Group 4 09/04/2013 CA Peñarol – Deportes Iquique 09/04/2013 Vélez Sársfield – CS Emelec Group 2 10/04/2013 Tigre – Sporting Cristal Group 6 10/04/2013 Deportes Tolima – Santa Fe 10/04/2013 Real Garcilaso – Cerro Porteño Group 5 11/04/2013 Corinthians SP – Club San José 11/04/2013 Club Tijuana – […]
Ecuador 4 Paraguay 1 Ecuador took a huge step towards qualification with a comfortable win over Paraguay. The win puts “La Tri” on 20 points thanks mainly to their home form in the Atahaulpa stadium. Ecuador started with a full strength team that included Antonio Valencia, Cristain Benitez, Jefferson Montero and Filipe Caicedo. The […]
The Albicelestes would have been mindful of their last visit to La Paz during World Cup qualification. 4 years ago they were hammered 6 – 1 in the thin air of the Bolivian capital. It wasn’t quite as bad this time around but they did struggle. The home team dominated the first half and deservedly […]
Colombia 5 Bolivia 0 “El Cafeteros” were the first to start on Friday afternoon and they wasted no time in slapping aside Bolivia in Barranquilla. Torres, Valdes, Gutierrez, Falcoa and Armero each grabbed a goal to bolster their 2nd place position and condemn Bolivia to 2nd bottom. Paraguay 1 Uruguay 1 In Montevideo, Luis Suarez had […]
I’m not sure what is more surprising the bees or the fact that Rivaldo is still on the go (35 seconds). I saw this once before in Mexican friendly match. That time the stadium officials chose to douse the bees with water, only enraging them further. The bees then moved on to a pitch-side microphone […]
Luis Suarez has become the latest player to be caught out with loose chat to journalists. I’m not sure why players constantly make this same mistake. Especially in these days of 24 hour news dissemination and social media. All to often foreign players let their guard and blab to their fellow countrymen seemingly unaware of the consequences. The […]
With Barcelona claiming the title without playing on Wednesday there was only the Copa Libertadores and last relegation place left to settle. Despite losing 2-1 Independiente claimed a historic Libertadores place for the first time in their history. The minnows from Sangloqui are regarded as Ecuador’s best young team but it remains to be seen […]
On Sunday it was back to the Atahaulpa Stadium to watch the current champions : Deportivo Quito against the champions elect: Barcelona. Although i arrived with my friend at the stadium 15 mins before the game it took at least half an hour to get into the Atahaulpa. Long lines were snaked around the ground […]
Barcelona all but sealed the Segunda Etape title (and overall championship) with a lucky win against Deportivo Quito yesterday. They took the lead through a Narcisso Mina header in the 13th minute then seemed happy to sit back and let Deportivo control the game. However it quickly became clear that Deportivo were not going to […]
With 2 teams to be relegated from Serie A, El Nacional’s home victory against Macara will do much to allay their supporters fears. After last week’s Derby defeat they were hovering around the relegation spots and although these 3 points moves them 3 points away with a game in hand they are not out of the woods […]
