Despite losing on Thursday night, Internacional of Brazil and Universidad de Chile advanced to the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores, the premier club championship in South America. The campaign, which returns following the 2010 World Cup, saw them join Chivas de Guadalajara and Sao Paulo in the final four. In the 89th minute,[…]
South America’s top club competition, the Copa Libertadores, saw Sao Paulo move to the semifinals after defeating Cruzeiro 2-0 on Wednesday night at the Morumbi stadium. The outcome was the same as the one they achieved in Belo Horizonte during the opening leg last week. Hernanes scored a goal in the game. […]
Despite losing 2-0 to Libertad of Paraguay on Tuesday at the Defensores del Chaco stadium in Asuncion, Chivas de Guadalajara made it to the Copa Libertadores semi-finals. After winning 3-0 in the first leg of the match at the Jalisco stadium last week, the Mexican giants advanced 3-2 overall […]
At the Beira-Rio stadium in Porto Alegre on Thursday night, Internacional defeated Estudiantes de La Plata 1-0 in the first leg of their Copa Libertadores quarterfinal matchup thanks to a header from Uruguayan center-back Gonzalo Sorondo. The Brazilians are one draw away from advancing to the South American semifinals. […]
Wednesday’s opening leg of the all-Brazilian Copa Libertadores quarterfinal matchup in Belo Horizonte saw Sao Paulo stun Cruzeiro with a 2-0 victory. Prior to the second leg at the Morumbi stadium, the Tricolor Paulista won a critical match that puts them in a strong position to proceed to the competition’s semifinals. […]
As a result of Tuesday’s 3-0 demolition of Paraguay’s Libertad in the first leg of their quarterfinal match at the Jalisco stadium, Chivas de Guadalajara are now one win away from the Copa Libertadores semifinals. Chivas outperformed their opponents by a wide margin, maintaining their prospects of becoming the first Mexican team to win the coveted South […]
On Thursday in Asuncion, Colombia’s Libertad rallied from behind to upset Once Caldas 2-1 in a thrilling match played in pouring rain. After the first leg of the match, which was played in Manizales last week, went scoreless, the outcome guaranteed the Paraguayans a spot in the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals. Libertad received a presentation of […]
Despite losing to Corinthians 2-1 on Wednesday night at the Pacaembu stadium in Sao Paulo, Flamengo nonetheless advanced to the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals. The Mengao advanced thanks to the away goals rule after defeating their opponents 1-0 in the first leg of the match last week in Rio de Janeiro. To the […]
Following a 0-0 draw in both legs on Tuesday, Sao Paulo advanced to the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals by defeating Universitario of Peru 3-1 on penalties. Sao Paulo, the competition’s three-time champion, was anticipated to easily defeat the Peruvians, but they lacked grit in their play and were lucky to […]
Cruzeiro defeated Uruguay’s Nacional 3-1 on Thursday night at the Mineirao stadium, advancing them one step closer to the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals. Brazilians dominated the game for the majority of the time, leading by three goals at halftime thanks to Thiago Ribeiro’s outstanding hat-trick. The titans of Belo Horizonte pushed to […]