Altitude Sickness in La Paz : thread for south american club football, copa libertadores etc.

this thread is going to be a winner, i can tell.

chilean football, the only south american football ive watched enough of to comment on, is fairly terrible, with some bright talent appearing periodically and then leaving for argentina/europe. an indication of how bad chilean football is: it's full of argentinians but i read an article a couple months ago that a player who plays for u de c was being considered for an argentina call-up, which would make him the first chilean based argentinian to ever get his first cap while playing for a chilean club (and in the end he didnt even get the cap).

I was reading somewhere that uni de chile play a bit like a bielsa team. are they good to watch? how did you get into chilean football?

the coach sampaoli is openly an admirer of bielsa and plays a very similar game, an attacking 3-4-3 with most of the team participating in attacks and goals distributed throughout the team. they were fun to watch last year when they won both the chilean championships and the copa sudamericana. not watched them this year since they lost their main star eduardo vargas - think a less skilful, more direct alexis sanchéz - to napoli in the winter transfer window. they're running away with the apertura and are on their way to progressing thru the group stages of the libertadores though as far as i can remember.

http://static.latercera.com/20120429/1526264.jpg

in the 169th chilean superclásico universidad de chile have beaten colo colo 5-0. a historic goleada. and only 237 arrests! ha.

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For reasons that I'm not entirely sure of I am currently watching Denilsen, Jadson and Luis Fabiano for Sao Paulo narrowly beating Botafogo 1-0, v nice finsih by Jadson. Botafogo also have a Jadson but he's not the famous one. Sao Paulo have a Lucas which cheers me up. I don't really understand the Brazilian Lge schedule as apparently this is the opening game of the season but Denilsen has been there since August? So has he already played a season? I'm confused. The pitch isn't up to much and the Sao Paulo defence looks wretched so maybe Botafogo can come back in the 2nd half. Also the commentators reckon Santos will swap Ganso for Robinho this summer.

Brazil runs its season in two parts iirc - the state championships are in the first half of the year and the Campeonato Brasileiro is in the second, finishing around Christmas. If São Paulo (São Paulo state) are playing Botafogo (Rio de Janeiro state) this must be the opening of the CB, I'm guessing.

Aw thanks. Yes, it appears you are correct.

Botafogo did indeed manage an equalizer, but Fabiano has just dispatched a Jadson cross. 2-1 Sao Paulo.

Now Botafogo come back to lead 3-2. Good, if slightly haphazard, stuff this.

4-2 Botafogo. Herrera (who only came on at half-time) gets his hat-trick!

According to the Sky planner Botafogo have a rightback called John Lennon. Don't think he played did he? Only saw the 1st half, didn't hear him mentioned.

No, I was listening out for him :)

http://www.lancenet.com.br/botafogo/Apresentacao-Lennon-Junior-Botafogo-Wagner_LANIMA20120507_0089_26.jpg

It appears to be true. That's him on the left.

What are the chances of him ending up at Liverpool, if only for the shirt sales?

Tell him we'll name an airport after him and he's sure to come.

The defending champions, Boca have 32 points from 16 games with three to play in the Clausura championship, the second league tournament of the complex Argentina season.

Tigre have 29 points after Mariano Echeverría gave them a 1-1 draw at Atlético Rafaela, where Alexis Castro opened the scoring just after half-time. However, Tigre dropped to 19th in the relegation standings, which are decided over three seasons, putting them back in the danger zone.

It's nice to have everything up for grabs at season's end, but this is ridiculous.

lol, no way would I be able to deal with following the EPL if it was formatted like that.

One game to go now, and Boca have screwed up by losing 3-0 at home to Arsenal, who now lead the table from Tigre on goals scored. Neither of these have ever won the title before. Both have home games against midtable opponents (Belgrano and Indepediente) in their final fixture. Boca are the only other side who can win: they are two points behind.

Tigre are out of the relegation playoff places only by a whisker - 0.004 points average - so it's still possible that they could win the league while being simultaneously relegated.

Arsenal fans rejoice! This lot do hold their nerve, 1-0 winners over Belgrano, while Tigre draw 2-2 with Independiente (thereby also avoiding the drop, so some consolation). They seem to be the smallest club in the league, so extra well done them.

first leg of libertadores final boca vs corinthians in like an hour and a bit? i think. im working in 6 hours and a bit tho so i will be asleep.

Second leg was last night but I forgot all about it. 2-0 to Corinthians, who win 4-1 on points for their first title. Riquelme announced that he was leaving Boca as he's no energy left to give - I don't know whether this means he's retired or not.

"This afternoon, I spoke with the president and informed him that I would not continue," Riquelme told reporters. "I am very grateful to the club and the team, I know I am, but I have nothing left to give the club, I'm empty.

"The relationship I share with Boca is great, I'm a fan of this club but now I have reached the end of the road.

"Now I just want to go home, have a barbecue with my friends, see my children and greet them. All I ask is for forgiveness from my child that I could not win the cup again."

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Pix/pictures/2012/10/29/1351517416864/River-Plate-supporters-fl-001.jpg

photos from River v Boca

Arsenal winger Pablo Luguercio earned the first red card of the championship for reacting with a slap in the face for Emanuel Britez after the Union defender had touched his buttocks as he was shielding the ball.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNJBs55SS0E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME-CqhMyx7Y

atletico mineiro won against tijuana (1x1, 2x2; goalkeeper saves a penalty @ 48')
then newell old boys (0x2; 2x0; 3x2 in penals)
the olimpia (0x2; 2x0; 4x3 penals)

that was great

http://extra.globo.com/incoming/9106529-8a4-1c9/w640h360-PROP/atletico-mg-galo-copa-libertadores.jpg

The 11: Victor, Marcos Rocha (Michel played in the finals), Rever (GIlberto Silva), Leonardo Silva, Richarlyson (Julio Cesar); Pierre, Josue (Leandro Donizete), Ronaldinho (Guilherme); Bernard, Tardelli (Luan), Jô.

Ronaldino now the 7th player to win both CL and CL titles.

dinHo

I wish we saw more of the CL here, it seems a good tourney

ronaldinho joins dida, cafu & roque junior as the 4th to win CL/CL/WC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX8KnVYsjJQ

:)

http://m.goal.com/s/en-us/news/4944/international-soccer/2016/10/06/28241862/watch-enner-valencia-fakes-injury-to-make-incredible-getaway?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2F3UjMASeWvI

Magnificent example of the thread title in action tonight - Jorge Wilstermann, who play at an altitude of 8300 feet, lost the away leg of their Copa Libertadores qualifier against Vasco de Gama 4-0 and are leading the home tie 3-0 at half time.

Boca have just scored against River Plate in the 1st leg - goalie screwed up

Fuck River pulled one back 30 secs later - fuck!

Great finish.

Yeah

This game is wild.

Since the goals this has just been insane end-to-end xp

2-1 Boca, just before HT

Great flick

It hasn't let up in the 2nd half..

2-2, its an og!!

First leg of the final, right?

(I ask because I want more)

Yes

well Boca should've won that..one-on-one with the keeper.

boca bus was attacked as the team entered the river plate stadium, seems like this is going to be delayed if not rescheduled

Boca supporters are assembling outside the team hotel in Puerto Madero before the squad make the 10km or so journey to the Monumental in some hours https://t.co/1T4xWOSGox

— Peter Coates (@golazoargentino) November 24, 2018

#Libertadores latest: River and Boca now reportedly both in agreement that the final should not be played today, CONMEBOL reportedly insistent that it be played.

— Austin Miller (@austin_james906) November 24, 2018

my spanish suuuucks

postponed again
i went to a River game in august and the intensity of the crowd, for a game against belgrano in the rain, it was like nothing i'd ever seen. the upper deck at el monumental juust throbs, for hours

yeah the atmosphere for the first match was just something else...hope the 2nd leg is w/out incident.