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Encyclopedia > Estadio Palogrande

Estadio Palogrande is a multi-use stadium in Manizales, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 36,553 people. It was built in 1936, and was expanded in 1994. Once Caldas plays its home matches at this stadium and won the Toyota Libertadores Cup in 2004. Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia is capable of being converted from a rectangular rugby football field to an oval for cricket and Australian rules football games A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of... Manizales skyline Motto: My Manizales of the Soul! (Mi Manizales del Alma!) Mayor [Luis Roberto Rivas Montoya] Area 508km² Geographical coordinateses 75 33 10W and 05 06 15 N Altitude 2150 msnm Temperature 18º Relative humidity 80% Annual precipitation 2000 mm Average speed of the wind 15 km/h... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Corporación Deportiva Once Caldas, usually known simply as Once Caldas, is a Colombian football (soccer) team, based in Manizales. ... Copa Libertadores Logo The Copa Libertadores de América (also known as Copa Toyota Libertadores) (Portuguese: Taça Libertadores da América, English: Liberators of America Cup) is an international football cup competition played annually by the top clubs of South America. ... The 2004 edition of the Copa Libertadores was the 44th in the tournaments history. ...


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En la segunda mitad, Boca Juniors apostó a su tenacidad para recuperarse en el Palogrande y exhibió todos sus argumentos para ello, muy distintos a los del primer tiempo, mientras que Once Caldas encontró dificultades en el ordenado sistema defensivo, cediendo terreno y por momentos la iniciativa.
Tras la entrega de la Copa a los jugadores y la vuelta olímpica, seguida por 40.000 aficionados en el estadio Palogrande, la fiesta se trasladó a las calles de esta ciudad de 400.000 habitantes, donde caravanas de vehículos se dirigieron a la zona de El Cable, sitio de concentración para la fiesta.
El entrenador argentino dijo a la prensa, en el estadio Palogrande de la andina ciudad de Manizales (oeste), estar convencido de que el Once Caldas "no fue más que el Boca, pero no sirve de nada".
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