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 Am�rica 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 � Pe�arol 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 Am�rica in Argentina. Part 2 of the 52nd edition of the finals will be played on June 22 at Est�dio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho in S�o Paulo, Brazil.
