Bicentennial Tournament: 2 weeks down, on 3rd
The first 2 weeks have been entertaining, as the top teams are doing better than previous tourneys. This is just the start however. Chivas and America both start out with wins. Chivas really had the talent all the time, just didn’t have the cohesion and chemistry. America always has talent and I am still not fully confident in their chances this year, but they started out with a win, only to lose in week 2 to Morelia. Here are the big 4 last 2 scorelines:
Week3
Jaguares 0-1 Cruz Azul
Chivas 3-1 Toluca
Pumas 2-0 Atlas
America 5-1 San Luis
Week 2
Cruz Azul 0-0 Pumas
Tigres 1-3 Chivas
Morelia 2-0 America
This week is a solemn one with the Chava incident. Salvador is slowly improving, with some movement and improvement to his head injury. Things are looking up for him. Stay tuned to Primero Noticias if you can or follow @Mediotiempo, @FutPicante on twitter for updates.
Big match to watch on Saturday is Monterrey vs Cruz Azul. The rematch! A Cruz Azul loss would continue the trend of humiliation. One of these days CA is going to win one, but they may have the same troubles the Mexican National Team does…Finishing.
Chivas has really impressed. They dont seem to be missing Ramon Morales. Bofo doesnt play the full match and doesnt even start. The difference maker has been Javier Hernandez. This guy is shooting for a national team spot with 4 goals in 2 games. Goal scoring leader for now, but this is a guy who has the potential to keep it up. Venado Medina has been playing well and actually giving good passes for a change. Then there are Bofo and Omar Arellano coming off the bench. Oh and a little guy called Omar Bravo.
Should be an exciting and pensative week 3.
Cabañas: Shot and in Hospital
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Salvador Cabañas, goal scorer for Club America, was shot in a Bar last night/this morning. Reports from the police and confirmed by Michel Bauer, President of the team, are that he is in intensive care in the hospita. He was shot in the forehead and the bullet is still lodged in his body. Good news is [...]
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Final Interliga 2010
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What a night of Football. More so for the 1st game, but the 2nd wasn’t all that bad.
Tecos vs Puebla – Of these 2 teams, I think Puebla played their previous games better. Tecos almost got ripped by America in their last game, but made an impressive [...]
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Player Rumors: Cabañas, JP Garcia, Gata Fernandez
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Ive found Twitter a good way to keep up with news and various topics. I am following @mediotiempo from mediotiempo.com and they report the following rumors: 1. JP Garcia and Gata Fernandez have been seperated from Tigres. Interesting to see what further info comes about on this. Were they kicked out? Sent to another team? JP [...]
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Interliga 2010: Puebla shines, Tigres not so much
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Puebla put Jaguares pretty much out of the tournament with a 1-0 win last night. Puebla is a team that may not have a big name, but always seems to show heart and come up with good wins. Not to say I would like to see them in Libertadores, because they would most likely get [...]
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Interliga 2010: America wins the night
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Last night action has to be good news for Chucho Ramirez and the Aguilas. Club America wins 3-0 vs Atlante. Salvador Cabañas was his usual lethal self. He made a nice spin move at the top of the key. This isnt basketball, but you get what I [...]
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Interliga 2010 | 1st 4 matches
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Weekend of Interliga is over, with little surprises. On Saturday the first 2 games kicked of in Robertson Field in Houston Texas. Atlante vs Tecos | Atlante came out playing well. They beat Tecos 2-1 with some good runs by Hobbit Bermudez and a Golazo by Daniel Arreola. The only goal by Tecos was by [...]
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Cuauhtemoc and Veracruz Lose 1-3
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So Cuauhtemoc makes his debut with Veracruz and they end up losing 1-3 in Veracruz. They took the loss vs an Orizaba team who accompanies Veracruz in the Mexican 2nd Division (Liga de Ascenso/Primera A).
Cuauh says that the team needs more time to get used to each [...]
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Interliga 2010
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Hope you have a happy new years.
To start the year off we have the Interliga tournament. The fight for the 2 spots in the Copa Libertadores tournament will be fought out in the lower United States.
Here are the groups:
Group A
America
Santos
Atlante
Tecos
Group B
Monterrey
Tigres
Puebla
Jaguares
This Saturday the matches will begin with [...]
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Final: Monterrey Champion
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Sorry so tardy. What a Final! Very exciting, a lot of goals a bit of a twist. Mostly a deserved champion.
1st Game:
In Monterrey, Cruz Azul came out with the first 4 goals. Ok, 1 was an own goal. This had hopes of turning out Monterreys [...]
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Team News
Thoughts of a Predicate Feline
Whoa haven't been here in a while have I? Last post was after we won our 6th league title. For those who know the story, we hit rock bottom after that glorious sunday night in Hidalgo. A horrendous campaign that saw us end up in the bottom half of the ...
Jan 22, 2010 | Read this article...
Another Final
Tomorrow Monterrey will face America for the ticket to got to Copa Liebrtadores, and the Interliga Cup. Monterrey has successfully achieved to reach the final of the cup after defeating Puebla last sunday with a score of 2-1. Goals by Lucho, and Osvaldito. I hope to see a more fully ...
Jan 12, 2010 | Read this article...
Ramon Morales is gone
Morales arrived in 1999 and left on shoved out the door by Jorge Vergara January 7, 2010. What player lasts that long with a team? Very few, and those that do are considered legends at their club.
Paolo Maldini. Raul. Ramon Morales. Though Ramoncito may not have the world wide recognition, he's up there with those greats.
New Year.
First of all Happy new years to everyone!!
Today the team has hit the airport to be on their way to Dallas for the first game of the year and the first game on the InterLiga where they will be facing against Jaguares which happens to be Neri Cardozos ex team ...
Jan 01, 2010 | Read this article...
Latest.
The "Mini Draft" of Mexico has come to an end and Monterrey did not hesitate to grab on some good reinforcements. One of the two player Monterrey got a change to grab is Argentine striker Neri Cardozo from Jaguares. Neri comes in to refill the foreign slot Baloy left after ...
Dec 29, 2009 | Read this article...
Latest.
The latest on the team currently as the Winter Draft comes to an end it is pretty much set and done that Suazo will not leave the team as rumored. Suazo had many offers from teams including Totteham Hotspurs, West Hamm, Sunderland, Inter, and many others but sadly they have ...
Dec 28, 2009 | Read this article...
UpComing Events
After being Champions and ending in a good spot in the table Monterrey is full of games and cups for 2010. The closest one is the Interliga in which Monterrey have been champions 3 times (2006,2007,2008).
Heres the complete schedule of InterLiga.
January 2 – Estadio Robertson (Houston, Texas)
1 Grupo A Atlante vs. Estudiantes ...
Latest News
The Latest news as to Reinforcements to the team so far is Sergio "El Cherokee" Perez From Puebla. El Chero is a young defender that has only played in Puebla and has been doing a very good job playing with them helping them to go up to Semi-Finals and Quoter-Finals ...
Dec 27, 2009 | Read this article...
Victorious
Hi!. Sorry i have been gone for a long time, but now im back. my computer had broken down so i had to get a new one, and now that i do i will continue to write this blog for the wonderful champions Monterrey.
-Monterrey faces Estudiantes and ties 2-2 at home.
Goals: Osvaldito Martinez 12', and Aldo De Nigris 83'
-Monterrey visits Queretaro and exits with a victory of 3-1.
Goals: Lucho perez 12', Dario Carreno 70', Aldo De Nigris 78'.
-Monterrey beats Atlante at their home with an outstanding 3-0 victory
Goals: Osvaldito martinez 48', Dario Carreno 82', and Aldo 86'.
-Monterrey brings victory from Pachuca.
Goals: Humberto Suazo 56',63', Osvaldito Martinez 85'.
-Monterrey loss against Chivas with a goal by Javier hernandez.
-Monterrey losses again against Jaguares 2-1.
Goal: Lucho Perez 8'.
-Another loss against Pumas.
-Monterrey returns with victory against San Luis by 3-0.
Goals: Aldo 49', Humberto Suazo 52',92'.
-Monterrey Defeats Santos 2-1.
Goals: Osvaldito 46', Aldo 50'
-Monterrey loss against America 1-0. Goal by Montenegro.
-Monterrey ends with a tie against Morelia.
Goals: Aldo De Nigris 10'.
-Monterrey Qualifies to The Liguilla and faces off against America in QF. Monterrey Wins 1-0 with a goal by Aldo at minute 48' in the memory of his brothers death Tono De nigris. Second Leg of QF Monterrey Ties against America 1-1 with an amazing goal by Suazo at minute 79'. Monterrey passes to Semis with a global score of 2-1.
-Semi Finals some by against Toluca. First Leg Monterrey at home wins 2-0 with two goals by Aldo 45', and 66'. You could really see the effect the death of Anotnio did to the team and especially to Aldo. Second leg Monterrey ties 1-1. Global 3-1, We go to the finals after 4 years and our rival is Cruz Azul.
-First Leg of final at home in El Technologico and the crowd is crazy. Monterrey takes the lead with an own goal by Emanuel Villa. Quickly after that Reiveros scores for CA in min 6'. Then again in minute 17',and them Villa comes along and scores the third for CA. losing 3-1 Monterrey goes to HT. In Second half minute 47' Suazo scores, Then Santana comes in and scores at minute 70' and now its 3-3.Finally Suazo comes by with a beautiful goal at minute 88' to take the great deserved victory of the first leg.4-3.
-Second Leg Monterrey wins the game 2-1 with a goal by Aldo 54' and a goal by Suazo at 90'. Monterrey Becomes Champions for the Third time and adds that thrid star to the emblem. A well deserved vistory in the memory of Anotnio "El Tano" De Nigris. R.I.P.
THANK YOU MONTERREY.
Pictures after the jump.
This coach will take us to the playoffs... and this time we mean it
So in case you haven't heard, LaVolpe has left the team, and Atlas will again have a new coach to start the next tournament. Some things will stay the same, new coach Carlos Ischia is Argentinian so that stays the same, coach Ischia promises playoffs, so that's the same, let's just hope the results change this time.
Dec 18, 2009 | Read this article...
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