AREQUIPA, Peru: Brazil, Uruguay and Ecuador picked up victories in Monday's opening games of the second round of South American qualifying for the Under-20 World Cup. The star of the night was Brazil's Neymar, who scored twice in the 5-1 rout of Chile. The Santos striker now leads the tournament with seven goals. Uruguay beat Colombia 1-0 while Ecuador had a surprise 1-0 win over joint tournament favorite Argentina. Valencia spoils Racing party Valencia grabbed a late equalizer to draw 1-1 at Racing Santander in La Liga Monday, putting a damper on the festive atmosphere at the Sardinero following its takeover by an Indian businessman over the weekend. Ahsan Ali Syed has bought the majority shareholding in the north-coast club and could be seen celebrating in the stands when striker Ariel nodded them in front after a corner in the 32nd minute. Racing was seeking its first win in 2011 and had already hit the post earlier on, but Valencia's Tino Costa leveled 12 minutes from time with a fierce shot into the top corner and the visitors had Ricardo Costa sent off in the 89th minute. The visitors strengthened their hold on fourth place and the last Champions League qualification slot with 41 points from 21 games. Racing is 17th with 21 points. Barcelona tops the standings with 58 points, seven ahead of second-placed Real Madrid after notching its 15th consecutive victory with a 3-0 win at Hercules Saturday. Tickets sold out All 37,000 tickets available for Ronaldinho's debut with Flamengo on his return to Brazilian football have been sold. It took only two days for fans to buy all the tickets for Flamengo's match Wednesday, Ronaldinho's first since transferring from AC Milan to the popular Brazilian club earlier this year.
