Category Archives: Copa Libertadores

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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Hand Of Pod end of season review with special guest Tim Vickery

Posted on Wednesday, 29 June 2011 by

The end of season special of Hand Of Pod is an epic – an hour and three quarters – for which I apologise, but there’s good reason: South American football broadcasting legend Tim Vickery was talking to us in person over … Continue reading →

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In the 23rd episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Seba and Dan return to guide our listeners into the closing rounds of the Torneo Clausura. We cover the Nigeria v Argentina match last week which is being investigated by … Continue reading →

Posted on Wednesday, 8 June 2011 by

Libertadores: Vélez out on away goals in semi-final thriller (video)

Posted on Friday, 3 June 2011 by

Vélez Sarsfield exited the Copa Libertadores on Thursday night in a thrilling match against Uruguayan giants Peñarol, in which the visitors took the lead on the night to go ahead 2-0 on aggregate, and eventually went through on away goals … Continue reading →

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Libertadores: Vélez lose semi first leg in Uruguay

Posted on Friday, 27 May 2011 by

Vélez Sarsfield suffered their first defeat of their Copa Libertadores knockout stages on Thursday night, losing 1-0 to Uruguayan giants Peñarol in Montevideo’s Estadio Centenario. Darío Rodríguez scored the game’s only goal on the stroke of half time to complicate … Continue reading →

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We had difficulty shutting up this week. A full 45 minutes of actually quite good stuff (if we say so ourselves) was cut, and the podcast still comes in at over an hour. Diego Maradona is the focus of much … Continue reading →

Posted on Thursday, 26 May 2011 by

Libertadores: Vélez storm into the semis (video)

Posted on Thursday, 19 May 2011 by

Vélez Sarsfield returned to the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores seventeen years after they last reached that stage on Wednesday night, with a 4-2 away win over Libertad in Asunción, Paraguay. The scoreline meant a 7-2 aggregate victory for Vélez, … Continue reading →

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Copa Libertadores: Vélez take a step towards the semis (video)

Posted on Friday, 13 May 2011 by

Vélez Sarsfield weren’t allowed to play the home leg of their Copa Libertadores quarter-final in the Estadio José Amalfitani on Thursday, owing to incidents involving pyrotechnics during Monday’s Primera División match against Banfield, and as a result they played in … Continue reading →

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In the nineteenth episode of Hand Of Pod, me, Dan, Seba and Dan greet a couple of special guests to preview this Sunday’s superclásico in La Bombonera. Samuel (no, not Sam) is our tamed River Plate fan, and the four … Continue reading →

Posted on Wednesday, 11 May 2011 by