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Brazil’s first friendly will be against Gabon this Thursday (18:00 GMT time) at Gabon’s national stadium in Libreville. Gabon’s national stadium, named the ‘Stadium de la l’amitie Sino-Gabonase’ holds a capacity of up to 45,000. The stadium is has only just been constructed in time for the 2012 Africa Cupa of Nations.
For the title: Corinthians are favourites, with a 42% chance of title success, whilst Vasco are in clear second with a 3/10 chance of a title. Fluminense’s chances are increasing rapidly – now up to 18%, whilst Botafogo are heading in the other direction (now 6%). Figueirense and Flamengo have just a 2% chance. […]
Socrates was interviewed by ESPN’s Brazilian magazine and was asked what he thought about the current Seleção team. When asked if he likes Mano Menezes’ team he said, ”Not atall. The Seleção is standardized, stigmatized and absolutely conservative. You’d see a whole without a single dribble. It is European football dressed as Brazilian.” Socrates was also […]
The 2007 FIFA World Play of the year has not played for Brazil since their quarter final knock out in the 2010 World Cup against the Netherlands. Managing to get back to full fitness and becoming a regular in Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid side this season, Kaka was finally given the opportunity to wear the […]
“They talk about Maradona and Messi, but we have Neymar – he is a great talent to have. “Santos is a factory of stars, creating several players without spending anything. It is a lucky team,” said Pele – before denying he advised the current-Santos player to react violently when fouled. “It’s not about fighting back, […]
Willians is in dispute with manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo, having skipped training on too many occasions, and despite efforts to impress since, is yet to return to the first-team fold. “[Inter] made a proposal at the beginning of the championship,” said the player’s agent Sérgio Dias. “At the time, Falcão was there and asked about the […]
The company Ronaldo 9ine has offered another great Brazilian player by recruiting players from Internacional, Leandro Damião. Ronaldo has become a real businessman after his career as a professional footballer and has hired for his company 9ine another talented Brazilian striker Leandro Damião Internacional. Ronaldo’s company will manage the player’s image rights and to […]
The Argentinian picked up a thigh injury in his side’s 5-1 thrashing against title contenders Flamengo on Sunday. Montillo under went an MRI scan and the results revealed that it’s only a small injury in the left thigh that will rule the playmaker out for up to ten days. Cruzeiro’s doctor, Sérgio Freire Júnior confirmed, ”the […]
This week, Chris talks to regular panelist Rio Coimbra (The Elastico) about the week’s Brasileirão action, as well as taking some listener questions on a variety of subjects. NOTE: This week’s planned guest was sadly unable to join the panel due to adverse weather, but we hope to be back up to a 3/4 strong […]
During an annual awards ceremony, the Swedish Football association (SvFF) announced that their national side will face Brazil in a friendly on August 15th 2012. The Rasunda stadium was the famous venue where Brazil won the first of their five World Cup’s, beating Sweden 5-2 in the final back in 1958. Lars-Ake Lagree, the president […]
The Lyon left back was a perminant fixture in Dunga’s 2010 World Cup side, but since Menezes took Dunga’s place as head coach, Bastos has failed to make the squad. Bastos told FIFA.com, ”im working hard to get my place back, though I know it’s going to be tough because there’s a lot of competition. If […]
Flamengo’s 5-1 thrashing against Cruzeiro on Sunday fired them straight back in the title race. The 2009 champions now sit fifth in the table and are only three points behind league leaders Corinthians. Ronaldinho told the press, ”Now we can dream, but keeping our feet on the ground. If the other teams stumble we will […]
When someone is able to achieve prolonged success it is a clear sign of competence. This obviously applies to Muricy Ramalho, the most successful Brazilian coach of recent times. When Ramalho talks football, it is always worth listening. He gave an extended interview to the sports daily ‘Lance!,’ published on Sunday. There are many interesting […]
Corinthians…58 Vasco…58 Fluminense…56 Botafogo…55 Flamengo…55 (Figueirense…53) It had looked a three team race going into the weekend, but as ever Brazil didn’t disappoint. Top of the table Corinthians lost to América, Vasco were humbled by Neymar’s Santos and third placed Botafogo also slipped-up against Figueirense. However, the two other giant Carioca sides, Flamengo and […]
Striker Deivid, the catalyst for Sunday’s 5-1 defeat of Cruzeiro believes that, now just three points from the summit, Flamengo can win the title – if they avoid any more slip-ups. “For now we can celebrate a tough victory,” said the league’s second top scorer. “We will have a tough game with Coritiba [next weekend], […]
“I am really happy to know that I came on and helped us do this,” said the youngster, who mas made his impressive first strides with the first-team this year. “I provided assists and helped extend the lead. I’m new to the team, only 18 years old, so it’ll help me a lot.” Muralha has […]
Corinthians still remain top of the table, but after losing to bottom of table side América MG, the Paulista club missed out on a great opportunity to take another step closer to the Brasileirão trophy. It was a game Corinthians were expected to win, but the Timão let in an Amaral free kick three minutes from […]
Fred didn’t travel with the Fluminense squad to Porto Alegre after the club made a last minute decision to leave the captain behind because the striker was still feeling pain in his left calf. The Fluminense captain picked up the injury during Fluminense’s 2-1 win over Ceará. Fred was given two days off training to […]
Goals from Rafael Moura and former Internacional striker Rafael Sobis silenced the sold out Beira-Rio stadium and sparked Fluminense’s title chances in to life. The game started with Internacional playing at a high tempo, immediately putting the Tricolor defence on the back foot. Fluminense managed to absorb the Colorado pressure and on the seventeeth minute […]
After being thrashed by Flamengo 5-1 and entering the relegation zone, Cruzeiro’s nightmare seems to have no end. The Minas side might have to go in to their final five games with out their key player Walter Montillo. The Argentine pulled up during the game against Flamengo complaining of feeling pains in his left calf. […]
The rumours, originating in Italy, suggest that Arsene Wenger is looking to strengthen his attacking options, with Pato and Leandro Damião amongst the top names on the list. However, it remains unlikely that Arsenal will part with such a substantial amount of money for either player.
Kaká has a calf strain that is keeping him out of action for a couple of weeks, whilst Marcelo has also picked up a muscular injury – confirmed to Brazil medical staff by pictures of the scans conducted. Luiz Gustavo will join up with the squad in Doha for the game with Egypt, having failed […]
“I scored a beautiful goal, but it came to nothing,” said the 19-year-old playmaker. “It’s no good that I am happy with my performance if the team does not win. “I would rather have played poorly and the team won. During the period the team has been losing, my output has dropped as well.” However, in […]
Cruzeiro had started well, taking an early lead through Anselmo Ramon, before Farias hit the bar and Montillo won a penalty after being felled by Alex Silva. Unfortunately for ‘the foxes’, centre-back Mauricio Victorino missed the penalty by some distance. Before half-time, Flamengo were back in the game. Deivid struck the crossbar from range and […]
