South American Champions' League

A RARE COLOMBIAN WIN ON BRAZILIAN SOIL ⚽️🏆🥇🇧🇷🇨🇴

Just as the Colombian Football League defending champions Deportes Tolima were staring defeat in the face with 4 minutes of regulation time left to play, two quick goals from Julián Quiñones and Anderson Plata helped them turn the game on its head.

Pedrinho opened the scoring for the Brazilian Série A powerhouses América MG in the 53rd minute, only for Plata to grab the equalizer 13 minutes later.

A 77th-minute own goal by Junior Angulo looked to have won the game for the Brazilians, but Deportes Tolima had other ideas. Up stepped Quiñones with a well-taken late equalizing goal that surely meant that the Colombians would get something out of the game.

As if that wasn't enough! With practically the last kick of the game, Plata completed his brace, and the famous comeback in a country that has not been a happy hunting ground for Colombian teams.

3–2 was the final score, and the visitors walked away with all 3 points.

WILLIAN STARS FOR CORINTHIANS AS THEY BEAT BOCA JUNIORS IN CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE THRILLER ⚽️🏆🥇🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇴

It was a night of thoroughly entertaining South American Champions' League action headlined by the much anticipated clash between Brazilian Série A giants Corinthians and Argentine powerhouses Boca Juniors.

Willian started for Corinthians as he captained the Brazilians to a comfortable 2–0 win against their bitter rivals from Argentina who recently forced a win over Xavi's Barcelona.

A win for Colombian Football League giants Deportivo Cali tomorrow will enable them to go level on points with Corinthians at the top of group E.

BOCA JUNIORS TAKE THE LEAD IN HEAD-TO-HEAD VS BARCA!

⚽ 11 games played
🇦🇷 5 Boca Juniors wins
🇪🇸 4 Barcelona wins
🤝 2 drawn games

The silence of the European sports media is proudly sponsored by the World, South American, and Argentinean giants Boca Juniors. 🌎⚽

May we not ever hear any eurocentric fanboy or fangirl uttering that European football is the best! 🌎⚽🥱 Their teams can't even kick penalties! ⚽😒

A big day and a big win for our continent! ⚽🌎 South America is the home of World football! 🌎⚽ Football lives here! 🔥🍿

2021 South American Champions' League knockout stage schedule ⚽🏆🥇

Junior Barranquilla eliminated from the 2021 South American Champions' League by fellow Colombians Independiente Santa Fe. ⚽🏆

South American Champions' League team of the week ⚽🏆

🇨🇱 Gabriel Arias (GK)
🇪🇨 Franklin Guerra
🇧🇷 Gustavo Henrique
🇪🇨 Mario Pineda
🇺🇾 Brian Ocampo
🇵🇪 Alejandro Hohberg
🇨🇴 Edwin Street
🇵🇦 Freddie Gondola
🇦🇷 Julian Alvarez
🇨🇴 Adrian Ramos
🇦🇷 Walter Poe

🏆 South American Champions' League
⚽ Group Stage
📅 Matchday 5 of 6
🔥 Results
📅 Wednesday, May 19, 2021

AS USUAL, A COLOMBIAN TEAM RECORDS A POOR RESULT AGAINST ARGENTINE OPPOSITION ⚽🏆

Atlético Nacional's add to Colombian teams' poor results against Argentinean and Brazilian opposition.

Colombian giants Atlético Nacional visit the Argentinean outfit Argentinos Juniors.

Ecuadorian giants Barcelona SC host Argentinean powerhouses Boca Juniors captained by Carlos Tevez in the South American Champions' League.

🔵🟡 Carlos Tevez, a Boca Juniors legend!

👌 The 3⃣7⃣ year-old attacker has the most South American Champions' League goals scored among players featuring in this year's edition!

COVID-hit River Plate win with midfielder Enzo Perez in goal, no substitutes

River Plate had to play midfielder Enzo Perez in goal because of a coronavirus outbreak but still beat Independiente Santa Fe 2-1 in the Copa Libertadores.

The Argentine side had 20 players test positive for Covid-19 and, along with injuries, went into the Group D game in Buenos Aires with just 11 players.

Four River Plate keepers were impacted and a request to register their fifth and sixth keepers was rejected.

Perez, 35, was chosen to play in goal and helped his side to victory.

In the South American equivalent of the Champions League, Fabrizio Angileri and Julian Alvarez put River Plate 2-0 up against the Colombian side.

Perez, who started for Argentina in the 2014 World Cup final, said he used "the penalty spot as reference" after seeking advice about playing in goal as he tried to "focus and help the team".

He was beaten by a Kelvin Osorio effort late in the game but River Plate held on for a win which put them top of their group.

2021 South American Champions League 🏆⚽

América de Cali (Colombia) 🇨🇴 1 – 3 🇧🇷 Atlético Mineiro (Brazil)
⚽ Hulk ('21)
⚽ Santiago Moreno ('24)
⚽ Guilherme Arana ('54)
⚽ Eduardo Vargas ('90 + 7)

Poor performances of Colombian teams against Brazilians continued last night as the veteran Brazilian international Hulk got himself on the scoresheet for Atlético Mineiro and helped them to a 3–1 win.

América de Cali (COL) vs Atlético Mineiro (BRA) | LIBERTADORES HIGHLIGHTS | 5/13/21| beIN SPORTS USA América fell 1-3 at home to Atlético Mineiro in the Copa Libertadores, a game marked by tear gas, which forced the game to stop at least 7 times. ...

South American Champions' League Group Stage Matchday 4 results for Wednesday, May 12, 2021 🏆🔥⚽

South American Champions' League Group Stage Matchday 3 results for Tuesday, May 4, 2021 🏆🔥⚽

WORLD SOCCER POWERHOUSES TOP GROUP E!!!! ⚽🔥🎉🏆🥇

Brazilian international Dani Alves captained the World soccer giants São Paulo coached by the Argentinean legend Hernán Crespo to a comfortable 2–0 home win that took them to the top of the 2021 South American Champions' League Group E.

2021 South American Champions' League Group Stage standings after Matchday 1 🏆⚽🥇

🤩⚽ 2021 South American Champions' League Group Stage Team of the Week for Matchday 1!

🇧🇷 Jean
🇧🇷 Renan
🇦🇷 Lucas Trejo
🇻🇪 Luís Martínez
🇺🇾 Giorgian De Arrascaeta
🇨🇴 Andrés Andrade
🇧🇴 Fernando Saucedo
🇧🇷 Dani Alves
🇪🇨 Billy Arce
🇪🇨 Carlos Garcés
🇨🇴 Sebastián Villa

2021 South American Champions' League Group Stage, Matchday 1 Results ⚽🥇🏆

2021 South American Champions' League 🏆⚽

Junior Barranquilla (Colombia) 🇨🇴 1 – 1 🇨🇴 Independiente Santa Fe (Colombia)
⚽ Freddy Hinestroza ('29)
⚽ Kelvin Osorio ('33, pen.)

🇨🇴⚽ World and South American soccer giants Junior Barranquilla and Independiente Santa Fe share the spoils in a high-octane all-Colombian affair to close out this week's slate of South American Champions' League action!

VICTORY FOR BARRANQUILLA IN THE CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE!

Caracas (Venezuela) 🇻🇪 1 – 2 🇨🇴 Junior Barranquilla (Colombia)
⚽ Miguel Borja ('60)
⚽️ Willer Ditta ('90 + 1)

🏆 2021 South American Champions' League
🔴 Second Round
⚪ First Leg
🔵🥇🔥⚽️🏆🇨🇴🌍

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE FINAL ⚽🏆🇧🇷

Palmeiras (Brazil) 🇧🇷🆚🇧🇷 Santos (Brazil)

🏆 2021 South American Champions' League Final
🏟️ Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
⏰ 15:00 Eastern Standard Time

The big day is finally here, and today is world soccer's most important date of 2021 so far! Santos take on Palmeiras in what will be an all–Brazilian final.

These two giants of world soccer share a romance with the prestigious cup competition and both have won the iconic trophy with the combined number of wins totaling 4.

Whoever wins will be looking to eventually beat Bayern Munich in the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup and officially become crowned the planet's best soccer team.

AN ALL-BRAZILIAN FINAL IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE! ⚽🏆🇧🇷

The final of World soccer's premier club competition — the South American Champions' League — is just around the corner in what has been a landmark season for Brazilian soccer.

Brazil's national team is top of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group and the 2020/21 South American Champions' League final features two teams from the planet's greatest footballing nation.

Palmeiras face Pelé's former club Santos in the 2020/21 Champions' League final at the iconic Maracanã Stadium in Brazil's megacity of Rio de Janeiro.

It is a final between two of world soccer's greatest powerhouses and will be played on January 30, 2021 with the two teams having each eliminated Argentinean giants.

In the two-legged semi-finals of this Champions' League, Palmeiras beat River Plate while Santos eliminated a very strong Boca Juniors containing the legendary Argentinean international Carlos Tevez.

The pride of Brazilian club soccer is at stake and whoever wins will be eager to go and play for a win against UEFA Champions League winners Bayern Munich, so as to officially crown themselves the best team in world football.

Will it be Palmeiras or Santos? Catch all the action of 2021's most important soccer game so far!

South American Champions' League Semifinal 1st Leg Results ⚽️🏆🥇

RIVER PLATE BRUTALLY OUTCLASSED BY PALMEIRAS IN THEIR MOUTHWATERING SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE SEMIFINAL FIRST LEG

South American Champions' League Semifinal 1st Leg:

River Plate (Argentina) 🇦🇷 0 – 3 🇧🇷 Palmeiras (Brazil)
⚽ Rony ('28)
⚽ Luis Adriano ('49)
⚽ Matías Viña ('62)

River Plate's lack of technical and tactical class was exposed the Brazilian Série A leaders Palmeiras came to Argentina and produced a hugely impressive display against them. Warning signs were flashing almost from the kick-off as Palmeiras, looking sharper and more inventive than the team they sliced apart this evening. It was no surprise when Palmeiras opened up River Plate with precision for three goals and the Argentinean team simply had no answer in any area of the pitch.

When River Plate had half-chances they could not convert them and when dangerous balls flew across the face of goal there was no-one on the end of them. River Plate looked a well beaten side once the deadlock was broken by Rony in the 28th minute and if there is any consolation, and in truth there is not, it is that the damage could have been a lot worse, such was the gulf in class.

2020 SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND OF 16 DRAW ⚽️🏆🔥

Guaraní (Paraguay) 🇵🇾🆚🇧🇷 Gremio (Brazil)
Independiente del Valle (Ecuador) 🇪🇨🆚🇺🇾 Nacional (Uruguay)
Delfín (Ecuador) 🇪🇨🆚🇧🇷 Palmeiras (Brazil)
Internacional (Brazil) 🇧🇷🆚🇦🇷 Boca Juniors (Argentina)
Racing Club (Argentina) 🇦🇷🆚🇧🇷 Flamengo (Brazil)
Libertad (Paraguay) 🇵🇾🆚🇧🇴 Jorge Wilstermann (Bolivia)
Athletico Paranaense (Brazil) 🇧🇷🆚🇦🇷 River Plate (Argentina)
Liga de Quito (Ecuador) 🇪🇨🆚🇧🇷 Santos (Brazil)

The Copa Libertadores 2020 entered the final phase to define its next champion. This Friday the draw for the round of 16 of the tournament was held in Luque, Paraguay, so all the pairings for the next round are already known.

Flamengo, current champion of the tournament, will have a difficult challenge against Racing in the Libertadores Round of 16, while Boca Juniors, another favorite, will face Internacional de Porto Alegre, where Paolo Guerrero plays, who is recovering from an injury.

River Plate will define his pass to the quarterfinals with Paranaense from Brazil. Another of the attractive duels in this key will be the Liga de Quito vs. Santos, who are going through a good footballing moment.

🎂 Happy Birthday to Club Guarani! 🇵🇾

🟡⚫️ The Paraguayan club celebrates 1⃣1⃣7⃣ years today!

🏆 have already secured their spot in this year's Round of 16!

👀🇦🇹 Sport Club Internacional's scoring machine!

1⃣7⃣ goals this year
1⃣2⃣ goals in the

🔥🔝 Thiago Galhardo is one of Brazil's top scorers this year, but is still in search of his first goal! Will he get it as look to advance on October 22nd?

The highest scoring teams in the South American Champions' League 🔥😍🌎⚽️🏆

BRAZILIAN TEAMS IN TOTAL CONTROL OF GROUP E

With the Brazilian giants Internacional and Gremio in charge and totally in control of Group E, it is an all too familiar sight for the Colombian Football League powerhouses América de Cali who — for yet another season — are forced to endure a frustrating spell in the shadows of teams from the world's greatest footballing nation. 🌎🏆🇨🇴🇧🇷⚽️

América de Cali squandered two vital points in their 1–1 home draw against their Chilean opponents Universidad Catolica while Gremio Internacional 1–0 away from home in what proved to be a vicious encounter between two great powerhouses of World and Brazilian football.

Round 4 of the 2020 South American Champions' League is now complete, and here are all the results! 🏆⚽️

Barcelona 1 – 1 Junior Barranquilla
⚽️ Sebastian Viera ('7)
⚽️ Cristian Colman ('44)

Half-time at the Monumental Stadium in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil where Barcelona are being held 1–1 by the Colombian giants Junior Barranquilla in this cracking Champions' League game. 👉🇨🇴⚽️🇪🇨👈

😱😱😱 GROUP E OF THE CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE SAYS EVERYTHING ABOUT HOW SCARILY STRONG BRAZILIAN TEAMS ARE 🏆⚽️🇧🇷

New season, same old story of Colombian teams being utterly dominated by their Brazilian counterparts, and Group E of the South American Champions' League is a prime example of that. 🏆⚽️🇧🇷 Brazilian giants Internacional and Gremio occupy the first two slots.

How about that?!? 😱😱😱 As much as Colombian club football is advanced, of high-quality, to the point where their country even produced a Champions' League winner in 2016 (Atletico Nacional), they are still some distance behind Brazilian teams in terms of the game's technical aspects.

Brazilians just seem to have that mental edge and extra quality that has enabled them to repeatedly break the hearts of Colombian teams.