Copa Libertadores de América
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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 had earned themselves a spot in the upcoming continental tournaments.
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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.
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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 brilliance now and again that make one believe that he’s finally arrived but he never fully reaches the peak of what his potential suggests he is capable of.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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