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Crowd violence, small bombs, riot police, two red cards, a goal after 45 seconds and football´s most passionate fans... just another Argentinian derby between Boca Juniors and River Plate

Crowd violence marred the biggest match of the Argentinian league season at La Bombonera on Sunday after River Plate scored the fastest goal in ´Superclasico´ history before being held 1-1 by Boca Juniors.
The match was held up for close to 10 minutes in the second half when River coach Ramon Diaz was sent to the stands for allegedly insulting the referee and hardcore Boca fans behind the visitors´ goal lit flares and threw objects including petards - small bombs - on to the pitch.

Some objects hit River goalkeeper Marcelo Barovero, who appeared to tell referee German Delfino his team could not play on under the circumstances.

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Thunderous atmosphere: The Buenos Aires derby always has iconic scenes of emotionally charged fans

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Over the top? Boca Juniors´ fans climb the fence separating the pitch from the stands

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Human shields: River Plate´s coach Ramon Diaz is escorted from the field by riot police after his red card

Delfino, who dished out yellow cards to several players on each side in a keenly-contested clash between the most bitter rivals in South America, opted not to abandon the match and added 12 minutes on to the 90.
River Plate midfielder Manuel Lanzini rose between Boca´s central defenders to head the opener after 45 seconds from winger Carlos Sanchez´s right cross.
Uruguayan striker Santiago Silva equalised six minutes before half-time when he steered the ball right-footed inside the far post from Walter Eriviti´s square ball on the right.

Boca, near the bottom of the ´Final´ championship standings after going 11 matches without a victory in the league, had defender Guillermo Burdisso sent off for a two-footed challenge on Sanchez in the dying minutes.

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Fastest goal: River Plate´s Manuel Lanzini (left) celebrates scoring a header after just 45 seconds


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Under fire: Diaz hides under a police shield as he tries to get off the pitch unscathed

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Raring to go: A throng of Boca fans get ready for the eagerly anticipated ´Superclasico´

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Fanning the flames: Wild scenes of River supporters above their Boca counterparts

´We´re going with a bitter taste, we came for the three points. We lacked cool heads in front of goal,´ said Lanzini, whose team, unbeaten in six matches and challenging for the title, squandered several chances.
River retained third place in the league and are four points behind leaders Lanus, who won 2-1 at Argentinos Juniors on Saturday. Newell´s Old Boys can reclaim top place if they win at Arsenal on Monday night.

River should have been two goals ahead when Silva scored for Boca but in the 35th minute Sanchez contrived to lob an easy chance the wrong side of the post after Juan Manuel Iturbe´s left cross had beaten the defence.
Boca nearly snatched victory from a last gasp corner when Barovero saved point-blank from substitute Gonzalo Escalante at his near post.
After a 2-2 draw at the Monumental in October in the ´Inicial´ championship in the first half of the season, both derbies have been drawn since River returned from relegation in 2011. River have not won at La Bombonera since 2004.

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Flexible: Cheerleaders do their best to keep the crowd happy prior to the game

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Fluffy: Cheerleaders show their colours with Boca pompoms

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Ecstasy: Boca Juniors´ Santiago Silva wheels away after levelling up the match

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Seeing red: Guillermo Burdisso was sent off after a wild studs-up lunge

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Ouch: Burdisso goes straight through in the challenge surrounded by ticker tape on the field

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Dazzled: Supporters shield their eyes from the sun as they watch the game

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Sore eyes: Flares are set off in the stand as more fans climb the barrier

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Up high: Boca fans climb up the fencing as they try to get a better view of the game

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Excitable: A Boca Juniors´ fan roars on his team with vigour

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Foul: River Plate´s Cristian Ledesma (left) crashes into Boca Juniors´ Pablo Ledesma


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Avid fan: Argentinian tennis player Juan Martin del Potro (centre) watches on from the stands

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What a backdrop! Boca fans throw ticker tape into the air

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All dressed up: A committed River Plate fan hangs from a stadium pole

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Stunning start: River´s team-mates jump onto Lanzini as he claims the opener


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Physical: River´s Carlos Sanchez (right) fights for the ball against Boca´s Walter Erviti

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View from the gods: Boca fans go crazy from up in the heavens

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Tim Vickery column: Violence mars Boca-River superclasico

By Tim Vickery
BBC News, Rio de Janeiro

Crowd violence and objects raining down from the stands marred the second half of the Argentinian "superclasico" - one of South American football´s big showpiece occasions - between Buenos Aires sides Boca Juniors and River Plate on Sunday.

Fans set off fireworks, tossed flares at players, and climbed a steel fence separating the stands from the pitch as officials struggled to retain control of the match.

River coach Ramon Diaz was sent to the stands escorted by riot police for allegedly insulting the referee.

Security forces responded, pounding fans with a high-pressure water hose to restore some sense of order and to allow the match to conclude.

The game had got off to a cracking start. River´s goal after 43 seconds was apparently the quickest in the history of this great rivalry.
They should have scored more, with their opponents wide open to the counter-attack, but Boca scored a well worked equaliser on 38 minutes, and a
pulsating first half ended all square.

But there was little that was memorable about the second half - on the pitch, anyway.

The game was held up for six minutes, with Boca fans lighting fires and threatening to climb over the fences. There was another two-minute delay near the end, with objects and noise bombs being thrown at the River goalkeeper, and so as the atmosphere in the stands bordered on anarchy, the match petered out as a spectacle, ending in a 1-1 draw.

It is a grimly common scene - objects thrown on the pitch, games ending early, because of what are usually referred to as "incidents". The authorities shrug their shoulders as if all this were as inevitable and unchangeable as the weather.

Last week there was a change at the top in Conmebol, South America´s equivalent of Uefa. After 27 years as president - the longest term in the organisation´s history - Paraguay´s Nicolas Leoz stepped down.

He said he was resigning on health grounds - and at 84 with a history of heart problems it is not without justification. But the timing clearly has everything to do with the release of the verdict by the Fifa ethics committee on the ISL bribery case.

Leoz escaped the condemnation heaped on the Brazilian pair, Joao Havelange and Ricardo Teixeira, but his conduct was described as "not fully candid", and his position had clearly become untenable.
As he left the Conmebol presidency, the organisation paid tribute to the way

Leoz had "permitted the integral growth and development of South American football". The words are not mere smoke. For all his faults and his little vanities, Leoz has made a contribution. He was an excellent conciliator. Taxi drivers in Asuncion were forever lamenting to me that he was not the president of Paraguay.

His successes can be put down to two major factors. First, when he came to power in 1986 the continent was moving away from its dark age of military dictatorships. There was a climate for more continent-wide co-operation.
The second factor was the rise of television as a major player. All of the triumphs of Leoz were in partnership with the TV companies.

First, there was a revival of the Copa America. The world´s oldest continental tournament had fallen into disuse until it was brought back in 1987. It has since been taken around all the countries - being staged in Paraguay, Colombia and Venezuela for the first time ever.
The second was the introduction in 1996 of the "one big group" system of World Cup qualification, with all 10 of the continent´s nations playing each other home and away. At last this gave the less traditional countries the type of calendar the Europeans take for granted, with regular competitive games.

And then there was the expansion of the Copa Libertadores, the continent´s premier club prize. Thirty two teams is the ideal number, and with a competitive group phase followed by the knock-out rounds, the structure is sound and easy to understand.

These are concrete achievements of the Leoz reign. But there is plenty on the debit side as well. There is, as we have seen, an inability or unwillingness to get to grips with the problem of supporter behaviour.

Also, there have been no advances on the financial side; no mechanisms to ensure that clubs pay their players on time, for example.
And, crucially during the era when the global market opened up and South America became a large scale exporter, there has been no crackdown on player registrations, or anything else to halt the party of agents and investors, who take advantage of the weak position of clubs to acquire a stake in promising players. When these are sold, too much of the money leaves football.

To be fair, Conmebol cannot be Uefa - because South America is not Europe. The difference is much more than financial. It is geographical, historical and political. Europe´s countries are close together, with strong trade ties going back centuries, and have been frightened into co-operation by the dangers of war.

Distances are vast in South America, where the nations have traditionally been providers of raw materials for the first world rather than trade partners.

Some 200 years ago Simon Bolivar launched a war for South American independence while nourishing the dream of a free, united continent. By the end he was more bitter. "South America is ungovernable," he exclaimed. "Those who made the revolution have ploughed the sea."

The tasks ahead remain difficult. But in a continent with an unrivalled football tradition, one which was able to organise its first Copa America as far back as 1916, it is impossible to watch the scenes in the second half of the Boca-River match without concluding that there is massive room for improvement.

Tim Vickery column: Germany can teach Brazil and Premier League

"The Premier League is out," said former Bayern and Germany great Paul Breitner on a recent visit to Brazil, "and the Bundesliga is in."

A few days later, his old club Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund backed up his words with goals in the opening legs of the Champions League semi-finals.
Breitner now works as an ambassador for the club and on his trip to Brazil he said many things of great relevance to the local audience.

Bayern´s decision to appoint Pep Guardiola as next year´s coach is an acknowledgement of the debt they already owe to Barcelona

Much of his argument has to do with the perils of success. Winning can become a habit, but just as easily transforms itself into an excuse for mental complacency.

In the case of the Premier League, for example, Breitner argues that the competition grew soft on its money and its capacity to sign big-name players.
German football, he argues, grew complacent on its triumphs between 1972 and 1990, and became lazily locked into a dependence on a sweeper system which soon became outdated.

Good results - winning the 1996 European Championship or reaching the 2002 World Cup final - masked the fact that the quality of play was in decline.
It was only after the disaster of a first-round exit at Euro 2004 that minds were concentrated on the task of turning things around.
How quickly they have managed to do it.

A key part of the mix has been the humility to study and bring in the best of what they see around them - Bayern´s decision to appoint Pep Guardiola as next year´s coach is an acknowledgement of the debt they already owe to Barcelona.

Breitner is calling on Brazilian football to show similar modesty.
Back in November, Breitner said that Brazilian football had been staring at its own belly button for 20 years. Since then he has observed further evidence for his theory.

He watched the friendlies played this year by Luiz Felipe Scolari´s men against England - a 2-1 defeat - and a 2-2 draw with Italy, and came to the conclusion that Brazil were playing the football "of the past", mainly because it was so slow.

The Italy match, for example, contained a perfect counter-attacking goal, Neymar and Oscar swapping passes at speed in a lightning move from one end to the other. There was nothing slow about that and it is the kind of move that Brazil do better than anyone.

So what might Breitner be referring to when he talks about "slow" football?

One thing, in Scolari´s 4-2-3-1 formation, might be the lack of defensive application of the line of three. Their delay in getting behind the line of the ball means that the defence keeps coming under pressure.
But chiefly I believe he is referring to the lack of speed with which the ball is circulated from centre field.

Scolari himself gave an eye-opening declaration on this subject recently. "This story of goalscoring central midfielders is very pretty for the press, but it´s not pretty for the coach or the team. When you have attacking full-backs, like ours, you have to have protection."

It is a powerful statement on the direction that Brazilian football took post-1982. The need to cover the rampaging full-backs obliged the central midfielders, once the most creative players in the team, to become guard dogs.

Scolari makes a distinction between goal-scoring and protective central midfielders. There is no place in the formula for passing central midfielders. Therein lies the explanation for the lack of a Brazilian Xavi, Andres Iniesta or Bastian Schweinsteiger - they have not been trying to produce one.

Dorival Junior, one of Brazil´s brightest young coaches, argues that a dependence on attacking full-backs has meant that the art of passing the ball through the middle of the field has - temporarily - been forgotten in his country´s game.

There was plenty of evidence for his theory in last Wednesday´s 2-2 draw between Brazil and Chile in Belo Horizonte.

In a match limited to players based in the two countries, Chile were much shorter of full strength than Brazil. But they were the better team, dominating midfield, closing down Ronaldinho´s space, working their triangles, switching play to the opposite flank.

The hosts were booed by their own crowd after a performance which would have left a further furrow on the brow of Breitner.

Of course, one of football´s great triumphs is the fact that the game can be interpreted in many different ways. Winning is all about finding the blend to get the best out of the available talent.

Scolari and his sidekick Carlos Alberto Parreira have the perfect answer to criticism. They can lift up four fingers and a thumb, each one standing for one of Brazil´s unmatched five World Cup wins. Parreira coached the side to number four in 1994, Scolari to the fifth eight years later. Come next July they may need a second hand to indicate the number of times their country has won the trophy.

Alternatively, failure will also have consequences - where the voice of critics like Breitner will take on extra importance.

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Internacional renew interest in Flamengo midfielder Ibson

Internacional have renewed interest in Flamengo´s midfielder Ibson, following the club´s state league title yesterday.

Dunga has asked the club´s board to sign more players to strengthen the squad for the national league, which starts on May 25.

The former Brazil national team manager believes that a midfielder who is ready to be a starter is urgently needed, as Inter currently rely too much on D´Alessandro.

The Colorado plan to sign Ibson, despite the fact Dunga does not want him as he feels an attacking midfielder is needed, rather than a more defensive minded player like Ibson.

A swap deal has already been ruled out by Ibson´s agent Eduardo Uram, who also denied any Inter interest.

The agent said: "There is no interest from Internacional, and he won´t leave Flamengo in any kind of swap deal."

Flamengo owe Ibson around R$ 1.5 million (around 600,000 Euros), which could facilitate a deal as his contract with Flamengo might be canceled.

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Ramon...vs boca

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Superclasico marred by crowd trouble

Boca Juniors and River Plate endured a foul tempered Superclasico derby at La Bombonera

Sunday´s superclasico between Boca Juniors and River Plate was again marred by crowd trouble.

Boca Juniors fans mock River Plate´s recent spell in the second tier
The match at La Bombonera, which ended in a 1-1 draw, was twice delayed due to incidents involving supporters.

River had taken the lead when Manuel Lanzini headed home after only 43 seconds, but Boca - struggling near the foot of the table - levelled when Santiago Silva fired a shot across goalkeeper Marcelo Barovero seven minutes before the break.

In the second half, though, the football was overshadowed by crowd trouble, with the Boca fans unveiling a giant banner mocking River´s recent stint in the second division that read: "You went down to ´B´ cause of f**king around and s**tting yourselves."

Blue and yellow flares - the Boca colours - were let off and fans climbed the fences. Security forces reacted by firing water cannons, and play was delayed for ten minutes.

River coach Ramon Diaz was also sent off for dissent towards the referee, as Boca fans chanted "You´re from the ´B´", while a second delay occurred near the end when a flare went off behind River goalkeeper Barovero.

The draw leaves River in third place and Boca two places from the foot of the table.

Campeonato Paulista: Corinthians beat São Paulo in dramatic shootout

Corinthians beat São Paulo 4-3 in a dramatic penalty shootout on Sunday to reach the Campeonato Paulista final.

The hosts had the best chances in open play at the Morumbi but failed to get the job done following the 90 minutes.

Alexandre Pato converted the decisive spot-kick after Corinthians goalkeeper Cassio saved Luis Fabiano’s final attempt.

The ex-Milan forward saw his effort saved by Rogerio Ceni initially but the referee gave him a second chance after the goalkeeper was ruled to have moved too far off his line.

Sao Paulo’s Ganso struck his spot-kick over the crossbar, while Alessandro was the only Corinthians player to miss.

The Club World Cup winners will meet Santos in the two-legged final, starting next Sunday, which will be Pato’s first chance at silverware since leaving the San Siro in January.

He said: "I want to be a part of Corinthians´ history. I came here to win titles.

"Now we will confront Santos and I´m going to give all I´ve got to help the team."

Campeonato Paulista: Santos come from behind to reach final

Santos had to come from behind to overcome Mogi Mirim and reach the Campeonato Paulista final on Saturday.

Roni gave the hosts the lead just before half-time but Edu Dracena equalised for Santos in the 77th minute and the match eventually required a penalty shootout.

Santos goalkeeper Rafael was the hero on the night as he saved three spot-kicks, after Rene Junior and Ezequiel Miralles had both missed theirs.

Neymar converted the Peixe´s fifth penalty to keep them alive, before Dracena scored the decisive goal to eliminate Mogi Mirim.

Neymar said: "It was nerve-wracking but we showed composure when it mattered. It´s a great feeling to be in the tournament decider for a fifth time.

"I still don´t know what it`s like to not make the Paulista final."

Corinthians will host the first leg of the final on May 12 before the two sides head to Santos´ Estadio Urbano Caldeira on May 19.

Botafogo’s Seedorf dismisses rumours of Milan return

Botafogo’s Clarence Seedorf has dismissed rumours claiming he has been contacted by Milan about returning as their head coach this summer.

Recent reports have suggested that Massimiliano Allegri is set to leave Milan at the end of the season, and Seedorf has been named as a potential replacement.

However, the Botafogo captain has stressed that he will not be the one to take the 45-year-old´s place.

He told Lancenet: "In my career they say things all the time. If Milan call me it is something else, but they did not call. This is all rumours, gossip."

Seedorf, who left the Rossoneri following 10 years at the San Siro, guided the Fogão to the Campeonato Carioca title this weekend with a 1-0 win over Fluminense.

"Each title has its emotions, but the work is invigorating. The emotion was equal to all of the championships, the same giant emotion," Seedorf added.

"We deserved it, we had patience and strength. There were difficult moments and I am glad to be here."

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Napoli scouting Fluminense´s winger Wellington Nem

Napoli have been scouting Fluminense´s talented winger Wellington Nem, according to reports from Italy.

The 21-year old player has had impressive performances for the Tricolor, and was part of the squad that won the Brazilian national league title in 2012.

Although Wellington Nem is a short player, he is physically strong and has good speed and technique, besides being versatile as he can play as a forward, attacking midfielder and winger.

He has already been called up for Brazil´s national team, having won the Superclásico de las Américas tournament against Argentina last year.

Wellington Nem was scouted by Arsenal last year but no offer was ever made. Napoli are now the main European club following his progress.

He has been compared in Italian press to Ezequiel Lavezzi, and Napoli are considering the possibility of making an offer.

The Fluminense winger is not the only player in their shortlist though, as they are also following Udinese´a Luis Muriel and Sampdoria-owned Simone Zaza.