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.
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After Mano Menezes stepped down as Bahia manager, Dado Cavalcanti was appointed as the new man to take over at the helm of affairs at the club. A statement on the club’s website said read on Monday afternoon: “Back in the club at the end of October for the football department, Dado Cavalcanti will assume […]
Thiago Silva was on target for Chelsea on Monday night as the Blues ended recent mini-slump by beating West Ham United at Stamford Bridge to move up to fifth in the Premier League. Tammy Abraham’s brace in the second half sealed the victory after Chelsea’s consecutive defeat to Everton and Wolves ended their unbeaten run. […]
Corinthians recorded their second successive win in the Brazilian Championship with a 2-1 victory over Goais on Monday night. Timão came into this game with much confidence after beating leaders São Paulo last time but they got an early scare. Fernandão scored the first goal of the game just after three minute and gave Goais […]
Athletico-PR could breathe themselves a huge sigh of relief after they tasted victory once again in the Brasilerao. A goal from Kayzer was the difference as Athletico-PR claimed a 1-0 victory over Red Bull Bragantino on Sunday afternoon at the Nabi Abi Chedid stadium. Bragantino dominated all the chances and possession of the ball but […]
Vasco claimed a 1-0 victory against Santos on home turf on Sunday. It took the home side only nine minutes to get on the mark, with Carlinhos scoring the only goal of the game. It also saw Vasco end their five-game unbeaten streak. The score line didn’t speak well of the game in general. Santos […]
It was a seven-goal thriller that had it all. From red cards to comebacks to talking points, there was lots of action as Flamengo beat Bahia 4-3 at the stadium on Saturday night. Flamengo started on the front foot and grabbed the early opener via Bruno Henrique in the fifth minute. Four minutes later, it […]
Over the past few weeks, the sacking of Mano Menezes as Bahia boss was looking more and more likely with each passing game. A 4-3 defeat to Flamengo on Sunday proved to be the final nail in the coffin for the manager and for many reasons. The obvious reason being that Bahia find themselves at […]
Sport and Grêmio were in two opposite ends in the table but each side had something worth fighting for as they played out to a 1-1 draw at Ilha do Retiro on Saturday night. For Sport, the game was a much needed push to move away from the relegation zone as far as they can […]
In a game of two struggling sides, it was Botafogo who came out on top on Saturday night in Couto Pereira. After going a goal down via a goal from Coritiba’s Neilton, two late goals from Pedro saw Botafogo claim a comeback win to end a five-game winless run in the Brasilerao. For Coritiba, the […]
Palmeiras lost 2-0 away from home against Internacional on Saturday. Verdão dominated possession but couldn’t find the target to back their performance on the pitch. Internacional scored early in the first half in the 11th minute through Edenilson and rounded things off with seven minutes to spare late in the second half through Yuri Alberto […]
It was a day to forget for Crystal Palace as they suffered a 7-0 thrashing at the hands of Liverpool on home turf. Mohamed Salah was left on the bench but would still go on to make his mark on the game. It took only two minutes for the floodgates to open. Minamino grabbed his […]
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker was the only Brazilian representative to be included in the best player in the world xi FIFPro. The team was announced at The Best award ceremony on Thursday in Zurich. Neymar was a surprise omission from the list as he was widely expected to make the final cut for the FIFPro […]
Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski was the recipient of the FIFA The Best Award as he edged out Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to the coveted price. The Polish forward was widely expected to win the award after the Ballon d’Or was cancelled and all indications pointed to him as the winner prior to the award. […]
Buts : Salah (26’), Firmino (90’) pour Liverpool et Son (33’) pour Tottenham. Roberto Firmino was the hero of the day as Liverpool took all three points against Tottenham at Anfield to go three points clear at the summit of the Premier League table. The match started with Liverpool paying a short tribute before kick-off […]
Bahia have been dumped out of the Copa Sudamericana 2020 after losing to Defensa y Justicia on Wednesday night at the Norberto Tomaghello stadium. Bahia lost the first in Salvador to a 3-2 score-line and fell to defeat at the hands of the Argentine side with another 1-0 loss. It meant Bahia got knocked out […]
Against all odds, Santos thrashed Grêmio on Wednesday night to secure a spot in the Libertadores semifinals. A 4-1victory at Vila Belmiro saw Peixe advance on a 5-2 aggregate after both legs. Santos literally went all out from the onset. In less than a minute on the clock, they were in the lead already. There […]
Atlético-GO took all three points against Fluminense on Wednesday night at the Antônio Accioly stadium. Wellington Rato and goalkeeper Jean scored in either half for Dragão while Felippe Cardoso bagged one late on which was only a mere consolation goal for Fluminense. The first half generally took a slow place. Both teams chased every loose […]
São Paulo laid an early marker in the Brasilerao title race after a well-rounded 3-0 over second-place Atlético-MG at Morumbi on Wednesday night. Igor Gomes opened the scoring in the 25th minute to put São Paulo in the lead going into the break. The game looked to be ending with that score-line until things got […]
Palmeiras are through to the semifinals of the Libertadores and are two games away from making it to the final of the competition. Verdão claimed a dominant 3-0 win over Paraguayan outfit Libertad on Tuesday night. The first leg ended in a 1-1 score-line in Paraguay and that means Palmeiras advanced on a 4-1 aggregate. […]
Real Madrid continued their impressive form in the La Liga with an impressive 3-1 win over a 10-man Athletic Bilbao at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano on Tuesday night. Karim Benzema bagged a brace in the second half that was enough to seal all three points for Los Blancos; their fourth successive victory in all […]
On Monday afternoon, France Football released the list for their legendary-filled Ballon d’Or Dream Team at their annual ceremony this year. The Ballon d’Or award for this year was cancelled because of the global pandemic and France Football decided to do something in place of that by releasing an all-time best XI. More than 100 […]
On Monday afternoon, a meeting took place at the Paraibana Football Federation (FPF) headquarters in a bid to determine dates and formats for the 2021 Paraibano competition. However, it all took a completely different turn. All clubs that were supposed to participate in the next edition of the competition took a joint stance and agreed […]
More particularly, that fixture also represents a ‘re-union’ between Neymar and former teammate Lionel Messi. Ronald Koeman’s side finishing second in their group meant they were always at risk of facing one of the big-guns. And the reward for that will be last season’s finalists as their next opponents and the talk of that game […]
