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Vanderlei Luxemburgo’s job appears to be safe for now, following three Real Madrid defeats in a row. But the fans and directors expect much more from their ‘galaticos’ than was on show against Espanyol last night. Real Madrid have lost their last three games, Celta Vigo 3-2, Lyon 3-0 and Espanyol 1-0 last night. Madrid’s […]
25th Round Ponte Preta/SP 2 x 1 Fortaleza/CE Tico and Izaías for Ponte Preta. Rinaldo for Fortaleza. Coritiba/PR 1 x 4 São Paulo/SP Rogério Ceni, Christian, Hernanes and Cicinho for São Paulo. Capixaba for Coritiba. Atlético/MG 0 x 2 Botafogo/RJ Leandro Carvalho and Ricardinho for Botafogo. Santos/SP 0 x 0 Flamengo/RJ Internacional/RS 3 x 0 […]
26th Round São Paulo/SP 4 x 2 Vasco/RJ Amoroso x2, Christian and Rogério Ceni for São Paulo. Abedi and Alex Dias for Vasco. Figueirense/SC 2 x 3 Corinthians/SP Bilu and Adriano for Figueirense. Nilmar, Gustavo Nery and Eduardo for Corinthians. Internacional/RS 3 x 2 Atlético/PR Ricardinho, Jorge Wagner and Rafael Sobis for Internacional. Finazzi and […]
Gabon’s national coach Jairzinho was dismissed by the Gabonnaise Football Federation following the defeat against Angola at the beginning of September. Gabon are currently in fourth place in their group, along way behind group leader Angola. Gabon have also been eliminated from the 2006 African Cup which will take place in Egypt.
24th Round Paysandu/PA 2 x 2 Ponte Preta/SP Danilo and Rafael for Ponte Preta. Róbson and Rodrigo for Paysandu. Atlético/PR 3 x 3 Santos/SP Jancarlos, Schumacher and Ferreira for Atlético. Ricardinho x3 for Santos. Cruzeiro/MG 2 x 6 Fluminense/RJ Kelly and Vagner for Cruzeiro. Petkovic x2, Gabrielx2, Beto and Tuta for Fluminense. São Paulo/SP 3 […]
Only days after destroying Chile in Brasilla, all of Brazil’s major stars faced Spanish side Sevilla in a friendly game to mark their centenary, which finished in a 1-1 draw. Alfaro headed a rebound off the bar into his net to equalize for the five-time world champion after Sevilla substitute Frederic Kanoute had given his […]
Sevilla have joined the race to sign Sao Paulo defender Diego Lugano with Liverpool likely to make a second bid to take him to Anfield in January. The Spanish outfit offered around €7.5 million (£5 million) before the end of the transfer window, but the Uruguayan decided to stay in Brazil until December because he […]
Its looking increasingly likely that Brazil will play Chelsea in November as a climax to the Blues’ centenary celebrations. The game will suit Parriera, who has been trying to arrange games against top European teams, before next years world cup finals, but has been finding it hard to find opposition willing to face the World […]
Brazil thrashed Chile 5-0 Sunday and in doing so ensured that they qualified for the Germany 2006 World Cup finals. The Brazilian goals came through Juan (11th minute), Robinho (20th minute) and a hat trick for Adriano (26th, 28th, 47th minutes). The team were in awesome form, ripping through the Chile defence at will. Juan […]
Next year the Brazilian Championship wil be reduced to 20 clubs and its calendar changed to coincide with European leagues. From 2006 the league will be reduced from 22 clubs to 20, with games scheduled from April to December with a one-month break for the World Cup the CBF said yesterday. “It’s the form I […]
Ronaldo, Robinho, Adriano, Kaka and Ronaldinho Gaucho. Carlos Alberto Parreira has the most frightening and dreaded attacking line up in world football. However, the auriverde coach has had a big decision to make since the convincing victory against Paraguay 4-1 on the 5th June, just how to fit all his attackers into the team. Parreira […]
Carlos Alberto Parreira has declared how he has been surprised by the motivation of his players in the warm up to Sunday’s game against Chile. Parreira’s men carried out an intensive training session, with much movement, attack vs defence, accompanied most of the time by beautiful play. The national coach had decided to direct this […]
At 32, Roberto Carlos knows 2006 will be his last World Cup. The vice-champion of the world in 1998 in France and champion in 2002 confirmed this to press “I will not dispute the World cup in 2010. I will leave my place to the younger players who are pushing at the door for my […]
Middlesbrough have completed the signing of midfielder Fabio Rochemback from Barcelona. Middlesbrough, famed as Juninho Paulista’s English club have signed a string of Brazilian players in recent years. The 23-year-old who has been on loan at Sporting Lisbon since 2003 and helped them win the 2004 Portuguese title and reach the Uefa Cup final last […]
Ronaldinho has signed a new contract to stay with Barcelona till 2010. The new contract will see Ronaldinho’s buy-out clause increased to £85m.
Ronaldo seems to await with great impatience for Sundays against Chile. The attacker spoke of his excellent preparation in pre-season carried out by Wanderley Luxemburgo and his coaches: “I have worked on my striking, without forgetting my physique. I look good, Even to myself” The Real Madrid striker also confirmed that the goals registered at […]
The return of Alex Dias to the French league seems to be confirmed. Negotiations are under way in Rio de Janeiro with Vasco de Gama over the purchase of Saint-Etienne and Parisian star. A meeting took place Wednesday evening between the interested parties and the president of the club Carioca Eurico Miranda. Its agent João […]
Mario Zagallo is back. Not on the football fields as was the case in 50-60’s, but on the Seleção’s bench along side Carlos Alberto Parreira. The old “wolf”, 74 years old, under went surgery at the end of May and had not worked since. But on Tuesday Mario Jorge Zagallo was once again incharge of […]
Robinho will definitly start Sunday’s World Cup qualifier against Chile, Carlos Parreira has told the media. “I’m not going to indulge in any mystery because I want to avoid people going over the top over Robinho,” he told reporters on Tuesday. Parreira revealed that Robinho will play behind the front pair of Ronaldo and Adriano […]
French champions Lyon have signed of Cruzeiro’s striker Fred. The 21-year-old – Frederico Chaves Guedes – has agreed a five-year contract the two clubs made a deal worth €15 million. Fred scored 40 goals in 43 matches for his previous club, Cruzeiro. Fred’s Technical Card
The players called for Seleção duty against Chile will meet this Tuesday at 11am at the international airport Tom Jobim of Rio de Janeiro. The auriverde will then travel to the CBF training camp at Granja de Comary at Teresopolis, where Parreira’s men will train at 16:30. The squad will remain in Granja de Comary […]
Seleção’s coach Carlos Alberto Parreira convened this Thursday 22 players for the match of next 4 September against Chile, on behalf of the eliminating heats of the next World cup. The called athletes will also dispute a friendly match on September 6 against FC Sevilla for the centenary of the Spanish club. The technical commission […]
Real Madrid jump to the head of the queue of Europe’s biggest clubs by agreeing an ‘option’ to sign Sao Paulo defender Cicinho. Man Utd thought they were leading the race for the Brazilian right back. However, Real are now firmly in pole position after brokering a deal with Sao Paulo. It has been reported […]
The Real Madrid fans were in heaven after Robinho came off the bench to inspire Real Madrid to a 2-1 win at Cadiz on Sunday. Madrid were struggling against the newly-promoted side until the Robinho came on the field. The Brazilian shined, helping set up Raul’s winner with only six minutes remaining. “I am happy […]
