San Luis FC and Chivas Guadalajara withdrew from the Copa L:ibertadores in the wake of the swine flu outbreak. In fact, Mexico has broken all ties with CONMEBOL {see this (MSN.Foxsports.com/soccer)}.
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Uruguay’s Defensor Sporting shocked Boca Juniors, in Buenos Aires on Thursday night, to clinch the final spot in the quarterfinals. Here is an article from ESPN Soccernet, ‘Defensor stun Boca to reach quarter-finals’, {click here}. Here is another article, ’Copa Libertadores top eight’ (sportsya.com) {click here}.
There are four Brazilian teams in the quarterfinals: Cruzeiro, Gremio, Palmeiras, and São Paulo FC; 2 Uruguayan teams: Nacional de Montevideo, and Defensor Sporting; just one Argentinian team: Estudiantes de La Plata; and for the first time in the quarterfinals, one Venezualan team, Caracas FC. It is amazing to consider that there is not a single team representing the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires.
{For the 2009 Copa Libertadores Quarterfinals Match-ups, click here }.
In the link, you can also see the leading scorers in the 2009 Copa Libertadores, so far. Below is a photo gallery of the top scorers in the 2009 Copa Libertadores, through the Round of 16 . [Note: for best viewing, click once more on the image, after the initial click.]
Thanks to the contributors to the pages at Wikipedia {click here, for the 2009 Copa Libertadores page)}.