Boca Juniors is sure stinking the joint out lately. Velez Sarsfield shut them out on Sunday 2-0. That’s two straight bone-crushing defeats suffered by Boca.
Both of Velez Sarsfield goals came in the second half. The first, when Hernan Lopez ripped a winner in the 61st minute. Two minutes later Jonathan Cristaldo found the back of the nest in 63rd minute to make 2-0 Velez Sarsfield.

Boca is now free falling very fast to the bottom of the table.

River Plate finally found a win. River defeated Independiente 2-0. Both teams missed a gimmie penalty shot. Diego Barrado touched the twines in the 29th minute for River make 1-0. In the 37th minute Radamel Falco Garcia rocket found the back of the net to make 2-0 River. That was the old ballgame.

Lanus moved ahead of Velez Sarsfield in the standings. On Saturday, Lanus defeated Banfield 1-0. Lanus has 31 points. Velez Sarsfield has 30 points. River Plate and Estudiantes are tied for fifth spot with 23 points but Estudiantes is ahead on goal difference. Boca has fallen to 17th spot with 16 points.

The crazies were at it again in Sao Paulo, Brasil. Just before the match between Palmeiras and Sao Paulo, the boozed up fans decided to put on a show. They threw bricks, stones, and god knows what at each other. Thirty people were suffered minor injures and about 150 were detained by the cops. Oh yeah, the match ended in nil-nil draw between Sao Paulo and Palmeiras. Sao Paulo is really struggling so far this season in the Campeonato do Brasil. Sao Paulo has zero wins, one loss, and two ties.

Sao Paulo takes on rival Cruzeiro in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday.

uol.com.br has this to say about the upcoming match on Wednesday: “O Cruzeiro não é favorito. O São Paulo é uma excelente equipe. Acho que vai ser um excelente jogo. O Cruzeiro tem de impor o ritmo, jogar bem, porque estará dentro de sua casa, no Mineirão. A gente tem de respeitar o São Paulo. É um equipe de muita tradição”, observou o zagueiro Leonardo Silva.

Cruzeiro is the favorite but the players for Cruzeiro deeply respect Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo is a very good team but Cruzeiro needs to win at their house.
Ronaldo will be out at least two weeks due to an injured calf muscle. He missed Corinthians 2-1 win over Barueri on Saturday. This is Ronaldo’s first real competition since he blew out his knee almost about a year ago.

My guess Ronaldo’s body is breaking down due to the strenuous nature of world-class competitive futebol. He’s over thirty and maybe its time for him to retire. Just a thought, that’s all.