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Nacional B in Argentina is getting down to the butt end of the season. Six points separate the top four clubs. Yes, Martha there will be a dogfight to see who gets the top two spots. These two sides will get promoted to the big boys league in Argentina. 

Rosario Central is the main man with 68 points. River Plate and Instituto de Cordoba each has 66 points. Quilmes has 62 points.

There are four matches left. So points are at a premium for the top guys. Losses and ties will do Los Canallas, Los Millionaires, La Gloria, and El Cervecero more harm than good and could cost them big time.

The Copa Libertadores resumes play tonight. Boca Juniors takes a little trip to Rio de Janeiro to battle Fluminense. Los Xeneizes has a 1-0 lead on aggregate. An away goal by Boca will kill Flu out right.

Corinthians and Vasco will take to the pitch in Sao Paulo to settle this war. Both sides are nil-nil on aggregate.

UOL wrote this about the Boca Flu match. “O Fluminense terá pela frente nesta quarta-feira um time comandado por um jogador de primeira grandeza e que está mais do que habituado a jogar e conquistar a Copa Libertadores. O argentino Juan Román Riquelme, camisa 10 do Boca Juniors, é recordista de jogos pelo clube nesta competição ao lado de Clemente Rodriguez, com impressionantes 61 partidas, e nada menos que 23 gols. Além disso, a estrela comandou o time em três das seis vezes em que a taça foi parar na Bombonera (1977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2003 e 2007). E sempre passando por cima de rivais brasileiros.”

http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/libertadores/ultimas-noticias/2012/05/22/fluminense-tenta-frear-carrasco-brasileiro-riquelme-para-seguir-na-libertadores.htm

UOL wrote this about the Gigante de Colina Timao war. Cristóvão Borges, técnico do Vasco, diz acreditar que o time está evoluindo consideravelmente no que diz respeito ao mata-mata da Copa Libertadores. Na próxima quarta-feira, o adversário será o Corinthians, às 22h, no Pacaembu, pelas quartas de final da competição continental. Em um duelo com promessa de equilíbrio, o fator mental será fundamental para definir o semifinalista.

Como de costume, o treinador vascaíno não definiu os onze titulares, mas a tendência é a de repetir a formação da primeira partida, que terminou empatada por 0 a 0. Uma igualdade com gols garante a vaga ao clube de São Januário. Para avançar, os comandados de Cristóvão Borges precisam colocar a evolução da fase eliminatória e controle mental em prática.”

http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/libertadores/ultimas-noticias/2012/05/22/cristovao-ve-vasco-evoluindo-no-mata-mata-e-aposta-em-mental-contra-corinthians.htm

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River Plate escaped falling into third place by the hair of their chinny chin chin. Los Millionaires and Guillermo Brown tied at two all. River Plate gave up a late goal this could have cost em big time. Los Millionaires has a superior goal difference and this saved their asses.

Rosario Central shut out Atletico Tucuman 2-0.

Instituto de Cordoba killed Almirante Brown 3-1.

Los Canallas is top dog with 68 points. River Plate and La Gloria are tied on points with 66. Los Millionaires is a plus 36. Instituto de Cordoba is a plus 31.

Almirante Brown was born January 17^th, 1922. The closest Almirante Brown came to making it to the big boys league was in 1991-92. They missed by one game. Atletico Tucuman beat them in the final game.

Boca Juniors sits atop the leader board with 29 points. Tigre and Newell’s Old Boys are tied on points with 28. Matador is a plus eleven. La Lepra is plus eight.

Newell’s Old Boys lost to Tigre 3-1. Los Xeneizes defeated Racing 2-0. La Lepra’s loss to Matador couple with Boca’s win over Racing allowed Los Xeneizes leapfrog back to the top stop in the Clausura.

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West Ham has booked their spot in the EPL for next season. In a wild and wooly match played at Wembley by the Hammers and Seasiders, West Ham came away with a crazy 2-1 win over Blackpool.

The Hammers scored first. Carlton Cole gave West Ham the early 1-0 lead in the 35^th minute. Matty Taylor set up this sucker off the counter attack. Taylor raced up the pitch and laid off a great thread the needle pass to mate Cole.

The Seasiders responded in the 48^th minute. Thomas Ince knocked home the winner from the left wing.

Blackpool had their chances in the second half but they couldn’t push the rock past the goal line.

West Ham scored the winner in the 87^th minute. The Hammers put a ton of pressure on the Seasiders defenders in the box. A huge scramble ball resulted in a put back goal off a missed shot by Ricardo Vaz Te.

Vaz Te said this about the match winner, “It’s a great effort form the lads,” Vaz Te told Sky Sports. “It’s not about the goal – we showed great character. I think we deserved it. We’re a Premier League side and we deserved to go up.

 ”It’s terrific really. I feel like I have been blessed with a second chance in my career and it’s great to be here.”

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1074590/ricardo-vaz-te-delights-in-west-ham’s-play-off-victory?cc=5901

Sam Allardyce West Brom headman had this to say,  “Blackpool were easily as good as us today but it is about taking your chances and no more so that today,” he said. “We managed to swing it just at the death. It’s 49 games and it’s the first one we’ve won in the last few minutes this season. I’m sure (owners) David Sullivan and David Gold will be very happy.”

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1074590/ricardo-vaz-te-delights-in-west-ham’s-play-off-victory?cc=5901

This is the second time Allardyce has led a club back to the Promised Land.

Chelsea has risen from the dead. The Blues were down 1-0 late in the match against Bayern Munich. Didier Drogba nailed a later header in the 88^th minute to send this sucker into extra time. Drogba then committed a mortal sin in the first extra time. His foul on Franck Ribery set up the possible bone headed play of the match in the 93^rd minute.  Arjen Robben wore the choke collar very well. Robben’s choke city cost the DER FCB the Champions League. Neither side could score in extra time. Tied at one all the Blues and DER FCB went to the dreaded PK shootout. Bayern Munich missed two crucial PK shots to give Chelsea the chance to win it. Didier Drogba nailed the PK and this sent the Blues to the Promised Land. Chelsea wins in a wild one 4-3 in the PK shootout.

Futebol season is over in Europe but the regular season is heating up in South America.

Spurs fans are heart broken by Chelsea’s win. Tottenham is out of the Champions League.

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One final note. Do I have ESPN, I mean ESP or what. I told you that Didier Drogba would be the key. He was. The hero.

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The Champions League will be happening later today in Germany. Bayern Munich and Chelsea will duke it out to see who will wear the crown. No one expected the Blues and Der FCB to be in the finals. The idiot pundits said it would be Real Madrid and Barcelona. Both of these Spanish giants were sent packing by the dogs. You gotta love the dogs. Now the dogs will fight to see who will be the top dog.

This dogfight will be at Munich’s house. The Germans are expected to win but don’t count out Chelsea. I will be pulling for the Blues to win this sucker.

Watch out for Didier Drogba. He will be the key.

In the Copa Libertadores Boca Juniors got by Fluminense 1-0 at Los Xeneizes house. Pablo Mouche nailed the winner in the 51^st minute. Velez Sarsfield defeated defending Copa champion Santos 1-0. Mauro Ivan Obolo scored in the 35^th minute. Peixe lost in El Fortin house.

The return legs will be played in Brasil. Both Brasileiros sides just to need score and hold Boca and Velez Sarsfield scoreless and the trip to the semifinals is Peixe’s and Flu’s.

UOL wrote this about Fluminense 1-0 loss to Los Xeneizes. O primeiro lance de perigo da partida pertenceu ao Fluminense, numa boa trama do ataque, aos 11min. Rafael Moura fez boa jogada pela esquerda, cruzou para Wagner, que serviu Jean. O volante tricolor ganhou a jogada de Erbes e, por muito pouco, não abriu o placar. Dois minutos depois foi a vez de Rafael Sóbis escapar pela direita e cruzar para o xará Moura, que chegou atrasado e perdeu boa chance de marcar. O Boca só conseguiu responder aos 16min, num escanteio cobrado por Riquelme que Roncaglia escorou e obrigou Cavalieri a salvar com os pés.

A chance criada pelo Boca Juniors incendiou sua torcida e o time passou a ter controle do jogo. Aos 21min, Cvitanich recebeu cruzamento de Roncaglia e subiu sozinho no meio da defesa tricolor para cabecear com muito perigo, mas para fora, assustando o goleiro Diego Cavalieri. Aos 34min, o lateral Carlinhos tratou de complicar as coisas para o Fluminense ao colocar a mão na bola para impedir um contra-ataque argentino. O camisa 6 tricolor já havia recebido um cartão amarelo por falta infantil em Rivero e acabou expulso pelo árbitro colombiano José Buitrago.”

http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/libertadores/pos-jogo/2012/05/17/fluminense-desfigurado-nao-suporta-a-pressao-do-boca-e-cai-na-bombonera.htm

The difference in the match besides the goal was Carlinhos was given the heave-hoe and this act of stupidity cost Flu big time.

UOL has this to say about the Santos loss. “Neymar perdeu o duelo para o lateral direito improvisado, Peruzzi, que ameaçou o craque em tom de brincadeira antes da partida. O camisa 11 do Santos não conseguiu escapar da marcação quase individual do argentino, que ainda contava com o volante Cubero na sobra. Além de não render no ataque, o craque santista recebeu um cartão amarelo por simular uma falta.”

http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/libertadores/pos-jogo/2012/05/18/santos-de-neymar-nao-brilha-e-perde-para-o-velez-em-primeiro-duelo-contra-argentinos.htm

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The Copa Libertadores is near naming a champion. In quarterfinal action later today we’ll see Vasco and Corinthians tangle in a battle of Brasileiros futebol. This will be a rock em sock em futebol. First leg play is at Gigante de Colina’s house. The return leg will be at Timao’s house.

Libertad and Universidad de Chile will hock up in Asuncion. The return leg will be in Santiago, Chile.

Santos is the defending Copa champion. Peixe and Velez Sarsfield will have a duel in the sun on Thursday in Buenos Aires. Boca and Fluminense will play balls to wall at Los Xeneizes house Thursday também.

Boca Juniors has won the six titles with the last coming in 2007. Santos has won three titles. Vasco and Velez Sarsfield each have won one title.

Argentina has won 22 Copa’s. Brasil won 15. Uruguay eight and Chile one.

This competition began in 1960.

UOL wrote this “Dois confrontos equilibrados e com poucas oportunidades de gol. Desta forma, jogadores e comissão técnica do Vasco apostam nas partidas contra o Corinthians, pelas quartas de final da Copa Libertadores. A primeira, nesta quarta-feira, às 21h50, em São Januário. O Cruzmaltino espera conseguir uma vantagem mínima, mas acredita que a vaga na semifinal será decidida apenas nos últimos minutos do segundo jogo, dia 23, no Pacaembu.”

http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/libertadores/ultimas-noticias/2012/05/15/vasco-trabalha-vantagem-e-decisao-apenas-nos-ultimos-minutos-contra-o-corinthians.htm

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The hangovers hurt more than they used to. Man United is still reeling from getting their hearts ripped out by City’s last second win over QPR. Sir Alex fired another salvo at City.

“They can go on as much as they like – that’s what you would expect – but the history of our club stands us aside,” Ferguson said. “We don’t need to worry about that. I think we have a rich history, better than anyone and it’ll take them a century to get to our level of history.”

“We accept challenges. We are good at that,” said Ferguson. “At the start of the season, if I remember correctly, I said 82 points would probably win the league this season and we are seven points ahead of that. But look, it doesn’t matter, we’ve lost the league.

“It is a cruel way to have the title ripped away, but I’ve had a lot of ups and downs in my 25 years here. There will be times when we can sit back and say we did this wrong, we did that wrong, but 89 points would have won the league most seasons.”

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1070030/man-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson:-city-’100-years’-behind-us?cc=5901

Roberto Mancini said this-”We deserved it,” he said. “We played the best football. We scored the most goals, we conceded the fewest. We beat United twice.

“I have never seen a final like this though. In the history of the club, a final like this does not exist. I am very proud of my players though. They wanted to win this title until the last second of the last game.”

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1069995/roberto-mancini:-manchester-city-deserved-to-win?cc=5901

River Plate jumped to first place in the Argentinos Nacional B. Los Millionaires won on Saturday against Atletico Tucuman 4-2. Rosario Central defeated Aldosivi 2-1.

River Plate and Los Canallas are tied on points with 65 points. Los Millionaires is a plus 36. Rosario Central is a plus 18. Instituto de Cordoba is third with 63 points. La Gloria is a plus 30.

The top two sides get a get outta jail free card.

Newell’s Old Boys is the main man with 28 points. Boca Juniors is second with 26. Los Xeneizes and Velez Sarsfield tied nil-nil. La Lepra defeated Union 3-1 to take sole possession of first place. Tigre is third with 25 points. Arsenal de Sarandi has 25 points também but sits in fourth place. Matador is a plus nine. El Viaducto is a plus seven.

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All the spots are booked in the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores. Santos kicked ass and took names in their 8-0 win over Bolivar. Neymar led the way with the daily double. Elano and Ganso each hit the daily double também. Peixe wins 9-2 on aggregate.

Fluminense defeated Internacional 2-1 and won on aggregate 2-1. Fred’s goal in the 45^th minute sent Flu to the Promised Land.

Universidad de Chile destroyed Depor Quito 6-0. The Chilean side won on aggregate 7-4.

Flu will battle six time Copa champion Boca Juniors in the quarterfinals.

Corinthians and Vasco will duke it out.

Libertad and Universidad de Chile have a hot date.

Velez Sarsfield and Santos will wage war.

UOL wrote this about the ass whopping Peixe gave Bolivar. The hero was Neymar.” Os dois gols de Neymar na massacrante vitória sobre o Bolívar, por 8 a 0, pela Libertadores, junto com a “lambreta” dada sobre um defensor rival geraram bons destaques na imprensa internacional.

Um dos principais interessados no futebol do brasileiro, os espanhóis não pouparam elogios. O jornal “As”, da cidade de Madri, mostra o vídeo do que o brasileiro fez e diz que ele deu um “show” e mostrou o melhor de seu repertório técnico.”

http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/libertadores/ultimas-noticias/2012/05/11/show-e-lambreta-de-neymar-e-exaltada-na-imprensa-internacional-bolivianos-falam-em-humilhacao.htm

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Futebol is winding down for the season in Europe. In South America the real season begins. Let’s remember South America is the opposite of Europe and the good old USA. It’s wintertime in Brasil. The Serie A will kick off May 20^th. The Copa Libertadores is now in the knockout stage. A champion will be crowned and then they’ll join either Chelsea or Bayern Munich in he FIFA World Club title hunt that will happen in December.

Boca Juniors defeated Union Espanola 3-2 to advance on aggregate 5-3. Juan Riquelme led Los Xeneizes attack by scoring a goal and setting up two more. Corinthians shut out Emelec 3-0 to advance on aggregate 3-0. Lanus edged Vasco 2-1 to force a PK shootout. Both Gigante de Colina and Lanus were tied three all on aggregate. Vasco won in a PK shootout 5-4. Oh what a thrill it is.

The round of sixteen will commence on May 10^th.

My guys from Mengao stunk the joint out against Emelec in the Group stage and were thus sitting home in Rio weeping their eyes out. Flamenguista nation is pissed big time. We are not happy campers.

South America futebol doesn’t get much attention from the rest of the futebol world but many of the world’s top players come from Brasil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile just to name a few. The greatest player of all time is Pele. He’s a Brasileiro. He played most of his career with Santos. Pele ended his career with the New York Cosmos. Santos is a city in the State of Sao Paulo.

Sure everyone knows of Man City, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and the rest but let’s look at their collective rosters and one will find their best players are from South America.

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The English Championship ended their regular season. Reading and Southampton have punched their ticket to the big boys league. West Ham, Birmingham, Blackpool, and Cardiff City will have a playoff to see who will be third side to get their ticket punched to the EPL.

Jack Colson hit the daily double to lead West Ham to a 2-0 win over Cardiff City.

These two sides will meet again on Monday to decide which one advances to the championship game.

Later today Blackpool battles Birmingham in their first leg at the Seasiders house. The return leg will take place on Wednesday. Both Blues and Blackpool were sent down last year.

Instituto de Cordoba is still the top dog in Nacional B with 62 points. River Plate is hanging onto second place with 59 points. Rosario Central has 59 points também but Los Millionaires has a plus 33 while Los Canallas is plus 14. The top two teams will advance to D-1 ball in Argentina.

Last time out River Plate and Aldosivi tied one all. Tiburon is in sixth place.

Instituto defeated Gimnasia 1-0.

Both La Gloria and Los Millionaires have hot dates on Saturday. River Plate- Gimnasia hooks up while Instituto de Cordoba Guillermo Brown tangle.

Three points separate Los Millionaires, La Gloria, and third place club Los Canallas.

Rosario Central and Huracan battle on Sunday.

This is nut-cutting time for these clubs.

Boca Juniors is the main man in the Clausura with 24 points. Velez Sarsfield is in second place with 23 points. Newell’s Old Boys are third with 22 points.

Los Xeneizes defeated Colon de Santa Fe 1-0. La Lepra and All Boys tied at one all. El Fortin tore apart Estudiantes 2-0.

The Clausura ends on June 24^th.

River Plate and Boca Juniors are the two most decorated clubs in Argentinos futebol history Both Los Millionaires and Los Xeneizes have a combined 63 domestic titles.

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“The hangovers hurt move than they used to,” Hank Junior sung many moons ago. This is probably how Barca and Real Madrid feel after their crash and burn out in the Champions League semifinals.

The idiotic pundits proclaimed these two futebol giants as the best ever. However Chelsea and Bayern Munich upset the whole apple cart. I love this stuff.  I like rooting for the dogs except when it’s my teams Arsenal and the Philadelphia Eagles. Did ya notice my two clubs always break your heart. This is the life of an Eagles and Gunners fan.

This coolest thing would be if Man City runs the table to win the EPL. The Citizens haven’t won a first division title since 1967-68. Are Man City due? We will find out this coming Monday when Sir Alex and the Boys hook up with Man City at the Citizens house.

Let the fun and games begin.

River Plate got the win they needed over Instituto de Cordoba last Saturday. Los Millionaires defeated La Gloria 1-0. This win over the top dog in Nacional B kept River Plate in second place and still one point behind Instituto de Cordoba.

Rosario Central defeated Deportivo Merio 1-0 to keep the pressure on Los Millionaires to keep on winning.

La Gloria sits atop the leader board with 59 points. River Plate is second with 58 and Los Canallas is third with 56. The top two clubs are headed to the big leagues.

Boca Juniors is the main man in the Clausura with 21 points. Newell’s Old Boys are second with 21 points também but Los Xeneizes is plus nine while La Lepra is a plus seven. Tigre is third with 20, Arsenal de Sarandi is fourth with 19, and All Boys are fifth with 19

Three points separate the top five spots in the Clausura.

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