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Grêmio sender Marco Antônio og Everaldo til Figueirense

Ignacio Piatti trabajó diferenciado y es duda

BUENOS AIRES -- La seguidilla de partidos continúa en San Lorenzo. Tras igualar sin goles ante Newell´s, en la noche del sábado, Edgardo Bauza comienza a definir la formación inicial para jugar el partido de ida de los octavos de final de la Copa Libertadores, frente Gremio de Porto Alegre.

Luego de que la mayoría de los titulares descansé en el encuentro con el conjunto rosarino, continuará la rotación y Edgardo Bauza moverá varias piezas y pondrá en cancha un equipo similar al que enfrentó a Boca, aunque sin Leandro Romangoli.

Cabe recordar que el "Pipi" y Fabricio Fontanini adeudan dos de las tres fechas impuestas por la CONMEBOL por los incidentes registrados tras el partido con Independiente del Valle, en Ecuador. Es por eso que, en caso de clasificar, recién estarían disponibles en cuartos de final.

Durante el ensayo formal de fútbol, desarrollado en la mañana del lunes, Bauza paró un equipo con: Sebastián Torrico; Julio Buffarini, Carlos Valdés, Santiago Gentiletti, Emmanuel Más; Héctor Villalba, Juan Mercier, Néstor Ortigoza, Juan Ignacio Cavallaro; Ángel Correa, Mauro Matos.

El gran ausente en dicha formación fue Ignacio Piatti, quien trabajó diferenciado por una sobrecarga. Su evolución se irá evaluando y en caso de no estar en condiciones de jugar, Cavallaro jugará en su lugar.

San Lorenzo recibirá a Gremio de Porto Alegre desde las 22:00 hs. del miércoles y con el arbitraje de Enrique Osses. El "Ciclón" intentará volver a meterse en los cuartos de final tras seis años, siendo la edición de 2008 su último antecedente en dicha instancia. Aquel año fue eliminado por la Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito dirigida por Edgardo Bauza.

Confirmadas las lesiones de Teo y Balanta

BUENOS AIRES -- Los lunes no suelen ser tranquilos en River. Hace exactamente una semana se confirmaba la lesión de Marcelo Barovero y ahora, tras el partido ante Vélez, quedó oficializado que Éder Álvarez Balanta sufrió un desgarro que lo pone en duda para la recta final del campeonato.

Tras ser reemplazado a los 34 minutos del segundo tiempo, el colombiano se sometió a estudios médicos que confirmaron un desgarro de cuatro milímetros en el muslo semimembranoso de la pierna derecha.

Si bien restan cuatro fechas para finalizar el campeonato, la idea del cuerpo médico es que esté en condiciones en el partido del 11 de mayo, con Argentinos Juniors.

Por otro lado, el otro lesionado de River era Teófilo Gutiérrez, autor del gol del triunfo ante el conjunto de Liniers. El delantero, también reemplazado durante el segundo tiempo, padece una distensión de ligamento colateral externo en su pierna derecha y, si bien su lesión no es grave, se evaluará si se lo arriesga o se lo preserva ante Olimpo.

River jugará el próximo domingo, desde las 21:30 hs, ante Olimpo en Bahía Blanca. Cabe recordar que restan cuatro fechas para finalizar el Torneo Final 2014, en el cual el equipo de Ramón Díaz es líder. Los rivales que le quedan al "Millonario", además de Olimpo, son: Racing (local), Argentinos (visitante) y Quilmes (local).

Oscar happy at Chelsea despite PSG interest

Oscar is "flattered" by Paris Saint-Germain´s reported interested In him but stated that he has no intention of leaving Chelsea.

The Brazil midfielder has been a regular starter for Jose Mourinho during his first season back at Stamford Bridge, with the Portuguese stating that PSG would have no chance of signing him and winger Oscar if Financial Fair Play rules are enforced.

Both have been linked with moves to the French champions and Oscar said he discussed a switch to the Parc des Princes with Brazil team-mates Lucas Moura and Thiago Silva during one of the recent UEFA Champions League quarter-final between the sides.

The 22-year-old has welcomed PSG´s interest in him, but he is not looking to leave Stamford Bridge.

"I´m flattered PSG are thinking about me but I´m happy at Chelsea. Paris are a big club, but I´m happy here," he told TF1.

"Lucas, Thiago Silva and I spoke about it a little bit when we met in the Champions League, but there is nothing certain.

"They know that I´m good at Chelsea."

Playoff hopes fading fast for Chivas

GUADALAJARA – Just watching Sunday midday games in mid-April in Pumas’ Ciudad Universitaria is enough to produce beads of sweat on the forehead. For a Chivas team that new coach Ricardo La Volpe has already hinted is not as fit as it should be, the combination of heat and altitude saw Guadalajara wilt and home side Pumas run out deserved 1-0 winners in Mexico City.

But for ‘keeper Antonio Rodriguez – who La Volpe had worked especially hard with in the week – the score would’ve been kinder to Pumas, who qualified for the playoffs with the result.

Chivas, on the other hand, must win away at Monterrey next weekend and hope other results fall their way to get into the so-called fiesta grande. At this point, it’s improbable that Chivas will make the postseason.

La Volpe switched to a back five system for the majority of Sunday’s match, fielding Gerardo Rodriguez, Patricio “Pato” Araujo and Nestor Vidrio in the central three positions and Omar Esparza and Edgar “Tepa” Solis on the flanks.

The take-away? Much work remains on the playing field and in the next transfer window for the team to be molded into one of La Volpe’s liking. Gerardo Rodriguez was brought from Toluca as a full back, Pato Rodriguez is predominantly considered a midfielder and Vidrio can play in the center or at right back. Considering all that, the three did reasonably well, even if they were given the run-around for David Ramirez’s goal in the 55th minute.

Chivas continue to miss injured trio Jair Pereira, Jorge “Chaton” Enriquez and Jesus “Chapo” Sanchez – who played well last season as a right wing back.

But even with those 100 percent fit, the bottom line remains that this still seems a hollow shell of a side as a collective, with too many of the young individuals still developing, but already shouldering a heavy responsibility for the side’s fortunes.

Carlos Fierro was the classic example against Pumas.

Bright, positive and dangerous on the ball, Fierro always looked like he would cause a threat to Pumas for the 60 minutes he was on the field, but he continues to have problems in his decision-making when a space to shoot opens up or a chance to cross presents itself.

David Ramirez, just 18, Carlos Cisneros and striker Angel Zaldivar show similar raw talent combined with natural growing pains.

The exception was Giovani Hernandez, who was surprisingly left on the bench by La Volpe, but appears set to bloom under the Argentine. The player tipped for big things in Guadalajara is showing renewed confidence and looked the most likely to come up with something to hand Chivas what would’ve been an undeserved equalizer after he came on in the 61st.

Of the experienced players, more has to be expected of Omar Bravo and Aldo de Nigris, who were both below-par on Sunday, although the duo have had injury concerns in recent weeks.

Chivas are now on 21 points and have scored just 13 goals in 16 games this Clausura. Only Puebla and Tigres have scored less.

If they don’t make the playoffs, La Volpe will take very little blame and he’d start next season with the statistic that Chivas have only made one of the last four playoffs, two of the last eight and only three of the last 10. In only one of those seasons (Bicentenario 2010) could you say the club genuinely had a good season.

Those kinds of facts may be an extra bargaining chip when it comes to forcing owner Jorge Vergara’s hand in syphoning off some much-needed money for new recruits to lift the club out of its slump.

But nobody in Guadalajara is holding their breath.

Panama 16 runde.

Førerholdet Arabe Unido er playoff klar efter 1-0 sejr over Chepo, Joseph Cox med den afgørende scoring efter en times spil, holdet fra Colon måtte ellers spille de sidste 20 minutter med 10 mand efter midtbanespilleren Leslie Heraldez andet gule kort.

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Josue Holderth sikrede Plaza Amador en -0 sjr ude over Alianza, mens San Francisco besejrede Rio Abajo med samme cifre efter Richard Rodriguez´ 1 minuts scoring.

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Tauro slog Indepenient med 3-0 på bl.a 2 mål af Kevin Chase, mens en anden liga profil Rolando Blackburn kom på tavlen i Chorrillo´s 3-0 sejr over San Miguelito.

I har før gjort det godt, desuden så har I vist noget specielt i de store kampe. Så hvis I kan holde et stabilt niveau i løbet af sæsonen, så kan I godt nå langt.


Yeps jeg tror nu nok det stabile niveau bliver holdt, niveau er nok bare ikke godt nok, det er vel det som er problemet.

Jamaica

August Town´s survival hope dented

August Town´s premier league survival were severely dented after they crashed 0-1 to Sporting Central Academy at the UWI Bowl today.

Francois Swaby netted the winner in the 38th minute condemning August Town to their 12th defeat of the season from 30 games and with only three games remaining, they are rooted to the bottom of the 12-team league on 27 points.

The Baris Johnson-coached team are seven points from safety and will have to win their three remaining matches against playoff teams Montego Bay United, Arnett Gardens and Harbour View. It will be a mammoth task and with that in mind, they are almost sure to be relegated. Sporting Central in the meantime moved away from the relegation zone jumping two places to seventh with 37 points.

Meanwhile former champions Portmore United slipped dangerously into the relegation zone after succumbing 0-1 to Tivoli Gardens who in turn reignited their slim playoff spot at the Edward Seaga Stadium.

Portmore United with their 13th loss of the season, slipped a spot to 11th on 33 points and with Rivoli United, Waterhouse and Humble Lion to play, they are in grave danger of being relegated for the first time.

The talented Andre McFarlane scored the winner in the 37th minute for Tivoli Gardens propelling them to 39 points, six behind Arnett Gardens for that final and fourth playoff spot. However, Arnett has a game in hand and still hold a significant advantage.

At Collie Smith Drive, home team Boy´s Town suffered a 0-1 defeat at the hand of the leaders Waterhouse and slipped s pot to ninth with 34 points. They are just two spots one point above the relegation zone and must be careful of ending their eight year stay in top flight football. Oshane Roberts grabbed the winner in the 15th minute for Waterhouse who are unbeaten in their last 15 games and consolidate top spot on 56 points.

The promoted Rivoli United took a step closer to premier league survival with a 2-0 hammering of Cavalier at the Stadium East field. Jeremy Nelson and Devon Hodges scored in the 54th and 56th minutes respectively as the Spanish Town team moved to 38 points and into sixth spot. It was a cruel blow to Cavalier´s playoff ambitions as they slipped two places to eighth on 36 points and must be careful of falling into that dreaded relegation dog fight.

In the late kick-off at the Compound, home team Harbour View and Humble Lion battled to a 2-2 draw. Omondo McLoud gave Humble Lion a 24th minute lead which was quickly cancelled out by Brian Brown in the 30th minute. Defender Montrose Phinn gave Harbour View the advantage in the 44th minute but the sly old fox, Wolry Wolfe earned a share of the points for Humble Lion from the penalty spot in the 72nd minute. Harbour View, already into the playoff, moved to 52 points in second spot while Humble Lion climbed out of the relegation zone and into 10th spot with 34 points.

On Monday, third-placed Montego Bay United on 48 points host Arnett Gardens in fourth spot on 42 points in the live televised game scheduled for 8:30 on TVJ TV. Both teams will be looking to seal their playoff spot with a win.

South American Football Sunday’s Episode 4: River Plate 1-0 Vélez Sarsfield

River Plate temporarily top the standings in the Torneo Final after a fairly assured 1-0 victory over Vélez at the Estadio Monumental. River jump one point clear of Estudiantes and Colón with four games to go, however Gimnasia La Plata can replace them at the top if they beat All Boys tomorrow evening. Vélez will now feel they are out of contention for the title as they now lie seven points adrift of the top, although the Copa Libertadores will remain their priority in the coming weeks.

River were on the whole in control of the first half proceedings, and could certainly argue they deserved to be ahead at the interval. The home side controlled the possession in the opening ten minutes, and they almost opened the scoring from a free-kick out wide from Ariel Rojas, though his effort curved narrowly over the bar. Then, shortly after the twenty minute mark, following a neat passage of possession, a chance fell to Teó Gutiérrez, but with the Colombian forward off balance, his shot fell safely into the hands of Vélez keeper, Sebastián Sosa.

River were the team more comfortable on the ball and with the greater desire to regain control of it in the opening quarter of the game, but Vélez were definitely not be be discounted. Alejandro Cabral lofted a ball down the line for Lucas Pratto to run onto, however the bulky forward could only shoot wide at the near post.

Sosa’s concentration was put to the test in a two minute period on the half hour mark, as he was forced to tip over a high deflected effort from Manuel Lanzini, before he made a horrible error in the lead-up to River’s opener. He failed to gain any reasonable distance on a goal kick as the ball fired straight at Lanzini, who cushioned a header into the path of Gutiérrez to apply a simple finish. The keeper can only have himself to blame on this occasion.

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Leonel Vangioni was a livewire down the left wing for most of the first half, and he would also test Sosa’s resolve as he hit a long-range effort that bounced in front of the Vélez shot-stopper, but he held the ball as he began to calm his nerves again. At the other end, River’s stand-in keeper, Leandro Chichizola, had nothing to test him in terms of shots until the 37th minute. He was alert when required however, as he turned away a powerful strike from Agustín Allione, before Alejandro Cabral produced a poor header wide from the rebound. Fortunately for River, that would be all Chichizola had to deal with in the first half.

The second half did not warm up until the latter stages in what proved to be a pretty even contest. Carlos Carbonero tormented the Vélez defenders all evening with his direct running which drew several fouls, but he almost turned provider in the opening two minutes of the second half. He delivered a delightful ball towards the far post for Rojas, though he glanced his header wide as River looked to explode out the blocks in the second period.

This didn’t quite turn out to be the case as Vélez played their way into the game a little bit more, and created another decent opportunity for themselves just after the hour mark. Pratto controlled a chipped ball into the area with impressive ease, but he was then thwarted by Chichizola as the keeper came out to block his effort.

An injury to Gutiérrez seemed to affect the flow of the second half after the forward appeared to do some damage to his knee in an awkward landing. Gutiérrez left the pitch before he surprisingly came back on, only to fall to the ground once more minutes later in what would be a re-occurrence of the initial discomfort with 36 minutes to go.

After Sosa committed a terrible error in the first half, Chichizola at the opposite end almost had a similar moment of his own in the 76th minute. A poor clearance upfield found it’s way to an otherwise anonymous, Mauro Zárate, whose effort did not have enough power in it to trouble a backtracking Chichizola. Zárate would later depart in what was an unusally vacant performance from the forward.

River looked the more dangerous team yet again in the second half, as they robbed Vélez of the ball in crucial areas of the pitch, and they almost doubled their advantage with seven minutes remaining. Fernando Cavenaghi endured a fairly quiet evening until he curled a well weighted effort onto the far post, as River looked to kill the tie late on.

Both sides had one decent opportunity apiece in second half injury time as the tempo suddenly upped. Pratto seemed to be the only one of the Vélez starting front three that wanted to impose himself on the game, and his efforts couldn’t be faulted as he fired in a shot from the edge of the area that was well held by Chichizola. Down at the other end, substitute, Daniel Villalba, had the chance to seal all three points on the break, but Sosa came out to deny the young attacker. The referee then called time on what was a vital win for River, who in truth deserved the victory on the night.

Valencia gives Olimpo big win over Quilmes and provides Saturday’s only goal

Adolfo ‘Trencito’ Valencia’s impressive run of form continued yesterday, as the 22-year old, on loan from MLS side, Portland Timbers scored his sixth goal of the campaign and more importantly provided Olimpo with an invaluable 1-0 win over relegation rivals, Quilmes. A first away win of 2014 for Olimpo could not have come at a better time and Trencito superb solo effort could well end up condemning Caruso Lombardi’s side.

Earlier, Estudiantes picked up another draw with yet another clean sheet, this time in Rosario against Central, a result which leaves them outright leaders, at least for 24 hours.

And in the late kickoff, San Lorenzo welcomed Newell’s Old Boys to the Nuevo Gasómetro and with eyes on their crucial Libertadores last 16 tie with Gremio on Wednesday, it is fair to say San Lorenzo did not appear to interested in this. Newell’s continue to look a little rudderless at present and so another goalless draw was not entirely surprising.


Rosario Central 0 – 0 Estudiantes

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Quilmes 0 – 1 Olimpo

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San Lorenzo 0 – 0 Newell’s Old Boys

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