Flu 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 championship or championship caliber performance, our team is taken apart right under our noses.
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América 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.
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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.
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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.
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Category: Tournament NewsThe Vultures Are Circling.
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In an effort to keep the continental and European clubs from completely picking apart this great Libertadores Cup winning side, LDU Quito has promised to do all they can to keep this squad together so that they can represent South America in the Club World Cup in Japan this December with a side resembling the one that played this last Wednesday.
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Category: Tournament NewsSalt on the Wound.
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It turns out that Fluminense not only lost the Libertadores Cup last week but they also were unable to collect their portion of the money made at the gate.
Yup, that’s right, even the money that was guaranteed to come to them, somehow slipped through their fingers.
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Category: Tournament NewsAn Epic Final Match in Rio de Janeiro.
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Another unbelievable match took place last night in Rio’s giant Maracaná Stadium. We were witness to an amazing spectacle that offered, again, a bit of everything. I don’t think I’m the first to say that the teams had a bit of a role reversal with respect to the final last week in Quito.
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Category: Tournament News90,000 Sober Fans? BooOOOooOOOoooo!!!!
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The CBF (Confederação Brasileira de Futebol) have decided to extend their dry stadium policy to tonight’s final match at the Maracaná stadium. What does this mean in plain English? No alcohol at the stadium.
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Category: Tournament NewsLDU Quito Takes On Fluminense at the Maracaná for the Cup Title. (I can’t sell it any better than that, right there.)
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Fluminense Football Club vs. Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito (Estadio Maracaná, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
LIVE @ 5:30pm on Fox Sports Español. Gamecast here. Online TV here.
The first leg was a tale of two halves. In the first half, we saw a wonderfully attacking exhibition of pure football by LDU Quito. In the second, a completely different match presented itself. An LDU team whose offensive production fell notably and a Fluminense team that was able to get their second goal, a goal that could cost LDU the title tonight. LDU Quito won the first half by many country miles outscoring Flu 4-1 and Fluminense was able to squeeze out a 1-0 win in the second half.
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Category: Tournament NewsLDU Quito Dominate in Front of Their Fans.
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There was lots to make this match memorable, the constant pressure, the shower of goals (an unheard of number of goals for a final match), raucous fans who then went mysteriously silent and plenty of good football for the casual observer. If you are a Fluminense fan, my apologies, if you are an LDU fan, congrats, your boys played a hell of a first half that was enough to carry a nice lead back with you to Rio de Janeiro in seven days time.
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