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Better Luck This Side of the Pond?
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Last week, Bild, the German National Enquirer for sport voted Juan Pablo Sorin as one of the 20 biggest failures of the recent football transfer market. The Argentine left side, offensive defender transferred to Hamburg of the Bundesliga just after the 2006 World Cup, where he had some solid performances, from Villareal CF for €3 [...]
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Tags: AC Milan, Alejandro Delorte, Alvaro Pereira, Argentinos Juniors, Aris Salonica, Caen, CFR Cluj, Club Atlético River Plate, Copa Libertadores 2008, Copa Sudamericana 2008, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, FC Barcelona, Greek Super League, Hamburger SV, Juan Pablo Sorin, Juventus, Pablo Barzola, Roberto Battión, SS Lazio, Tournament News, Villareal CFAnderson Signs for São Paulo.
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No, not that Anderson. This Anderson is 29 year-old Anderson Cléber, recently signed by São Paulo from Olympique Lyonnais in France’s Ligue 1. Anderson will remain with the club until June of 2009 and is currently recovering from a knee injury, which he sustained during a French league match against Sochaux.
Category: Tournament News Tags: Alex Silva, Aloisio, Anderson Cléber, André Lima, Brazilian Olympic team, Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Copa Libertadores 2008, Copa Sudamericana 2008, Corinthians, Dynamo Kiev, Hernanes, Hertha Berlin, Joao Miranda, Olympique Lyonnais, Rodrigo, Rogerio Ceni, Sao Paulo Futebol Clube, Tournament NewsAnd Finally, D’Allesandro Goes to Inter.
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River Plate
Today, San Lorenzo finalized Andrés D’Alessandro’s transfer to Internacional of Porto Alegre. The transfer had been on ice since last week and San Lorenzo has completed their involvement. Now, the player and his new club await a fax confirming the transfer from his old club in Spain, Real Zaragoza. D’Alessandro will be in Porto [...]
Category: Tournament NewsStill Something to Play For in Uruguay.
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While the rest of the world seems to have come to a standstill, in football terms, down in Uruguay, there are still matches being played that mean something to the clubs that are participating. This weekend saw the Uruguayan Liguilla (that’s playoffs in Spanish) come closer to an end and more importantly, defined which teams [...]
Category: Tournament NewsRonaldinho, the Gift That Keeps On Giving.
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Now while covering this story might seem a little out of my patch, let me set your minds at ease by telling you that it affected a team that will be participating in the Copa Sudamericana that I will also be starting to cover when it begins at the end of this month.
Category: Tournament News Tags: AC Milan, Copa Sudamericana, FC Barcelona, Gremio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Paris Saint Germain, Tournament NewsPipino Moves His Goals to Brazil and Nacional Lose Their Heart.
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Nelson “Pipino” Cuevas has left Club Libertad in his native Paraguay to join his new team Santos of Brazil. Cuevas, who, in my opinion, had the best years of his career back at River Plate and had a good performance with his national team Paraguay in the 2002 World Cup. Still, he has flashes of [...]
Category: Tournament NewsFlu Loses Players as Well.
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While most of us South Americans love to see our squads do very well in the local leagues, as well as in the continental cups, we all know that only calls attention to our very inexpensive and talented players from European teams. So much so that while we are still riding the high of a [...]
Category: Tournament NewsAmérica Make Some Moves.
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Continuing with the dismantling of various teams, this Copa Libertadores served as a shop window for many players who performed exceptionally or have performed exceptionally in the past and have shown that they are still players that can be counted on.
Category: Tournament NewsFinalists to Be Part of Beijing Olympics.
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The coaches of Argentina and Brazil’s Olympic teams have spoken and the list of players called up for their respective Olympic teams has made news. Among the two teams are players who had a hand in making this year’s Copa Libertadores a memorable one.
Category: Tournament NewsNew Champions, Qualify for the Copa Libertadores 2009 Edition
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I know, I know, it’s about 7 months out but I’m already thinking of next year’s Copa Libertadores. And with that in mind, a few more teams have qualified for that competition by winning a local league title before the summer break here.
Category: Tournament News Tags: Boyacá Chicó, Copa Libertadores 2009, Qualifying, Sport Recife, Tournament News, Universitario de Sucre
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