Sports fans getting tattoos have offered some good (and very bad) Toe Poke fodder through the years, but here's one we haven't seen before. 

Gran tatoo de @FTucznio realizado por nuestro amigo tatuador @leo_forte_78
9/12/18 marcado en la piel y nuestros corazones... pic.twitter.com/42XyZG1qxx

— C.A.R.P (@friverplatense) April 10, 2019

"What am I looking at?," you ask. Well, to commemorate River's historic Copa Libertadores win over Boca Juniors in December of 2018, Fabio Tucznio had a fairly brilliant idea. He had a QR code tattooed on his leg that would make any device go to the highlights of River's 3-1 extra-time victory over arch-rivals Boca that saw them win the trophy 5-3 on aggregate.

This...

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have spoiled the world of football. It is not normal for anyone to stay at the top, year after year, for this length of time. In the normal run of things, the old adage applies -- it might be hard to reach the top, but staying there is even harder.

In few places does this apply better than in the Copa Libertadores, South America's version of the Champions League. Real Madrid are not going to win this season's European crown -- but they managed it in each of the...

The 60th version of the Copa Libertadores kicks off in earnest this week, when the group phase gets underway.

It has been preceded by a six-week long series of qualifying rounds, with 19 clubs competing for the final four group places, and the conclusion that emerged from the action is one of balance. Many of the ties were close, decided by dramatic late goals or penalty shootouts, and all ten countries lost at least one representative during the qualifying process.

Will such balance be preserved...