Posts Tagged ‘Arsenal de Sarandi’
De Futebol
Lot’s of great futebol going on south of the border.
Santos battles Cerro Porteno in the first leg in the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores.
This puppy will be played in Peixe’s house in Sao Paulo.
Santos has one of the best young players in world Neymar.
The second leg will be play in Assuncao, Paraguay.
Peixe is the only remaining Brasileiro side left in the competition.
On Thursday, Penarol battles Velez Sarsfield in Montevidéu, Uruguay.
One Uruguay side, one Paraguay side, one Argentinos side, and Brasileiro side have made it to the final four.
In the Argentinos Clausura, Velez Sarsfield is in the pole position with 30 points.
Second place belongs to Godoy Cruz with 27.
Third place has Lanus with 26.
Fourth place finds Olimpo with 25 points.
River Plate is in fifth place with 23.
Boca is holding steady in 9th place with 22 points.
El Fortin defeated Gimnasia 2-0.
Los Millionaires and San Lorenzo tied one all.
Los Xeneizes and Arsenal de Sarandi tied two all.
Let games begin.
Saturday is the big day.
Man U-Barcelona battle for the Champions League crown.
The last time these two sides met in the final Barca had their way with Sir Alex and his guys 2-0.
Will Saturday be a repeat of this?
It could well be.
The Barca cheaters have one of the best players in the world Lionel Messi. His wing mates are David Villa, Pedro, and Xavi.
Camp Nou has a ton of team speed.
The mighty boys from Old Trafford have Dimitar Berbatov, Wayne Rooney, and Chicharito.
This should be a great one.
The Red Devils are playing in their house Wembley.
Will this make a difference?
It could.
The cheaters from Barca should win.
But don’t count out Sir Alex.
He has many tricks in his bag of tricks.
Pepe is a master também.
Flamenguista for life.
De Futebol
Boca once again is stinking the joint out. Boca Juniors lost to relegation bound Gimnasia La Plata 1-0.
This is not good. After Abel Alves was given his walking papers Boca responded by thrashing Arsenal 4-0 on Monday.
Boca reverted to their old ways.
With the win Gimnasia moved out of the drop zone
Marco Perez was the hero for Gimnasia when he nailed as screamer of a free kick to seal the deal.
Los Xeneizes are falling apart at the seams. Stars Martine Palermo and Riquelme are fighting. This resulted in Boca losing to bottom feeder Gimnasia.
However, Gimnasia now can breath somewhat easier for they are a step above the heave-hoe zone.
San Lorenzo shut out Huracan 3-0. Newell’s Old Boys and Rosario Central tied nil-nil.
Racing beat Velez Sarsfield 3-1.
River Plate finally tickled the twines. Los Millonarios beat front-runner Godoy 2-1.
Surprise, surprise, surprise River finally came away with a win. It only took River Plate almost a month.
The loss dropped Godoy Cruz outta first place to fourth. Godoy has 28 points.
Estudiantes is in first place with 30 points. Independiente has 30 points too but Estudiantes has a better goal difference a plus fourteen to a plus eight.
Argentinos Juniors is in third place with 29 points.
Argentinos and Arsenal de Sarandi tied two all on Monday.
De Futebol
Botafogo took care of business. Fogao shut out Vasco 2-0 to win the first round of the Campeonato de Rio. Botafogo lifted the Taça Guanabara trophy.
This win secures Fogao a spot in the Carioca finals for the fifth straight year.
Flamengo is going for a four peat.
We lost to Botafogo in the semifinals.
All we have to do is make it to the Taça Rio finals and win. Then we can kick Botafogo’s butts in the Carioca finals to give us Flamenguistas the four peat.
Revenge is sweet.
This sounds confusing but it isn’t. This is how things are done in Rio de Janeiro.
Fabio Ferreira ripped the header home off great corner kick in the 70th minute. Ferreira showed some serious hops when he out leaped three Vasco defenders including the keeper.
This goal took the steam out of Vasco’s sails. Vasco seemed to give up.
Nilton went bananas and was given the heave-hoe in the 72nd minute.
Vasco was really frustrated. Botafogo was awarded a free kick in the 83rd minute. This well placed free kick into the top of the box forced Gigante Colina defender Titi to grab Fogao attacker Loco Abreu.
Abreu nailed this sucker in the 84th minute to seal the deal for Botafogo.
Fogao wins in a cakewalk 2-0.
Revenge is sweet for Botafogo. Fogao lost to Vasco 6-0 in the preliminary round of the Guanabara.
The Evil Empire Sao Paulo had their heads handed to them by Palmeiras. Palmeiras snapped a three match winless streak. The Palmeirenses were calling for head of new head coach Antonio Carlos. Carlos took over after Muricy Ramalho was fired after the 4-1 loss to Sao Caetano.
Tricolor’s Xandao committed a stupid challenge in the 52nd minute when Eduardo flat out beat him. Xandao was given the red card.
His heave-hoe led directly to both of Verdao’s goals in the 54th and 69th minute by Robert.
In the Clausura, River Plate and Arsenal de Sarandi tied at one all. Boca Juniors and Godoy tied at one all as well.
Both River Plate and Boca are struggling big time. Neither side can get off the schnid and get the “W”.
This is very sad to see these two storied clubs stinking joint out big time.
Velez Sarsfield and Colon de Santa Fe each have eleven points. Velez has a plus seven-goal difference to give them first place. Colon has a plus three-goal difference.
Godoy is in third place with nine points.
Boca is in tenth place with six points.
River Plate is currently in fifteenth place with five points.
