Liga de Quito's Libertadores win is one for Ecuador - Gregory Sica - SI.com

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 Liga de Quito's Libertadores win is one for Ecuador - Gregory Sica  - SI.com
Liga had been closing in on an international breakthrough and finally got it in the biggest game on the Latin American club calendar. [link]

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Published 7/3/2008 by brucio (noreply@blogger.com) at du Nord
... it was a blast. Charly was all smiles and gave me a huge handshake afterwards. The girls were very happy and shrieking with excitement. -The funniest part of this match was the PK's. The Liga goal keeper was fairly awful all game long, yet he made saves on 3 of 4 Flu shots in the shoot out. I don't think this says as much about his goalkeeping as it does about how bad those PK attempts were. They were horrible! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Gregory Sica of Sports Illustrated on the giant killing title winners called Liga. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Four ...

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Published 7/4/2008 by Arthur Antunes Coimbra at 101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more
... Tony Banks all suggest (to varying levels of certainty) that Chelsea will sign Andrei Arshavin. On the flip side, Philip Cornwall urges Frank Lampard to head to Inter and Gavin Glicksman reports on Ian Wright’s plea encouraging Shaun Wright-Phillips to head to Pompey. Finally, Stuart James and Alan Biggs look at the new refereeing directives for handling dangerous tackles, Frank Malley explains why Newcastle wont fire Joey Barton, and Gregory Sica reports on the development of Ecuadorian football. ...

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