NACIONAL DE MONTEVIDEO

This is a team I like a lot. I first became aware of Nacional because of two outstanding players that featured in the U-20 team for Uruguay: #14 Nicolas Lodeiro and #19 Sebastian Coates. Another great Nacional player is #15 Alvaro Gonzalez, who played for Boca Juniors. I thought I'd do a mini-picspam of the team because Nic Lodeiro has just been called up to the senior Uruguay NT for the first time, for their upcoming playoff game against Costa Rica of CONCACAF, to see which team will make it into the WC.

I am lucky because one of my TV stations here has started showing Uruguay league games and I got to see Nacional vs Cerro last Sunday (not to be confused with Cerro Porteno of Paraguay, who has made it to the semi-finals of the Copa Sudamericana.) These pics are from the Nacional vs Cerro game. I am also reprinting an article from yahoosports.com on Nic Lodeiro being called up to the NT with the squad list for Uruguay.



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The Nacional vs Cerro pics are from the Nacional website.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ACTION FROM THE PAST WEEK

Here are the best pics I found from the CL games this week.

FROM MATCHDAY 4 - NOVEMBER 4

First, Arsenal vs AZ Alkmaar



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MORE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ACTION FROM PAST WEEK

On to Matchday 4 - November 3.

APOEL FC vs FC Porto



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