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LA begins CCL fresh, Chorrillo restarts

The LA Galaxy will have a few things going for them when they open their CONCACAF Champions League campaign Thursday night against Isidro Metapan.

They will be at home in The Home Depot Center -- and they´ve had a weekend off.

"It was good. We had a lot of weekend, weekday games for quite a while so it was good to get a couple of days off and clear our minds heading into another physical challenge in these next four games," defender A.J. DeLaGarza told MLSsoccer.com.

"It´s another big stretch. Obviously CONCACAF is huge and for our first two games to be here, they´re must win games."

Los Angeles, which reached last season´s Champions League quarterfinals in March, is in fourth place in Major League Soccer´s Western Conference and played the Columbus Crew to a 1-1 draw in their last game on August 15.

Metapan already has three points, having beaten the Puerto Rico Islanders 3-1 on three goals by Nicolas Munoz on August 1 at Estadio Jorge Calero Suarez.

Including the Champions League win, Metapan has lost only one of seven matches this season, including Saturday´s 1-1 draw with Juventud Independiente in the Salvadoran Apertura.

However, the loss was costly with goalkeeper Henry Hernandez suffering a fractured tibia, an injury that is expected to sideline him for approximately four months.

Also on Thursday, Chorrillo will look to rebound from a 5-0 loss to Monterrey in its Group Stage opener on July 31 when the Panamanian side hosts Municipal at Estadio Rommel Fernandez.

Chorrillo has won three straight games in the Panamanian Apertura, including a 3-1 victory against Alianza FC on Saturday.

"It is a very difficult game, very difficult," Chorrillo coach Miguel Mansilla told RPC Radio. "Municipal is one of the best teams in [Central] America. They´re going to try to win and we will do the same at home."

The match will serve as a homecoming for Municipal´s Panamanian goalkeeper Jaime Penedo. But Mansilla is more concerned about gaining three points.

"It´s an attraction to have Jaime Penedo come to play in Panama," he said. "We respect Penedo, but he is defending Guatemala and we are defending Panama and will trying and score goals on him."

Municipal will travel to Panama with nearly a full squad, missing only Honduran striker Oscar Isaula, who injured his right knee in training. The team includes the dangerous striking duo of Brazilian Leandro Barrios and Guatemalan Juan Valenzuela, two of the top scorers in the Guatemalan Apertura this season.

Municipal is unbeaten in its last six matches, including a 1-0 victory over Malacateco Saturday for its third straight win that moved it into second place in the Apertura, one point behind Comunicaciones.

Jamen han gør sig på den højre midtbane....hvem har i der ? tænker at han under alle omstændigheder kræver lidt tilvending...

Det er vel Gerrard/Henderson der spiller den plads.

Er han utrolig dribblestærk?

Nu alt relativt men samenlignet med en englænder er han vel....troede da snarere han var set som erstatning for ham Downing han virker ikke til at være noget særligt....

iøvrigt knald på i Leon de Huanuco - Deportivo Quito allerede 1-1.

Nu alt relativt men samenlignet med en englænder er han vel....troede da snarere han var set som erstatning for ham Downing han virker ikke til at være noget særligt....

Den forfatning Liverpool er i lige nu, der er der vel ikke mange, der er noget særligt hehe

Dumme André Carillo (han scorede mod Costa Rica) har også scoret mod Horsens for Sporting Lissabon.

Ja det lidt skidt - i det mindste kan horsens så trøste sig med hans landsmænd fra Huanuco er bagud 3-2 til ecudorianerne.

Viggo Mortensen makes peace with træner Caruso lombardi og ønsker holdet held og lykke i clasico´en mod River på Søndag.

Mortensen se amigó con Caruso

DTBUENOS AIRES -- El actor Viggo Mortensen, fanático de San Lorenzo, se reconcilió con el DT Ricardo Caruso Lombardi después de criticar sus planteos "cobardes" y le deseó "mucha suerte" para el clásico con River Plate, el domingo próximo por la cuarta fecha del torneo Inicial.

Cruzados al aire por el programa "Perros de la calle", de radio Metro, Mortensen aclaró que sus dichos fueron "como hincha", sin animosidad personal contra el entrenador, al que le reconoció su tarea en la temporada pasada para salvar al equipo del descenso.

"Algunos dicen `quiere que se vaya Caruso` y no es así. Hiciste cosas buenas en otros lados y nos ayudaste la temporada pasada. Creo que podes hacer cosas buenas en El Ciclón", admitió el actor de "El Señor de los anillos".

Caruso, con simpatía, después de haberlo retrucado públicamente, le pidió que no lo "mate tanto" con sus críticas y luego le lanzó una humorada: "Espero que hagas una película que vaya a ver alguien".

Mortensen, que promociona "Todos tenemos un plan", cuyo estreno será la semana próxima en el país, le aclaró a Caruso que "ir al frente no está mal" en relación a su gusto futbolístico.

Aunque en otra entrevista, brindada en radio Vorterix, el actor fue mucho más duro con el DT: "En España, soy hincha de Real Madrid. Pero odio a Mourinho. Para mí, Caruso es el mini Mourinho. Tienen el mismo planteamiento cobarde. Tenés un equipo para jugar y no lo hacés", concluyó.

Genial overskrift:-) Jeg ser virkelig frem til San Lorenzos kamp imod River Plate.

Jaeh det er lidt vildt, de er så begjestret for at bruge Viggo´s mening om San lorenzo, de kalder ham jo en Fánatico - men fedt han ikke er fan af River eller Boca. Tror på en lige kamp på søndag :-)

Hvad sker der for de satans ejere af klubben. Få nu bare udbetalt lønnen til spillerne. Kan sgu godt forstå de er ved at have fået nok.

http://www.nacion.com/20…rabajo.aspx