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Barrios thus crowned a sensational season in which he was champion of the Season Closing Tournament with the white club. Juan Sebastian Verón is the new "King" of football of America 31 / 12 / 2008 <img src="/csf/pub/articulo/2008/fotos/dic31.veron_85x.gif" width="85" height="85" border="1" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="7"> Argentinean fielder Juan Sebastian Verón was chosen this Tuesday 30 as new "King of football of America" in the traditional survey that for 23 years is organised by Uruguayan newspaper "El País" consulting the specialized critics of the continent. 33 year old Verón, was highlighted as fundamental pillar in the great campaign of his team, Estudiantes de La Plata (Argentina), in the Nissan South American Cup of 2008, of which he was finalist and fell in the lengthy match before Internacional of Porto Alegre in a dramatic and vibrant definition. <br>   Otras Noticias 1st and 2nd phase program of the 2009 Santander Libertadores Cup 29 / 12 / 2008 <img src="/csf/pub/articulo/2007/fotos/dic18.csl-BN_85x85.gif" width="85" height="85" border="1" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="7"> CONMEBOL approved the complete program, with dates and schedules, of the 108 matches of the first and second phases of the 2009 Santander Libertadores of America Cup. The competition will start on Tuesday January 27 in Quito, with the match betrween the Ecuadorian El Nacional and the Paraguayan Nacional, for the First Phase. This initial phase, from which the six groups that will integrate the second instance of the tournament, will arise will extend until Thursday February 5. River Plate (ARG) displaces Peñarol (URU) at the summit of the Cup's historical chart 28 / 12 / 2008 <img src="/csf/pub/articulo/2008/fotos/dic28.cla-trofeo_85x85.gif" width="85" height="85" border="1" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="7"> For the first time in almost fifty years, Peñarol of Uruguay has lost the supremacy it exercised since the beginning of the competition, in the historical chart of the Santander Libertadores of America Cup. After what happened in 2008, another group from the River Plate has assumed the leadership: River Plate of Argentina. Boca Juniors ran off with with the 2008 Season Opening tournament in Argentina 24 / 12 / 2008 <img src="/csf/pub/articulo/2008/fotos/dic24.boca-camp_85x85.gif" width="85" height="85" border="1" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="7"> Boca Juniors was proclaimed champion last night of the 2008 Season Opening tournament by a goal difference. Tigre didn't achieve its objective with a meager 1-0 victory, when it needed another goal to obtain the first championship in its history. The goal was scored by Leandro Lazzaro in minute 68, in a match in which Boca Juniors began well and finished hurriedly and with ten players for the expulsion of forward Rodrigo Palacio after commiting a foul and protesting the referee's desition. America of Cali returned to glory and is the new champion of Colombia 22 / 12 / 2008 <img src="/csf/pub/articulo/2008/fotos/dic22.america-camp_85x85.gif" width="85" height="85" border="1" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="7"> America de Cali was crowned champion of the Finalization Tournament of Colombia this weekend and reached its historic title number 13, after overcoming Independiente of Medellin by 3-1 at the Pascual Guerrero in Cali. The "scarlet" club will dispute the next edition of the Santander Libertadores Cup in Group 4, in front of Defensor Sporting of Uruguay, Sao Paulo FC of Brazil and a third rival that it will come out of the first phase. Chile has a new champion; Colo Colo 22 / 12 / 2008 <img src="/csf/pub/articulo/2008/fotos/dic22.colocolo-camp_85x85.gif" width="85" height="85" border="1" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="7"> Colo Colo was crowned champion of the Season Closing tournament of Chilean football, after conquering Palestino by 3-1 in the second leg match of the final of the championship played at Monumental stadium, in Santiago. Thus, the "white" team obtained its star number 28 and the last share in the dispute for the Santander Libertadores Cup, in which it will accompany Everton, the winner of the Season Opening tournament, and Universidad de Chile, the team that culminated at the top of the chart of positions of the Season Closing tournament, before the definitory "liguilla". Lucas Barrios, a glowing goal scoring presence in Colo Colo 11 / 12 / 2008 <img src="/csf/pub/articulo/2008/fotos/dic11.barrios-festejo_85x85.gif" width="85" height="85" border="1" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="7"> As it happened two years ago with Humberto Suazo, a fantastic goal scorer has entered Chilean football with the Colo Colo jersey: it is Lucas Barrios, a 24 year-old Argentinean that already scored 35 goals in the 2008 season and is near reaching the maximum goal record in one year defending Colo Colo	Previous Editions ........................... 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