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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The visiting team came out on top in this encounter on Saturday, beating Sport 2-0 and ending their drought. It was relief as they also scored for the first time since September 13. Both of the goals for Vasco were scored by German Cano. The game started with Vasco dominating play in the Ilha do Retiro. Cruz-Maltino pressed Sport tightly, had more possession of the ball […]
On Saturday night, Tricolor beat Ceará 4-2 at the Arena in a game for the 21st round of the competition. Jean Pyerre, Pepê and Diego Souza scored for the Gaucho team in the first half and Diego Churín completed the rout in the second. Kelvin and Tiago scored for Ceará but they turned out to be consolation goals. It was Grêmio’s fourth consecutive victory in the championship. With the victory, Grêmio reaches 33 points, overtakes Fluminense and […]
Galo overcame controversy at the beginning of the game and had a good second half. In the second half, they rose up to the occasion and were able to record a come-back victory. The game started with a lot of controversy. Atlético had a penalty claim in the very first attack of the match when Vargas was pulled by Gil in the area. The referee and […]
The contest was balanced in the first half but Veiga was the difference in the second half and kept the team’s 100% record under the command of Portuguese Abel Ferreira. Fluminense started the game slow. They had little more possession of the ball but lacked pace to cause problem for Palmeiras‘ defence. Fred sprained his ankle in the warm up and gave way for Felippe Cardoso to be in […]
The home team had it difficult in the first half and did not create so many chances, despite having majority of the possession of the ball. Flamengo eventually drew first blood just exactly at the stroke of half time. In the 45th minute, Fla broke the deadlock with a brilliant goal scored by Bruno Henrique. The first half ended with Flamengo up by a […]
This would be the second consecutive game without a win for Inter (they had lost to América-MG, Wednesday in the Copa do Brasil) under the leadership of Abel Braga. After a weak first half, both teams came out of the break hungrier for goals to clinch the victory. Santos were the more clinical with Ivonei and Kaio Jorge scoring the goals that secured the win. In the […]
It was expected to be a tough encounter but Óscar Tabárez’s men easily blew out their opponents without ease in surprising fashion. Cavani, who scored for Manchester United against Everton last weekend, got the opener for Uruguay in the fifth minute after Nahitan Nandez had done the hard work in midfield by robbing the ball and setting him up to fire home a low right-foot […]
Tite’s men, who were missing Neymar due to a leg injury, now have three wins from three and remain well on course to book their place in the tournament with minimal fuss. It was almost 70 minutes on the clock when Firmino found himself in the right place at the right time, slotting home at the first time of asking […]
The Inter Milan midfielder put the hosts ahead in the 20th minute by blasting an unstoppable 30-yard drive into the top-left corner of Pedro Gallese’s goal. The 33-year-old struck again 15 minutes later by bundling home from close range after Felipe Mora’s header from the edge of the six-yard box deflected off Andre Carrillo. The result marked Chile’s first win […]
The highlight of the second leg of the game was Teixeira who was strongly linked with a move to Liverpool before joining Jiangsu for 50 million euros in 2016 game. The former Vasco da Gama and Shakhtar Donetsk maestro lit up the second leg in front of 9,386 spectators in Suzhou, after having a dull first leg encounter which ended in a goalless […]
The forward started training with his new side Bragantino last Tuesday, but the club had to wait to announce the signing of the contract. The athlete’s name has not been included in CBF’s Daily Information Bulletin (BID). Once his name has been registered, he will be available for selection against Botafogo next Monday in Engenhão for the 21st round of the […]
The Selecao were always aware of the injury sustained and the leg complaint was going to prevent the 28-year-old from taking part in the first game. Neymar was called upon in the hope that he will return to full fitness ready for the crunch match with Uruguay in Montevideo. The PSG superstar, however, has not been able to […]
The goals came in towards the end of the first half. Gustavo Scarpa opened the scoring in the 34th minute, Raphael Veiga added the second in the 37th minute and Gabriel Veron completed it two minutes later. Those moments decided a duel that until then was balanced and of few chances. Ceará felt the blow and little threat in the second stage. They now need a rout at […]
Diego Souza and Jean Pyerre scored the goals for the gauchos while Willians scored the goal for Cuiabá. All three goals were scored in the first half. In the final stage, the hosts had pressure on Grêmio and Vanderlei was busy to a great deal but they were able to hold on their lead till the end of the game. There were two goals and a good technical performance from Grêmio during […]
As expected, the game started out open. The first clear chance came from América, with Felipe Azevedo, who forced a good save from Marcelo Lomba in the 9th minute. Right in the sequence, Geovane took a chance from outside and posed a lot of danger to Inter. It wasn’t long until the ball did go in with a header from Rodolfo in the 12th minute to leave Inter trailing. […]
The goals of the games were scored in the second half. The visiting team’s goals were scored by Brenner while the second goal from the away side came from a Hugo Souza blunder when he tried to dribble the opponent and failed. Gabigol scored the red-black goal in the match. Flamengo’s young goalkeeper did not show prominence as he has shown in previous games. Coming off […]
On Monday, the day he arrived at Granja Comary in Teresópolis, Diego Carlos gave a press conference and took the opportunity to introduce himself and highlight some of his characteristics. “I am a defender who likes a duel, my main point is the concentration inside the match, I do not let it fall.” “I keep my focus against opponents. My […]
Unveiled as Inter’s coach for his seventh spell at the club, the former 2006 Libertadores and Mundials’ coach showered praises on the colorado group and avoided choosing a priority in the title race this season. During his press conference, Abel Braga immediately praised the work of his predecessor, Eduardo Coudet. “The Inter team, I can’t say anything. He’s doing very well in […]
The player arrives in Timão for a contract valid until December 2023. He was a free agent after leaving Ligue 1 outfit Bordeaux, who owned his rights and Saudi-Arabian club Al-Hazm where he was on loan since January. In the negotiation, Corinthians took 70% of the player’s economic rights. The training week will indicate if the striker will be fit enough and ready to stake […]
The club officially announced the departure of the Argentine coach in a statement by President Marcelo Medeiros and Vice President Alexandre Barcellos on Monday afternoon. According to the Colorado agent, the coach left on the initiative of the coach himself. Coudet resigned on Sunday night after the draw against Coritiba. He will take over La Liga side Celta Vigo. “Unfortunately, the Eduardo Coudet project […]
The coach accepted the proposal of the red-black board and leaves the position of commander in Fortaleza after almost three years, interrupted by a brief stint at Cruzeiro. Ceni should be announced after signing a contract with Flamengo by the end of 2021. Besides him, physical trainer Danilo Augusto, assistants Charles Hembert and Nelson Simões will also go. Ceni has already said goodbye to the squad of Fortaleza and […]
After the two consecutive defeats suffered in the Brazilian Championship (4-1 against São Paulo and 4-0 against Atlético-MG), Flamengo made the decision this Monday to dismiss coach Domènec Torrent. Mauricio Souza, who currently leads the U-20 team will lead the club as manger on an interim basis as confirmed by the club. The decision was made the day after another rout suffered in the Brasileirão. In Mineirão, Flamengo had the chance to take the […]
Colorado was twice ahead on the scoreboard but surrendered their leads to the Paraná side in a result that sees their championship leadership threatened. Yuri Alberto and Nonato scored the goals of the hosts, but Giovanni Augusto and Sabino leveled matters. The result is better for Coxa who leaves the relegation zone at the debut of coach Rodrigo Santana in what is a welcome relief for the manager. There was some VAR […]
The away side goal came in the 64th minutes thanks to a play by Soteldo that had a shot deflected off Léo Ortiz’s and went in. Léo Ortiz redeemed himself and scored late into the extra time and drew level ending the game 1-1. The first half started slowly perhaps due to the absence of Marinho at Santos and Claudinho at Bragantino, two highlights of the both sides […]
