In a little more than one year Internacional has beaten the Spanish, German and Italian champions. If they beat the Premiership champions someone should award Internacional a Champions League title ;-).
If there was any question who the dominant power in the Western Hemisphere is, Boca Juniors provided an empathic answer on Wednesday.
Here's a look at all eight matchups, with my picks and a best-of-five-stars rating for how good the action should be.
The final whistle is even closer for the world champions. Last year, Brazilian club Internacional won the Copa Libertadores and then went on to beat mighty Barcelona in the final of FIFA's Club World Cup.
Are the world champions a one-hit wonder? Sport Club Internacional was the story of 2006, surprising everyone by winning the Copa Libertadores for the club's first-ever major international title.
Velez Sarsfield hosts Copa Libertadores champion Internacional on Wednesday in Buenos Aires, with the winner assuming sole leadership of Group 4 in the Latin American club championship.
Nacional came back to upset Copa Libertadores defending champion Internacional 3-1 on a three second-half goals Wednesday.
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Chile's Audax Italiano made its debut in Copa Libertadores on Wednesday, holding former three-time champion Sao Paulo of Brazil to a goalless draw.
Forget the UEFA Champions League. If you want a competition that boasts the future of world soccer, look no further than South America's Copa Libertadores.
The first favorite to play confirm they are serious contenders. This group will be a tough one. Former champions Velez Sarsfield made an excellent start to the Libertadores Cup group stage by winning 1-0 away at Ecuador's Emelec on Tuesday.
The greatest competition in South America has all of its clubs defined as the preliminary rounds finished this week. From next Tuesday on the battles for the South American title are officially open.
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Brazilian club Santos started well on the first leg of the Libertadores Preliminary Round against Bolivia's Blooming.
Brazil's leading clubs are set to begin their 2007 campaigns, and as they prepare to fight for local pride and state championship titles, FIFA.com previews the Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and Minas Gerais tournaments.
When the Europeans realize the importance of this competition the south americans will be a bunch of world titles ahead of them.
Internacional followed the recent trend for South American clubs to get the better of their Old World counterparts as Internacional de Porto Alegre defeated FC Barcelona with amazing efficiency: two shots on target and one goal from super-sub Adriano.
L'imponderabile, the imponderable. In this way the Italian TV commentator summarized the match between Internacional and Barcelona for the final of the FIFA Club World Cup last Sunday. She did not know Internacional. She had never heard about the "road roller".
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Brazilian football notched up another major achievement when SC Internacional of Porto Alegre overcame Spain's FC Barcelona to win the FIFA World Club Cup Japan 2006.
Pure massacre. Barcelona did not have much trouble to overcome the Mexican adversary. With an astonishing 4-0 victory, Barça are more than favorites to bring the World Cup home on Sunday.
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Interviews with the coaches and stars of the match.
While it may seem strange that reigning European champions Barcelona should be the underdogs for their semi-final clash at this year's FIFA Club World Cup Japan, that is exactly what Dutch coach Frank Rijkaard would have us believe.
After being sheltered from the media feeding frenzy that was growing around him after his explosive debut in Brazil, young Colorado star Alexandre 'Pato' ('Duck' in Portuguese) spoke with reporters after the semi-final win over Egyptian greats Al-Ahly.
It was harder than it could have been expected. The Egyptians of Al Ahly brought Internacional some trouble in the first match of the Brazilians in the Fifa Club World Cup this Wednesday In Japan.
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Brazil has booked its third finalist in the past three editions of the CWC (Club World Cup), Internacional de Porto Alegre following Corinthians (2000) and São Paulo (2005) after defeating Egyptian great Al Ahly SC in Tokyo by 1-2.
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