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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Colorado won Sport by a 5-3 score line in a match valid for the 16th round of the Brasileirão. Patrick scored twice, entitled to a great goal, and was the top scorer of the match. Rodrigo Moledo, Adryelson against and Yuri Alberto closed the account for Inter. Marquinhos, Leandro Barcia and Mikael scored for Sport in the interesting match. The first half didn’t see a goal until the 35th minute. Patrick scored a […]
Galo remained on top of the table of the Brasileirão even after the draw, level on points with Internacional. Atlético-MG have an advantage with more victories plus they have played a game less than the gauchos. However, the first place is up for grabs as Flamengo still to play, on Thursday has a run at it against Bragantino and with a win can claim the first position. Fluminense stays in […]
Neymar made history for Brazil by surpassing Ronaldo Nazario as the Selecao’s second-highest goalscorer in history against Peru. After over a year, Neymar finally did it on Wednesday morning by surpassing Ronaldo’s goal tally. He had gone four games without finding the back of the net for Brazil since scoring away to Colombia in July 2019. A hamstring injury had cost him the chance to […]
The game ended 2-1 in a late fixture. The Emerald team got the lead early on through Vinicius but a brace from Pedro secured the comeback for Fla. In the first half, Pedro had the chance to equalize for Flamengo. He was also responsible for the winning goal late in the second half, which was the last move of the game. Flamengo’s number 21 […]
The Portuguese Football Federation confirmed the news in an official statement on Tuesday, which reads: “Cristiano Ronaldo was released from training with the national team after a positive test for Covid-19, so he will not face Sweden. “The Portugal international is doing well, without symptoms, and in isolation. “Following the positive test, the remaining players […]
Mancini, who left Atlético de Goias, signed a contract until December 2021 and will replace Dyego Coelho, who was as interim coach after the departure of Tiago Nunes. The new 53-year-old coach, ex-footballer and who has a broad resume on the Brazilian benches, has already managed, among others, Santos, Botafogo and Sao Paulo, the latter team with which he won the Copa do […]
From a penalty spot, the midfielder put his side in the lead after being reviewed by the VAR in the second half. The 39 year old midfielder scored his sixth goal of the season in the Brasileirão, 19 in all competitions and took his team to 5th place on the table. Mano Menezes was another talking point at Maracanã. The […]
In the first half, the first goal chance was disrupted by the sun light just after two minutes. Pará placed in a cross for Arthur Gomes who rose to meet the ball with a header, but had to head with his eyes closed and missed his target. In the 13th minute, Peixe created another great chance when Kaio Jorge forced Vanderlei to make a good save. In the 20th minute, a […]
This was Alvinegra’s first away win in the competition. On the other hand, the Lion lost for the first time on the Island under the command of Jair Ventura. The visitors’ goals were scored by Honda and Caio Alexandre in the first half, while the home team got one back with Thiago Neves after the expulsion of the Botafogo star Rafael Forster in the second half. Botafogo’s midfielders were […]
With one player less since the 62nd minute of the second half, Vozão had a failure by the goalkeeper Cássio in the final minutes and beat Corinthians 2-1 from a goal down at Castelão .The result pushes Timão into the relegation zone. Corinthians started the game better, with more possession, pushing Ceará to the defense, but the first chance was from the home team. Sobis headed in the crossbar […]
All goals came in the first half. Abel Hernández closed the scoring for the colorados, and Renato Kayzer scored one for Athletico but it proved to be nothing but a consolation. But the end of the game saw good saves and reactions from goalkeeper Marcelo Lomba. As usual at Beira-Rio, Inter went up and did not give Athletico a chance. At six minutes, the first goal against Bragantino in […]
The 36-year-old will sign a five-month contract – until the end of the Brazilian Championship. “This has always been my home. My goal is to help on and off the field, and make Santos FC return to the highest place, which is where I should never have left. Wonderful feeling of being able to return […]
With the result, the red-black team continues their impressive run of games so far without losing to Vasco. Vasco’s start was encouraging, with Talles Magno’s goal in a beautiful play by Cayo Tenório. After that, Flamengo got the ball, but bumped into the strong rival marking. In the second half, as has been the custom with the Dome team, […]
Since the opening of the new Verdão stadium, Tricolor has played nine games, lost eight and drew once. Being the better team on the pitch, Fernando Diniz’s team were able to go toe-to-toe with the opponent’s pressuring and had the patience to take the game to Palmeiras. In the first half, the first chance came only after seven […]
In the first half, the game started the way it was predicted. Atlético-MG had a lot of possession in attack and Goiás sitting back in defense to hold their ground. Enderson Moreira’s team managed to contain Galo’s attack to some extend in the game, making the home team sweat it out. The first chance of the game created by the league leaders came from Savinho. […]
Brazil had never lost a World Cup qualifier at home, a run that stood at 54 matches going into Friday’s game, and they never looked in danger of losing that record. Marquinhos put the home side 1-0 up with a header after 16 minutes before Firmino scored after 18 and 49 minutes, both times by getting on […]
Roney and Caio Dantas were the goal scorers for Sampaio, while, Manoel made his mark and scored for Cruzeiro. The result helped the São Luís team to cruise out of the relegation zone with 14 points. Cruzeiro, on the other hand, remains in the zone in 18th position after the defeat with 11 points. In the first half, Cruzeiro started the game with great intensity and they looked great candidates to win the […]
Galhardo scored twice and signed the 2-0 win over Bragantino with a performance of almost total superiority .The match concluded the games for the 14th round of the Brasileirão. Inter experienced a first half of dominance, one that we have not seen from them in a long time. Almost without force, Colorado controlled the game and found its two goals via crosses. As always, Thiago Galhardo was happy to capitalize on […]
Moura opened the scoring in the 23rd minute and signaled to heaven and was thrilled to dedicate the goal to his mother, Dona Júnia, who died last Friday, after a battle with cancer. It wasn’t long until Yago grabbed the equalizer in the 41st minute. In the 53rd minute, Flu turned things around with a goal from veteran forward Fred. Idol of Fluminense, the number 9 completed his […]
The game was valid for the 14th round of the Brazilian Championship. With a suffocating start, Grêmio scored their two goals in 10 minutes and secured enough to beat Coritiba on Wednesday night at the Arena. Coxa still pressed, equalized the game and discounted in the second half, but Tricolor sustained the result and went back to winning after four rounds […]
The game was valid for the 14th round of the Brazilian Championship. The goal scorers were Brenner and Gabriel Sara. Brenner bagged a brace. In addition to the victory, this was the first time in 10 games that the Tricolor went without conceding a single goal. In the first half, Atlético-GO had the first chance of the game at Morumbi. Ze Roberto tried his luck from outside the area […]
In a game with a lot of chances created in the first half, Madson drew first blood for Peixe, while Danilo Avelar responded to level things up. Timão had a chance to take the win late on, but João Paulo made a world class save to prevent Mateus Vital’s shot. The result was not a good one for Santos as it meant they have failed […]
In the beginning, only few chances were created and it looked to be an open game for a while. However, things changed in the second half. The Rubro-negro carioca came back better, imposed itself and scored three times in the space of minutes. 3-0 win with goals from Pedro and Gustavo Henrique led the team to the Serie A vice-leadership. The first half […]
The game was valid for the 14th round of the competition. After a rather slow warm first half, the teams returned with everything they got to offer for the final 45 minutes. In the touch of the second half, Pedro Raul opened up to scoring following a well-orchestrated cross from Kevin. Three minutes later, Caio Alexandre put the ball into […]
