Partidazos
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.
Game of the week - 8 April 2011 When Santos hosted Colo-Colo in group five of Copa Libertadores
2011 few people would have expected the game to be as enthralling as the 3-2 win for Colo-Colo in
the reverse fixture. If anything Santos' 3-2 win in the return fixture was even more action packed,
with five goals, five red cards and a host of other incidents.
Game of the week - 1 April 2011 On 26 March 2011 two struggling sides in the Colombian league met
in Barranquilla in the eighth round of the Apertura 2011 tournament. The hosts Junior had been
enjoying a successful start to their Copa Libertadores 2011 campaign with four straight wins but
back at home their league form was dismal with only two wins in their first seven games.
The Rest
Part of the Partidozo series Security staff at the game use their riot shields to shelter from the
first half hailstorm. On 5 July 2009, fans at the Estadio Amalfitani were witness to one of the
most epic and controversial games in the history of Argentine club football. The match was the very
last game of the Clausura 2009 tournament which had fatefully matched the top two sides in an end
Before Cruzeiro and Estudiantes met in the opening round of Group 7 in the 2011 Copa Libertadores
many people had selected the encounter out as the pick of the first round of games. It was widely
expected that the Argentine champions Estudiantes would give Cruzeiro a tough game however the home
side barely gave their visitors a chance to get started before Wallyson bundled the ball home
affter