Crespo passes Maradona total with penalty

Hernan Crespo scored his 35th goal for Argentina with his penalty tonight against Colombia, overtaking Diego Maradona and becoming his nation’s second all time top goalscorer behind Gabriel Batistuta on 56.
The milestone will have been spoilt for the Inter Milan man by the injury he received in scoring that led to his being substituted by [...]

HT: Argentina 3-1 Colombia – Riquelme turns it on again

Once again Argentine went behind to an early goal. Once again Riquelme has lead the fightback. Whereas against the USA he set up three of his side’s four goals tonight he’s scored two himself by half-time. The first came from a perfectly timed run into the box to connect a downward header with a Zanetti [...]

Paraguay beat USA and advance to quarter-finals

Paraguay beat the USA 3-1 tonight in Hugo Chávez’s home towm of Barinas and now join Mexico in the quarter-finals. The USA are now all but out after two defeats in two games. They had their chances to equalise after Newell’s Old Boy Cardozo put Paraguay 2-1 up 10 minutes into the second half but [...]

HT: USA holding up Paraguay’s march to quarter-finals

It is 1-1 at half-time in tonight’s opening game between Paraguay and the US of A in Barinas. Barreto opened Paraguay’s account in the 30th minute, rounding off a series of slick passes in the area by sliding the ball past Kasey Keller.
Paraguay had already hit the post from a corner but the goal was [...]

Maradona 34 – 34 Crespo

Argentine striker Hernan Crespo has an extra reason to try and get his name on the scoresheet against Colombia tonight. One more goal will take his personal total to 35, one more than legend Diego Maradona.
The Internazionale striker scored numbers 33 and 34 against the United States at the same Pachencho Romero Stadium where he [...]

Chelsea in for Castillo?

Chelsea have made enquiries about Mexico’s explosive young striker Nery Castillo, the Mexican press reported today.
Castillo’s father and agent said Chelsea, along with one unnamed Italian club and two unnamed Spanish sides, had asked about his availability and hinted that Olympiakos might sell their prize asset if an offer of 10 million dollars was forthcoming.
“He [...]

Midfield: Dunga, Dunga, Dunga, Dunga

Before last year’s World Cup, Brazilians drooled at the prospect of seeing four ball players together and a return to futebol-arte. Everybody wanted to see Kaka, Robinho, Ronaldinho and Ronaldo in the same team.
Today they are spitting fire at seeing a midfield comprising four Dungas and no Ronaldinhos. And who can blame them? The midfield [...]

91 Years and Counting…

Ecuador are the unluckiest team in the cup by a long chalk. The Andean side sit bottom of Group B with no points from two games and are all but out of the running for even a spot as one of the best third-placed teams.
And this in spite of playing some of the most attractive [...]

Last Night’s Goals

Robinho’s three goals for Brazil against Chile: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oZjdK-Os9Q
All the goals from Mexico-Ecuador: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUf6B8-cXto

Nery, Nery, Quite Contrary

Lionel Messi is the guy on the posters and the pre-tournament favourite to win the kudos as the Copa America’s outstanding youngster. But the performances of Nery Castillo are a real threat to the Barca star’s pretentions.
The 23-year old striker was sensational in Mexico’s opener against Brazil and he proved it was no fluke with [...]