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25 Feb

Marcelo returns to Brazil to play the Copa Libertadores with Fluminense

Anna EdwardsBrazil, Copa, Fluminense, Libertadores, Marcelo, play, returns

Brazil He continues adding stars for his teams. Now it is the turn of Fluminense who made Marcelo's official. The ex real Madrid returns home after almost 18 years. His last club was the Olympiacos of Greecewhere he only played 10 games and scored three goals. In 2006, at just 18 years old and with 40 games in the Rio de Janeiro team, Merengue signed him and they quickly nicknamed him "Roberto Carlos' substitute". The next year he made his debut and crowned a successful stage for 16 years in the Spanish club where he won 25 titles including 5…

Copa Argentina: a mixed zone in which the boys cheer on the greats

Anna EdwardsArgentina, boys, cheer, Copa, greats, mixed, zone

There is something in the victories that have taken place these days and that have taken place in recent years that goes beyond sports: it is something more linked to the poetic, a David against Goliath in a soccer key, the return to the most tender of the childhood, when the big team lost to the little ones, or the rich lost to the poor. The Argentine Cup, strictly speaking, is that: a melting pot of unimaginable, unforeseen results that defy any logic. In short: the dynamics of the compensated. The poetic happens on the field –because of the result,…

Copa Argentina: hit by the Spanish Center that left Tigre on the road

Anna EdwardsArgentina, Center, Copa, hit, left, road, Spanish, Tigre

New edition of the contest, new surprise at the door. The "Galician" of the First D dropped to another team top category to write a unique chapter in its history. For his part, Students (LP) complied with the duties and still stands. The argentinian cup It is that contest that over time stole the attention of the First Division teams that initially looked down on it. Thus, with one edition after the other, the teams of the highest category of Argentine soccer went from putting up alternative teams with a majority of the club's kids to give them filming, to…