Copa Libertadores 2017

Me pregunto si los rioplatenses habrîan tenido la cortesía que El Nacional de Quito en caso de que esa misma situación se hubiese dado en Buenos Aires o Montevideo.

 

Wow, U!

 

Fuk this shit

 

I watched a little last night the match Universitario - Capiata. It was 0-2 in that time. But it was so late, I could not follow entire match. Los Escoberos tenia un gran partido.

 

pff... as if Chile had the ass clean in terms of sportmanship and match suspensions. Remember condor Rojas?

 

The difference is that Chile became punished severely, FIFA awarded Brazil with 2-0. Chile was eliminated from the World Cup 1990, also banned from the World Cup 1994. Rojas was also banned for life with their coach Orlando Aravena and the medical figure Daniel Rodriguez. Fernando Astengo was also banned for 5 years.
In Europe teams get 2,3 points less for incidents: violence between the fans. This punishment was very harsh, especially if we consider the Chilean shape in France 1998. Imagine what could they do in USA 1994.
In football, there are a lot of cases where players simulate their injuries and nobody became punished. In those times, football was still based on firm conservative postulates, I remember reporters who said that the footballers are the knights, football is a noble skill. Similar act today would mean 3 matches of suspension and maybe some financial fee.

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Not ucking way if I am the manager, my 11 player on the field in time and 45 minutes later I want my 3 points.
The ecuadorian team never get to the field, so just is really late?

 

It is unclear what team is more pathetic, Botafogo or Olimpia. Ugly 90 minutes of football last night.

 

Capaita really impressed me with their areal prowess. Like many of the good Paraguayan teams past they really do know what to do when the ball is crossed in the area.

If they play for a 0-0 in Paraguay next leg they should advance.

 

Atlético Paranaense with a heroic 1-0 win in Paraguay, eliminating Deportivo Capiatá. The team from Curitiba will now join San Lorenzo, Universidad Católica, and fellow Brazilian Flamengo (which also has a red & black striped kit).

EDIT: Botafogo likewise reaches the group stage by defeating Olimpia in Paraguay (by 3-1 on PKs; Gatito Fernandez, a Paraguayan goalkeeper, clutches for Botafogo).

EIGHT Brazilian teams in the 2017 Libertadores.

 

Great saves by Gatito, especially second one.

 

Would you have thought any differently if everything had been the same except that rather than Atl.-PR, it'd been your team last night?

 

Yes.

 

If eliminating Capiatá on its ground after allowing a 3-3 draw on home ground isn't heroic - given that all Capiatá needed was a simple result like a 0-0 draw or a 1-0 win - then I can only conclude you're being salty and are minimizing Atlético Paranaense's efforts because it succeeded where Universitario failed; Universitario could have likewise easily qualified with a simple 0-0, 1-0, 1-1 or even a 0-1 defeat by virtue of its 1-3 away win, but it lost badly.

Being individually better does not always translate into better team performances.

 

Crazy game in Tucuman, home team almost lost got knocked out after 3-0 in first 30 minutes.

 

Tucuman should have won the game 6-0 but somehow almost lost the series in the final 5 minutes... anyway, great achievement for a small club.

 

Surprised at how decent this Guarani side is looking. They managed to beat Iquique away with goal of the "Mago" Novick, and a lot of defending. Five yellows is a bit much too.

 

Qué miserable el Manya, hoy.