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Brasil 2 - 2 Chile

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RIO DE JANEIRO (EFE) -- Una buena selección chilena, guerrera y competitiva, empató 2-2 contra un Brasil gris, que salió de este amistoso fuertemente abucheado en la ciudad de Belo Horizonte.

Marcos González (m.7) adelantó a Chile de cabeza, Brasil dio la vuelta con un córner anotado por Rever (m.24) y Neymar (m.54), que coronó la mejor jugada colectiva de la "canarinha", y Eduardo Vargas (m.63) estableció el empate definitivo con un gran disparo desde fuera del área.

Chile ejerció un marcaje eficiente y supo controlar en todo momento a un Brasil adormecido, que jugó demasiado alborotado, perdió muchos balones en el centro del campo y careció de ganas e ideas para buscar la victoria.

La exigente y justa afición brasileña abucheó a su equipo a lo largo de todo el partido y premió a los chilenos con gritos de "olé" en la etapa final.

La "Roja" se adelantó en una jugada a balón parado, en un centro al área desde muy lejos que, aprovechando el desbarajuste de la defensa brasileña, cabeceó a gol Marcos González cuando se cumplían apenas siete minutos de juego.

Ese tanto era todo un síntoma de la falta de ritmo y de compenetración de la selección brasileña, que apenas tuvo tiempo para entrenarse antes de este amistoso y no era capaz de mantener el orden en ninguna línea.

Chile, mucho más concentrado, supo aprovechar los errores rivales para generar ocasiones de gran peligro, en especial en un mano a mano de Eugenio Mena ante el arquero Diego Cavalieri, quien evitó esta ocasión de gol cantada con una salida competente.

Avanzando a trompicones, Brasil descubrió que las bandas eran el mejor camino hacia la portería chilena, sobre todo por el lado izquierdo, donde Neymar tiró de velocidad para incomodar a la zaga rival.

El empate del equipo de Luiz Felipe Scolari llegó en un saque de esquina sacado por Neymar y que Rever remató con un salto soberbio y un cabezazo picado.

A partir del gol, Brasil se enchufó un poco más y avanzó unos metros más en campo contrario, aunque solo en unas muy contadas ocasiones logró incomodar al equipo visitante.

Tan solo una brillante triangulación entre Ronaldinho, Jadson y Alexandre Pato, que acababa de entrar en la cancha, logró romper la hasta entonces firme zaga chilena y le permitió a Neymar quedarse totalmente solo ante la línea de gol.

Esa jugada de gran nivel técnico fue un espejismo aislado dentro del juego por lo general plano de la selección brasileña, que después no volvió a incomodar a la "Roja".

La respuesta de Chile llegó pocos minutos después en un proverbial zapatazo desde fuera del área de Eduardo Vargas inalcanzable para el arquero Cavalieri.

En los minutos finales parecía Chile con más ganas de jugar, de atacar y de buscar la victoria, lo que recibió el regalo de la afición de Belo Horizonte, que cantó "olé" con los pases de los rivales y castigó a los suyos con abucheos.

Este amistoso se jugó en el estadio Mineirão, de Belo Horizonte, una de las sedes del Mundial 2014, ante 53.000 espectadores.

8-dels finalerne i copaen er skudt i gang ...Velez vandt den første kamp i Rosario mod NOB.

Newell´s 0 - 1 Vélez

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ROSARIO (EFE) -- Vélez Sarsfield obtuvo un valioso triunfo por 1-0 de visitante sobre Newell´s Old Boys, en el partido de ida de los octavos de final de la Copa Libertadores, tras aguantar los embates ofensivos rosarinos durante todo el primer tiempo y en buena parte del segundo.

El arquero uruguayo Sebastián Sosa fue la gran figura del ganador y el centrocampista Agustín Allione el autor del gol a los 63 minutos, como corolario de la mejor jugada colectiva del equipo de la capital argentina.

Un par de jugadas de ataque, una intensa presión sobre la salida de Newell´s y un gol notable pudieron más que el dominio absoluto en buena parte del encuentro del conjunto rojinegro, uno de los mejores la Liga argentina en la actualidad.

Un remate de Scocco apenas desviado y otro de Pablo Pérez en el travesaño de Sosa, en los primeros diez minutos, señalaron a Newell´s como el equipo dispuesto a jugar con profundidad en un partido que se prestaba para ello.

Pérez, el peruano Rinaldo Cruzado y Maxi Rodríguez se convirtieron rápidamente en los gestores de juego del conjunto rosarino, amplio dominador y solo sorprendido ocasionalmente por Jonathan Copete, el veloz delantero colombiano de Vélez.

La propuesta futbolística de Newell´s hizo retroceder a la formación de Buenos Aires, que poco a poco fue perdiendo consistencia en la mitad del campo, donde le costó recuperar el balón y lanzarse hacia adelante cuando lo conseguía.

Vélez, con el creativo Insúa fuera de sintonía, se preocupó más por cuidarse y mantener el orden en su campo que por la posibilidad de presionar más allá de la línea central para evitar que el balón lo tuvieran siempre sus rivales.

El segundo pelotazo de Newell´s en el travesaño del arco de Vélez lo lanzó Scocco a los 43 con un remate de falta. El dominio rojinegro era absoluto, pero no le alcanzó para conseguir réditos en la primera parte, principalmente por la destacada actuación del arquero Sosa.

En la segunda, Vélez cambió, presionó a Newell´s, se atrevió a jugar en campo rival y se aprovechó del desgaste del conjunto que dirige Gerardo Martino, menos profundo que en el primer capítulo del partido.

Se iluminó Insúa, que tras una brillante jugada colectiva dio una asistencia quirúrgica al juvenil Agustín Allione y este abrió el marcador con un toque suave sobre la salida del arquero Sebastián Peratta a los 63 minutos.

A Newell´s le resultó difícil volver a asociarse desde el centro del campo hacia el área del conjunto de Ricardo Gareca y provocar peligro a través del goleador Scocco, al que no le llegaba la pelota. Buscó el empate hasta el final, pero todos sus esfuerzos fueron estériles.

Este partido de ida de los octavos de final de la Copa Libertadores se jugó en el estado Marcelo Bielsa, de la ciudad de Rosario, ante 37.000 espectadores.

Santos, Monterrey battle to 0-0 draw

TORREON, Mexico - Santos and 10-man Monterrey played to a scoreless tie in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final Wednesday night at the Estadio Corona.

The game was a rematch of last year´s final, won by Monterrey, 3-2 on aggregate. It was the first time that either played in a CCL match that finished goalless.

The second leg will be played May 1 at the Estadio Tecnologico in Monterrey. The confederation´s champion advances to the FIFA Club World Cup this December in Morocco.

Monterrey, the two-time defending champion, was reduced to 10 men in the 66th minute, when Mexican referee Roberto Garcia sent Cesar Delgado off with a straight red card for a late challenge on Herculez Gomez.

The United States international came on for an injured Oribe Peralta 13 minutes earlier.

In a closely contested first half that saw the two Mexican squads combine for five yellow cards, Monterrey had the first scoring chance as Humberto Suazo nearly capitalized on a poor clearance by Felipe Baloy. But the Chilean international, who took a pass from Delgado, turned and fired from 10 meters, which was saved by Oswaldo Sanchez.

In the 16th minute, Santos had its first dangerous chance, when Carlos Darwin Quintero tapped from the edge of the six-yard box, but Jonathan Orozco was there to get a piece of the shot as the host had one of its four first-half corner kicks.

Three minutes later, Suazo turned provider, playing a through ball into the box to Delgado, but Sanchez pounced off his line to make a save at the edge of the six before Edgar Lugo cleared.

On the half hour mark, Aldo De Nigris had his first sniff at goal, turning and firing an effort from 20 meters that went right at Sanchez.

Three minutes into the second half, Suazo´s open header from 10 meters froze Sanchez, but the hammered off the post.

In the 53rd minute, Monterrey midfielder Walter Ayovi picked up a deflected cross, but his shot was off the target.

Four minutes from full time, Quintero sped toward the box and fed Gomez to his right. But Darvin Chavez blocked the shot and the ball went out for Santos´ seventh corner.

In the second minute of second half stoppage time, Leobardo Lopez made a desperation tackle in the box to ensure Gomez didn´t latch on to Mauro Cejas´ cross near the endline in the game´s final scoring chance.

Man må spørge sig selv om Brasilien i det hele taget har en hjemmebane efter 2-2 kampen mod Chile. Neymar måtte lægge ører til ord som "popcornsælger" og publikummet i Belo Horizonte (BH) sluttede af med at råbe "Olé" hver gang chilenerne satte et par afleveringer sammen. Det var ikke et samlet Mineirão, der heppede på deres landshold. VM-arenaen var delt i to. Der var Cruzeiro-tilhængerne, der heppede på den nye signing Dedé og samtidigt var efter Atlético-trioen Ronaldo, Réver og Marcos Rocha. Tilhængerne af Galo kørte den samme recept bare med modsatte fortegn. Rivaliseringene er stor mellem de to store BH-klubber, men man bør sgu stå sammen om et landshold.
Felipao udtager den 14. maj truppen til Confederations Cup, og landstræneren blev ikke meget klogere efter denne kamp. Dedé og Réver kæmper om en stopperplads i denne sammenhæng, og denne duel endte remis. De var begge lige elendige, så Felipao kan lige så godt spille plat og krone om hvem der skal være cover for Thiago Silva, Dante og Sideshow Bob.

Tilgengæld godt med lidt kvalificeret chilensk modstand, drengene kan lige så godt lære det med det samme. mon ikke Rever fører på point efter mål m.m.

Regionalisme er stadigvæk en udpræget identifikationsfaktor kombineret med den sædvanlige fan indstilling, jeg så ikke hele kampen, men det var synd at sige drengene var oppe i gear...

Jeg ved heller ikke rigtigt om jeg også ville stå med saksen og " klip klip" hvis Sideshow løb rundt nede på banen....måske det også forklare aversionen mod Dante ...håret så retroretroagtigt....

Jeg ved heller ikke rigtigt om jeg også ville stå med saksen og " klip klip" hvis Sideshow løb rundt nede på banen....måske det også forklare aversionen mod Dante ...håret så retroretroagtigt

Det er godt med dig, "FASsarella". Du havde også sat Redondo af pga garnet :)

Lanus drop more points making it tight at the top and Tigre pip Argentinos
Lanus drew 0 – 0 away to Union to go level on top with Newell’s on 22 points

but will be disappointed to see their lead cut. However, they remain unbeaten and don’t have the distraction of the Copa Libertadores.

Tigre left it late to defeat Argentinos Juniors 1 – 0. A feisty affair with three red cards.


UNION 0 – 0 LANUS

http://www.youtube.com/w…XW9KL0SNoxE

TIGRE 1 – 0 ARGENTINOS JUNIORS

http://www.youtube.com/w…V93cDOk4FS8


Onsdagen blev brugt af par af ligaerne til at spillet midtuge runder og udskudte kampe.

i Paraguay spillede Cerro Porteño og Sportivo Luqueño 0-0 i en kamp oprindeligt fastsat til 7 spillerunde.

Samme resultat nåede man frem til i Guayaquil, Ecuador hvor EMELEC og Barcelona mødtes i en Clasico Nacional aka Clasico del Astillero


Clasicomøde var der også i La Paz, Bolivia , hvor Bolivar ogTthe Strongest mødtes i en kamp der endte 1-1 på tavlen og 2-2 i røde kort. Zlatan Boliviano scorede på sstraffe for gæsterne - Leonel Justiniano udlignede for hjemmeholdet. Forsvarspilleren Lorgio Álvarez og midtbanemanden Walter Flores så rødt for hjemmeholdet, Mens Luis Mendez og Walter Veizaga så rødt for mestrene...

http://www.youtube.com/w…WA9siDWPi7Q

Juan Carlos Sanchez sikrede med en scoring kort før pausen San Jose en 1-0 sejr over Nacional Potosí i deres kamp som var programsat til 11 runde..

i Colombia blev den udskudte kamp fra 6 runde mellem Santa Fé og Tolima afviklet i Bogotá med en 2-1 ser til gæsterne fra Ibague

http://www.youtube.com/w…T30mjFXQcLY

Brazil 2-2 Chile - Neymar not bothered by fans booing

Brazil were booed off by their own fans during and after the 2-2 draw with Chile at the Mineirão stadium in Belo Horizonte.

The performance was once again below the expectations, leading the fans to express their frustration, and Neymar, as the team´s main star, was especially targeted by them even though he scored one of Brazil´s goals.

Neymar is not bothered by their reaction though, he said after the game: "It´s not good to be booed, but to be honest I´m not bothered. Our national team are booed in any place we play."

"It looks easy for those that are outside, but it´s hard on the pitch, as the team have not gelled. We have to get used to the booing so we can be on the pitch with a clear mind."

The Santos star took a knock in the end of the game and there were some concerns among the club´s fans.

Despite that, Neymar expects to be ready for the São Paulo State League quarter-finals against Palmeiras, he said: "I felt some pain in that last play, but I´ll now rest, apply some ice because I hope to be ready to play on Saturday."

Brazil 2-2 Chile - Scolari admits the Seleção need to improve

Brazil´s national team manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has admitted that the Seleção need to improve, following the 2-2 draw with Chile.

The poor performance has increased pressure on Scolari and on the national team as the fans booed off the players

Scolari told reporters after the game: "We didn´t play well, if we had played better, fans would have reacted differently."

"We didn´t have as many chances as in the other game [against Bolivia] and we let Chile feel too comfortable. It´s normal the fans react that way as we didn´t bring them to our side. I have nothing to criticize, when we play well, they will probably have a different reaction."

The Brazilian national team manager blamed the lack of time to train for Brazil´s poor performance, he said: "Our team meet on Monday, train on Tuesday and play on Wednesday."

"There is no empathy with the fans because there is no empathy with the team either. We´ll be in better conditions when we are training for the Confederations Cup. We still need to improve and we understand the fans reaction."

Scolari was asked by a reporter if he will quit if Brazil fail to go far in the Confederations Cup, he said: "No comments, this is a joke."

The Uruguayan Perspective

Villain or Victim?

So the news is in Jack! – Suárez is officially the FA’s personal doormat. Not that Suárez is completely without blame, but the FA’s 10 game ban – which will supposedly rule him out till October of this year – is a tad excessive, wouldn’t you agree? And it sounds more and more like the FA has a personal axe to grind, either that or the FA has a bug up their ass when it comes to Luis Suárez.

Is there a personal vendetta because it is Luis Suárez? Well you tell me, in a recent interview Gus Poyet brought up the example of Jermain Defoe who in 2006 did the exact same thing Suárez was alleged to have done last Sunday and Defoe only drew a yellow card for his troubles –– the disparity in punishments really calls to attention the FA’s role in policing the EPL. It seems to many, and that many includes us, the average Joe Schmo who watches from afar that the punishment does not fit the crime some of the time.
A double standard clearly exists, even Daily Mail columnist Martin Samuel wondered yesterday, why the FA waits for these bizarre incidents to take place before taking action and why the EPL’s referees escape blame when they do occur:

“Suarez will miss the rest of this season and as much as one month of next because, randomly, referee Kevin Friend was unaware of the extent of his transgression. Had he followed Bennett’s lead and merely booked Suarez, we presume nothing would be done. The governance of football cannot rely on oversights or bizarre twists of fate…Yet is this the way forward for the game? Are we merely to rely on a set of haphazard circumstances falling fortuitously if justice is to be served?” (Martin Samuel, Daily Mail – April 23, 2013)

When the FA comes down not only on Suárez but on John Terry too – no one is actually being helped. In Terry’s instance, he was all but booted out of England’s squad after being stripped of his captaincy. The referee who missed out on the part when Terry allegedly abused Anton Ferdinand escaped any reprimand, the same occurred when Suárez allegedly abused Evra, the referee wasn’t suspended or reprimanded either for his little role in the tale. Strange that the English, who want to clean up the game, even going as far as championing Goal-Line technology –– which the EPL will debut next season –– could care less about their referees. More often than not, while the player shares 90% of the blame when it comes to game violence/altercations, the referees who fail to catch provocations, altercations and “shit going down” are just as guilty.

Referees aside – Suárez went willingly into the bear-trap. When Mike Tyson is commenting on your life… MIKE TYSON!!! You know something’s not right in the world, but essentially what Suárez is guilty off is being the pantomime villain the world loves to hate. So you have to ask yourself, is Suárez sane? And I’m being serious here… I know there’s a thin line between genius and madman but you’d think after the excessive ban he served out last season, guilty or not, he would’ve learned his lesson by now… but he didn’t. And that’s the rub, there’s a part of Suárez that enjoys being the “Cantona” of the match, or the “Mike Tyson” of the pitch. Some athletes feed off negativity, I can recall the NBA’s Dennis Rodman engaging in whacko behavior of this type for reasons known only to himself and José Mourinho as well (remember when he poked Tito Vilanova’s eye… for fun?!) – but there you have it, Poyet said it best, “If you want Suarez to be a Saint, we’ll lose him” and this is true.

What makes Suárez, Suárez, is the way he reads the game – sure sometimes his judgment is off, like when he dived in front of Everton’s manager David Moyes to get a laugh… I laughed as I’m sure many got a chuckle out of that one too, but Suárez doesn’t care about the bullseye – this is what makes Suárez what he is. Other players, even some in Uruguay’s NT get down on themselves when things don’t go their way but Suárez even when he is misfiring continues to play his game, looks for the edge, tries to turn a negative into a positive, this is the underlying beauty of his game – this is what has made him untouchable on Uruguay’s NT.

In Uruguay, he was turned into a National Hero for the most innocuous action, deflecting a ball with a hand, an act which resulted in his ejection from the Quarterfinal match between Uruguay and Ghana in the 2010 World Cup. What made him a villain to the world was his celebration of Gyan’s penalty miss as he went into the tunnel. But who is to blame here? Suárez for celebrating or the camera for tracking Suárez as he made his way into the tunnel – it’s the media stupid! They turned Suárez into the “Bad Guy” and now complain that he “takes it too far.”

Taking it too far, would be like the Football player who gets on the pitch in the opening minutes of “The Last Boy Scout” with a loaded gun to shoot the opposition – that’s taking it too far or Cantona kung-fu kicking a spectator, or Rodman dropkicking a photographer after falling into the stands… that’s taking it too far.

The media continues to spin what is so easy to sell, Balotelli’s self-promotion, Tévez’ sulking and Suárez the out of control Tasmanian devil. But in creating this monster that now the FA wants no part off, the EPL, FA and media all share the blame, not just Suárez – it’s almost like when Batman and the Joker tangoed at the end of Batman (1989) on top of the old Church tower, each taking turns saying to one another, “you made me” –– it’s childish.
Sure there are those out there who aren’t completely satisfied with the game of football, but last time I checked, this is still a game. Even Mourinho, the text book example of the cerebral tactician treats this sport as a game

"Why so serious? It´s just a game!"
Because that’s the bottom line, it’s a game, with a round ball, it’s structured chaos, a man with a whistle, with cards in his pocket runs around and is expected to be on top of everything that goes on during the contest, and this same individual has assistants who run from the edge of the pitch with a flag often getting the call completely wrong! –– if you had to explain this to a Martian curious about the sport, surely the Martian would burst out laughing – but now we need to make this game more scientific, we need goal-line technology, and heck why not, more linesmen… ahh check that, must be politically correct, Lines-person to catch more “shit going down” to turn the sport into a stop-short contest, handbrake action, sort of what the NFL & NBA has become in North America.

But all this straying off topic doesn’t help Suarez’ cause. Clearly his behavior whether some get a laugh out of it or not, is not doing him any favors. There’s a football career at stake here, and the golden question here is whether Suarez is still interested in making his living playing football. Balotelli, four years younger than Suárez got the point that not everything was roses and went back to Italy, perhaps Suárez should take a page from Balotelli’s book and simply force his way out of English football as well. Suárez might be a villain to some but he sure as hell shouldn’t see himself as a victim, he can still salvage his career by getting out! If Suárez wants to stay, well… he asked for it, staying would prove to me that he is out of his mind –– as for me, as a spectator, I’m done with that shit-hole league. Keep it, fold it eight different ways and shove it right up where the sun don’t shine… oh that’s right, there is no sun in England!