Showing posts with label Copa Libertadores. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Copa Libertadores. Show all posts

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Neymar . . . Copa Libertadores . . . Enough Said

Once again that Brazilian wunderkind worked his magic for Santos in the Copa Libertadores, this time it was against Juan Aurich from Peru.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

When Neymar is Neymar: He Scores a Copa Libertadores Hat Trick

There's probably no young South American talent that the big clubs in Europe are drooling over than Brazil's Neymar, and in last night's Copa Libertadores match between Neymar's Santos and Internacional he once again showed why this is the case. In Santos' 3-1 victory over Internacional, it was all Neymar as he picked up a hat trick, including the amazing second goal, which is shown in the first video below. Not only is much of the football world in awe of Neymar's performance, but even Neymar was a bit stunned:

"I cannot explain what I did tonight. I need to watch the TV to see what I did on the field. I knew I dribbled past a lot of rivals. That's the only thing I know," Neymar told Globo TV.

Via ESPN

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Diego Barretto Commits Every Goalkeeper's Worst Nightmare


On Tuesday night, Santos, from Brazil, and Cerro Porteño, from Paraguay, squared off in the second leg of the Copa Libertadores semi-final. Tuesday's match resulted in an exciting 3-3 draw and Santos advanced to the Copa Libertadores final on a 4-3 aggregate. Santos managed to go 3-0 in the first half, but Cerro Porteño battled back in the second half scoring 3 goals of its own, but could not find a fourth goal. Cerro Porteño would not have needed that fourth goal but for a horrible mistake by its keeper, Diego Barretto, in the first half of the match:

Friday, May 6, 2011

A Crazy Latin American Night in Barranquilla with Pitch Invasion & Angry Goalkeeper


On Thursday May 5, 2011, in Barranquilla, Colombia, Atletico Junior and Jaguares Chiapas battled to a 3-3 draw that resulted in Jaguares advancing to the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals on away goals.

After giving up three goals to Atletico Junior, Jaguares' coach, Jose Guadalupe Cruz, decided to pull his goalkeeper, Jorge Villalpando, whose errors were responsible for at least two of those goals. Villalpando did not take to kindly to this idea:





Shortly after that scuffle, a Junior fan decided to invade the pitch, this was not well received by Jagueres' Ricardo Esqueda: