Kolade Daniel
Football Lover. All-round junkie of the beautiful game. Could be found watching football most of the time, if not he's writing about them. A certain bias for Arsenal and Santos FC.
Related Articles by Kolade Daniel
Flamengo edged out Volta Redonda to lift the Guanabara Cup on Sunday. The 2-1 victory for Fla also saw them advance to the semi-finals of the Carioca Championship. Despite a largely rotated team with the Libertadores in sight, Flamengo did just enough to defeat their opponents and claim another trophy, which characteristically had a different […]
Corinthians finally ended a long drought of not winning at Vila Belmiro after a 2-0 victory over Santos on Sunday night in the Paulista Championship. Timão are now close to securing a quarter-final spot in the competition. Both teams fielded their reserve sides. Defender Raul and left-back Lucas Piton grabbed the goals for Corinthians, who […]
Palmeiras lost another home game in the Campeonato Paulista this time to Mirassol. The 2-1 defeat puts Verdão in a difficult situation, leaving them at risk of being out of the eliminatory phase. With a Libertadores fixture in sight, Palmeiras fielded a rotated team and only a string of their usual starting XI. Mirassol put […]
São Paulo ran riot and put three goals past Ituano, keeping a clean sheet in the process. The win makes it the seventh consecutive victory, securing their place in the quarterfinals. The visitors were too much for Ituano to handle, as they completely dominated the game from start to finish and scored after only nine […]
São Paulo ran riot and put three goals past Ituano, keeping a clean sheet in the process. The win makes it the seventh consecutive victory, securing their place in the quarterfinals. The visitors were too much for Ituano to handle, as they completely dominated the game from start to finish and scored after only nine […]
Red Bull Bragantino once again took part in an international competition on Thursday. It was significant for them as it marked their first outing in 25 years. To cap it off, they marked the occasion with a win. In their debut at the Copa Sudamericana, Massa Bruta edged Tolima-COL 2-1 at the Nabi Abi Chedid […]
After an eight year absence in the competition, Fluminense returned to Copa Libertadores action, with their debut coming against Argentine giants River Plate on Thursday night. Flu put in a strong foot against River Plate in Maracanã and played out to a 1-1 draw, which was a fair result to both sides. The Brazilian outfit […]
Flamengo came back twice to beat Vélez Sarsfield 3-2, in their first group stage match of the Libertadores. Janson opened up the scoring for Vélez in the 21st minute and grabbed his second of the night few minutes after the break, while Aaron, Gabigol and Arrascaeta were all on target to turn the game around. […]
Lionel Messi scored his 25th La Liga goal for the 12th season in succession as Barcelona cruised past Getafe on Thursday night to close the gap on table toppers Atletico Madrid. The Argentine maestro handed Barcelona the lead in the 8th minute, following an assist from Sergio Busquets. However, Getafe pulled one back via an […]
In a game where both sides finished with ten men, Grêmio came out on top 2-1 winners against La Equidad on Thursday night to start their Copa Sudamericana campaign on a good note. Diego Souza and Paulo Miranda scored for the home side, one in each half. Duarte scored late on for the visitors but […]
Corinthians started their Copa Sudamericana campaign on an uninspiring note as they played out to a goalless stalemate with River Plate-PAR on Thursday night at the Defensores del Chaco stadium. Corinthians dominated for a good part of the game but they repeated problems that they had during their recent undefeated streak. Lack of creativity, failure […]
Santos lost 2-0 to Barcelona-EQU on a rainy night at Via Belmiro, on Tuesday. Peixe put out an abysmal performance as goals from Garcés and Pará (own goal) was enough to secure the victory for the visitors. Barcelona showed their intent from the onset, causing several troubles for the home side, and drawing lots of […]
São Paulo ran riot against Sporting Cristal on Tuesday, as Tricolor won 3-0 away from home to mark a positive start to their Libertadores campaign. Goals from Luan, Benítez and Eder sealed a convincing win for the visitors. For Luan, the goal was more significant for him as it was the first professional goal for […]
The football world was thrown into a frenzy when 12 clubs decided to announce the start of an European Super League. Man City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan were the heavyweights who all got into the idea. However, the decision faced criticism globally […]
It was only three days ago that Palmeiras lost in the Super Cup final against Flamengo. Once again, another defeat via penalties on Wednesday left them on the losing end against Defensa y Justicia in the Recopa Sul-Americana final. Palmeiras lost by a 2-1 score-line to Defensa y Justicia in regular time. After 30 minutes […]
Grêmio lost again in the second leg, at home to Independiente del Valle and crashed out of the Libertadores. The visitors took it upon themselves as they were the hungrier side in the game on Wednesday, coming back from a goal down to win 2-1. Jean Pyerre opened the scoring in the 22nd minute of […]
In what was an overly exciting game to watch, Santos progressed to the group stage of the Copa Libertadores after a 2-2 result against San Lorenzo on Tuesday in Brasilia. Pexie came into this game with much cushion, having recorded a comfortable 3-1 away win in the reverse fixture. However, the latest encounter was far […]
Neymar guided Paris Saint-Germain to their second consecutive semi-finals on Tuesday with his man of the match performance in the 1-0 loss at home to Bayern Munich. The French champions advanced to the next round on away goal, in a tie that finished 3-3 on aggregate, which served as a pay back to last season’s […]
Grêmio started their quest for a place in the group stage of the Libertadores with a defeat. Independiente de Valle scored two second half goals, after going down just nine minutes into the game. Diego Souza initially scored to put Tricolor ahead. The home side were in control of the game from the start, but […]
The Brazil Super Cup did not disappoint at all and lived up to expectations. From the expulsion of one coach to the weather, to a brilliant penalty shoot and even a disallowed goal, the final had it all. In a game that saw Brazilian champion and last year’s Copa do Brasil winners face off, it […]
For the first time in ages, clubs could not have their representatives present in person for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana group stage draws. Due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, the group stage draws for the 2021 editions of the continental competitions had to take place virtually. The draws took place on Friday, 9th […]
Palmeiras defeated Defensa y Justicia 2-1 and gained advantage in the match up for the Recopa Sul –Americana. It was a contest between the champions of the Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. Rony opened the scoring for the visitors in the 16th minute via good fashion, after an audacious pass from Willian. Defensa were unmoved […]
It was an entertaining game as Roma pulled an impressive comeback to claim an away win against Ajax in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final clash. A crucial goal from Roger Ibañez went on to be the difference between both sides. Both sides had opportunities of their own in the first half but […]
There was no upset as Vasco saw off Tombense and moved further in the Copa do Brasil. Gabriel Pec gave the away side the lead after only two minutes into the game. Vasco dominated possession in the first half and should have added to their tally. However, they finally grabbed the second goal in the […]
