Topic: South American Football. Leagues, Copa Libertadores etc.

[Samie]

#AnnonuceAndre

[oojason]

#AnnonuceAndre

Have you seen Andre's stats?!

[TheShanklyGates]

Beeb not even sticking around for the trophy lift? Poor form that.

[Sir Capon of Debaser]

#AnnonuceAndre

Whats the score there mate? We still after him are we?

[Samie]

Have you seen Andre's stats?!

 

He's good. Stats tell me that.

Whats the score there mate? We still after him are we?

Aye.

[CHOPPER]

Beeb not even sticking around for the trophy lift? Poor form that.

Come on now, there’s a re-run of two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, to be shown.

[JerseyKloppite]

Come on now, there’s a re-run of two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, to be shown.

Was just thinking that, ridiculous

[WhereAngelsPlay]

Useless twats, I was watching on BBC Sport. 

[redtel]

Entertaining that, well worth watching.

Great skill, superb goals, and loads of shithousery.

Imagine a PGMOL ref doing that game. It would be abandoned with too players on the pitch unless he decided not to issue any second yellows. Could see why he kept his cards hidden in the first half.

What a volley to win a major trophy. Andre can leave in January now, a happy man.

😀

[oojason]

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Post-Match Live Stream (BeIn Sports US) : https://vipleague.im/football/boca-juniors-vs-fluminense-streaming-link-1 - should be around for the trophy lift etc


The trophy lift video: https://twitter.com/TheLibertadores/status/1720948267335258297 & https://twitter.com/TransferSector/status/1720943842671653337


Match Reports: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67324231 & www.espn.co.uk/football/report/_/gameId/688946


Full Match Replay on the BBC iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001s6ky/football-copa-libertadores-2023-final-boca-juniors-v-fluminense

20 minute match highlights: https://fviplions.com/f/edor3n7kt61d

5 minute BBC match highlights: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/67323822


Official 3 minute highlights:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/9ZhdnGria0w" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/9ZhdnGria0w</a>

^ or click here to watch - www.youtube.com/v/9ZhdnGria0w



Just the goals...

Cano on 36' - https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1720904563941659004 & https://twitter.com/TheLibertadores/status/1720936394883801548

Advincula on 72' - https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1720918432164561140 & https://twitter.com/sic_aa/status/1720917730096771184

Kennedy on 99' - https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1720928591343403387 & https://twitter.com/TheLibertadores/status/1720935662197625300






'The last 5 winners of the Copa Libertadores have been Brazilian sides. It is the first time in the competition’s history that sides from one nation have won it 5 years in a row' - https://twitter.com/statmandave/status/1720935663577526280


'Tonight, Marcelo has become the 14th player to win the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores. Legend.' - https://twitter.com/StatmanDave/status/1720935174844584121


'Andre’s game by numbers vs. Boca Juniors:

94% pass accuracy
79 touches
59/63 passes completed
7/9 ground duels won
4/5 tackles won
2/2 dribbles completed

Sensational. 🔥'



^ https://twitter.com/StatmanDave/status/1720923102631096516






Diniz and Andre share a moment post-match: https://twitter.com/KTB37033674/status/1720939587797647392 (23 second video clip)

Obligatory 'Andre vs Boca Juniors' 2+ minute highlights / montage video: https://twitter.com/1947production/status/1720945872022774147

Pretinha the dog - and also Fluminense fan - celebrates the winning Flu goal: https://v.redd.it/d3nbmfbvveyb1


A lot more content appearing here soon: https://twitter.com/FluminenseFC & https://twitter.com/TheLibertadores & www.youtube.com/@Libertadores/videos

[jillcwhomever]

Guys, they will be celebrating this for the next two days.

[Dougle]

Reckon he stays now with Flu' for the World Club Championship. They're mad for that in South America.

[Barneylfc∗]

The South Americans love the World Club thingy. Will they want Andre to hang around for that? Will he want to hang around for that?

[Samie]

Man City will win it anyway. 

[Samie]

Big Jorg has gone into the home dressing room I hope.

[4pool]

The South Americans love the World Club thingy. Will they want Andre to hang around for that? Will he want to hang around for that?

It's in December. Fluminese will play Dec 18th

[Barneylfc∗]

It's in December. Fluminese will play Dec 18th

Oh I thought it had moved to February or some shit.
Happy days then. What number is he getting?

[LiverBirdKop]

The South Americans love the World Club thingy. Will they want Andre to hang around for that? Will he want to hang around for that?

They sure do. I've heard from Flamengo fans through the years about that time they beat us. They call themselves world champions whenever they win it.

[farawayred]

Oh I thought it had moved to February or some shit.
Happy days then. What number is he getting?

He can cope with whichever number for half a season until Thiago leaves.

[LiverBirdKop]

Championship prize is $21m. Nice

[classycarra]

Was a rare treat that. Rarely see a more entertaining CL game, let alone a final - whih are famously drab

[4pool]

Oh I thought it had moved to February or some shit.
Happy days then. What number is he getting?

Kostas will give him Lucas' old number 21...

[Ray K]

This is the last of the 6 team Club World Cup. They're moving to Infantino's mad 32 team tournament from 2025 onwards.

[TepidT2O]

Was a rare treat that. Rarely see a more entertaining CL game, let alone a final - whih are famously drab

Is the secret to good football to let people run about and kick shit out of each other?


Because it was good fun…

[LiverBirdKop]

Was a rare treat that. Rarely see a more entertaining CL game, let alone a final - whih are famously drab

It was definitely fun to watch. It had wrestling, diving, shit refereeing and good football sprinkled here and there but not much.

[farawayred]

Is the secret to good football to let people run about and kick shit out of each other?


Because it was good fun…

Sean Dyche's Burnley would have won that hands down.

[4pool]

This is the last of the 6 team Club World Cup. They're moving to Infantino's mad 32 team tournament from 2025 onwards.

Actually there are 7 teams:
Al Ittihad
Auckland City
Club Leon
Urawa Reds
Al Ahaly
Fluminese
Man City

[jillcwhomever]

It was more entertaining than most of the Premier League today, Man U-Fulham have nothing on these two. Dramatic dives, bone crunching tackles, a splash of wrestling, fans almost kidnapping a player! It had it all. The right winners though in the end.

[RedG13]

Congrats to Fluminense

[BarryCrocker]

Actually there are 7 teams:
Al Ittihad
Auckland City
Club Leon
Urawa Reds
Al Ahaly
Fluminese
Man City

Why in God's holy name do Auckland City get a shortcut to this tournament virtually every year?

[4pool]

Why in God's holy name do Auckland City get a shortcut to this tournament virtually every year?

Because they win the Oceana Confederation.

[RedG13]

Actually there are 7 teams:
Al Ittihad
Auckland City
Club Leon
Urawa Reds
Al Ahaly
Fluminese
Man City

Diniz vs Pep is very possible

[Frenchie]

Don't get the fuss about André, he looked slow and small.

[Passmaster Molby]

He’ll be off the to Club World Cup now, congrats to him and Fluminense. Would love to see him sign off there by winning that and then join us in January.

[KurtVerbose]

Just watched the highlights. Hilarious.

Kennedy scored a fabulous goal, but doesn't seem the cleverest. But then our Harvey did the same thing celebrating an own goal.

[jillcwhomever]

Don't get the fuss about André, he looked slow and small.

Jeez he was not slow. 😀

[BarryCrocker]

He’ll be off the to Club World Cup now, congrats to him and Fluminense. Would love to see him sign off there by winning that and then join us in January.

Hopefully denying Man City the chance to be CWC champions.

[Yorkykopite]

Is the secret to good football to let people run about and kick shit out of each other?


Because it was good fun…

That's why I enjoyed it. Incompetent ref, unruly players, genuine physical assaults, much rolling around and simulation. If the ref hadn't been at least a foot taller than all the players he'd have been attacked. That was regrettable. Would have put the icing on the cake. I was trying to imagine what would have happened had one team had to suffer as much as Arsenal did yesterday.

[Yorkykopite]

Jeez he was not slow. 😀

I must say I wondered about that too. The pace of the game was generally slow. Certainly much slower than what we're used to. He also didn't t look fit to me. After around the 65 minute mark Andre stopped moving, let alone running.

[jillcwhomever]

I must say I wondered about that too. The pace of the game was generally slow. Certainly much slower than what we're used to. He also didn't t look fit to me. After around the 65 minute mark Andre stopped moving, let alone running.

You can't say he was slow in the first half, he was running everywhere and mopping up which seems to show his importance to the general set up in that team. I think what happened was the game changed when Boca actually started playing some football, they upped the tempo and it did lead them seeming less intense as a result. He is very comfortable on the ball like so many of the South American players, and I think he will be fine as a holding midfielder here.