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…

Steamrolling Corinthians

It’s not often we come across a team that entirely captures our focus, especially during the perpetual social media/smartphone marathon that our lives have turned into nowadays.  Teams like Rinus Michels’ Ajax, Telê Santana’s São Paulo, Carlos Bianchi’s Boca Juniors, Josep Guardiola’s Barcelona, and so on. After 90 minutes of one of the most brilliant…