On another perfect performance by Brazil’s best and recently included into this year’s Ballon d’Or for best player of the year awar, Neymar drove Santos past a weak Atlético Paranaense at Pacaembú Stadium in São Paulo, 40 minutes away from their coastal home city. Neymar scored all four of his team’s goals, and even another,…
Month: October 2011
If Lesser-Known Vasco Players Won’t, Corinthians/Brazil Internationals Will!
Who makes football teams what they are? In fact, this is a matter in which generalization could well be applied – not only football teams, but most sports. Who makes them, say, generate the revenues (merchandise, ticket sales) and things of that matter? YOU and ME. Us, the fans do. That’s why these players owe…
The Good and the Bad During This Week’s Practices
After a long week’s break for the league’s teams, except Botafogo, São Paulo, Flamengo (all eliminated) and Vasco (qualified) who played midweek for their round-of-sixteen return legs of the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, certain interesting images were captured by Brazilian sports newspaper, Lance!, before another heated round 32 opens up later on today, with three matches….
São Paulo’s New Head Coach: Emerson Leão
With over 20 clubs and 8 titles won since 1987 on his coaching resumé, Emerson Leão is back at São Paulo Futebol Clube for a second time. After speculations such as Carlos Bianchi, Paulo Autuori and even Dunga, all of them denying any possibilities of taking over the Tricolor Paulista, Leão’s signing comes as somewhat…
Round 31 (Oct/22-23) – New Leader up Top – Minas Gerais’ “Big 2” Still Breathing
Two very distant extremities opened up round 31 of the Brasileirão on Saturday early evening – a turbulent Palmeiras at home and with their star player Kléber away from the squad with an uncertain future, coming from a straight five matches without a win, against an impressive Figueirense coming from a very opposite scenario –…
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