Cuartos de Final- como ven los cruces de Copa 2010?

To be honest, I think Flamengo is done. They couldn't score two against 10, I don't see them scoring two against 11.

 

Honest q.: would any team try to do so, in such a wide pitch, having a pretty solid advg., while a man down?

Barca fans made the same argument (when faced with the same scenario vs. Inter).

Don't see many any teams trying to play under those conditions.

 

São Paulo is up 1-0 at the Mineirão. I thought Cruzeiro was going to win with ease, it's an interesting day so far on the Libertadores.

 

With ease? Hmphf. LOL

About time we scored a goal in the Libertadores; it's been some time. But our defense has been unbeaten for some time too.

 

Needless to say...one of the happiest days this year...and one of the most entretaining matches I have watched (at least the bits not messed up by FOX!)

Hopefully we have learned our lessons from relaxing too much like we did against Alianza Lima. We should go all out for the opening goal. Those first 30 minutes were just beautifull to watch. Marking was fierce and counters were fast.

I thought we were going to suffer a lot more in the second half but that goal from el Flaco Fernandez was just what we needed to sort our nerves.

I know Bielsa has officialy anounced the Chilean U.de Chile players will not be called to Mexico (Gracias LOCO! )...Estrada should also be back in glory for that return game after Iturra's red card.

We just need word from the Uruguayan federation now...

 

Great win by la "U", I think the azules could have sealed their qualification for the semi-finals on this game, instead of waiting for the second leg. However, every time Flamengo put the ball in the air, it was a big suffering for the defense. I hope la "U" makes it to the semi finals, but we still have to wait for the second leg.

 

Would love to know your reasoning as to why the second goal would be a foul. As far as I saw Olarra (that's the goal you're talking about, right?) jumped more than fairly and the goalie simply bounces back after not jumping high enough.

 

Another somewhat surprising result São Paulo is up 2-0 at the Mineirão. The team that so far scored the most of the goals and has the top goal scorer can't score a single goal yet.

With 20 minutes left, people is already leaving the stadium.

 

Sao Paulo showing it to Cruzeiro.

0-2.

 

I didn't expect Cruzeiro to bomb like this. Sao Paulo (and Fernandao) are playing a hell of a game.

 

There was no offside in that Cruzeiro goal... erroneously invalidated.

 

Perfectly valid goal being cancelled because of so-called offside, damn it.

 

Could be mistaken but I didn't see anything wrong at all, and neither did the commentator.

 

Very tight off-side call, if it was off-side it was really really thin, possibly the linesman thought that Gilberto made contact with the ball. Luck isn't helping Cruzeiro either.

EDIT: And now the ball hits both posts...

 

Christ, this is exactly the same as last season in the Final when Cruzeiro had like a billion chances but couldn't get the ball into the net. Very annoying!

 

This.

Totally agree.

 

A great, hard-earned victory for São Paulo in Mineirão against a tough opponent. Fernandão looked awkward at first, but he's an intelligent player and he did his part. He's way better than Washington.

Hernanes was great. I hope he plays in 2014, because he (like other Brazilians - the irony of being Brazilian; being incredibly talented yet not making it to a World Cup roster) has the goods to wear the Brazilian NT jersey.

Cruzeiro will fight to the death next week in Morumbi, and nothing is guaranteed. But with a 2-0 win on the road, I am hopeful São Paulo will not only avenge 2009, but reach the final four for its best Libertadores performance since 2006.

Tomorrow, the other huge game this week: Internacional vs. Estudantes da Prata.

 

Estudiantes will play with 5 defenders apparently, which will make it funny the kind of excuses they'll come up with after Inter is done raping them.

 

Is there a particular rivalry between Estudantes and Independente?

 

There used to in the early 70s, but not so much anymore, the only thing we have in common is that our arch-rivals are "friends". But i want them to lose after all their crying lately regarding that they're plotting against them(in the league) specially when they actually have been favoured by the officiating more than anybody else. Also they became somewhat unpleasant lately with the whole label "the best of America" by the media, specially how Desábato on Monday was touring around programs bitching around, like if he was a superstar or anything when casually the worst of Estudiantes are the centrebacks(incluiding him), yet the assholes of the media will never take mention of that, which makes me fear that if they don't win either the Libertadores or the league they'll label them as "the champion with no crown" as it was with Boca between 2008 and until Estudiantes won the Libertadores.