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Topic: South American Football Thread
Posted By: tribalarmy
Subject: South American Football Thread
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2011 at 8:14am
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Qualification for Brazil 2014 got underway last night. 9 teams with 4.5 qualifying. No Brazil in the league gives a great chance to the likes of Peru to push on from their excellent Copa. Sabella got off to a great start with a 4-1 home win over Chile. Captain Messi got on the score sheet as well as another hat trick for Gonzalo Higuain. Peru 2-0 Paraguay Ecuador 2-0 Venezuela Uruguay 4-2 Bolivia (A brace for Lugano  )Neymar scored the only goal in a 1-0 friendly win against Costa Rica. Gruelling 16 game qualifying campaign, very hard to call who'll go through besides Argies and Urugauy. I think Chile might struggle. Loads of points will be dropped away from home on poor pitches with hostile atmospheres up in the clouds. Repeat of the Copa final on the 11th. 
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Posted By: PhilliyK
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2011 at 11:08am
Goals for 2 of my fav south americans I see - Lugano and Higuain 
You see any of the games/goals Tribal? Would be interesting to see how Sabella has changed the team/tactics and if he can get them playing as a team, if he does this I think they would have to be favourites for 2014
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2011 at 11:43am
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Saw the Argentina game. They weren't overly convincing. Decent performance but nothing special, scoreline was a little flattering. I can still see them struggling to break down teams that sit back against them. One massive positive was the relationship between the 2 Real lads and Messi in attack. Also a lad called Brana(Estudientes) who is apparently a favourite of Sabella played pretty well in the holding midfield role. Still difficult to see where they are going and what way they'll play. No Aguero, Lavezzi, Pastore, Masch in that team last night. Good result to start but Batista won his first game in charge 4-1 against Spain and that didn't end well. |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2011 at 12:28pm
| Bebeto's son Matheus trained with the Flamengo seniors this weekend. |
Posted By: The Drifter
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2011 at 4:46pm
peru are looking very good. would love if they qualified, have so many talented players like pizarro, guerrero, farfan and vargas that never played at a world cup. don't know if pizarro will still be there by the end of the qualifiers though unfortunately 
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2011 at 6:46pm
| 7,000 police at the Peru-Paraguay match because of the murder during the Universitario-Alianza Lima game last week. |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2011 at 5:02pm
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Fla-Flu derby ended 3-2 to Flamengo tonight. Gives them a chance of the title still, looks like it has fallen away from Fluminese though. Vasco de Gama who are top for the next 45 minutes lost 3-0. Corinthians will be a point ahead when their game finishes. 3-0 up at HT. Santos way down in mid table because they already have a place in next seasons Copa Libertadores as reigning champions. Boca on course for the Apuerta title. River Plate second in the 'B'. |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2011 at 1:00pm
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Argentina lost 1-0 to Venezuela last night. I knew there was a reason not to be convinced by Sabella's first game. Chile won 4-2 against Peru the usual all attack no defence by the looks of it. Forlan scored a last minute equaliser in the Copa final repeat. Falcao came off the bench to score the winner for Colombia in Bolivia. Ronaldinho scored a beauty in Brazil's 2-1 win against Mexico. Dani Alves got sent off in the first half. Marcelo's goal was a peach as well. |
Posted By: susanabaynes
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2011 at 1:56am
And what is the reason not to be convinced?..  .. |
tribalarmy wrote:Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 21 Oct 2011 at 5:11pm
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Brazil 2014 group games will be played at kick off times of 5pm, 8pm, 11pm and 2am. British Summer Time. Latest knock out game kick off will be 9pm. Final will be 8pm. I went through my 2am training during last summers Copa. 
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Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 21 Oct 2011 at 5:44pm
had a year of 2-4am kick offs last year... messes ya up badly |
Posted By: susanabaynes
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2011 at 2:59am
| I didn't go in any kick off yet.. hopefully this time I can.. |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2011 at 9:47am
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Kaka back in the Brazil squad for the first time since WC 2010. Beautiful footballer.. Neto (Fiorentina), Diego Alves (Valencia); Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Fabio (Manchester United), Adriano (Barcelona), Alex Sandro (Porto), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Thiago Silva (AC Milan), David Luiz (Chelsea), Luisao (Benfica); Lucas Leiva (Liverpool), Elias (Sporting Lisbon), Sandro (Tottenham), Luiz Gustavo (Bayern Munich), Hernanes (Lazio), Bruno Cesar (Benfica), Fernandinho (Shakhtar Donetsk), Kaka (Real Madrid), Dudu (Dynamo Kiev), William (Shakhtar Donetsk); Kleber (Porto), Jonas (Valencia), Hulk (Porto). |
Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2011 at 11:13am
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Kaka never really seemed to reach the levels he got to with Milan since he moved to Madrid ------------- PM me for all forum moderation queries. |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2011 at 11:42am
Yea, he's been a disappointment mainly due to some horrific injuries. Playing his best football since he joined Madrid at the moment though. Hope he can remain fit now.
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Posted By: susanabaynes
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2011 at 1:48am
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kaka is rank 4 in the soccernet for the 2010 world cup.. he must really be a godd palyer to earn this reputation..
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2011 at 6:12pm
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Neymar still having a say in the title race. Scored in Santos' win against Vasco who were top. That's his 7th goal in 4 games. 5 games to play and the table looks like this. Corinthians 58 Vasco de Gama 58 Fluminese 56 Botafogo 55 Flamengo 55 Games between the above 5 before the last day are... Vasco v Botafogo Flu v Vasco Then on the last day Corinthians v Palmeiras(Derby Paulista) Botafogo v Fluminese(a Rio derby) Vasco de Gama v Flamnego(another Rio derby) Has the potential to be the greatest end to any season ever. Santos v Sao Paulo just another little extra on the last day. 
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2011 at 4:49pm
Neymar signs contract until 2014. Hopefully he stays another couple of years at least. I think it would help him going over to Europe when he's slightly more mature. Someone will have to throw Santos a fook load of money to get him this summer.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2011 at 5:52pm
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Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2011 at 6:22pm
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Wouldnt pay too much attention to the contract. It will just bump up his transfer fee.
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2011 at 8:48am
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4 goals for Luis Suarez in their 4-0 win over Chile. Argies 1-1 Bolivia. 
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 2:10pm
The Emperor Strikes Back Adriano after his last minute winner last week. Could have be the title winning goal. Living the life so he is.
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2011 at 1:53pm
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Fred just scored a 89th minute equaliser against Vasco for Flu. Corinthians are winning 1-0. Looks like it's Corinthians' title.
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2011 at 1:57pm
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sh*t. Vasco scored a 93rd minute winner. The Corinthians game was over. They thought they had won it. Unbelievable scenes.
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2011 at 2:08pm
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Next week will be a quiet final day of the season. Two teams chasing the title involved in tw massive derbies. Corinthians v Palmeiras. Vasco de Gama v Flamengo. Corinthians PL 37 GD 16 PTS 67 Vasco PL 37 GD 17 PTS 65 |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2012 at 10:21pm
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From today's comments it looks like Neymar is keeping to his word and staying at Santos until the 2014 World Cup when his contract ends. Good news for Brazilian football. Talk of Nilmar coming back and with Jadson already back the attacking quality is looking good. Copa Libertadores starts on Tuesday with 12 teams fighting for the last 6 group stage spots. |
Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2012 at 10:33pm
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Yeah I actually think he's going to stay now. As long as Santos can keep financial backing he will be there until the WC. If Brazil win the WC he's gonna cost a lot of money. Possibly on the Ronaldo scale. ------------- Irish Times Fantasy 6 Nations League Name: YBIG League Password: YBIG |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2012 at 10:37pm
| His contract is up in July 2014, surely they'll have to negotiate something with him so he can't leave on a free. |
Posted By: PhilliyK
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2012 at 11:17pm
When did he leave Shaktar Tribal? and how much for?
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2012 at 11:28pm
Played his last game a few days ago. Heard it was an emotional farewell, one of their most influential players ever. Joins Sao Paolo for €3.8m taking Rivaldo's vacant number 10 jersey and Donetsk get 30% of the rights to Wellington. Douglas Costa signed a 5 year deal. |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2012 at 11:34pm
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Thiago Neves signed for Fluminese for €7m. Salvador Cabanas is set to make a return to football in the new season as well. Heroic
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2012 at 11:45pm
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Ronaldinho's 90th minute goal sent Flamengo through to the Libertadores group stage. Luxemburgo was then sacked straight after the game. Dinho was in sensational form by all accounts.  Nice send off for Martin Palermo from Boca as well. They walked to the Apuerta title. |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2012 at 10:30pm
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Adriano put under house arrest by Corinthians as they force him to lose weight. Sad situation once a great player, death of his father had a lot to do with it. |
Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2012 at 10:37pm
Without doubt. IMO He would have been in Top Gun with Ronaldo and Messi right now. He was a sure thing to win World Player of the year, the year after Ronaldinho won it. ------------- Irish Times Fantasy 6 Nations League Name: YBIG League Password: YBIG |
Posted By: PhilliyK
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 12:01am
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL for Santos  ok since the first vid wont embed  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=58FGcI7-CMo" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=58FGcI7-CMo |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 12:06am
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I liked his second goal too. Great pass from Ganso and nice finish. |
Posted By: PhilliyK
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 12:11am
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Yeah thats the vid that wouldnt embed for me thought it was the better off the 2 by a mile See Adriano scored a tap in
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 12:16am
| Noticed that he scored on livescore alright. Hopefully it's a better year for him and he can get himself fit for the start of the national league in May. |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 12:27am
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Peruvian league really is in dire straights. Players on strike, big clubs pulling out of the league, other clubs releasing all their players. Makes the LOI look good. |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 6:41pm
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BRazilian team to play Bosnia tonight. It's on ESPN from 7. BRAZIL: Julio Cesar, Daniel Alves, David Luiz, Thiago Silva, Marcelo; Sandro, Fernandinho, Hernanes; Ronaldinho, Neymar, Leandro Damiao. 2-1 to Brazil FT. |
Posted By: Green Devil
Date Posted: 29 Feb 2012 at 1:48am
Any idea how the great one played? Delighted to see him back in the national team full time again ------------- "He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland," Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan |
Posted By: Clonbhoy
Date Posted: 29 Feb 2012 at 10:07am
Read two match reports, both just mentioned him in relation to poor club form and that he was subbed after an hour. On the plus side Papacy scored the winner for them! ------------- A man can have no greater love than give 90 minutes to his friends. @withgodlygrace |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 29 Feb 2012 at 11:25am
He was poor to be honest. When Ganso came on Brazil looked far better. Can't see Dinho being in any Brazil squads after London 2012. Great game for a friendly though the Bosnians were well up for it. Their back four were excellent including Papac. |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 29 Feb 2012 at 9:56pm
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Hat trick for Messi against Switzerland.
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Posted By: Eddie Rincon
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2012 at 5:58am
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Pekerman's first game in charge for colombia. Could have been a few down early. Peanut Hernandez missed a few sitters.Really grew as the game went on. Second goal is like a training ground perfection class. about 25 passes and the Cuadrado the full back knocks it in. This link doesn't do it justice. They/We have the players. Really desperately want them to qualify. If they do , I think they will do well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXpbEAffalw&feature=related for match highlights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owCupRUdtuQ&feature=related for the second goal ------------- porque el Baron Rojo Sur dice... |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2012 at 12:21am
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Santos 3-1 Internacional in the Libertadores after 80 minutes. 3 for Neymar, not sure if he'll make 5... |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2012 at 1:26am
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Here's the second Goooooooooooooooolazzzzzzzzzooo Some f**king player
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2012 at 1:32am
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Second goal wasn't bad either.. |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2012 at 12:38am
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Goal and a red card for Ronaldinho in the first half of the Fla-Flu.
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Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2012 at 12:43am
| boca 4-5 indepentiente, won it with 2 in extra time, id say that was some game |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2012 at 4:42pm
Have to say I'm completely shocked at that result. Boca must be one of the most conservative teams in football at the moment. Rarely concede goals or score more than 2. First loss since last April in the league too. |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2012 at 6:09pm
Adriano and Corinthians have parted ways after his contract was terminated by mutual consent. 
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2012 at 11:55pm
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Nice free kick from Ganso -v- Juan Aurich in the Libertadores. 2-1 now the were 1 behind. Vital they win this game on a strange pitch... Boca with an important 1st win yesterday against Arsenal. Trezeguet doing well at River Plate too. |
Posted By: max
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2012 at 11:36pm
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theres a team called THE STRONGEST playin internacional at the moment in the copa america some name
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2012 at 1:14am
Neymar is going to have no legs by the end of this match. 
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Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2012 at 12:58am
On his way to Flamengo apparently ------------- Irish Times Fantasy 6 Nations League Name: YBIG League Password: YBIG |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2012 at 9:56pm
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Lots of football violence in Brazil last week. Massive organised fight between Corinthians and Palmeiras fans before their state championship match. 1 fan shot dead others wounded. Another fan killed in the Sao Paolo state championship after a local derby in a smaller city in the region. Not good to hear. World Cup, Confed Cup and Olympics on the way too. |
Posted By: PhilliyK
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2012 at 3:25pm
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2012 at 3:28pm
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Seems to score every week. Got 2 in that game
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2012 at 1:50am
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Big game on now in the Libertadores. Inter v Santos. http://www.oleoletv.com/watch/live/stream/online/free/tv/video/channel/feed/link/broadcast/vivo/gratis/p2p/4/april/4/2012/18/110/v-391155/sc-internacional-vs-santos-fc.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.oleoletv.com/watch/live/stream/online/free/tv/video/channel/feed/link/broadcast/vivo/gratis/p2p/4/april/4/2012/18/110/v-391155/sc-internacional-vs-santos-fc.html |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2012 at 2:11am
| Spray paint for marking the free kick walls is genius. Still don't understand why it's not used in Europe. Sick of walls being 5 yards from the ball. 1-0 inter free kick. |
Posted By: PhilliyK
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 9:03pm
Good wee piece here on Santos that I just seen on the bbc website while looking last nights blades goals. Link here if anyone wants to read some of the "interesting" comments in reply to the article http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvickery/2012/04/the_littlest_big_club_in_south.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvickery/2012/04/the_littlest_big_club_in_south.html Santos continue to punch above their weightIf the Titanic was too big to sink, then Santos FC would be too small to shake the world - flawed logic on both counts. On 14 April, 1912 - the very day the Titanic hit an iceberg which caused it to sink - Santos were founded, beginning their rise to become one of the most remarkable clubs in football history. http://www.santosfc.com.br/capa.asp" rel="nofollow - - Santos are the reigning champions of South America - a title that Corinthians, Sao Paulo's biggest club, are still waiting to win. Corinthians are the current domestic champions and are a major force. Sao Paulo FC have been Brazil's most consistent club over recent times and another local giant, Palmeiras, have a glorious history of their own. But, internationally, Santos are probably more famous and glamorous than them all, which is an extraordinary achievement. The man most responsible for this state of affairs is Pele, who played for the club between 1956 and 1974. One of football's happy accidents is that the 15-year-old Pele was introduced into a side that already was sensational, with top-class experienced players around him to guide the way.  Neymar is part of Santos' new batch of youngsters coming through the club. Photo: Getty With such solid foundations, it was not long before the team was built around him. Their claims would be greater still had they not opted against playing in the Copa Libertadores, South America's Champions League, after 1965. They won the tournament in 1962 and 1963, and both times went on to win what was then considered the world title, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvh9aAdhAao" rel="nofollow - - The outstanding Neymar is the star of the current side, supported by playmaker Paulo Henrique Ganso. And now, in Luis Alvaro Ribeiro, they also have an interesting and ambitious club president. Ribeiro likes to think big. Many thought that Neymar would already have been sold by now. Instead Ribeiro has brought enough sponsors on board to ensure that the player is already earning European-style wages, and is under contract until 2014. "But," says Ribeiro, "as a dreamer, I like to imagine that in 2014 Neymar will be Olympic champion and will have won a World Cup in Brazil, so he will be fully satisfied and will stay longer." The problem is this - even if Ribeiro's predictions come true they will not be enough for Neymar to feel entirely satisfied from a professional point of view. This is no longer Pele's time. In terms of the level of the game, the World Cup is no longer a reference. It has lost out to Europe's Champions League. The more stubborn nationalistic South Americans complain that the http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/index.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16234168" rel="nofollow - |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 9:07pm
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All his stuff on a Monday is good to read alright. Atletico Nacional will win the Copa Libertadores just to let people know.
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Posted By: Guf10
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 9:28pm
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Neymar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkN5fDswvSc" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkN5fDswvSc ------------- 2 in a row, 2 in a row, 2 in a row |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 11:10pm
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Pabon
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 11:17pm
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And the other side of SA football. |
Posted By: PhilliyK
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2012 at 11:05pm
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Another great well worked gol for Neymar last night - this lad is something else all together
And to further prove an earlier post from Tribal - he is the target off a lot worse challenge's than we see in the european equivalent of the libertadores, the champions league yet he gets on with it |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2012 at 11:33pm
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COPA LIBERTADORES LAST 16 Fluminense (Bra) vs Internacional (Bra) Union Espanola (Chi) vs Boca Juniors (Arg) Universidad de Chile (Chi) vs Deportivo Quito (Ecu) Libertad (Par) vs Cruz Azul (Mex) Corinthians (Bra) vs Emelec (Ecu) Lanus (Arg) vs Vasco (Bra) Santos (Bra) vs Bolivar (Bol) Velez Sarsfield (Arg) vs Atletico Nacional (Col) Hope Santos, Atletico Nacional or Universidad de Chile win it. Santos look a class above everyone else from the little I've seen. But it's still an extremely open competition, around 10 teams probably think they have a good chance of winning it. |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2012 at 12:51pm
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Need the fans involved to stop him this time. |
Posted By: PhilliyK
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2012 at 6:21pm
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Feck sake I can only imagine the reaction on here if another certain individual with a thread associated to him on here got even half the tackles Neymar has had off late and then this, fecking joke but he still rise's above it with his brilliance
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2012 at 12:28am
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Rivaldinho |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2012 at 12:33am
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Facunda Sava(formerly of Fulham) started his coaching career this evening with San Martin San Juan. They won 1-0. Here is a decent interview with him. Sounds like an intelligent coach. http://southamericanfootball.co.uk/news/argentina/item/352-exclusive-facundo-sava-on-therapy-barcelona-a-coaching-career-20-years-in-the-making.html" rel="nofollow - http://southamericanfootball.co.uk/news/argentina/item/352-exclusive-facundo-sava-on-therapy-barcelona-a-coaching-career-20-years-in-the-making.html |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2012 at 12:50am
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And the Argie FA have scrapped the relegation play off after the scenes at last years River game. They will continue with Apuerta/Clausara, and the 3 year average relegation system for entertainment purposes.
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Posted By: parcero
Date Posted: 02 May 2012 at 11:20pm
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Boca Juniors v Union Española in the Copa Libertadores now
http://www.rojadirecta.me/goto/www.futrd.info/rd/19531.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.rojadirecta.me/goto/www.futrd.info/rd/19531.html
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 06 May 2012 at 10:50pm
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2 goals for Neymar today in the Paulista final, on top of his hat trick in the San-Sao semi final match. Just 50 goals to catch Messi with about 50 games to play.
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Posted By: Eddie Rincon
Date Posted: 08 May 2012 at 1:07am
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Nacional still in (just) the libertadores is good to see from a Colombian perspective... though winning at Velez might be a tall order but they are well suited to trying to sneak a goal on the counter if Velez press them. I see La U de Chile got a good trimming by Quito . Nacional beat them well in the group in Medellin . Hard to call a winner overall I think Hopeful the team I married into, America de Cali, will be back in the big time soon. They are the best supported side in Colombia - crowds of 30/40k even though they are in 'la B'. They have finally gotten off the Clinton list ( CIA list as an organisation financed by terrroism) so they have a great chance of getting the financial side of things sorted too. Hopefully get some new sponsors and a decent kit deal. You seem to know your stuff Tribal. Originally from Galway myself. Are you a general follower of South American football or do you have a team you follow ? ------------- porque el Baron Rojo Sur dice... |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 09 May 2012 at 6:51pm
Just try and keep up as best I can with the top level of football especially Brazil. Disappointed to see Atletico and Dorlan Pabon go out last night. Was always a tough task when they lost the first leg. Surprised La U got trounced by Quito after they were so brilliant last season. The loss of Vargas must have taken a bit out of them. All the other games are really in the balance. Hope Santos win tomorrow night, and they should. |
Posted By: parcero
Date Posted: 10 May 2012 at 12:51am
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Pity to see Nacional get knocked out, have a soft spot for them since I used to live near their stadium in Medellin and went to see them every other week, they've some of the most passionate supporters I've ever come across. I was lucky to see Pabon score a few crackers there, rumours are he could be on his way to Udinese for 8m.
Some vintage Riquelme tonight for Boca in their return against Union Española, he´s set up 2 goals already..
you married a Caleña Eddie?
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 10 May 2012 at 9:14am
| Corinthians lookig to sign Pato I read this morning.. |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 11 May 2012 at 4:02am
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Santos 8-0 Bolivar.... La U 6-0 Quito............ That's how you turn around first leg deficits. |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 11 May 2012 at 4:12am
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Posted By: Kerrybai
Date Posted: 11 May 2012 at 4:58am
Cant wait till this lad heads for Europe. Barca seem favourites to sign him. ------------- "We came from the sea originally, now we're going back in it. Don't go in it, unless you're in a boat." - Karl Pilkington |
Posted By: SuperDave84
Date Posted: 11 May 2012 at 1:12pm
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He does the flick then loses the ball. Big time Charlie. Flash Harry. Rainy Tuesday night in Stoke. Football cliche etc. ------------- 
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 11 May 2012 at 7:20pm
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Brazil Squad for their upcoming friendlies. Only Jefferson, Thiago Silva, David Luiz, Marcelo and Daniel Alves are over 23. Preparing for the Olympics. Goalkeepers: Jefferson (Botafogo), Neto (Fiorentina), Rafael (Santos) Defenders: Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Danilo, Alex Sandro (both Porto), Thiago Silva (AC Milan), David Luiz (Chelsea), Bruno Uvini (Tottenham Hotspur), Juan (Inter Milan) Midfielders: Casemiro, Lucas (both Sao Paulo), Sandro (Tottenham Hotspur), Romulo (Vasco da Gama), Paulo Henrique Ganso (Santos), Oscar (Internacional), Giuliano (Dnipropetrovsk) Forwards: Alexandre Pato (AC Milan), Hulk (Porto), Leandro Damiao (Internacional), Neymar (Santos), Wellington Nem (Fluminense) |
Posted By: PhilliyK
Date Posted: 12 May 2012 at 4:57pm
But he's still the best player on the planet at the moment
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Posted By: Green Devil
Date Posted: 12 May 2012 at 5:55pm
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Two great clips ------------- "He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland," Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 13 May 2012 at 9:47pm
| Another 2 for Neymar tonight in the Paulista final second leg. They win 6-2 on aggregate. |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 16 May 2012 at 10:05pm
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Business end of the Libertadores tonight. Last 8. Tonight 23:30 Libertad -v- La U 01:50 Vasco -v- Corinthians Tomorrow 23:45 Boca Juniors -v- Fluminense 02:00 Velez Sarsfield -v- Santos Couldn't call a winner in any tie except maybe La U to go through only because I don't have a clue who Libertad are. Riquelme -v- Deco should be interesting. |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 17 May 2012 at 11:33pm
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Boca v Flu is on Premier Sports(free to air tonight apparently) in 15 minutes. Followed by Velez -v- Santos on Setanta Ireland if anyone doesn't want to sleep.
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 20 May 2012 at 10:49pm
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Looks like ESPN will have Brazilian football this season. First day of the championship was yesterday. Jadson just scored a nice goal for Sao Paolo against Botafogo. It's delayed coverage. Worth a watch if the final scoreline is to go by. |
Posted By: Shoco
Date Posted: 20 May 2012 at 10:54pm
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is there anybody at this game?
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 20 May 2012 at 11:00pm
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Probably about 20,000 although they might as well be at home the stands are so far from the pitch. Now I've seen the stands probably not 20,000 unless they are all over on the near side. 17,000 was their avg last season. |
Posted By: parcero
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 10:01pm
| nice comeback goal by Viatri for Boca...http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2012/05/21/clausura-2012-viatri-is-back-with-a-bang-for-boca-belgrano-shock-velez-more-video/#more-6719 |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 23 May 2012 at 7:12pm
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Ronaldinho's brother and agent walked into the Flamengo club shop yesterday, gathered 40 items and announced to the shop if Flamengo aren't going to pay my brother I'm not paying either. He managed to get 25 free jerseys out of it.
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 1:25am
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91st minute goal for Boca away to Flu to send them into the semis. Fluminense players are in tears, there's no extra time in SA, 30 seconds from penos.
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 25 May 2012 at 2:02am
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If anyone wants to watch a penalty shootout in 5 minutes. http://www.usagoals.com/live/125647-santos-vs-velez-sarsfield/watch/stream/online/free/feed/p2p/en/vivo/tv/gratis/" rel="nofollow - http://www.usagoals.com/live/125647-santos-vs-velez-sarsfield/watch/stream/online/free/feed/p2p/en/vivo/tv/gratis/ http://www.yycast.com/vcdchannel" rel="nofollow - http://www.yycast.com/vcdchannel |
Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2012 at 10:00pm
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SAO PAULO (AP) -The Copa Libertadores semifinals begin this week with defending champion Santos of Brazil and six-time winner Boca Juniors of Argentina favorites to book a spot in the finals of Latin America's most important club competition. Santos, led by young sensation Neymar, will face Brazilian rival Corinthians on Wednesday. Boca Juniors, commanded by veteran playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme, will play against Universidad de Chile a day later. The tradition and the recent success of Santos and Boca Juniors in the competition give them an edge over their rivals entering the semifinals, even though Corinthians and Universidad de Chile had stronger campaigns this year. Santos won its third title last year, while Boca Juniors won four of its six trophies in the last 12 years. The 2003 title came in a final against Santos. Santos will host the first leg against Corinthians at the Vila Belmiro stadium in Santos, while Boca Juniors will host Universidad de Chile on Thursday at the La Bombonera in Buenos Aires. "Without a doubt (Boca Juniors) is one of the best teams in South America,'' Universidad de Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli said. "If they are allowed to control possession they will certainly win the match. They have very fast and outstanding players up front. It would be extremely glorious to be able to beat them at the La Bombonera.'' Universidad de Chile has never won the Copa Libertadores. It will be trying to reach the final for the first time, and give Chile its first ever title. A Chilean club hasn't reached the final since Cobreloa did it in 1981 and 1982. Like Universidad de Chile, Corinthians also hasn't won the Copa Libertadores. The club is the defending Brazilian champion but it has never had much success internationally. It won the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup in 2000, when it was invited as the host team, but never thrived much outside of Brazil. "This is the team's greatest moment, to be in contention in the Copa Libertadores,'' Corinthians coach Tite said. "Our focus is on these next two matches, they will be huge.'' Corinthians has been resting some of its regular starters in the Brazilian league, and it's last in the 20-team standings after losing three of its first four matches. "We have to prioritize one of the competitions, we can't win all of them,'' Tite said. Santos also is struggling in the national league, but on Wednesday it can count on the return of Neymar, who has been away with the Brazil national team. "Neymar's return will be a huge addition to the team in the match against Corinthians,'' Santos midfielder Henrique said. "He is our top player, makes a difference.'' Boca Juniors leads the Clausura tournament in Argentina and picked up momentum in the Copa Libertadores after a difficult start in the competition. It eliminated Union Espanola 5-3 on aggregate in the round of 16 and Fluminense 2-1 in the quarterfinals. Santos got past Bolivar 9-2 in the round of 16 after an 8-0 routing in the second leg, then eliminated Argentina's Velez Sarsfield on penalties in the quarterfinals. Boca Juniors and Santos played in the 2003 Copa Libertadores final, when the Argentine club came out on top after winning 2-0 at home and 3-1 in Brazil. Santos was led by striker Robinho and playmaker Diego, while Riquelme was Boca Juniors' outstanding player. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/soccer/wires/06/11/2080.ap.soc.copa.libertadores.preview.1st.ld.writethru.564/index.html#ixzz1xcCG0qCi |
Posted By: Stivedavice
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2012 at 12:47pm
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Sabella got off to a great start with a 4-1 home win over Chile. Captain
Messi got on the score sheet as well as another hat trick for Gonzalo
Higuain.
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Posted By: tribalarmy
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2012 at 9:07pm
Apparently Argentinos Juniors -v- All Boys clasico has finished 9-7.  And I mean 9 men against 7 men, not goals. Must have been some scrap.
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Date Posted: 19 Jun 2012 at 4:57pm
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