Author Archives: Nestor F. S.

By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN Two of South America's most storied clubs — Brazil's Santos and Uruguay's Penarol – face off in the return leg of the Copa Libertadores final tonight (8:30 p.m., Fox Sports en Espanol) after a goalless match last week … Continue reading »

By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN The Copa Libertadores — without global marketing and SuperBowl-like build-up — has remained one of the more prestigious competitions in the world. Its passion, purity and pressure is what drives all South American-based players to step … Continue reading »

By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN Four South American teams representing four countries will do battle over the next two days in the opening legs of the Copa Libertadores semifinals. Brazil's Santos and Paraguay's Cerro Porteno open their tie Wednesday night, while … Continue reading »

By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN Out of the four semifinalists in this year's Copa Libertadores, only Paraguay's Cerro Porteno will be vying for its first title with Brazil's Santos, Argentina's Velez Sarsfield and Uruguay's Penarol all having lifted the trophy on … Continue reading »

By NESTOR F. SEBASTIANArgentina's Velez Sarsfield and Uruguay's Penarol each have a step into the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores after their shutout wins in the home legs of their quarterfinal ties. Santos, the lone Brazilian team remaining in the … Continue reading »

By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN Now that the shock has worn down from four Brazilian teams being ousted in the Copa Libertadores Round of 16, which concluded last week, the focus is now on the remaining quarterfinalists, which represent seven nations. … Continue reading »

By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN The samba beats were quieted Wednesday night. In what had to be one of the strangest yet historic evenings in Copa Libertadores history, four Brazilian teams were out-fought, out-played and simply out-spirited as they fell in … Continue reading »

By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN Chile's Universidad Catolica, Brazil's Fluminense and Argentina's Velez Sarsfield put themselves in prime position to advance to the quarterfinals with favorable results in this week's first legs of the Copa Libertadores Round of 16 stage. Brazil's … Continue reading »

By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN Four groups down, four to go. Copa Libertadores finally wraps up its group-stage matches this week as 12 teams battle for the seven remaining spots available in the Round of 16, with defending champions Internacional of … Continue reading »