The 2016 State Championships (Estaduais) came and went, and it is finally time for our most favorite league to begin this weekend – the Brasileirão. CORINTHIANS First semester: after near-impeccable first phase campaigns in the Libertadores & Paulista State Championships, Timão faced premature eliminations in both competitions (round of 16 to Nacional-URU & semifinal to…
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Are We Really the Land of Football?
Last Thursday (Jan/21/2016), the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) ran a study highlighting demographics of the country’s stadia. Albeit alarming to outsiders, it is an outcome I had already expected while I read the results: 790 stadiums were considered. of which 514 were controlled by some form of government level – city, state, federal. 4 of these stadiums…
There’s no more magic in football
About three years before he ended as the world’s best footballing nation’s most valuable player, Renato Augusto returned from a 5-year Bundesliga stint absolutely broken. Broken-spirited & physically wrecked. The former Bayer Leverkusen, Arturo Vidal’s partner in the German team’s midfield had a chronic series of injuries, so much so he thought he’d have to…
46th Bola de Ouro – Awarding the Year’s Best!
The 2015 Brasileirão has come to a close, and with it, ’tis the season of giving – time to recognize, and honor those who deserve to be awarded for giving us quite a football season this year. The 46th edition of the Bola de Prata/Bola de Ouro awards, organized by Placar; the nation’s leading football magazine ever since the “Golden…
Market Value of Top 4 Brasileirão Teams vs European Teams
The Brazilian champions of 2015, Corinthians have a Total Market Team Value (TMTV) equivalent to about the same as Dutch powerhouse, Ajax of Amsterdam. But still lower than all but 3 out of a total 20 Premier League sides, the most prestigious league in the world. Now of course this doesn’t mean for instance, that…
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