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Adriano Leite Ribeiro was once heralded as Brazil’s next great number nine. From Romário, to Ronaldo, then onto Adriano; this was supposed to be the progression of the Brazilian centre-forward position up to the present time. [Full Text]
The Argentina international, who was on loan at Portsmouth in 2006, picked up the injury during Inter’s 2-1 win over Santa Cruz in the Campeonato Gaúcho on Saturday. According to Internacional’s club doctor, Paulo Rabello, the 30-year-old will also miss the Colorado’s state championship encounter with Juventude this Saturday. Jesús Dátolo is expected to replace […]
The 20-year-old prodigy has long been linked with Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid, but has repeatedly stated his commitment to his current club Santos. It was only on Sunday that the current coach of the Brazilian national team, Mano Menezes, suggested that Neymar would be able to fulfil his potential if he moved to […]
The 27-year-old picked up the injury during a training session ahead of Flu’s Copa Libertadores encounter with Boca Juniors last week, but was still able to play 73 minutes of the tie. However, coach Abel Braga was forced to leave out Thiago Neves in Sunday’s Fla-Flu derby, and it’s understood that he won’t be able […]
The hashtag #VoltaImperador is being used to highlight the cause that has been warmly received by Flamengo supporters, despite Adriano’s issues. The fans’ feelings towards Adriano are heightened by the thought of the ‘Empire of Love’ partnership with Vagner Love being reunited once more, following success in 2010. Should Ronaldinho, Vagner Love and Adriano be united […]
The troubled striker joined the Paulista club from Roma last March, and made just eight appearances, scoring twice. An Achilles problem had forced Adriano out of action for the vast majority of last season, but since recovering from the injury in October, the player has struggled to lose weight. Corinthians had prepared a specific fitness […]
“Today we celebrate,” Romario wrote on his official Facebook page. “We destroyed a cancer of Brazilian football. Finally, Ricardo Teixeira has resigned the presidency of the CBF. “I hope the new president, João Maria Marin, who stole a players medal at the Copa São Paulo de Juniores, must not make a habit of this […]
Teixeira, 64, has been the head of Brazilian football since 1989 and faced a host of corruption allegations over the 23 year period. A statement released on Tuesday afternoon read: “I leave the presidency of the CBF (national federation) permanently with the sense of mission accomplished. “It’s not easy to preside passion. Football in our […]
The 32-year-old, who was sent out on loan to Atlético Paranaenese last season, marked his comeback with a goal against the Rubro Negro’s historical rivals, Fluminense, in Sunday’s 2-0 win. ”It’s was great to be back. I’m glad it happened. I’ve worked very hard. It was really cool to have returned,” Kléberson told Lance. ”Even […]
The former Lyon playmaker managed to play 55 minutes of the Cruz de Malta’s 3-0 victory over Madureira in the Campeonato Carioca on Sunday, before asking to be replaced. It’s unknown how long Juninho’s injury will rule him out for, but it’s understood that Vasco’s medical department insist on playing the veteran midfielder no more […]
“Too bad of the coach, not recognizing the efforts of a Brazilian club to retain a talent and improve our league,” lamented Santos’ Vice-President Odilio Rodrigues, in an interview with Lancenet! “Neymar has a lot to improve and is getting better. Santos is investing in order to escape the common-place, to break a paradigm of Brazilian football, which is the need to export players. So, it is sad that he would say this.” Odilio believes that the […]
Former-Manchester United midfielder Kléberson scored for Flamengo after a year of uncertainty as the Rubro-Negro beat fierce rivals Fluminense 2-0. Kleberson, 32, had been sent to train with the reserves by former-manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo as soon as he arrived at the club, then spending last-season on loan at Atlético-PR. However, due to injury, space opened […]
Third-in-line to the British monarchy, Prince Harry has been in the Americas working for various charities for the past week, also having been pictured with Usain Bolt in Jamaica. Neymar and Lucas presented the Prince with signed shirts of their club sides Santos and São Paulo, with Neymar taking to Twitter to inform the world […]
FIFA has postponed secretary general Jerome Valcke’s 2014 World Cup inspection trip in the wake of the recent dispute between world football’s governing body and the Brazilian government. FIFA stated on Friday that president Sepp Blatter had personally written to the President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, in order to schedule a date for an agreed […]
After spending 43 days out recovering from a thigh injury, Luis Fabiano scored the winner as São Paulo beat Portuguesa 2-1 in the Campeonato Paulista at the Morumbi on Sunday. The game didn’t see it’s first goal until the 47th minute, when Ricardo Jesus’ headed in Ananias’ cross, to give Lusa the lead. But just moments […]
The 20-year-old sensation has long been linked with moves to Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona, but has repeatedly stated his commitment to his current club Santos. Speaking on Saturday, Menezes praised the forward for remaining in Brazil, but believes playing in the country for much longer may go on to prove costly. “With regards […]
Meanwhile, Botafogo were the first of the big four Rio clubs in action, taking on a Bangu side who have yet to win a single game in the Campeonato Carioca this season. Despite the Fogão being the over-whelming favourites, they were held to a 1-1 draw. Substitute Cidinho gave the Serie A outfit the lead […]
Melo, 28, joined Galatasaray at the beginning of the season after being told he had no future at Juve from the club’s coach Antonio Conte. However, the midfielder now claims that he is enjoying his new attacking role in Turkey, where he has scored 9 times in 27 appearances this season. He told Milliyet: “When […]
Melo gave the Lions the lead in the 48th minute, scoring from close range with the faintest of touches, before Selçuk Inan netted a superb free-kick just before the hour mark. Melo, 28, has now racked up 9 goals in 27 appearances for Galatasaray this season, despite playing as a holding midfielder.
Midfielder Thiago Neves has been struggling to recover from a thigh injury which he had picked up during a training session ahead of Flu’s Copa Libertadores encounter with Boca Juniors last week, thus being the reason for his absence. As for Fred, Deco and Wellington Nem not being included in the squad, Braga stated that […]
Messi’s sensational five-goal performance against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League last Wednesday, has once again re-opened the debate on whether the Argentine is one of the best player’s to have ever graced the game. Ronaldo had recently stated that the 24-year-old still needed to win football’s ultimate prize to claim legendary status, and Romario […]
The news follows on from when Corinthians coach,Tite, revealed on Friday that he would not include Adriano in his squad to face Guarani and Cruz Azul, due to the forward’s lack of effort in training. This had left Timão fans wondering whether the 30-year-old would remain at the Pacaembu beyond his current deal with the […]
Campeonato Carioca minnows Bangu held a much-changed Botafogo side to a hard-fought draw in the Estádio de Moça Bonita on Saturday afternoon. In a tight first-half, it was actually Bangu who had the better of the opportunities as Botafogo struggled for fluidity in the absence of creative trio of Andrezinho, Elkeson and Maicosuel. At the […]
