Category Archives: Continental football

Copa Libertadores 2012: Argentina’s challengers

Posted on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 by

Tuesday night sees Arsenal de Sarandí get the ball rolling in the first match of the 2012 Copa Libertadores, which is being played as this post goes online because I hadn’t realised it kicked off so early in the evening. … Continue reading →

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Apertura 2011: A three-way battle ends with Godoy Cruz in the Libertadores (video)

Posted on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 by

The 2011 Torneo Apertura ended on Monday with, among other matches, three games which affected the battle for Copa Libertadores 2012 qualification. With Racing, Independiente, Tigre and Godoy Cruz all going into the last round with hopes of qualifying for … Continue reading →

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Copa Sudamericana 2011: Vélez stumble in their semi-final first leg

Posted on Thursday, 24 November 2011 by

Vélez Sarsfield suffered a setback in Quito in the first leg of their Copa Sudamericana semi-final, away to LDU Quito. With two goals from Hernán Barcos, the Argentine former Racing  and Huracán striker, Liga won 2-0 at home to set … Continue reading →

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Copa Sudamericana: Vélez win a thriller late on to advance to the semis (video)

Posted on Friday, 11 November 2011 by

Thursday night was the time for Vélez Sarsfield’s quarter-final second leg in the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, and it was a brilliant match. Having drawn the first leg 1-1 away to Santa Fe of Colombia last week, Vélez stormed into a … Continue reading →

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Copa Sudamericana: Independiente go out despite a win (video)

Posted on Wednesday, 12 October 2011 by

Defending Copa Sudamericana champions exited the tournament at the hands of 2009 winners Liga de Quito on Wednesday night, winning 1-0 on the night in the Estadio Libertadores de América but losing 2-1 on aggregate by virtue of Liga’s 2-0 … Continue reading →

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River Plate hit seven in the Nacional B, Vélez win away in the Sudamericana (video)

Posted on Wednesday, 5 October 2011 by

It was inevitable, in spite of a certain lack of cohesion in their play to date, that at some point River Plate were going to click and put in a good team performance, and that their opponents that day were … Continue reading →

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Brazil beat Argentina; Independiente lose in Quito (video)

Posted on Thursday, 29 September 2011 by

In the Superclásico de las Américas, Argentina’s domestic national team lost 2-0 to their Brazilian counterparts on Wednesday night in Belém, going down to a 2-0 aggregate loss. Lucas opened the scoring for Brazil, and Vélez Sarsfield defender Emiliano Papa … Continue reading →

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Vélez click into gear to thrash Arsenal in Copa Sudamericana (video)

Posted on Friday, 9 September 2011 by

Vélez Sarsfield have had a woeful start to the season, by their own high standards, but on Thursday night their engine finally crunched and ground into the gear they’d been looking for, and the result was a 4-0 thrashing of … Continue reading →

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Independiente win with a caretaker boss (video)

Posted on Thursday, 8 September 2011 by

Wednesday night saw two big matches in Argentina: Independiente vs San Martín de San Juan, left over from the first round of the Torneo Apertura due to Independiente’s pre-season trip to Japan, and Godoy Cruz vs Lanús in the second … Continue reading →

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In the latest episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam and the Dans discuss Denis Stracqualursi, and what Everton fans can expect from him in the Premier League, and an interesting weekend of Torneo Apertura matches which saw the championship finally … Continue reading →

Posted on Thursday, 1 September 2011 by