Articles tagged with "round of 16"
Santos, Unquestionably the Better Team.
By Mauro | May 9th, 2008Having to follow up the River Plate-San Lorenzo match was tough work for these two and if anything you'd think it would have energized Cúcuta more since they were coming home after having faced an adverse result at Vila Belmiro a week ago. S ...
San Lorenzo, Create a Miracle, Qualify For the Quarters.
By Mauro | May 9th, 2008This was an amazing match. It had it all. Great back and forth play, moments where one team dominated completely, plenty of fouls, a few red cards, there were goals and goddamit there were broken hearts. The stage was set, River Plate had the ...
Cúcuta Host Santos, Look to Turn the Tables.
By Mauro | May 8th, 2008Cúcuta Deportivo vs. Santos FC (Estadio General Santander, Cúcuta, Colombia) LIVE @ 7:00pm PST on Fox Sports Español. If Cúcuta have a big top hat to start pulling tricks out of, they had better start pulling those tricks out now. Accord ...
River Look to Defend Their Home Ground.
By Mauro | May 8th, 2008Club Atlético River Plate vs. Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro (Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti "El Monumental", Buenos Aires, Argentina) LIVE @ 4:30pm PST on Fox Sports Español. (Woo Hoo!) Billed as the Match of the Year in Buenos Ai ...
Sao Paulo Advance, Still in Debt to Their Fans.
By Mauro | May 8th, 2008Without playing very well again, Sao Paulo was able to defend their home round with what on a scoresheet would have been a respectable win but in all actuality it was a close one. After drawing 0-0 in the first leg, it seemed Nacional had a sligh ...
Boca Close Out Their Series in Belo Horizonte.
By Mauro | May 8th, 2008The clash of what could have easily been the final match has come to a close. In the first leg, Boca defended their home ground with authority in a dominating 2-1 win that (could have been 6-1 really) ended on a bit of a down note since Cruzeiro ...
Flamengo Look to Celebrate Their Qualification at Home.
By Mauro | May 7th, 2008Clube de Regatas do Flamengo vs. CF America (Estadio Maracaná, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) LIVE @ 6:00pm PST on Fox Sports Español. Looking to outdo their cross town rivals who qualified in this very stadium last night, Flamengo look to put Amà ...
Sao Paulo Look to Close This Series Out at Home
By Mauro | May 7th, 2008Sao Paulo FC vs. Club Nacional de Montevideo (Estadio Morumbi, Sao Paulo, Brazil) Tape delay @ 10pm PST on Fox Sports Español. (BooOoOoooooOOOOooo!) In last weeks match, they played to an awful and boring 0-0 draw. While this result probably ...
LDU Quito Loses But Lives to Fight Another Day.
By Mauro | May 7th, 2008Estudiantes 2 Liga de Quito 1 Goles Bolaños Alayes MaggioloUploaded by apurogol Like I said in my preview, Estudiantes had their backs against the wall and were able to pull out a win against all odds. But it was all still, too little, too ...
Atlas Looks to Close Out Their Tie With Lanús.
By Mauro | May 6th, 2008F.C. Atlas A.C. vs. Club Atlético Lanús (Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico) LIVE @ 7:30pm PST on Fox Sports Español Atlas are in an enviable position coming into this match. They won in the first leg of this match in Buenos Aires last w ...
Estudiantes Must Win at Home by Wide Margin to Qualify.
By Mauro | May 6th, 2008Estudiantes de La Plata vs. Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito (Estadio Unico, La Plata, Argentina) LIVE @ 4:30pm on Fox Sports Español With their back against the wall, Estudiantes must find a way to win tonight's match at their ground i ...
Atlético Nacional Prepares for the Maracaná Assault.
By Mauro | May 6th, 2008Fluminense Football Club vs. Corporación Deportiva Atlético Nacional (Estadio Maracaná, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) LIVE @ 2:30pm PST on Fox Sports Español. Like right now. At least an assault is what it seems like it will be tonight. Both si ...
Cúcuta's Catenaccio Backfires.
By Mauro | May 2nd, 2008Well, as expected, this match was all Santos. The team was on display and the fans had to one up them with a 5 minute interruption mid-match due to the smoke from the flares lit up in the stands. Santos owned this match almost completely. The ...
Don't Miss Tonight's Match.
By Mauro | May 1st, 2008The geniuses at Fox Sports scheduled 5 matches yesterday when they were only able to broadcast two of them live and scheduled 1 today (That's right ONE match for today) when they could have broadcast at least three or more live. Now, don't ge ...
So We Meet Again...
By Mauro | May 1st, 2008Santos FC vs. Cúcuta Deportivo (Estadio Vila Belmiro, Santos, Brazil) LIVE @ 4:30pm PST, Thursday May 1st, on Fox Sports Español. For the third time in this year's edition of the Copa Libertadores, Santos and Cúcuta stare across the field ...
Atlético Nacional Sets the Table For Fluminense.
By Mauro | April 30th, 2008Corporación Deportiva Atlético Nacional vs. Fluminense Football Club (Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellin, Colombia) LIVE @ 12:00am PST, Thursday May 1st, on Fox Sports Español. Two time champions in Colombia, Atlético Nacional host Flum ...
Adriano and His Boys Roll Into Montevideo.
By Mauro | April 30th, 2008Club Nacional de Montevideo vs. Sao Paulo FC (Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay) LIVE @ 2:00am PST Thursday May 1st, on Fox Sports Español. A few weeks ago, I would have had Sao Paulo strolling into Uruguay and slapping Nacional around a ...
The Showdown of the Round in Boedo.
By Mauro | April 30th, 2008Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro vs. Club Atlético River Plate (Estadio 'El Nuevo Gasometro', Almagro, Buenos Aires, Argentina) Tape delay (Booooo!!!!) @ 9:00pm PST on Fox Sports Español. Match is being played at exactly the same time as th ...
The Aguilas Face El Mengao in Mexico City.
By Mauro | April 30th, 2008CF America vs. Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico) LIVE @ 3:30pm PST on Fox Sports Español. America are at the bottom of the Mexican league but have fared really well at home in the Libertadores and that was en ...
Cruzeiro Will Have Hands Full at La Bombonera.
By Mauro | April 30th, 2008Club Atlético Boca Juniors vs. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (Estadio Alberto J. Armando 'La Bombonera,' La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina) LIVE @ 1:00pm PST on Fox Sports Español. Leave work and go watch this one!! I am, well... at least I'll try. ...
LDU Quito Show Estudiantes a Thing or Two.
By Mauro | April 30th, 2008In the Estadio La Casa Blanca last night, Estudiantes controlled the first half in a pretty impressive way. Through Juan Veron and Leandro Benitez, Estudiantes was able to control things early on. Roberto Sensini had his team head out in two line ...
Atlas Surprise Lanús.
By Mauro | April 30th, 2008I honestly didn't expect Atlas to come out and be, top to bottom, the better team in south Buenos Aires last night. Now it would be easy for me to extol the virtues of Bruno Marioni and to say that he was the best player on the pitch and call it ...
Veron and Co. Take the Show to Quito.
By Mauro | April 29th, 2008Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito vs. Estudiantes de La Plata (Estadio La Casa Blanca, Quito Ecuador) LIVE @ 6:30pm on Fox Sports Español This match could easily be billed the best team in Ecuador against the best team in Argentina of th ...
Atlas Try to Get Points in Argentina Again.
By Mauro | April 29th, 2008Club Atlético Lanús vs. F.C. Atlas A.C.(Estadio Lanús 'La Fortaleza', Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina) LIVE @ 4:00pm on Fox Sports Español This match kicks off the stage of this tournament that separates the men from the boys. Woo hoo!!!! ...
Insane: Spurs and Toffees out on penalties
By Ian Rose | March 12th, 2008We all knew it was going to be a tough climb for Spurs and Everton today. Both went into the second legs of their Round of 16 ties behind and needing goals. Everton was down 2-0 to Fiorentina after being really played off the pitch in the first match.
Scottish Cup: Rangers advance, Celtic draw
By Ian Rose | March 9th, 2008Both Old Firm sides were in action today as Rangers looked to stay alive in all four competitions, and Celtic continue their defense of the Scottish Cup. Rangers were hosting Hibernian, a tricky fixture given the Hibees' recent form as well as the confid
Scottish Cup weekend preview
By Ian Rose | March 8th, 2008I would have said "Scottish Cup quarterfinal preview" ... but it isn't quite. See, Rangers and Hibs still have the small matter of their fifth round replay this weekend to determine the last of the quarterfinalists. So this weekend sees one team progres
Round of 16 First Leg Wrap-up
By Ian Rose | March 7th, 2008Anderlecht 0-5 Bayern Munich Wow. This always looked like a lopsided tie, but I didn't expect this. With ten goals in their last two European matches, and five different scorers in today's match, Munich is starting to look like the favorite everyone wa
Being Footballdamus
By Adam | March 4th, 2008We had an excellent preview of return legs for round of 16. Now lets give the voice to Nostradamus who is clandestinely hiding in everyones persona for the prophecy. And everyone loves predictions in football. Ask Mr. "kids won't win anything" Hansen. Th
The UEFA Cup "league table"
By Ian Rose | February 23rd, 2008I got to thinking last night about different ways to talk about the 16 remaining teams in the UEFA Cup. Which side really is the favorite? What has their form been like? I decided it might be interesting to look at the last 16 UEFA Cup teams as a leagu
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