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May 12, 2005
Atlético/MG 1 x 1 Ceará/CE André Turatto for Ceara. Fábio Júnior for Atlético. Figueirense/SC 1 x 0 Paulista/SP Cláudio for Figueirense. Baraúnas/RN 3 x 7 Cruzeiro/MG Adriano x2, Weldon x2, Kelly and Fred x2 for Cruzeiro. Da Silva and Aguinaldo for Baraúnas.
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May 12, 2005
Quilmes (ARG) 1 x 1 Universidad do Chile (CHI) Iturra for Universidad. Rueda for Quilmes. São Paulo (BRA) 3 x 0 The Strongest (BOL) Edcarlos, Luizão and Grafite. Santos (BRA) 6 x 0 Bolívar (BOL) Bóvio, Ávalos, Paulo César, Ricardinho, Basílio and Deivid. LDU (ECU) 1 x 1 Danubio (URU) Risso for Danubio. Mendez for […]
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May 11, 2005
Inter Milan Coach Roberto Mancini has told the press he fully expects Adriano to remain in Italy next season. The new Premiership champions are said to be keen on signing the Inter Milan striker in the summer, yet coach Mancini is confident the Brazilian will stay at the San Siro. “I think Adriano’s a really […]
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May 11, 2005
Corinthians today confirmed that they have departed company with Argentinian coach Daniel Passarella. The move follows Corinthians 5-1 defeat to São Paulo at the weekend and an awful start to the Brazilian championship. As yet no replacement has been announced but given Corinthians big spending power you can be sure that several big names will […]
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May 11, 2005
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte are looking for a proven striker to add to an already well-stocked attack with Fred and Weldon. The Mineiro managers are interested in Nacional Madeira’s forward Adriano. With 43 goals in 83 matches since his arrival in Portugal, Adriano might be offered to Cruzeiro in exchange for Wendell, who is currently on […]
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May 10, 2005
Mirandinha and the Brazilians in England [photo=Mirandinha.jpg id=57 align=right]England 1987, an all British Liverpool side were dominating English football. These were the pre-Premiership, pre-Hillsborough football years, when football was still a working class game. Fighting on and off the terraces – no all seater stadiums – and English clubs banned from European competition. As Liverpool […]
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May 09, 2005
Corinthians continued their bad start to the championship on Sunday as they were beaten 5-1 by local rivals São Paulo. Some Corinthians supporters ran onto the pitch, apparently angry at their team’s woeful performance. Corinthians have invested around $50 million in players in the past 6 months. The result gave the ‘Galaticos’ only one point […]
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May 09, 2005
According to the Mirror newspaper in London. Brazilian defender Dede has claimed he is set to join champions Chelsea. Its a position the Chelsea are known to be look for a player for and Dede appears to fit the criteria. His current club Borussia Dortmund need the cash and Chelsea need the talent, so a […]
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May 09, 2005
Fluminense/RJ 2 x 1 Cruzeiro/MG Juan and Alex for Fluminense. Weldon for Cruzeiro. São Caetano/SP 2 x 1 Fortaleza/CE Douglas and Pingo for São Caetano. Giba for Fortaleza. Atlético/MG 0 x 1 Brasiliense/DF André Luís og for Brasiliense. Internacional/RS 1 x 0 Flamengo/RJ Gustavo for Internacional. Coritiba/PR 1 x 0 Palmeiras/SP Tiago for Coritiba. Corinthians/SP […]
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May 08, 2005
Santos/SP 2 x 1 Atlético/PR Robinho and Halisson for FC Santos. Lima for l’Atlético. Ponte Preta/SP 2 x 0 Paysandu/PA Rissutt and Roger for Ponte Preta. Paraná/PR 2 x 2 Juventude/RS Beto and Borges for Parana. Zé Carlos and Bruno Lança for Juventude. Goiás/GO 0 x 0 Figueirense/SC
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May 05, 2005
Corinthians could land Wolfsburg midfielder Andres D’Alessandro. It had been thought Corinthians’ financial partner MSI were keen on the Argentine superstar who is currently starring in the German Bundesliga. “MSI never say anything about negotiations or a transfer unless the player signs a contract with us,” explained MSI director Kia Joorabchian. The Argentian Corinthians coach […]
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May 05, 2005
Espanyol are reportedly interested in signing Sao Paulo striker Grafite. Espanyol were made aware of Grafite’s abilities during Brazil’s recent clash against Guatemala in which he replaced legend Romario. The striker came under criticism for a spell of poor form after joining Sao Paulo, but his displays of late have filled the void vacated by […]
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May 05, 2005
Kleberson has re-iterated his determination to force his way into the Manchester United first-team. “I have been coming into the team slowly but surely,” he told MUTV. “It is very difficult because I have had some long-term injuries and when I come on I want to do everything. “A good performance can provide you with […]
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May 05, 2005
Click here to access to beautiful photos of the Seleção victory against Argentina in the last Copa América in Peru.
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May 05, 2005
COPA BRASIL Grêmio/RS 0 x 1 * Fluminense/RJ Tuta for Fluminense. * Figueirense/SC 2 x 0 Corinthians/SP Penalty: Figueirense 3×2 Corinthians Bilu and Rodrigo for Figueirense. Santa Cruz/PE 1 x 0 * Cruzeiro/MG Carlinhos Bala for Santa Cruz. * Atlético/MG 3 x 1 Ituano/SP Fábio Júnior x2 and Rodrigo Fabri for Atlético Mineiro. Joélson for […]
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May 02, 2005
São Paulo FC confirmed Paulo Autuori’s arrival as the new coach. Autuori leaves the Peru national team to manage the Paulista club until December 31st 2006. Very experienced, the new coach has coached many Brazilian teams before like Cruzeiro, Flamengo, Botafogo or Santos and also European clubs as Benfica Lisbon and Vitoria Guimaraes in Portugal. […]
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May 02, 2005
SECOND ROUND Coritiba/PR 2 x 3 Santos/SP Márcio Egídio and Reginaldo Nascimento for Coritiba. Fabiano x2 and Robinho for Santos. Paysandu/PA 1 x 2 Fluminense/RJ Róbson for Paysandu. Gabriel x2 for Fluminense. Botafogo/RJ 3 x 1 Corinthians/SP Alex Alves x2 and Ramon for Botafogo. Gil for le Corinthians. Juventude/RS 1 x 0 Atlético/PR Edu Silva […]
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Apr 28, 2005
This evening the Seleção will face Guatemala in a friendly match in Pacaembu, São Paulo. The match has been arranged to commemorate 40 years of the broadcaster Globo. The Seleção is made up of only Brazilian based players, due to this not been an official FIFA game. This friendly however will give Parreira the opportunity […]
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Apr 28, 2005
Football legend Romário played and scored in his final game for Brazil’s national team, helping them beat Guatemala 3-0. It was defender Anderson who put Brazil ahead with a header in the 4th min, followed by Romário 16th min and Grafite closed the scoring with a shot from the edge of the penalty area in […]
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Apr 27, 2005
Robinho’s dream is close to realization: playing with Romario on the front of the Seleção attack tonight. At their arrival in São Paulo, Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira declared that the eleven players who will start will be a “past and future” mix. However, he said that he would decide the composition of the Seleção at […]
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Apr 27, 2005
The Brazilian national championship returns this weekend, FC Santos are the reigning champions – formerly coached by Wanderley Luxemburgo – hoping to retain the trophy. The Brazilian national championship is one of the hardest leagues in the world to predict a winner from, lots of teams are capable of lifting the trophy. Here we run […]
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Apr 27, 2005
Left-side Gustavo Nery and playmaker Roger, both players from Corinthians, won’t play Brazil’s friendly game against Guatemala, Wednesday. The two injured players have been examined by the doctor of the Brazilian delegation, José Luis Runco and they have been authorized to go back to their club. Last week, Atlético Paranaense’s midfielder Fernandinho was also withdrawn, […]
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Apr 25, 2005
The opening weekend of the Brasileirão 2005 saw some great games, goals and threw up a few unexpected results. The championship started on Saturday with Paraná vs Goiás and Atlético-MG vs Figueirense. Goiás managing a 2 nil away win thanks to Lei and Fábio. The Atlético-MG game was the thriller of the day, which saw […]
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Apr 25, 2005
Atlético/PR 0 x 1 Ponte Preta Kahê for Atlético. Santos 4 x 1 Paysandu Deivid x2, Robinho and Edmilson. Leonardo own goal for Paysandu. Brasiliense 2 x 2 Vasco Giovani and Tiano for Brasiliense. Romário and Alex Dias for Vasco. Internacional 0 x 2 Botafogo César Prates and Túlio for Botafogo. Fortaleza 0 x 1 […]