Copa Libertadores 2008

Starts next week...

Group 1:
San Lorenzo
Real Potosí
Caracas
Cruzeiro

Group 2:
Estudiantes
Danubio
Deportivo Cuenc
Lanús


Group 3:
Colo Colo
Atlas
Boca Juniors
Maracaibo


Group 4:
Coronel Bolognesi
Nacional
Flamengo
Cienciano or Montevideo Wanderers

Group 5:
River Plate
Universidad Católica
U. San Martín
América

Group 6:
Santos
San José
Cúcuta Deportivo
Guadalajara

Group 7:
São Paulo
Sportivo Luqueño
Atlético Nacional
Boyacá Chicó or Audax Italiano

Group 8:
Fluminense
Libertad
LDU Quito
Arsenal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Libertadores_2008

A Brazilian club or Boca to win it obviously

Surely you will be supporting Arsenal?

Fey wrote:Surely you will be supporting Arsenal?

Aye, they are meant to be an outside bet for it this year so i hear.

In a tough group though.

Rosicky wrote:

Fey wrote:Surely you will be supporting Arsenal?

Aye, they are meant to be an outside bet for it this year so i hear.

In a tough group though.

Not really, Fluminense probably would have their toughest oppisition, but they have just lost their two best players, the world class Fabio and Rafael twins, so doubt they will have recovered from that blow

L r d wrote:

Rosicky wrote:

Fey wrote:Surely you will be supporting Arsenal?

Aye, they are meant to be an outside bet for it this year so i hear.

In a tough group though.

Not really, Fluminense probably would have their toughest oppisition, but they have just lost their two best players, the world class Fabio and Rafael twins, so doubt they will have recovered from that blow

You do realise that neither of them have probably played a pro game in their lives?

Calidad wrote:

L r d wrote:

Rosicky wrote:

Fey wrote:Surely you will be supporting Arsenal?

Aye, they are meant to be an outside bet for it this year so i hear.

In a tough group though.

Not really, Fluminense probably would have their toughest oppisition, but they have just lost their two best players, the world class Fabio and Rafael twins, so doubt they will have recovered from that blow

You do realise that neither of them have probably played a pro game in their lives?

REALLY??? You got to be kidding man!!

São Paulo are the favourities. They have a very good squad.

I was going to make this thread tonight, Thanks Rosick!

sheva7 wrote:São Paulo are the favourities. They have a very good squad.

Hell, NO. This is Mengo year Baby I am no even joking

Yeahh, form Brazil Sao Pauylo is the hot favorite, BUT dont be surprised to see Flamengo making a nice run, we started the year very well, and we have a very balanced team. And we got Kleberson

Be aware of Flamengo, if we get Sao Paulo in the finals we will trash them I just dont like Boca Juniors, they are huge party poopers.They always rain in other people parade

I don't think so. São Paulo have more depth and a better coach. São Paulo's strikers are much better than Flamengo's, and you bought their reject Diego Tardelli. But Flamengo fans are better than bambis for a mile...

sheva7 wrote:I don't think so. São Paulo have more depth and a better coach. São Paulo's strikers are much better than Flamengo's, and you bought their reject Diego Tardelli. But Flamengo fans are better than bambis for a mile...

but I think their fans count a lot, and they can carry the team to the title.

for me, boca, são paulo or flamengo.


@lrd

as far as I know, Calidad is right. they didn't play for Fluminense A-team.

Adriano is on Loan at Sao Paulo right? a good bet for the top scorer?

I am pretty sure Lrd was just joking about the twins, I know is hard to believe but he is not always serious

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7239000.stm

Vickery on the Libertadores...

Yo Todo! watch Cienciano and Bolognesi give Flamengo all they can handle and then some. Boca and River are so afraid of Cienciano, and now Flamengo too.

You guys never had a problem playing at a much higher altitude against Bolívar in La Páz. Cienciano are really pissed off Flamengo went to FIFA to try to move them from Cuzco, they say they're gonna destroy Flamengo in Cuzco and in Rio too.

Flamengo plays Bolognesi first, a team who believe they're gonna KO Flamengo and Nacional from Uruguay. We shall see, let the games begin.

Cuenca beat Estudiantes 1-0.

Rosicky wrote:Cuenca beat Estudiantes 1-0.

What a start! Caracas crushed San Lorenzo, the 2-0 was way short for the Argies. Caracas just ran all over them. Whatever happened to the "big club" edge in Copa Libertadores! The "small clubs" are gunning for them from the get go.

I will be travelling the next few days so I will be off, but today is Mengo debut.
We play against Coronel Bolognesi in Peru, sorry Puro, I hope we kick your fellow country man asses.

I know that Flamengo is a underdog and no one gives them a $hit, but I dont care I will be with them until the end and I believe we can do it. Like we sing in Maracana, I always will love you baby

Juligen wrote:I will be travelling the next few days so I will be off, but today is Mengo debut.
We play against Coronel Bolognesi in Peru, sorry Puro, I hope we kick your fellow country man asses.

I know that Flamengo is a underdog and no one gives them a $hit, but I dont care I will be with them until the end and I believe we can do it. Like we sing in Maracana, I always will love you baby

Your team is good, very good indeed. That is why you'd better be careful with Bolognesi. They're out to whoop Flamengo's butt. Then it's Cienciano's turn to throttle ao Rubro-Negro, Boca Juniors style 3-0!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

San Martín 2 - 0 River Plate

Flamengo YOU ARE NEXT!

Argentinian teams have started well...

Rosicky wrote:Argentinian teams have started well...

Did you watch the game Rosicky? San Martín mopped the floor with River. They could've won 5-0 EASILY. I'll be watching Bolognesi-Flamengo right now. VAMOS BOLO!

Then Cienciano-Nacional tomorrow!

Lucky Flamengo escape with a 0-0 from Tacna. Obina and Souza suck. Kleberson did alright. Juligen baby! Cienciano WILL blow this Flamengo out of the water 4-0 in Cuzco. You heard it here first.

Muchos gracias Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres for doing those River Plate c**ts

De Guzman wrote:Muchos gracias Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres for doing those River Plate c**ts

Yep! if San Martín were to have a goalscorer, a "9", they would've put 6 goals past River Plate. They have two very good forwards in Ovelar and Ruíz, but they're no "9" area men. They're fast, excellent dribblers, can easily beat their markers, but San Martín needed a van Nistelroy yesterday to make it 6-0 on River.

I tell you this much, San Martín just got thousands and thousands of new fans. All the young kids have become instant supporters of this club founded in 2004. Humble organization with the right kind of people leading the club, no nonsense type of chairman, football director, manager, go get the results type of guys from top to bottom.

In less than 4 years they became Peruvian champions. Everyone was saying it was a fluke, but oh my, did they show it wasn't yesterday. Them River Plate guys were saying before the game "they must be good because they're the champs", and after the game they said "now we know why they're Peruvian champs".

Is it true (doubt it, it's from a Dutch footy site report) that they only have 50 (fifty) spectators on average in the Peruvian League?

De Guzman wrote:Is it true (doubt it, it's from a Dutch footy site report) that they only have 50 (fifty) spectators on average in the Peruvian League?

I'd put it close to 100 fans average, but you get the picture. It was all them college students supporting the team. Yesterday it was a historic day for this team. From now on it's gonne be, 'before and after the River Plate match for these guys. They have a tough road ahead (América, U.Católica) to make it out of the group and avance to KO stages, but now they know they can do it.

Like I said earlier, they now have thousands and thousands of new fans, all them young kids who felt so much joy watching San Martín dismantling a big club in South American football. All them kids watching the game with their Alianza Lima or Universitario fan dads, or Sporting Cristal/Cienciano fan older brother. Now they have their OWN team, San Martín.

Where are San Martin based, Lima?

That's a question like where are Newcastle based...

Rosicky wrote:Where are San Martin based, Lima?

Yes, they're from Lima. They lease Universitario's stadium 'El Monumental' that has 80 thousand fans capacity, and they bring 100 fans of their own to the matches.

http://www.clubdeportivo.usmp.edu.pe/index.html

Are Copa Libertadores' matches being shown in Europe? In less than 30 minutes it is Cienciano's turn to throttle another South American "big club" Nacional from Uruguay.

VAMOS CIENCIANO CAMPEON!