Something as good, or better, then Champions League. South America's version of its top club competition begins tonight.
NY TIMES - It has been a long, long time since the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay, the site of the first World Cup final in 1930, has hosted a match of such significance (and that would probably be the 1995 Copa América final won by the hosts against Brazil). But on Wednesday night (9 p.m., Fox Deportes), that storied, old stadium will again be alive as two of South America’s most famous teams — Peñarol of Uruguay and Santos of Brazil — play the first leg of the Copa Libertadores finals in a bid to become the top club team in South America and land a spot in December’s FIFA Club World Cup in Japan. The tournament, which began in January, has largely been lost and mostly overshadowed amid a raft of domestic and international competitions: European leagues, the UEFA Champions League, the Concacaf Gold Cup in the United States, Euro 2012 qualifying, the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany, the FIFA U17 World Cup in Mexico … and next month’s start of Copa América in Argentina. Part 2 of the 52nd edition of the finals will be played on June 22 at Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho in São Paulo, Brazil.
