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Leandro Jara, de Estudiantes: "A este equipo le falta madurar"

LA PLATA -- El correntino Leonardo Jara, lateral-volante de Estudiantes de La Plata, afirmó el miércoles que "a este equipo le falta madurar" en un análisis de la actualidad del conjunto Pincha.

Jara, nacido en la capital correntina, agregó que "somos muchos chicos que estamos creciendo al lado de jugadores con una gran historia. Pensamos en All Boys y en hacer un buen campeonato. Tratamos de hacer las cosas de la mejor manera, pero nos falta picardía, manejar mejor los tiempos y tomar confianza".

"En cuanto al partido del próximo sábado en Floresta, señaló que "son muy fuertes de local y siempre nos costó jugar ahí. Hay que estar atentos a la segunda jugada, a todos los rebotes y achicar el margen de error. Por supuesto que nuestro objetivo es ganar".

Jara se sorprendió con la titularidad en el arranque del campeonato y explicó que "la lesión el año pasado me llegó en un momento inoportuno. El Chino (Rosales) venía jugando en los partidos del verano y en buen nivel, y por eso me sorprendió que el técnico me eligiera para el primer partido. Por suerte salieron las cosas bien, tanto para el equipo, como en lo personal".

El correntino, de 22 años y 67 partidos en primera, llegó como mediocampista central de ataque y el tiempo lo fue corriendo a las bandas hasta que Mauricio Pellegrino decidió probarlo de lateral derecho, donde parece haber encontrado un lugar en el equipo.

La historia nació en una charla con el entrenador que le preguntó si había jugado alguna vez de "4". La respuesta fue negativa. El técnico insistió y lo volvió a interrogar ¿Te gustaría jugar de "4"?. La respuesta volvió a ser negativa y Pellegrino le dijo "bueno, pero vas a jugar de cuatro".

A partir de ahí parece ser su puesto principal y el jugador ahora se muestra convencido: "la verdad me gusta el puesto y ya no tengo problemas mientras juegue. Tengo más tiempo para pensar, porque no tenés un rival tan encima. El técnico nos pide que pasemos mucho al ataque y los movimientos están bastante coordinados".

LA PRÁCTICA DEL MIÉRCOLES

El plantel trabajó por la mañana en el predio de City Bell, pero el entrenador no dio pistas del equipo. Realizó trabajos con los jugadores mezclados y recién el jueves hará hincapié en los 11 para jugar el sábado. El dato importante es que Juan Sebastián Verón se entrenó sin problemas y a la par de sus compañeros, por lo que se descuenta que estará a disposición del entrenador.

El único que realizó tareas diferenciadas fue Guido Carrillo, por un cuadro de gastroenteritis, pero mañana podrá trabajar con absoluta normalidad.

Por último y con relación a la posibilidad de incorporar un jugador libre como segundo refuerzo, Agustín Alayes, secretario de fútbol, le aseguró a Télam que "salvo que aparezca algo muy seductor nos vamos a quedar como estamos. Se buscaron distintas alternativas, pero no se pudo y la idea no es traer por traer. Ya lo hablamos con Mauricio (Pellegrino) y estamos todos de acuerdo".

A thousand times Tulio: The man who never gave up

As final chapters go, it perhaps wasn’t quite the glamorous affair he had spent so many years dreaming about.

No Globo television cameras. No Maracanã. No Botafogo shirt. No, this was destined to happen here, on this bumpy scrubland pitch so typical of the footballing hinterland that operates a few levels and a few light years below the glitz of the Seleção.

Araxá vs Maimoré in the second division of the Minas Gerais state championship. A game between two teams even local football fanatics had probably never heard of and never will again. Or rather, wouldn’t have. For at the weekend, these sides’ names were woven into the mythic tapestry of the Brazilian game.

For Túlio Maravilha, nothing else mattered but the numbers. For days and months and years and decades he had counted. One more here. Two more there. Tick followed tock followed tick followed tock. Even if the passage of time had begun to make a mockery of his nickname, he would never admit it.
Even at 44, bones creaking and hair thinning, he was still Túlio the Marvel. And he still had history to make.

His big day was a long time in the making. He could remember the 1980s, the emerald green of Goiás, his first goals. His short-lived spell in Europe. (Even now, he wept when he remembered Sion.)

Botafogo, Corinthians, Vitória, Botafogo again, always adding to the tally. 13 goals in 15 games for the national team. Ever plundering.

But somewhere down the line, Túlio stopped enjoying scoring for scoring’s sake. The siren song of immortality crept into his veins, throbbing through his body until he could think of nothing else but a number. The number. It was neat, round and promised to etch his name into Brazil’s footballing pantheon. 1000. A thousand goals. Pelé, Romário… Túlio.

For years thereafter, scoring still came easy. A scuttling, predatory striker, his knack for being in the right place at the right time served him well. Sure, he was moving in less prestigious circles but goals are goals are goals. One more here. Two more there.

The cluster of years that usually signal a footballer’s retirement came and went, the number still some way off. But Túlio couldn’t stop. He was going to get there, even if it meant resigning himself to the life of a travelling salesman, pitching up in any dead-end town whose football team offered him a few thousand Reais in exchange for a few weeks of (relative) national fame.
The spotlight on Túlio had grown wan, but it still shone enough to make signing him worthwhile.

Not that this arrangement pleased everyone.

In 2012, the coach of tiny Tanabi, Túlio’s 28th club, expressed his frustration that the forward was allowed to commute from his home in Rio rather than being forced to move to the area. “How can a guy just turn up on matchday and play?” he asked. “The president and the city are spending a lot of money, and he’s not the player he once was.”

He has also had other, more forceful critics. Túlio’s talent for scoring has never been in doubt, but his ability to count certainly has been; 18 months ago, when he claimed to have reached 990, Placar magazine totted up the official goals and only reached 655. Túlio had been counting goals in friendlies, commemorative games and amateur football. If he’d been a videogame fan, he’d probably have added those he scored on old versions of Pro Evolution Soccer as well.

The discrepancy, of course, only adds to the storybook aura of Túlio’s tale. In a country whose sporting history is so lovingly embellished by lore and half-remembered fable, the Man Who Built His Own Mountain fits right in. Besides, if Pelé and Romário were allowed to play hard and fast with the rulebook, why not him?

As he scrimped and saved his way towards the fabled gol mil, there was to be one major disappointment. He always planned to reach the landmark playing for Botafogo, the side with whom he felt the strongest emotional connection.

The Rio club appeared happy to grant his wish, signing the then-43-year-old Túlio in August last year and promising to register him to play in the Brasileirão.

But despite notching for their under-23 side and in a low-wattage friendly, he left under a cloud, claiming the club had failed to support his “project”. He was just two goals from his target.

No matter. Good things come to those who wait.

27 minutes played at the Fausto Alvim ground (the word stadium would be pushing it). Araxá are awarded a penalty. Everyone knows who is going to take it. Túlio, wearing shirt number 999, steps up. Nobody wants to see him miss – not even the opposition goalkeeper. The world stops spinning, just for an instant.

He scores.

Everything goes blank. Túlio is lifted aloft by his team-mates. The rest of the game fades into insignificance.

“Mission accomplished,” Túlio swoons afterwards choking back the tears. “This is for all the people who believe in their dreams.”
It wasn’t quite what he had pictured. No Globo television cameras. No Maracanã. No Botafogo shirt. But he doesn’t care. All he cares about are the numbers.

Rentería sufrió un esguince y se perderá el partido con San Lorenzo

BUENOS AIRES -- El delantero colombiano Wason Rentería sufrió un esguince en el ligamento de la rodilla izquierda y se perderá al menos el partido del domingo frente a San Lorenzo, por la segunda fecha del Torneo Final.

Rentería, flamante incorporación de "La Academia", tenía chances de integrar el banco de suplentes en el clásico ante San Lorenzo, pero un "esguince en el ligamento lateral interno de la rodilla izquierda" le impedirá debutar en el conjunto de Avellaneda.

El delantero colombiano aún no tuvo minutos con la camiseta de Racing, ya que Reinaldo Merlo decidió no incluirlo entre los concentrados para el partido que su equipo le ganó 3-0 a Colón de Santa Fe.

Rentería, quien tras quedar marginado del debut viajó intempestivamente a Colombia aduciendo cuestiones personales, trabajó con normalidad el lunes y el martes, pero esta mañana lo hizo en kinesiología y la recuperación le demandaría al menos un par de semanas

Jamaica bolsters future with strong schedule

MIAMI -- Captain Horace Burrell, President of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), believes that upcoming friendly international matches against Switzerland and France will provide tough examinations of the Reggae Boyz.

Jamaica (ranked 81st by FIFA) has set dates with Switzerland (ranked eighth) in Lucerne on May 30, and nine days later against 1998 World Cup host and champion France (20th) in Lille.

Both France and Switzerland will play in Group E at 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, along with Ecuador and CONCACAF’s Honduras.

"These teams are considered giants of European football and are both going to the World Cup, therefore we expect that our Boyz will be severely tested," Burrell told CONCACAF.com. “Both teams have world-class players, but so do Jamaica...so I expect that these match-ups will test not only our Boyz, but also the Swiss and the French as they go into their final phase of preparation before heading off to Brazil."

In their only previous meeting – a friendly -- Switzerland defeated the Jamaicans, 2-0, on March 22, 2007, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Burrell, also a CONCACAF Vice-President, said both games -- along with two others confirmed against Caribbean neighbors Barbados (March 2) and Grenada (March 5) -- will go a long way in preparing the Boyz for Caribbean Cup play later this year.

"Our football is in a major preparation mode,” Burrell reasoned. “First of all, we are looking immediately for the Caribbean play-offs, which is a qualifier for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

"And of course the Gold Cup is a major priority for us. But critically for us also is that all of these games, plus others we will be pursuing to land, are ultimately aimed at aiding our road to Russia 2018 campaign.”

Jamaica finished last in the CONCACAF Hexagonal with five points from 10 matches.

With three more windows allotted for FIFA friendly matches in 2014 after March 5 --- September 1-9, October 6-14 and November 10-18 --- Burrell intends to make the most of each date.

"Already we have opened discussions with our counterparts to have matches for those dates,” Burrell added. “The plan is to take full advantage of all available windows and any opportunities between.

"We have a new coach who we intend to give every opportunity to establish and shape his team for Russia, and one of the ways to do that, is to give him as many games as possible to see players in different conditions.”

Bermuda’s Wells aims to surpass hometown heroes

HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Tracing the path of your role model can serve as unwanted pressure for most athletes from small countries, but in the case of Nahki Wells, he is using the achievements of his mentors as motivation for success.

The Huddersfield Town and Bermuda forward took the field for his 100th league match on Tuesday, a 3-0 loss to visiting Nottingham Forest in an English Championship encounter.

The defeat is a small setback for Wells, who left his friends and family four years ago for England with dreams of matching the feats of childhood heroes Shaun Goater and Kyle Lightbourne.

Wells told Huddersfield Town magazine, Give Us An H: “Shaun Goater was someone that I aspired to be like, as was Kyle Lightbourne. They both had good careers in England and they proved that it was possible to play at the highest level.”

The 23-year-old joined Huddersfield in January, making a £1.3m move from Bradford City. He has some big boots to fill if in order to emulate Goater.

For Bermuda, Goater scored 32 goals in 36 international outings and also played for several English clubs, most notably Manchester City, where he made 184 appearances and scored 84 goals.

Lightbourne was an English league standout, suiting up for a plethora of clubs including Coventry City, Fulham and Stoke City.

The careers of both players function as an inspiration for Wells.

“My aim is to reach the heights they did and go beyond,” he said. “It will be tough to replicate Goats, but if you don’t set your standards high, you won’t reach them.”

Just as he did with the Bermuda legends, the Terriers striker is hopeful the country’s junior players will aspire to follow his path to professional football.

“Hopefully the young Bermudians can see what I am doing and want to follow in my footsteps,” expressed Wells. “It would be fantastic if they see me as a role model.”

He is still getting used to all the attention since moving into English Championship.

“To be labelled a superstar is strange. All the attention I am getting is a bit weird but it is nice at the same time.”

NOTES: Wells scored two goals in five matches during Bermuda’s 2014 World Cup Qualifying campaign … Wells netted 42 goals in 91 league outings for Bradford City.

Nacional-Gremio the stellar duel of the night

Nacional (Uru) and Gremio open Group 6 play

Nacional of Uruguay and the powerful Gremio of Brazil will open Group 6 play on Thursday in Montevideo in a duel in which both seek to get a win in a difficult group that also includes Argentina´s Newell´s Old Boys and Atletico Nacional of Colombia.

The match will be held in the Gran Parque Central stadium starting at 10:15 local time (00h15 GMT Friday). The match will be called by Paraguayan Antonio Arias, assisted on the lines by his compatriots Eduardo Cardozo and Dario Gaona

Probable starting lineups:

Nacional: Gustavo Munúa - Pablo Alvarez, Andrés Scotti, Jorge Curbelo, Juan Manuel Díaz - Nicolás Prieto, Maximiliano Calzada, Rinaldo Cruzado - Gastón Pereiro - Iván Alonso and Carlos De Pena. COACH: Gerardo Pelusso

Gremio: Marcelo Grohe - Pará, Werley o Bressan, Rhodolfo, Wendell - Ramiro, Edinho, Riveros - Zé Roberto - Barcos and Jean Deretti or Luan. COACH: Enderson Moreira.

U. de Chile and Defensor of Uruguay debut in Group 5

Universidad de Chile and Defensor Sporting of Uruguay will play in Santiago on Thursday in the debut game for both teams in Group 5 of the Copa Libertadores.

The match will be played starting at 7:00 pm local time (22H00 GMT). The referee will be Paraguayan Enrique Caceres, assisted on the lines by his countrymen Milciades Saldívar and Juan Zorrilla.

Probable starting lineups:

Universidad de Chile: Johnny Herrera - Osvaldo González, Matías Caruzzo, José Rojas - Francisco Castro, Juan Rodrigo Rojas, Roberto Cereceda, Ramón Fernández, Gustavo Lorenzetti - Patricio Rubio and Rodrigo Mora. COACH: Cristián Romero.

Defensor: Martín Campaña - Pablo Pintos, Nicolás Correa, Matías Malvino, Robert Herrera - Federico Gino, Andrés Fleurquin, Adrián Luna, Mario Regueiro - Nicolás Olivera and Matías Alonso. COACH: Fernando Curutchet.



Atlético Nacional and Newell´s in a match of contenders

Colombia´s Atletico Nacional welcome to Medellin on Thursday, Newell´s Old Boys of Argentina in the first match day of Group 6 of the Copa Libertadores.

The match, to be played at the Atanasio Girardot stadium at 8:30 pm local time (01h30 GMT Friday), is particularly attractive for the power of both clubs.

The will directed by the Chilean triplet of Julio Bascuñan and Juan Maturana and Marcelo Barraza on the lines.

Probable starting squads:

Atlético Nacional: Luis Martínez - Francisco Nájera, Diego Peralta, Alexis Henriquez - Alexander Mejía, Jhon Valoy, Diego Arias, Farid Díaz, Sherman Cárdenas - Orlando Berrío and Jefferson Duque. COACH: Juan Carlos Osorio

Newell´s Old Boys: Nahuel Guzmán - Marcos Cáceres, Diego Mateo Alustia, Víctor López, Milton Casco - Hérnán Villalba, Lucas Bernardi, Ever Banega, Maxi Rodríguez - David Trezeguet and Víctor Figueroa. COACH: Alfredo Berti.


With Adriano on the bench, Paranaense welcomes The Strongest

Atletico Paranaense of Brazil receives Bolivian club The Strongest on Thursday in their first game of Group 1. The latest acquisition of Paranaense, striker Adriano, will start on the bench.

The "Emperor", 32 years old, has not played a professional match since March 2012 and has a well earned reputation as a "bad boy" of football. He was unveiled on Tuesday and will wear the number ´30´.

Uruguayan Daniel Fedorczuk will referee the match. Mauricio Espinoza and Gabriel Popovits will work the lines.

Posible starting squads:

Atlético Paranaense: Weverton - Sueliton, Manoel, Cleberson, Natanael - Deivid, Paulinho Dias, João Paulo, Fran Mérida - Marcelo and Ederson. COACH: Miguel Ángel Portugal.

The Strongest: Andrés Jemio - Enrique Parada, Jefferson Lopes, Marcos Barrera, Ernesto Cristaldo - Nelvin Soliz, Raúl Castro, Víctor Hugo Melgar, Gabriel Ríos - Pablo Escobar and Boris Alfaro. COACH: Eduardo Villegas.



Emelec and Bolívar face off

Ecuadorian champion Emelec on Thursday matches forces against Bolívar of La Paz in Group 7 play. The duel is considered key in the aspirations of both teams to advance to the knockout stage.

Emelec will be at home against a team that their Bolivian coach Gustavo Quinteros thinks he knows quite well after leading Bolivar in 2009.

The match referee will be Chile´s Patricio Polic, who will be assisted by his compatriots Francisco Mondria and Raúl Orellana

Probable starting squads:

Emelec: Esteban Dreer - Gabriel Achilier, Jorge Guagua, Cristian Nasuti, Óscar Bagüí - Pedro Quiñónez, Fernando Giménez, Ángel Mena, Miler Bolaños - Marcos Caicedo and Denis Stracqualursi. COACH: Gustavo Quinteros

Bolívar: Romel Quiñónez - Edemir Rodríguez, Nelson Cabrera, Luis Gutiérrez - Gerardo Yecerotte, Rudy Cardozo, Damir Miranda, Walter Flores, Juan Miguel Callejón - William Ferreira and Ricardo Pedriel. COACH: Vladimir Soria


Lanus plays O´Higgins with full confidence

Argentina´s Lanus, recent champion of the Copa Sudamericana, on Thursday night will welcome Chilean club O´Higgins, who is returning to the continental tournament after 30 years. This is a Group 3 match.

Lanus overcame Venezuelan club Caracas FC in the first stage showing why they were the champions of the Copa Sudamericana.

For their part O´Higgins are enjoying a return to the Cup after a long wait with Argentine Eduardo Berizzo as coach.

The match will be played on Thursday night starting at 9:15 pm local time (00h15 GMT) at the Néstor Díaz Pérez stadium in the city of Lanus.

The match referee will be Bolivian Oscar Maldonado, accompanied on the lines by Efraín Castro and Wilson Arellano.

Posible starting lineups:

Lanus: Agustín Marchesín - Carlos Araujo, Paolo Goltz, Carlos Izquierdoz and Maximiliano Velázquez - Jorge Ortiz, Leandro Somoza and Víctor Ayala - Oscar Benítez, Santiago Silva and Lautaro Acosta. COACH: Guillermo Barros Schelotto.

O´Higgins: Paulo Garcés - Nicolás Vargas, Albert Acevedo, Alejandro López and Benjamín Vidal - Nicolás Vargas, Braulio Leal, Luis Figueroa and Pablo Hernández - Pablo Calandria and Diego Chaves or Gonzalo Barriga. COACH: Eduardo Berizzo.

Carlos Bianchi probó los mismos once

BUENOS AIRES -- Los días pasan y el regreso está cada vez más complicado. Juan Román Riquelme no formó parte de la práctica de fútbol que dispuso Carlos Bianchi y continuó trabajando de manera diferenciada, durante el entrenamiento desarrollado en la mañana del jueves en Casa Amarilla.

El "10" realizó un circuito de conos y con pelota y por segundo día consecutivo no trabajó a la par del grupo, causa por la cual está prácticamente descartado que integre la lista de concentrados para el partido del domingo ante Belgrano de Córdoba.

Durante el ensayo de fútbol formal, Bianchi puso en cancha a los mismos once que igualaron sin goles ante Newell´s, con Cristian Erbes ya recuperado de la sobrecarga que lo mantuvo al margen en los trabajos del miércoles.

De esta manera, sin la confirmación oficial, los titulares ante Belgrano volverían a ser: Agustín Orión; Hernán Grana, Daniel Díaz, Juan Forlín, Nahuél Zárate; Cristian Erbes, Pablo Ledesma, Fernando Gago, Nicolás Colazzo; Juan Manuel Martínez, Emmanuel Gigliotti.

Boca intentará ante Belgrano, desde las 21:30 hs del domingo, ponerle fin a una seguidilla de cinco partidos oficiales sin triunfos, siendo el 2-1 ante Tigre, del último 10 de noviembre, la última vez que los Xeneizes se adjudicaron los tres puntos.

Tim Vickery Column: Some considerations on Brazil´s squad to face South Africa

This was the last squad before the 23 for the World Cup are named. So those on the outside who missed out this time (I’m thinking specifically of Kaka) need something very special to happen if they are going to force their way into the World Cup.

Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari found his blend during last year’s Confederations Cup. The pieces of the jigsaw began to fall into place in the warm up friendlies against England and France, and the process continued through the competition. Brazil ended the tournament not only with the trophy, but also with a consolidated group and a team identity.

Since then Scolari has been happy to tinker; the recall of Ramires brings with it the option of a 4-3-3 as a variation on the usual 4-2-3-1; he has had a look at reserve options with both full backs; Willian has been successfully introduced; and bringing back Robinho last time allowed him to have a look at the idea of playing the Milan man in a ‘false nine’ role. What would he appear to be thinking this time?

GOALKEEPER;

When Julio Cesar did not fix up a move during the (European) summer transfer window, Scolari acted fast to cut off speculation, guaranteeing the keeper a place in the World Cup – but in the squad, not the team.

I imagine that at the time he trusted that the situation would be sorted out in January. When yet another window shut with Julio Cesar languishing at QPR, a Plan B for the first choice jersey became unavoidable.

It now seems that his favourite goalkeeper will join Toronto in the MLS. But the season there does not start til the middle of next month. Reading between the lines, there would seem to be an opportunity for Jefferson of Botafogo to make a claim to be first choice – a few months back it is likely that Jefferson was no more than a reserve in the coach’s mind. It will be interesting to see who starts against South Africa.

RIGHT BACK

Rafinha was the surprise selection here, because the excluded Maicon has done well on his recall. Two factors; Rafinha is now getting a game at Bayern Munich, after Pep Guardiola relocated Philip Lahm to the midfield, and the former Coritiba product has showed the dynamic lung power that always made him an interesting example of the Brazilian tradition of attacking full backs.

Moreover, Maicon will be coming up 33 at the World Cup. Might the rigours of the European season have taken the edge off his game by then? Scolari is insuring himself against that possibility by taking a look at Rafinha.

CENTRAL MIDFIELD

The key moment in the development of this team was the introduction of Luiz Gustavo in the holding role. But who is his reserve? In recent squads it has been Lucas Leiva, but the injury to the Liverpool man opened up a space which has been filled, predictably, by Fernandinho of Manchester City.

But there is a doubt about him for the role. Fernandinho is a player of terrific lung power. But primarily what Brazil are looking for in this case is positional sense, someone to sit in front of the centre backs and plug the gaps as they appear across the line. Is he comfortable doing this?

If not, he may still have a chance. The fact that Hernanes has not been called up this time is surely significant. The likely explanation is that Scolari also wants to test Fernandinho in the position of back up to Paulinho, the more attacking of Brazil’s central midfield duo. The capacity to act in more than one function (I can recall Fernandinho playing at right back for Atletico Paranaense) is an important consideration when filling in the final few names of a World Cup squad.

CENTRE FORWARD

Why no Robinho? The Milan attacker has picked up an injury, but should be fit well before March 5th. He did well on his recall last November. So why discard him so quickly?

The answer would seem to be that Scolari has no desire to use the South Africa game to experiment with a ‘false nine.’ He wants to see the real article out there on the pitch, a penalty area target man type, which has always been his preference, all the way back to the days of Jardel at Gremio.

Scolari delayed the announcement of the small domestically based contingent in his squad because he is waiting on the fitness of Fred. Should the hero of the Confederations Cup recover in time, then he will have another chance to lead the line. But Fred, further injury aside, has a guaranteed place in the World Cup squad. But who will be his reserve? Jo, of Atletico Mineiro, who did well when given a surprise chance last year? Perhaps another opportunity for Leandro Damiao, finally cleared to play for Santos? We must wait to see who gets picked for South Africa – and then wait to see how they perform under pressure.

Because there will be pressure on whoever plays at centre forward on March 5th. It will be a duel in Johannesburg for the right to a place in the World Cup – and football history is full of stories of strikers who grabbed a late chance to sneak into the squad, and went on to become World Cup heroes.

Esperan oferta por Alvarado

BUENOS AIRES -- El representante del defensor de San Lorenzo Pablo Alvarado afirmó el jueves que esperan una "oferta oficial" del Atlético Paranaense, aunque admitió que la negociación podría extenderse porque "el libro de pases en Brasil cierra en marzo".

"Hay un interés deportivo de un equipo de Brasil pero todavía no ha llegado la oferta oficial", dijo Adrián Castellanos en una entrevista con el canal TyC Sports, y luego señaló que, además de Paranaense, hay otros equipos interesados.

Según trascendió, Flamengo y Bahía mostraron interés por contar con el zaguero, aunque todavía hay tiempo para negociar debido a que el libro de pases en Brasil cierra en Marzo.

"Si es bueno para San Lorenzo y para Pablo la vamos a estudiar, pero hay un poco más de tiempo porque el libro de pases en Brasil cierra en marzo", concluyó Castellanos.

La transferencia se realizaría a préstamo, con cargo para el equipo brasileño y una futura opción de compra.

Real Garcilaso får forhåbentligt et ordentligt fur af Conmebol efter nattens kamp mod Cruzeiro. Da Tinga - med fortid i bl.a. Borussia Dortmund - blev sat ind med 25 minutter igen, blev han chikaneret med abelyde af hjemmeholdets fans i resten af opgøret.

Som Tinga bagefter udtrykte det, så byttede han gerne en titel for at få lighed mellem racer og sociale klasser. Han er en klog mand, ham Tinga, så han fik sagt nogle fornuftige ting efter kampen. Nogle gang er det ikke nok at lade tårerne rulle a la Balotelli