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Club Badge Real Oruro v Blooming, Copa Paceña Quarter Final 2nd leg, Estadio Olimpico Jesus Bermudez, 25/11/26 Estadio Olimpico Jesus Bermudez After a 4 hour bus journey from La Paz I arrived in Oruro to catch the Copa Paceña Quarter Final second leg between Real Oruro and Blooming. The Santa Cruz side held a 2-1 advantage from the first leg but had to contend with the altitude for the return. It turned out to be a memorable game - for the wrong reasons! Location of Oruro O

Always Ready (1) v Bolivar (1) Bolivian Primera Division, Estadio El Alto 23/11/25 On the Sunday of my weekend visit to La Paz it was off to El Alto to see the top of the table clash between Club Always Ready and Bolivar. I was interested in the Always Ready name and wanted to know if had any connection with another certain club….surely not! Going into the match, Always Ready were top of the table with Bolivar sitting six points behind in third. Estadio El Alto El Alto is

The Strongest (2) v Real Oruro (1) Bolivian Primera Division, Estadio Hernande Silles, 22/11/25 The Herndo Siles stadium is one of the highest professional football stadiums in the world at 3,600 metres high. Many famous players including Messi, Maradona and Neymar have all struggled playing here! Going into this match it was tight at the top of the table with The Strongest only 3 points behind leaders Always Ready. Location of La Paz The home side scored early and looked li

San Antonio de Bulo Bulo (0) v Bolivar (3). Copa Paceña Quarter Final, Estadio Felix Caprilles 19/11/26 San Antonio is a Primera Division team from Entre Rios in Cochabamba Province, around 5 hours drive from the city. This match was a cup game against Bolivar, the big hitters from La Paz. There was around 6,000 in attendance and the vast majority were supporting Bolivar - I think most of them were locals as opposed to traveling from La Paz Location of Cochabamba The match en

Blooming v Universitario Vinto, Copa Paceña Playoff 2nd leg, Estadio Real Santa Cruz, 16/11/26 It was back to the same stadium the following day to see the other big club in Santa Cruz, Club Blooming, play Universitario de Vinto, a team from Cochabamba . This match was also a playoff round to see who would reach the quarter final of the Copa Paceña (like a league cup) which runs parallel with the Bolivian Primera division. This was the return leg after the first game ended 0

Oriente Petrolero v Nacional de Potosi Copa Paceña Playoff 2nd leg, Estadio Real Santa Cruz, 15/11/25 Oriente Petrolero is one of the biggest clubs in Bolivia and is the best supported based on average attendance. Their proud fact is they have never been relegated from the top division. This match against first division rivals Real Potosí was the playoff round to see who would reach the quarter final of the copa paceña (like a league cup) which runs parallel with the Bolivi

This was one of the penultimate fixtures in the 2024 Copa de La Liga Argentina. Going into the game both sides were still in the hunt to qualify for the playoffs although it was a must-win match for 'El Granate'. Unfortunately for the home side, Estudiantes ended up winning 2-1 courtesy of an injury-time goal. The club is named after the city of Lanus, a major industrial centre located in Buenos Aires province. The city in turn, is named after Frenchman Anacarsis Lanus wh

The second match of my trip to Rosario was another big one with Boca Juniors in town. Both Newell’s and Boca still had a chance of winning the opening League but for Newell’s it really was a must-win match. Unfortunately for 'La Lepra’ Boca ended up comfortable 4-1 winners. Rosario is known as the 'World Football Capital' and it's easy to see why. It's a proper football city and everyone you meet supports either Central or Newell's Due to the difficulty of acquiring tickets f

The first game on my trip to Rosario was a big one - Rosario Central v Uruguayan heavyweights Peñarol! The match was the first leg of the...

The first game of my February trip to Peru was the match between Universitario de Deportes and Cienciano at the Estadio Monumental in Lima. The match was round three of the 25/26 Peruvian League season. Universitario is one of the big three teams in Lima along with Allianza and Sporting Cristal and is also the most successful team in Peru with 28 titles. It was an entertaining match with La ‘U’ eventually prevailing 3-2. The stadium is unique in that it holds 20,000 seats wi

For the third game of my trip to Peru, I travelled to Arequipa to attend the match between FCB Melgar and Cerro Porteno from Asuncion,...

The second game of my trip to Peru was the Classico Cusqueno between rival Cusco teams Cienciano and Deportivo Garcilaso. I seemed to be...