WORLD CUP: Brazil penalty joy, Chilean heartache
ROUND OF 16 BRAZIL 1-1 CHILE BRAZIL WIN 3-2 ON PENS SATURDAY 28TH JUNE – BELO HORIZONTE Brazil are the first country through to the quarter-finals after winning a dramatic penalty […]
Category Archives: CHILE
WORLD CUP: Robben leads Dutch to Chile victory
GROUP B NETHERLANDS 2-0 CHILE MONDAY 23RD JUNE – SAO PAULO Arjen Robben proved to be a contender to win the coveted Golden Ball at the end of the tournament, […]
WORLD CUP: Holders Spain crash out after Chile defeat
GROUP B SPAIN 0-2 CHILE WEDNESDAY 18TH JUNE – RIO DE JANEIRO Napoli man Eduardo Vargas gave Chile a 1-0 lead 20 minutes after kick off to unsettle the former […]
WORLD CUP: Chile defeat the plucky Socceroos
GROUP B CHILE 3-1 AUSTRALIA FRIDAY 13TH JUNE – CUIABÁ Chile defeated a gallant Australia today 3-1 in an open and entertaining Group B encounter in Cuiaba. The Chileans showed greater […]
WORLD CUP PREVIEW: CHILE
The dark horse ready to emerge from Bielsa’s shadow writes Jamie Currie. They finished third in South American qualifying behind Argentina and Colombia, with a goal difference of just positive […]
CHILE: Primera División Apertura – Week 1 Round-up
This article courtesy of SouthAmericanFootball.net The 2013/2014 Apertura in Chile began this weekend with some intriguing results to kick off proceedings. The performance of the weekend came courtesy of Antofagasta […]
U20 WORLD CUP: QUARTER-FINALS ROUND-UP
Six goals were exchanged and Iraq did it again and make their way into the semi-finals! Ghana also defeated Chile to advance to the final four after coming out on […]
U20 WORLD CUP: LAST 16 ROUND-UP
South American giants Colombia were shocked to a penalty-shootout defeat, Iraq somehow ‘did it again’ and got past Paraguay, Ghana stopped Portugal and Chile defeated Croatia. The second half of […]
U20 WORLD CUP: MATCHDAY NINE
The final group games are done and dusted and we now know who will play who in the second round – Will Burns provides a rundown of Matchday nine’s action. […]
U20 WORLD CUP: MATCHDAY SIX
Iraq once again pulled off an upset but this time grabbing all three points against Egypt – Will Burns has just a short, quick round-up below. CHILE 1-1 ENGLAND Tottenham […]
U20 WORLD CUP: Matchday Three
Peter Taylor’s England suffered a major blow in their opening game of the Under-20 World Cup with a disappointing 2-2 draw against Iraq. In other games, Uzbekistan put three past […]
WORLD CUP: CONMEBOL QUALIFYING ROUND-UP – 7TH & 8TH JUNE 2013
Friday and Saturday games in South America provided plenty of talking points, including a hard-fought battle between giants Argentina and Colombia. Here is Will Burns with a recap of all […]
WORLD CUP WATCH: South American preview
As European players depart for their holidays, or perhaps wind down with an international friendly, their South American team-mates do not yet get the opportunity to blow the final whistle […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Conmebol South American qualifying round-up
————— Ecuador 4 (Caicedo 38, Montero 50,75, Benitez 54) Paraguay 1 (Caballero 15) Paraguay had to win to remain in the fight for a berth in next year’s World Cup […]
FEATURE: The Condor that tried to fool himself to the World Cup
The year is 1989. In front of a 130.000 crowd at Maracaná in Rio de Janerio Brazil and Chile play a decisive world cup qualifier for the right to attend […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Conmebol South American qualifying round-up
———- Colombia 5 (Torres 21, Valdes 50, Gutierrez 62, Falcao 87, Armero 90) Bolivia 0 Colombia continued their qualifying campaign strongly by defeating Bolivia 5-0 before 42,000 fans gathered in […]
COPA LIBERTADORES REVIEW – Group Stage Week Four – 8th-12th March 2013
Group 1 Toluca 1 (Tejada 83) Barcelona 1 (Díaz 36) Toluca and Barcelona shared the spoils at the Nemesio Díez with a goal from Luis Tejada denying Barcelona their first win in this year’s […]
COPA LIBERTADORES REVIEW – Group Stage Week Three – 26th-28th February 2013
Bernard show destroys Arsenal plus round-up from all the games… ———- Group 1 BARCELONA (ECU) 1 (Arroyo (pen) 90) BOCA JUNIORS (ARG) 2 (Martínez 59, Pérez 63) Boca Juniors recovered from […]
COPA LIBERTADORES REVIEW – Group Stage Week Two – 19th-21st February 2013
Peñarol the only side to make it two wins from two, Deportivo Lara impress against Newell’s and Fluminense lacklustre against Grêmio Group 1 Toluca (Mex) 2 (Tejada 22, Benitez 52) Nacional (Uru) 3 (Sánchez 47, […]
COPA LIBERTADORES REVIEW – Group Stage Week One – 12th-14th February 2013
Recoba show rescues point for Nacional, Boca slip up at La Bombonera and Huachipato hold out to surprise Gremio Group 1 Nacional (Uru) 2 (Abreu 69, Alonso 90) Barcelona (Ecu) 2 (Diaz 18, Nahuelpan 26) […]
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