Boca Juniors was booted out of the Copa Libertadores after its fans sprayed players from its Buenos Aires rival River Plate with an irritant substance during theteams’ round of 16 second-leg match at La Bombonera earlier this week. The incident happened as players emerged for the second half of a finely balanced game tied at […]
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Boca-River Copa Match Suspended
The Copa Libertadores round-of-16 match between bitter Argentine rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate was suspended on Thursday after River Plate players were sprayed with a substance that seemed toaffect their vision and irritated their eyes. It was probably pepper spray. The first half of the match ended 0-0, but as River players entered the […]
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The Superclasico Trilogy, Part Two
The second game of what Argentines are calling the “trilogy” of Superclasicos between Boca Juniors and River Plate, the hated rivals of Buenos Aires, begins on Thursday night atRiver’s Monumental Stadium in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores round of 16. Boca won game one of the trilogy, 2-0, at La Bombonera on Sunday […]
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Video Pick: Copa Libertadores golazo by Omar Perez
In the penultimate round of Copa Libertadores group play, Colombia’s Santa Fe took the Group 1 lead with a 3-0 win at Chile’s Colo Colo in a game that included this wonderful golazo by 34-year-oldArgentine Omar Perez.
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Alvarado and Castillo start in road wins
Young Mexican-American Ventura Alvarado, who started for Club America in Wednesday’s 3-0 win at Saprissa in the first leg of their Scotiabank Concacaf ChampionsLeague quarterfinal series, looks more and more like he’s headed to play for the U.S national team. Mexico coach Miguel Herrera said in a radiointerview he has enough cover for the time […]
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San Lorenzo Wins Copa Libertadores
Argentina’s San Lorenzo on Wednesday won the Copa Libertadores with a 1-0 win at home to Paraguay’s Nacional in the second leg of the final’s two-game series, giving the Buenos Airesclub a 2-1 win on aggregate. Following a handball in the box, Nestor Ortigoza converted a penalty in the 36th minute to give San Lorenzo […]
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Last-Gasp Equalizer Ties Copa Libertadores Final
Nacional on Wednesday received a last-gasp lifeline from substitute Julio Santa Cruz as the Paraguayan club eked out a draw in the first-leg of its two-gameCopa Libertadores final series against San Lorenzo, which finished 1-1 in Asuncion. Though the Argentine visitor dominated throughout, Nacional keeper IgnacioDon kept his team in the game, despite going behind […]
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A costly miss from two yards out
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] Robert Herrera of Uruguayan club Defensor Sporting managed to hit the crossbar instead of the net from two yards out –a rueful miss as his team needed a two-goal win over Paraguay’s Nacional to avoid defeat in their Copa Libertadores semifinal series. Nacional had won the first leg, 2-0, and […]
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Atletico to Sign Argentine Sensation
Atlético Madrid on Wednesday agreed to sign 19-year-old forward Angel Correa from San Lorenzo in his native Argentina on a five-year contract, pending a medical. Atleti faces a summerof transition following a sensational 2013/14 campaign which saw the club win La Liga and make it to the UEFA Champions League final, with coach Diego Simeone […]