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Ground Signal: Sports — October 3, 2026 · Ground Signal FM

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  Ground Signal Sports. Saturday, October 3rd.
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  Today, South America's last four standing in
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  the Copa Libertadores are set, Boca Juniors punch
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  through to the Sudamericana semis, and the NFL's
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  unbeaten clubs start showing cracks. Let's get
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  into it. The 2026 Copa Libertadores quarterfinals
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  are done, four clubs survived, and the bracket
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  is locked. The semifinals are Fluminense against
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  Palmeiras and Estudiantes de la Plata against
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  Flamengo, two Brazilian giants on one side. an
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  Argentine giant against Brazil's Mengão on the
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  other. Here's how they got there. Fluminense
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  eliminated Platense. Palmeiras went to penalties
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  to get past El Diukido, a tie that went to the
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  wire. Estudiantes knocked out Corinthians. And
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  Flamengo eliminated Independiente del Valle.
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  Four clubs, four different national leagues.
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  Two from Brazil, one from Argentina. The bracket
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  sets up a potential all -Brazilian final. Fluminense
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  versus Flamengo, two Rio de Janeiro clubs. at
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  the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo on November
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  28th. But Estudiantes stand between Flamengo
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  and that date. The Argentine club from La Plata
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  have already beaten a Brazilian giant once. They
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  will not be intimidated at the Americana. Dates
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  are confirmed. Fluminense hosts Palmeiras in
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  the first leg on Wednesday, October 14th. Estudiantes
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  hosts Flamengo in Buenos Aires on Thursday, October
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  15th. The return legs flip on October 21st and
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  22nd. Signal level four. This is championship
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  round football. The continent is watching. Key
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  question going into the semis. Can Flamengo's
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  attack, historically South America's most dangerous,
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  dismantle an Estudiantes side that is built on
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  defensive structure and tactical discipline?
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  And on the other side, can Palmeiras' squad depth
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  overpower a fluminant side that knows how to
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  control a tie? This tournament is wide open.
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  Moving to the Copa Sudamericana. The semifinals
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  are set, and the final destination is already
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  confirmed. Barranquilla, Colombia. November 21st
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  at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Melendez. The
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  semifinals, Boca Juniors against Vasco da Gama
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  and Atletico Mineiro against Montevideo City
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  Torque. Boca Juniors advanced from the quarterfinals
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  by beating Sao Paulo on aggregate, 1 -0 at La
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  Bombonera, 1 -1 in Brazil, 2 -1 on aggregate.
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  Tight, intense, exactly the kind of South American
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  knockout football that makes this tournament
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  what it is. Boca are now two ties from a final
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  on Colombian soil. Signal level three. The other
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  semifinal pairing, Atletico -Munero versus Montevideo
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  City -Torque, is a Brazilian giant against one
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  of Uruguay's rising clubs. Atletico knocked out
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  Santos to get here. Torque eliminated Cienciano
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  in the quarters. These are not soft draws. First
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  legs fall in the week of October 13th, return
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  legs the week of October 20th. What's at stake?
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  Boca Juniors have not won the Sudamericana since
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  2005. A final in Barranquilla. Latin American
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  soil, Colombian crowd, a tournament built for
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  Argentine and Brazilian heavyweights, would be
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  one of the most significant CONMEBOL finals in
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  recent memory. Boca versus Vasco. Four months
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  of knockout football for 90 minutes of deciding.
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  Now to the NFL. Week four results are in, and
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  the early unbeaten storylines are thinning. The
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  league is sorting itself out. Kansas City is
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  3 -0 after handling Miami 24 -10. Minnesota is
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  3 -0. The San Francisco 49ers are 3 -0. Philadelphia
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  dropped their first game, losing to Chicago 27
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  -7 on Monday Night Football. Dallas lost a close
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  one to Baltimore 34 -31. The Chiefs, Vikings,
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  Raiders, and Bills, all sitting at 3 -0, are
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  the headliners. Any of them could be your Super
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  Bowl contender. AFC side, Kansas City, Buffalo,
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  and Las Vegas are all 3 -0. Cleveland sits at
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  3 -1, Baltimore 2 -1. On the NFC side, San Francisco
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  and Minnesota are both 3 -0. The Bears just knocked
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  off the Eagles at 2 -1. Three weeks in, the playoff
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  picture is still completely fluid. Week five
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  kicks off Thursday, October 8th, Tampa Bay and
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  Dallas. That's a big early season NFC gauge.
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  The full Sunday slate will tell us whether the
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  3 -0 clubs can hold. For now, Kansas City is
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  the standard every AFC contender is chasing.
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  On the road. If there's one sporting event you
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  should build a trip around right now, it's this.
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  The Copa Sudamericana Final, November 21st. Barranquilla,
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  Colombia. Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Melendez,
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  58 ,000 seats. This could be Boca Juniors against
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  Atletico Mineiro, two of South America's heaviest
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  clubs on Caribbean soil. If you can get there,
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  you should. Forward signal. Three moments to
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  track. 1. Copa Libertadores semifinal first legs,
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  October 14th and 15th. Fluminense hosts Palmeiras.
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  Estudiantes hosts Flamengo. The bracket deciding
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  which two clubs go to Montevideo. 2. Copa Sudamericana
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  semifinal first legs. Week of October 13th. Boca
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  Juniors against Vasco da Gama. Boca's shot at
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  a final in Columbia. 3. NFL Week 5. October 8th
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  through 13th. The 3 -0 clubs face their first
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  real tests. Does Kansas City's unbeaten run hold?
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  Does Minnesota? Start watching now. That's the
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  signal for today. Copa Libertadores Final Four
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  locked in. Boca Juniors threw to the Sudamericana
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  semis. The NFL at Week 4, unbeaten clubs still
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  standing. Ground Signal Sports. October 3rd,
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  2026. This is Ground Signal, narration generated
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  using artificial intelligence.