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| We Are the Champions, In South America |
| A brief year-end roundup of results from six football nations in the region |
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Marcelo Mackinnon (pelarco)  |
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Published 2005-12-26 09:56 (KST) |
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 |  | |  Police deploy in Santiago's main stadium, Dec. 22. | | | ©2005 M. Mackinnon | As the year ends, so do the local football championships. A penalty shootout decided that Universidad Catolica (also known as the U.C.) will be the 2005 champion in Chile.
During the first match U.C. defeated its archrival Universidad de Chile 1-0, but on Dec. 22 the team led by Marcelo Salas, formerly of Juventus in Italy, fought back and won the second match 2-1.
In front of 60,000 fans in Santiago's national stadium, the U.C. won the shootout by 5-4. Some frustrated Universidad de Chile fans waited for the rivals to leave the stadium and fought a pitched battle in the neighboring streets. One fan was severely burnt after a firework exploded in his face.
In the rest of South America the champions were:Argentina: Boca Juniors
Brazil: Corinthians
Colombia: Deportivo Cali
Ecuador: El Nacional
Peru: Sporting Cristal
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