Independiente – Barracas Central Independiente continue to improve their skills since coach Carlos Tevez’s arrival. In round eight, they played a very worthy game on their visit to Argentinos Juniors, when they drew 0-0 and deserved more. El Rojo extended their unbeaten streak to seven league games, winning four and drawing three, to accumulate 15 …read more →
Palmeiras (Brazil) – Boca Juniors (Argentina) SE Palmeiras focused on defending and had enough to secure a valuable scoreless away stalemate at Boca Juniors last Thursday, which means they would advance to their third Copa Libertadores’ final in four years in the event of winning at home. Last Sunday, coach Abel Ferreira fielded an alternative …read more →
Defensa y Justicia (Argentina) – LDU Quito (Ecuador) Defensa y Justicia have a mountain to climb if they want to reach the Copa Sudamericana final for the second time in history. Last weekend, they succumbed to a surprising 3-0 away defeat at LDU Quito. On Saturday, coach Julio Vaccari fielded a completely alternative XI …read more →
Internacional (Brazil) – Fluminense (Brazil) SC Internacional wasted a big chance last Wednesday, when they registered a 2-2 away draw at Fluminense after conceding the equaliser in the 78th minute, but they will advance to the Copa Libertadores’ finals for the first time since 2010 in the event of winning at home. Last Saturday, …read more →
Tigre – Velez Tigre fans will have felt frustrated after the team’s scoreless home draw against San Lorenzo as they dominated the whole game but couldn’t convert any of their chances. El Matador made it three winless league games without even scoring, drawing two and losing one in that spell, to accumulate five points in …read more →