Rock you like a Huracán

I already had the pleasure to write a little about the Argentinian cup winners once, now there’s going to be some more of that. The group Huracán was drawn into, number three, has not seen a single game this season yet, so it all started here. Venezuela’s championship runner-up Mineros seemed all but unbeatable. The game started way differently than the Scorpions famously sang. Mineros had lots of the ball in their opponent’s half, until the hosts finally woke up just after the tenth minute, hitting the crossbar with a spectacular volley effort....

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When Wanderers learn to fly

Once upon a time, a little group of Uruguayans started out from the small country to make history on the big continent. The task was a big one. In front of them stood Argentinians, Chileans and Venezuelans, threatening to overpower those that battled hard to be here. That club are the Montevideo Wanderers and on Tuesday evening they started into the group stage, facing Zamora FC, Venezuelan champions of the past season. Wanderers sought the instant chance to make amends after dropping the first game of the new season back home in Uruguay 0-1 to...

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Top 10 – South American clubs qualified (Part 2)

One of the most famous squads to ever play for Internacional was called “The Steamroller”. In just 9 years starting in the early 1940s, the extremely offensive minded team won eight Rio Grande do Sul championships. Part of that success leads back to the decision to accept black players on the team, which local rival Grêmio did not do until 1952. These circumstances had people call Internacional “The People’s club.” Another Brazilian club, Corinthians,...

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Qualified - Those who made it and those who didn’t

On the last three days the second legs of the Copa Libertadores qualification round were held across South America. Not really worth talking about is Huracán’s home game that ended in a 0-0 draw against Alianza Lima, as the Argentinians won the first game 4-0 in Peru. Despite the leg already being decided the teams did play ok for the most part and produced a handful of quality chances. The most awesome part for me was the entrance of the home team...

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Top 10 - South American clubs qualified (Part 1)

If you take a look at the all-time South American club team table, you won’t be surprised to find many Argentinian and Brazilian teams leading the way. But this won’t be about boring facts, this is one story you won’t hear often about each of the best 10 teams that qualified for the 2015 edition of the Copa. One of the most iconic sides are the Boca Juniors in their blue and yellow. But why those colors? Stories suggest that in 1907, two years after...

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Introduction – Why Copa Libertadores?

During an evening the other day, I had a conversation with a friend about which countries we wanted to see, where we would like to spend time at. For me, it is easily answered with South America, specifically Uruguay. This has many different reasons, explaining them all would go too far at this point. Following that conversation, I watched a lot of related videos, read quite a few articles about the country, and as a life-long football fan I thought nothing would be more logic than to watch some South American football. Which South American team...

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