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From: South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires

Argentine  Flag Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... [read more]
Blog: Velez Sarsfield
Date: July 20th 2006

I went with one of my students to see the quarter finals of the Copa Libertadores, the biggest club competition in South American football. With the score at 0-0 after the first leg in Guadalajara, I expected a bit more effort from the Velez players. Sadly their effort didn't materialise until the last 10 minutes by which time it was already too late. They lost 2-1 in the end. ... read more


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Tot: 0.071s; Tpl: 0.005s; cc: 4; qc: 8; dbt: 0.0046s; 1; s:apollo w:www (50.28.60.10); sld: 1; ; mem: 6.3mb