Copa Libertadores 2004

Santos Laguna vs. Cruzeiro, ARRIBA SANTOS!!!!!!!

RESULTS OF THE WEEK

GROUP 02
09-03-04 in Buenos Aires: 21.15 Vélez Sarsfield (Argentina) vs. Once Caldas (Colombia) : 2-0, Goals: Valdemarín(34') and Zarate(67').

POSITIONS:
Once Caldas...6 pts
Velez................4 pts.
Maracaibo......4 pts.
Fenix............... 3 pts.

GROUP 03
10-03-04 in Torreón: 21.00 Santos Laguna (mexico) vs. Cruzeiro (Brazil): 1-0; Goal: Borgetti (55')

POSITIONS
Santos..................... 8 pts.
Cruzeiro................... 7 pts.
Caracas.................... 6 pts.
U. de Concepcion.. 1pts.

GROUP 04
10-03-04 in Calama: 17.15 Cobreloa (Chile) vs. Alianza Lima (Peru): 0-1; Goal: Farfán (22')
10-03-04 in Sao Paulo: 21.45 São Paulo FC (Brazil) vs. Liga Dep. Universitaria (Ecuador): 1-0; Goal: Luis Fabiano (74')

POSITIONS
Liga Dep. Universitaria..9 pts.
São Paulo FC...................9 pts.
Alianza Lima....................6 pts.
Cobreloa..........................0 pts.


GROUP 06
09-03-04 in San Cristóbal: 18.00 Deportivo Táchira (Venezuela) vs. Libertad (Paraguay): 2-0; Goals: Rondón (35') Rondón (91'),

POSITIONS
Deportivo Tachira............ 5 pts.
River Plate......................... 4 pts.
Deportes Tolima.............. 2 pts.
Libertad............................ 1 pt.

GROUP 08
10-03-04 in Cali: 19.45 Deportivo Cali (Colombia) vs. Boca Juniors (Argentina): 0-1; Goal: Fabian Vargas (68')

POSITIONS
Deportivo Cali............. 6 pts.
Boca Juniors................ 6 pts
Bolivar.......................... 3 pts.
Colo Colo.................... 0 pts.


GROUP 09
09-03-04 in Lima: 21.30 Sporting Cristal (Peru) vs. Olimpia (Paraguay): 3-2; Goals: 0-1: Franco (1'), 1-1: Zegarra (51'), 2-1: Bonnet (54'), 3-1: Sergio Junio (63'), 3-2: Lopez (88')(penalty)
10-03-04 in Curitiba: 19.30 Coritiba FC (Brazil) vs. Rosario Central (Argentina): 2-0; Goals: Reginaldo (19'), Adriano (89').

POSITIONS
Sporting Cristal.......... 7 pts.
Rosario Central......... 7 pts.
Coritiba FC................ 4 pts.
Olimpia..................... 1 pt.

The Draw was made for Copa America. Mexico is in the group of death, with Argentina, Uruguay and Ecuador. Expect Nery Alberto Casillo to be playing in the group of death.

Where's group 1, America's group????

Hey, both Santos and America Victorious this week. Santos Against Cruzeiro, Rivaldo's former team, and America against Sao Caetano, another powerful brazilian team. GOOD JOB MEXICO!!!!!

YESTERDAY RESULTS:

Group 1
11-03-04 in São Caetano: 19.00 São Caetano (Brazil) vs. CF América (Mexico): 1-2, Goals: 0-1: Pavel Pardo (75'), 1-1: Mairzinho (75'), 1-2: Navia (85')

POSITIONS
AMERICA............. 7 pts
SAO CAETANO.. 4 pts
PEÑAROL.............. 1 pt
THE STRONGEST. 1 pt

GROUP 5
11-03-04 in Cusco: 21.30 Cienciano (Peru) vs. Nacional (Uruguay): 1-2, Goals: 0-1: Eguren (21'), 0-2: Coelho (44'), 1-2: Ibarra (48')

POSITIONS
NACIONAL............. 8 pts
INDEPENDIENTE.. 7 pts
CIENCIANO........... 3 pts
EL NACIONAL..... 1 pt


GROUP 7
11-03-04 in Santos: 19.00 Santos FC (Brazil) vs. Barcelona (Ecuador): 1-0, Goal: Robinho (68')

POSITIONS:
SANTOS............. 10 pts
BARCELONA.... 4 pts
GUARANI......... 3 pts
JORGE
WILSTERMAN. 1 pt

I have always had something of an affection for South American football. So I follow this tournament from afar every year.

Any players catching the eye so far? Any potential moves to Europe? Give me some names of players I haven't heard of who are making names for themselves.

I'm sure you've heard of all of these, Diego, Robihno, Alez, Tevez. I'm sure at least one of them is making a move to Europe next season

kEEP AN EYE ON THIS 3:

Reinaldo Navia (from Chile and playing in America-Mexico)
Luis Fabiano (From Brazil playing in Sao Pablo)
Borgetti (from Mexico playing in Santos Torreon)

YESTERDAY:

16-03-04 in Montevideo 19.00 Peñarol vs. The Strongest: 4-0 Goals: 1-0: Gabriel Cedrés(9'), 2-0: Carlos Bueno (12'), 3-0: Christian Rodríguez (62'), 4-0: Carlos Diogo (89').
16-03-04 in Torreón 20.30 Santos Laguna vs. Caracas FC: 3-1 Goals: 0-1: Paul Cominges (45'), 1-1: Borgetti (48'), 2-1: Borgetti (67'), 3-1: Noriega (84')
16-03-04 in Quito 19.15 El Nacional vs. Independiente: 1-0 Goal: 1-0: Félix Borja (66').
16-03-04 in Asunción 19.00 Olimpia vs. Sporting Cristal: 2-1 Goals: 1-0: Mauro Caballero (4'), 2-0: Sergio Orteman (12')(p), 2-1: Carlos Zegarra (82').


Santos of Mexico is the first qualified team to the secon round.

Originally posted by cab
kEEP AN EYE ON THIS 3:

Reinaldo Navia (from Chile and playing in America-Mexico)
Luis Fabiano (From Brazil playing in Sao Pablo)
Borgetti (from Mexico playing in Santos Torreon)

ya mean on 4 (Tevez form Boca)

I know Tevez already, thanks.

What about Alex from Cruzeiro? Hows he doing this year?

Any players shining from the less established countries- Bolivia, Venezuela etc.?

There isn't a player that surpass the performance of his teammates in Venezuela or Bolivia, the strongest point of this teams is the "collective game" of their players. Venezuela's squads are playing really well and have chances to advance to second round, in Bolivia the team Bolivar have chances to qualify.

About Alex, he had played the 90 minutes of all of the 5 matches of his team, he had scored 2 goals but his performance is irregular in some games, in the the match that Cruzeiro lost against Santos of Mexico he had a bad performance. Cruzeiro is almost qualified and I am sure that Alex will shine in the second round.

may I ask - where Giovanni Hernandez playes at the moment?

Colon Santa Fe, isn't it? I always thought he was a good player, but prone to drift in and out of games. He did play exceptionally well in the Confederations Cup, something I thought would win him a move across the Atlantic, but he headed for Argentina instead.

Anyone know where Elkin Murillo is now? When Colombia won the Copa nearly three years ago now ( I still remember the controversies of that event well today) he was exceptional at times. Seems to have slipped off my radar recently.

Sometimes Venezuela or Bolivia produce the odd good player who shines briefly in continental competition, then disappears off the radar. Remember Ronald Garcia from Bolivia? Or the right back Luis Gatty Ribeira?

Well, it looks as if Olimpia have taken a tumble from winning the competition two years ago. I remember the World Soccer account of their Intercontinental Cup experience in Tokyo, which for european players usually consists of a shopping trip for the latest electronic goods. The Olimpia squad went into the city centre, but returned empty handed as the prices were too much for their meagre wages. About the only time I have ever felt sorry for professional footballers in my life.