2013 FIFA Confederations Cup – Official Brazilian National Team List

Without many surprises and nothing out of the ordinary, the list for Brazil’s quest to lift themselves back up to football dominance (a long and arduous road ahead), has been announced this afternoon by head coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari. Defending champions and top Confederations Cup winners (1997, 2005, 2009), Brazil will kick off their campaign…

2011 Brasileirão – A New Corinthians

Corinthians fans have reasons to grow their nails back after biting on them for weeks. Two big reasons. Next Sunday (Aug/14) for the Round 16 match-up against Ceará, starting goalkeeper Julio César will have very strong chances to be back on the goal to persist on defending his astonishing record of only 4 goals conceded in…

Julio César – Tougher Than Most

Corinthians’ goalkeeper Julio César has been out since July 20th when the team went to Rio de Janeiro and beat Botafogo by 2×0. Since then, he’s been recovering from an injury that has left fans uneasy due to his substitutes performances, particularly former Avaí and third Brazil National goalie, Renan, recently signed by Timão. The…

2011 Brasileirão – Round 15 – Atlético-PR 1-1 Corinthians

One month ago, I would be writing something completely different. I would be saying how Corinthians is a very strong title contender due to the high quality of their bench. Fast-forward one month later to today, and my view is totally another. Corinthians, like most other teams in the Brasileirão depend dramatically on their starting…