History would be made which ever side won but it was Independiente del Valle who lifted their first ever international title with a 3-1 win over Colón in a rain-soaked […]
Colón have never played in a continental final and no one would have predicted that this year’s Copa Sudamericana would be the turning point yet on Thursday evening, El Sabalero […]
The Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, otherwise known as the Cementerio de Los Elefantes (The Elephants Graveyard) due to its giant killing reputation has seen some upsets but Colón coming from […]
Defeat last week in Venezuela had left an out of form Colón with plenty still to do in Santa Fe on Thursday but a rampant second half display against an […]
Martín Benítez’s inexplicable error that handed Independiente del Valle an away goal in Avellaneda last week always had the potential to come back and haunt Independiente and in Quito it […]
The scoreline may have suggested otherwise but there were no shortage of talking points as Colón slipped to defeat two minutes from time against Zulia in Venezuela. A goalless draw […]
Silvio Romero hasn’t been the source of goals Independiente expected when they brought the striker back to Argentina from Club América yet the 31-year-old was unquestionably the hero on Tuesday […]
A precarious one-goal advantage from the first leg was always going to make life uncomfortable for Independiente when taking on Universidad Católica in Quito and so it proved with El […]
Independiente midfielder Nicolás Domingo warned of the difficulties that face his side next week in the altitude of Quito after El Rojo managed only a 1-0 win over Universidad Católica […]
There is no doubt that Argentinos Juniors will look back ruefully on their Copa Sudamericana exit after surrendering a first leg away win and missing chances at the penalty spot […]
There are still two weeks before the start of the Argentine league season but Colón and Argentinos Juniors were back to work early in the Copa Sudamericana on Thursday evening. A […]
Carlos Quintana’s last gasp winner in La Paternal last week proved enough for Argentinos Juniors to book a place in the Copa Sudamericana last 16 after Los Bichos held Deportes […]
It wasn’t pretty at times and Ariel Holan was still forced to answer questions on his future but Independiente overturned a first leg defeat in Colombia to see off Rionegro […]
Ariel Holan stressed beforehand that the Copa Sudamericana was Independiente’s number one priority but his side’s performance didn’t befit those words as El Rojo slipped to a 3-2 defeat against […]
After Carlos Tevez’s injury time winner against Athletico Paranaense last week ensured Boca Juniors progressed to the Copa Libertadores last 16 as group winners all eyes were set on the […]
The disappointing Copa Libertadores campaigns for Huracán and Rosario Central came to an end on Wednesday night but both managed to finally secure their first wins of the tournament albeit […]
Last month’s 4-1 win over Peruvian minnows Binacional should have been by an even greater margin and while the altitude of Arequipa proved more of a leveller, Independiente still managed […]
A 2-0 first leg victory proved insufficient as Unión slumped to defeat by the same margin in Quito on Wednesday and were ultimately dispatched by Independiente del Valle on penalties. […]
While the world was captivated by Ajax’s heroics and Lionel Messi’s magic in the Champions League, South American football rumbled on and although it was a week off for the […]
Rosario Central’s hopes of progressing in this year’s Copa Libertadores hang by a thread after defeat to Libertad in Asunción left El Canalla bottom of Group H at the halfway […]
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