será recordado por nadie porque el primero lo jugamos con la 4ta en la altura y nos hicieron 4. ¿A no? ¿Fuimos con los titulares allá? Mirá vos...
Lanús regala otra participación en la copa sudamericana (con lo que cuesta llegar! Click to continue reading...

Kieza from Fluminense in the match against Atletico Alianza for Copa Sudamericana

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The irony? Those two clubs are in the relegation zone of Campeonato Brasileiro. This shows how much Brazilian clubs care about this competition and how low its level is. Botafogo and Fluminense are the ones trying not only to save the season, but also to save Brazil's reputation in the tournament.

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One of the matches on Wednesday night featured a 'national' team playing Ghana in Córdoba. Martín Palermo scored both goals and, as a result, has convinced everyone in the press that he'd be ideal to play as the number 9 in the World Cup qualifiers against Peru, ahead of Diego Milito and Gonzalo Higua'in. Click to continue reading...

Europa League on GolTV: AEK Athens - Benfica at 1pm, Valencia - Genoa at 3pm, and Celtic - Rapid Vienna at 8pm. Copa Sudamericana on Fox Sports en Espanol: Lanus - LDU Quito at 6pm and Espanola - Velez Sarsfield at 8:30pm. CONCACAF Champions League on Galavision: Toluca - Marathon at 10pm. Click to continue reading...

Under-20 World Cup: Brazil - Czech Republic on Galavision at 12:30pm. UEFA Champions League on Fox Soccer Channel: Manchester United - VfL Wolfsburg at 2:30pm (5pm - Setanta) and Real Madrid - Marseilles at 5pm (6:45pm - Setanta). Setanta has Apoel - Chelsea at 2:30pm. CONCACAF Champions League on Fox Soccer: San Juan Jabloteh - DC at 8pm and Pachuca - Houston at 10pm. Click to continue reading...

In the opening leg of the round of 16, Brazilian clubs showed how much this tournament is of interest. Out of the 5 clubs, just one, Botafogo, won. Playing as visitors, Vitoria and Goias had defeats which are not likely to be reversed in Brazil. Fluminense visited the second the last side of the Peruvian league, and just tied (well, just look where Flu is in the Brasileirao too.

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Both Lanus and San Lorenzo began their Copa Sudamericana campaigns proper during the last couple of days, and they had very contrasting fortunes in their first legs. San Lorenzo battered Peruvian club Cienciano 3-0 in the Nuevo Gasometro, whilst Lanus found themselves two goals down after six minutes against Ecuador's LDU Quito, and chasing the [. Click to continue reading...

I've been in Barcelona on holiday since Wednesday, hence the lack of action on HEGS during the past few days, but before I left I still kept myself busy off-blog by writing a piece for ESPN Soccernet on the managerial pressures at Argentina's two domestic giants, River Plate and Boca Juniors. If you'd like to [. Click to continue reading...

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Se ha desatado cierta polémica por una pequeña frasecita que su servidor dijo en algún post, donde dije: "la Liga Mexicana es mejor que la Liga Argentina".

Rápidamente salieron varios lectores y colegas a rasgarse las vestiduras y a tacharme por lo menos de loco, y en algunos casos hasta de otras cosas que prefiero no repetir por respeto a mi persona y a los usuarios.

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Lanús 1 - River Plate 0
Lanús está en la siguiente fase de la copa sudamericana y está bien que así sea.
No voy a resaltar demasiado esta llave porque se pasó con cierta tranquilidad y porque el rival no lo amerita, sin ofender a los hinchas millonarios creo sinceramente que este River es el peor en muchísimos años y que si no fuera por la camiseta que tiene puesta, muchos de esos jugadores tranquilamente podrían estar jugando en la B que nadie se daría cuenta. Click to continue reading...

Goias Cerro Porteno (PAR)
Botafogo Emelec (ECU)

Internacional Univ. de Chile (CHI)
Alianza Atletico (PER) Fluminense

Velez Sarsfield (ARG) Union Espanola (CHI)
LDU (ECU) Lanus (ARG)

River Plate (URU) Vitoria
San Lorenzo (ARG) Cienciano (PER)

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En un partido luchado, Lanús venció por 1 a 0 a River Plate y lo eliminó de la Copa Sudamericana, en primera ronda. El conjunto de Zubeldía había ganado en el partido de ida, jugado en el Monumental, por 2 a 1.

El encuentro, jugado bajo una intensa lluvia, tuvo una dura batalla en el mediocampo.

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Lanús 1 - River Plate 0
River perdió con Lanús, se despidió temprano de la Copa Sudamericana y mostró nuevamente que no sabe cómo jugar los torneos internacionales. Seguramente, desde los principales medios de comunicación, se pedirá a gritos la cabeza del entrenador; sin embargo, ¿No hay otros culpables? Click to continue reading...

Another 1-0 win for the home side in the second all-Argentine Copa Sudamericana preliminary tie saw domestic champions Vélez Sársfield progress to the first round proper after a 2-1 aggregate win over Boca Juniors. Martín Palermo was sent off for the visitors for a violent challenge on national side left back Emiliano Papa, and Jonathan [. Click to continue reading...

After the 0-0 in the first-leg, Botafogo received Atletico-PR at home. After 10 matches, Bota won for the first time. Uesley scored forst for Atletico-PR, and in the final moments of first-half, Lucio Flavio tied from the spot. In the second-half, Gabriel scored the second for the home team.

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Velez Sarsfield 1 - Boca Juniors 0
Amigos de TM, el primer objetivo de Boca ya es historia, el equipo de Basile no pudo con Vélez y dejo otra vez una pálida imagen, especialmente en el segundo tiempo.
La Banda de Homero no podía faltar a la cita copera, en la casa del campeón del último torneo local, realmente se jugó un gran partido, el primer tiempo tuvo de todo, llegadas, buenas jugadas y alguna pierna fuerte. Click to continue reading...

• Oh Ibracadabra... He who looks ever so eloquent! How strange it must have been for him to return to San Siro. Well at least Julio Cesar was kind about the whole thing. Mano bumped into the Swede who was his former teammate in the tunnel before last night's Champions League showdown.

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Vélez volvió a dar una muestra de porque, hoy por hoy, se encuentra entre los mejores equipos de nuestro país. El último campeón del fútbol argentino venció a Boca Juniors por 1 a 0 con gol de Jonathan Cristaldo, a los 60 minutos, y se clasificó para los octavos de final de la Copa Sudamericana 2009, donde enfrentará a Unión Española, de Chile.

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