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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Marcos Paulo was the star of the day as Fluminense claimed a 3-1 victory over Athlético-PR at Maracanã on Saturday night. It was his best outing of the campaign so far and could as well be one of the best in his career so far. The teenager was the shining light for Fluminense all game […]
The game between Santos and Palmeiras ended in a draw at Vila Belmiro on Saturday. With the rain pouring down, VAR was in full show and made some calls that decided the game. Diego Pituca scored the first goal of the game before Raphael Veiga and Willian overturned the score for Palmeiras in the second […]
There was to be no scare or upset when Grêmio welcomed Guaraní for the round of 16 second leg of the Libertadores. Tricolor already had a 2-0 lead from the first leg and they recorded yet another 2-0 victory at the Arena on Thursday night to advance in the Libertadores via a convincing 4-0 aggregate. […]
São Paulo are now the new leaders of the Brasileirão! In a result that was widely expected, they beat struggling Goiás 3-0 on Thursday night in Goiânia. The game was actually valid for a game that was postponed since the very first round of the competition. It was postponed at the time due to a […]
Vasco bowed out of the Copa Sudamericana in disappointing fashion after losing 1-0 at home to Defensa y Justicia in the second leg of the competiton on Thursday evening. They lost out via a 2-1 aggregate. The away side’s winning goal came via substitute Hachen just a minute before the hour mark. It was his […]
Fortaleza and Corinthians could only settle for a 0-0 draw on Wednesday night. The game was pretty uneventful and saw more controversies than chances. There were lots of penalty claims in the second half and red cards handed to both sides in the 80th and 96th minutes respectively with Jô and Bruno Melo on the […]
Carlos Tevez scored the only goal of the match as Boca Juniors defeated Internacional 1-0 in a rainy night on Wednesday for the first leg of the round of 16 of the Libertadores. The Argentine footballer paid tribute to his idol and late compatriot Diego Maradona after the goal. With the rain pouring down and […]
PSG restored their hopes of progress to the Champions League round of 16 after a much needed 3-1 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. Neymar opened the scoring and wrapped up the goals for the French giants on a night where another Brazilian in Fred was given his marching orders in […]
Palmeiras played out to another big win in the Copa Libertadores and are off to the quarter-finals of the competition. Following their initial 3-1 result in the first leg at Ecuador, Verdão showed why they are one of the favorites with another resounding 5-0 victory at Alianz Parque to make it an 8-1 victory on […]
Flamengo bowed out of the Libertadores da América via penalties after playing to a 2-2 draw on aggregate with Racing Club. The Argentine side advanced to the quarter finals in a big result that saw the defending champions sent home. The game ended one-all after Willian Arão proved to be the hero in the 93rd […]
The game between Unión Santa Fe and Bahia ended in a goalless draw on Tuesday night. Both sides played out to a pretty quiet first half and the highlight was Unión player Mauro Luna dismissed for a bad foul on Elber in the closing period of the first 45 minutes. In the second half, Unión […]
River Plate came out victorious against Atetico-PR hlon Tuesday in the second leg fixture of the Libertadores round of 16. A penalty from De La Cruz was enough to send the Argentine side through against an Athletico side that were missing up to 15 players and even played the game with no goalkeeper at all on […]
Dentinho and Manor Solomon were on the score-sheet as Real Madrid were condemned to yet another loss in the Champions League on Tuesday night. Shakhtar Donetsk claimed another shock victory against Los Blancos with a 2-0 victory at home. That means they did the double over the Spanish giants in the Champions League group stages. […]
Santos are through to the next stage of the Libertadores; the quarter-finals. Pexie lost by a 1-0 score-line to LDU Quito on Tuesday night but still advanced to the quarter-finals having won the first leg at LDU’s home by a 2-1 score-line. The away goal rule applies in the Libertadores and was the saving grace […]
Ceará claimed their first win over Vasco da Gama in São Januário with a 4-1 demolition of the home team. In the reverse fixture earlier in the season, Vasco won the game 3-0 and Ceará sort of took out their revenge in this game. It took only three minutes for Ceará to impose themselves in […]
Fluminense and Bragantino could only play out to a goalless draw in a game valid for the 23rd round of the Brazilian Championship. There was lots of intensity on the pitch but none of that could translate to goals on the evening from either side. It was a high energy game but lacked a number […]
Grêmio continued their charge for the top spots of the Brasileirão following a 2-1 victory over Goiás on Monday afternoon in the Arena. The game was valid for a delayed match of the sixth round. Grêmio were largely dominant in the game and goals from Jean Pyerre and Maicon sealed the crucial three points for […]
Phillippe Coutinho was on target in the 4-0 win against Osasuna for Barcelona on Sunday afternoon at the Camp Nou. It was a much needed win for the Catalan giants given that Real Madrid had slipped up against Alaves the earlier day. Martin Braithwaite continued his impressive form for Barca and scored before the half […]
”He is gone but he has not left us, because Diego is eternal.” One of the few tributes paid to the Legendary Argentine from his fellow countryman Lionel Messi who was inspired by the Genius of Diego Maradona. The football world had been deeply affected by the death of an absolute legend and a man […]
Brazilian defender Gabriel Magalhaes was on the score-sheet but Arsenal still suffered a shock loss to Wolves at the Emirates on Sunday night. The game started in decent fashion with Wolves on the front foot but there was a scare when David Luiz and Raul Jimenez had a clash of heads that led to the […]
PSG dropped points for the second time in Ligue 1 after failing to hold off Bordeaux and playing out to a stalemate. A goal from their former starlet in Yacine Adli condemned PSG to a draw that leaves them in a pretty worrisome form at the moment. The result follows after PSG blew a two-goal […]
São Paulo continued to keep the pressure on league leaders Atletico Mineiro following their 3-1 win away to Bahia on Saturday night. The result sees them back to winning ways after two consecutive games with a draw. After a goalless first half, the game came alive in the second period and São Paulo saw a […]
Brazilian midfielder Casemiro was on the score-sheet for Real Madrid but it only turned out to be a consolation as they ended up losing the game 2-1 in surprising fashion to Alaves. Even worse that they result came on their own home turf. Alaves took the lead after just five minutes of the game when […]
Palmeiras put out a great performance on Saturday afternoon to beat Athletico by a 3-0 score line at Allianz Parque. The game was valid for the 23rd round of the Brazilian Championship. Ron haunted his former club in good fashion with two goals to his name and showed respect for his former side by not […]
