jenni_blog | May. 24th, 2011

The Copa Libertadores quarter finals took place last week. The results on aggregate:

Santos 4 - 1 Once Caldas
Libertad 0 - 6 Velez Sarsfield
Universidad de Catolica 3 - 3 Penarol
Cerro Porteno 4 - 1 Jaguares

One thing I don't understand is why Santos is considered the favourite to win. Based on results, 4-1 was impressive over Once Caldas, but Velez Sarsfield's result was 6-0. Not only more goals scored, but they also kept a clean sheet, even in the away match, something Santos could not manage. Is it because Santos won their local tournament? Argentina's Clausura is not yet over, but Velez sits in the top spot, and that amid accusations from a former referee that the Argentina league is corrupted and games are fixed. For sure Velez would not be the "favourite" team to win the league, not being one of the "Big Five". Anyway, just my two cents. It mystifies me how they can justify these predictions.

On to the picspam. But first, a few icons of the remaining teams:

Jonathan Fabbro - Cerro Porteno