Copa Libertadores de América

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The first half was alright. A little boring and neither team wanting to take many chances. U de Chile played tentatively but was able to dictate the pace for some time in the first half. The second half picked up, especially after the first goal. And then it was all Chivas with a sprinkling of U de Chile action in there.
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Let’s catch up…

So, I get it.

I missed most of the competition.

That’s the glass half empty perspective of this situation. The glass half full perspective?

I’m here for the part of the competition that really warrants a solid look.

So let’s get started. It’s the semifinals!!
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Alright enough with the back and forth, the hemming and hawing. I’m finally back.

Maybe because it’s been long enough, or I’ve run out of excuses, or I’ve truly missed the late nights with 4 match reviews followed by 4 match reports or maybe it’s because I’ve caught World Cup fever but really? I don’t think it matters. Did you miss me? Maybe not. But we’re both here so let’s try this again. Shall we?
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Well, this news is about a month old, but for those of you who don’t follow the Libertadores like I do, this is news nonetheless. While I do hope it’s a little more professional than the picture here, the draw date for the 2009 Copa Libertadores has been set which means that CONMEBOL now have a date a time to be late to.
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Sorry about the tardiness of this post as I felt it would be weird to move on to a different topic and not say anything about this match. I attached match highlights, as you are all aware, this is pretty old news–over a month old in fact–but Boca has drawn level with the great European title winning power of AC Milan on number of international trophies won. No small feat.
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Last night’s match was a very exciting one which had a little of everything, nice ball movement, close tough marking/fouls, explosive offense, great saves by the keepers and even a club record equaled.
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Arsenal de Sarandi vs. Club Atlético Boca Juniors (Estadio Juan Domingo Perón – “El Cilindro”, Avellaneda, Argentina)

LIVE @ 3:30pm PST on Fox Sports Español. No Gamecast, sorry. Online TV here.

This Cup, also known as the South American Super Cup, is a two legged affair that pits the winners of the Copa Libertadores and the winner of the Copa Sudamericana against each other. This competition takes the previous year’s winners of the aforementioned cups since it takes place in August during the opening stages of the Sudamericana.
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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 million. His time with the German club was plagued with injury after injury and an inability to break into some regular first team football. He made the news again recently when the club released him and again with this article from Bild.
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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.
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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 Alegre to sign his new contract tomorrow.
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