CABANAS DOUBLE LIFTS AMERICA AT COLISEUM.Byline: SCOTT FRENCH Staff Writer All the changes Club America made last summer, bolstering its attack with high-profile acquisitions from smaller, poorer rivals, hasn't altered the Mexican powerhouse's chief conceit. It remains Cuahtemoc Blanco, the controversial, aging playmaker play·mak·er n. A player in a sport with goals, such as a guard in basketball, who initiates offensive plays. play , around whom the Aguilas, at their best, revolve. All the evidence was on display Wednesday night in a 2-1 victory with Brazil's Flamengo in front of about 18,000 at the Coliseum: the feints, the tricky ballwork, the little touches and passes that seemed, for a time, beyond the realm of everyone else on the field. It didn't mean a whole lot for the first 45 minutes but paid off after Salvador Cabanas' entrance at halftime. The Paraguayan striker headed home a marvelous cross from Blanco in the 56th minute, then added a penalty kick in the 74th to delight a heavily pro-America crowd. Cabanas is everything Blanco is not -- quick, direct, explosive -- and yin and yang Yin and Yang Noun two complementary principles of Chinese philosophy: Yin is negative, dark, and feminine, Yang is positive, bright, and masculine [Chinese yin dark + yang bright] of their partnership caused havoc for Flamengo in the second half. The Brazilians, whose passing game exploited space in front of America's box during the first half, couldn't keep up after halftime, especially once coach Ney Franco Ney Franco da Silveira Júnior, better known as Ney Franco is a Brazilian football manager, who was born July 22, 1966 in Ipatinga, MG. He has been recently signed by Atlético Paranaense to assume their vacancy as manager. began emptying his bench. Cabanas' presence, ultimately, was the difference against Brazil's most popular club. His header answered Obina's 30th-minute finish from Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Medeiros' feed, and his penalty kick -- after Ronaldo Angelim Ronaldo Simões Angelim or simply Ronaldo Angelim (born November 26, 1975 in Juazeiro do Norte), is a Brazilian central defender. He currently plays for Flamengo. Honours
He was a part of the U-17 world champion team in Peru in 2005. , who went down easily -- served as a knockout punch. scott.french@dailynews.com (818) 713-3627 |
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