Fluminense booked a spot in the Copa Libertadores round-of-16 with a 1-0 victory over Zamora on Thursday, while Boca Juniors also won.
A 79th-minute goal from substitute Rafael Sobis helped Brazilian giants Fluminense to their fourth win in as many games in Group 4.
The 2008 runners-up are nine points clear of third-placed Arsenal de Sarandi with two games remaining, while Boca Juniors are second in the group.
Wellington Nem threatened in the early stages of the encounter in Barinas, Venezuela, and the visitors missed several chances as former Porto and Barcelona star Deco combined well with Fred.
The decision to introduce Sobis on 76 minutes paid dividends for manager Abel Braga, with the forward netting what proved to be the winner from a free-kick.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO will surely end the year as one of its best games and biggest success stories, and developer Spike Chunsoft and publisher Bandai Namco are also continuing to keep up support for the game in hopes of maintaining its player base. Another update has now gone live for the game, and it brings a feature requested by many since the game came out.
Specifically, players will now be allowed to dive into splitscreen multiplayer battles in any stage. Previously, offline multiplayer fights could only be fought in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and requests for that to change have been loud since the game launched, so this change should make fans happy. On top of that, the update also brings a host of balancing tweaks and gameplay adjustments, targe…
Antonio Conte wants to earn the right to sign a new contract with Tottenham, but has hinted the club must match his ambitions to keep him for the long term.
Conte s current deal with Spurs expires at the end of the season, and although the club have an option for a one-year extension, the Italian has been linked with an exit on several occasions.
A return to Juventus has been touted as a possibility for Conte at various stages this campaign, but the Tottenham boss wants to show he deserves an extended stay in north London – so long as Spurs can help him achieve his own aims.
My contract expires on June 30. Until that moment, the club has to make the best evaluation, Conte said at a pre-match news conference ahead of Tottenham s meeting with Leeds United on Sat…
Claudio Ranieri will be praying his Inter Milan team rediscover their winning touch away to Marseille in the Champions League round of 16.
Ranieri guided Inter to an eight-match winning streak during December and January, but their form has since deserted them and they have now lost five of their past six matches in all competitions.
The slump has left Inter seventh in Serie A, 14 points back from league leaders AC Milan and six points outside the Champions League qualification places.
With the prospect of Inter failing to secure a spot in next season s tournament increasingly likely, it will be up to Ranieri and his players to prolong this campaign for as long as possible.
It remains to be seen if they will be able to do so, with the surviving members o…
Inter have completed the signing of Porto midfielder Fredy Guarin, the Portuguese club have announced on their website.
The Colombia international joins the Serie A side on a permanent basis after impressing on loan for the Nerazzurri, despite the fact that a calf problem restricted him to just six appearances for the club.
According to Porto, Inter have splashed out 11 million euros to secure the services of Guarin, who was on the fringes of the action at the Estadio do Dragao during the first half of the season.
The completion of the deal is now dependent upon the player signing a contract with Inter, a Porto statement read.
Guarin s agent revealed on Wednesday that his client had been on Inter s wish list for two years .
The 25-year-old midf…
Borussia Dortmund attacking midfielder Mario Gotze has acknowledged he will never again be the player he was when he first rose to prominence.
The 24-year-old earned himself a transfer to Bayern Munich in 2013 following a number of impressive seasons at Dortmund, but returned to Signal Iduna Park during the close season after an underwhelming spell with the Bundesliga champions.
However, he has yet to recapture the form that saw him catch the eye in the early stages of his career.
That said, Gotze feels people should realise that he has become a different player.
Should I get back to playing like the 18-year-old Mario Gotze again?, Gotze asked Bild.
I have played almost 60 games for Germany since, have enjoyed six years of success at Bayern …
Goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller cannot wait for Saturday s Cup final clash between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.
Dortmund s Dortmund claims the rivalry between the two German clubs is of similar proportions to the heated relationship of Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Dortmund and Bayern have dominated German football in the past three years as BVB have won two consecutive titles after the Bavarian club s successful 2009-10 campaign, and both sides meet again in the final of the DFB Pokal in Berlin on Saturday.
This is a battle between equals, each team has achieved something great. Bayern have reached the Champions League final against Chelsea, while we have won the Bundesliga title, Weidenfeller told Kicker.
This is like Real Madrid versus Barcelona.…
Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar acknowledged he is not a perfect role model nor a superhero .
The Brazil international has spent almost two years with Paris Saint-Germain, but rumours of unhappiness, rocky relationships with team-mates and a lack of commitment have rarely been far away.
More recently, Neymar failed to report back for pre-season training earlier this month amid speculation he wants to return to Barcelona, while PSG sporting director Leonardo confirmed the forward was available for a transfer if the price is right.
Neymar further risked the wrath of PSG supporters on Saturday when highlighting Barca s remarkable 2016-17 Champions League turnaround against his current employers as one of his two favourite football memories, though he showed a mo…
Coupe de France favourites Paris Saint-Germain have been drawn to face Saint-Etienne in the semi-finals.
PSG, who last won the tournament in 2010 and will host the fixture, saw off Monaco to book their place in the last four, while Saint-Etienne required penalties to defeat third-tier outfit Boulogne.
Guingamp are the defending champions and will be fancied to reach a second successive final having been handed a tie at Ligue 2 side Auxerre.
The fixtures are set to take place on April 7 and 8.
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France national team doctor Fabrice Bryand says Yann M Vila is a serious doubt for his team s Euro 2012 opener against England on Monday.
The Stade Rennais midfielder has been in a race against time to regain match fitness for the tournament after sustaining an ankle injury in France s 2-0 friendly win over Serbia on May 31.
We are doing our best to make him fit, Bryand told RMC.
His sprained ankle is healing very quickly and in a spectacular way.
But right now we are not optimistic about his involvement in the match against England.
M Vila, who broke into the Rennais first team in 2009, has 19 appearances to his name for France.
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