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São Caetano 2 x 2 Palmeiras Osmar and Warley for Palmeiras. Fábio Pinto and Marcinho for São Caetano. Flamengo 1 x 1 Cruzeiro Fred for Cruzeiro. Júnior Baiano for Flamengo. Paraná 0 x 2 Goiás Lei and Fabio for Goias. Atlético/MG 4 x 1 Figueirense Ataliba, Euller, Rodrigo Fabri and Fabio Junior for Atlético. Rodrigo […]
Flamengo has named Celso Roth as the new coach, the team’s third in 2 1/2 months. Roth, who last year led Goias to sixth place in the national competition, replaces Stival Cuca, who was fired a week ago after Flamengo was beaten at home by Ceara in the first leg of the round of 16 […]
Vasco da Gama and Palmeiras have both signed new coaches before the start of the Brazilian championship on Saturday. Vasco announced that Dario Lourenco would take over from Joel Santana, who resigned on Wednesday following a 3-0 home defeat to third division Baraunas in the Copa Brasil. Lourenco, led Volta Redonda to the final of […]
COPA DO BRASIL Coritiba/PR 2 x 1 Treze/PB Nunes and Marciano for Coritiba. Adelino for Treze. Internacional/RS 1 x 0 Paulista/SP Jorge Wagner for Internacional. COPA LIBERTADORES Universidad (Chi) 1 x 1 São Paulo FC Gioino for Universidad. Luizão for São Paulo.
Tuesday’s defeat against Santo André in the Copa Libertadores was fatal for Candinho. Head of the Verdão since Last February, he never come up with a solution to remedy the bad results of club. Now, Palmeiras are looking for a new coach to train the club for the next national championship which will begin this […]
COPA DO BRASIL Cruzeiro/MG 4 x 0 Santa Cruz/PE Athirson, Weldon x2 and Diego for Cruzeiro. Fluminense/RJ 3 x 0 Grêmio/RS Tuta x2 and Juninho for Fluminense. Ceará/CE 1 x 1 Flamengo/RJ Camanducaia for Ceara. Obina for Flamengo. Corinthians/SP 2 x 0 Figueirense/SC Tevez and Marcelo Mattos for Corinthians Vasco/RJ 0 x 3 Baraúnas/RN Cícero […]
Emerson Leão has sensationaly quit São Paulo FC’s coach. The former Brazilian goalkeeper confirmed that he had accepted Japanese Vissel Kobé’s club in Japan’s first division. After his success on the regional scene, the Paulista League, São Paulo’s Directors counted on Leão to continue their excellent Copa Liberdatores form. But the lure of the Japanese […]
Charles Miller – the man who brought football to Brazil [photo=miller.jpg id=55 align=right]In the 19th century, the British funded the Brazilian economy, built Brazil’s infrastructure – and taught Brazil how to play football. Brazil was never part of the British Empire. However, a small but very influential group of Britons lived and worked in Brazil. […]
65,000 people crammed into the Maracanã on Sunday to watch the unlikely finalist Volta Redondo face 29 times winner Fluminense (Volta have never won). The match is played over two games – both in the Maracanã – with Volta Redondo going into the final with a one goal advantage (the first game finished 3-4). The […]
The final day of the Paulista championship provided little excitement, given São Paulo had secured the title several games ago. But this didn’t stop the increasingly strong looking São Paulo winning their final game, beating Mogi Mirim 2-1; goals for Grafite and Souza, with Marcelo Rosa scoring for Mogi. With the championship title decided the […]
Flamengo fired coach Stival Cuca on Friday, two days after the team’s loss to Ceara in the Brazil Cup. Club directors ended Cuca’s contract saying they needed to make changes in order to put the team back on track before the upcoming Brazilian championship. Cuca’s replacement had not been selected. Flamengo, Brazil’s most popular club, […]
Kleberson has insisted that his future lies with Manchester United. Appearing on MUTV, Manchester Uniteds own tv channel, Kleberson insisted that “I hope I will be here next season, it’s a great club and obviously I still have a contract here,” Kleberson told MUTV. “I want to carry on at this club for as long […]
The CBF is trying to find friendly opposition after Argentina pulled out of a friendly and Uruguay and Ecuador refused invites. The friendly match is not in Fifa sancationed so it appears unclear exactly who Brazil will field should they arrange a game. The game has been arranged to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Globo […]
COPA DO BRASIL Baraúnas/RN 2 x 2 Vasco/RJ Alex Dias and Haroldo csc for Vasco. Cícero Ramalho and Álvaro for Baraúnas. COPA LIBERTADORES Atlético-PR (Bra) 2 x 1 América de Cali (Col) Fabrício and Lima for Atlético. Banguero for América.
COPA DO BRASIL Ituano/SP 0 x 0 Atlético/MG Flamengo/RJ 0 x 2 Ceará/CE Vanderlei and Barata for Ceará COPA LIBERTADORES São Paulo 3 x 1 Quilmes (Arg) Diego Tardelli x2 and Cicinho for São Paulo Rueda for Quilmes.
Having wrapped up the Paulista championship last weekend São Paulo were defeated by Ponte Preta, at home on Saturday. Luizão put São Paulo in front at 5min before Roger scored in the 14th and 46th min. Despite the defeat São Paulo celebrated the title as they received the trophy in front of the their supporters. […]
13/04: Ituano (SP) x Atlético-MG Flamengo x Ceará Baraúnas (RN) x Vasco Fluminense x Grêmio Corinthians x Figueirense Cruzeiro x Santa Cruz Coritiba x Treze Internacional or Friburguense x Paulista (SP) – To define Next round: 20/05.
Copa Brasil *Grêmio/RS 3 x 1 Vila Nova/GO Cláudio for Vila Nova. Fábio Bala, Márcio Oliveira and Tadeu for Grêmio. Remo/PA 2 x 4 *Figueirense/SC Paulo Sérgio, Cléber, Nildo and Creedence for Figueirense. Geraldo x2 for Remo. Guarani/SP 0 x 0 *Santa Cruz/PE Botafogo/RJ 2 x 2 *Paulista/SP Léo and Cristian for Paulista. Juca and […]
Fluminese (Taça Rio) and São Paulo (State Champions) both winners as the state championships enter there final stages. Sunday saw 74,650 people fill the Maracanã for the 100th cup final of the ‘Taça Rio’ which was a classic derby between Fla and Flu. Fluminese went in to the final as clear favourites and didn’t disappoint. […]
Brazil were unable to break there 29 year wait for a win in Montevideo as they came from behind to earn a 1-1 draw with Uruguay in a hard World Cup qualifier. Diego Forlan put Uruguay ahead in the early in the second half with his fifth goal of the qualifiers before midfielder Emerson grabbed […]
Dida Brazil keeper was very good as usually. Ruben Oliveira’s kick was very powerful. And Dida must be thought that he had kicked off a ball. He was not guilty of the goal. Cafu He got a not obligatory yellow card and he will miss next game. After this he wasn’t very outstanding. During all […]
Dida: Peru didn’t have many chances to make a goal. But in all existence moments Brazil’s keeper was super. Cafu: He did a big work content and didn’t have many problems with his rival Farfán. In first time his cross which Ronaldo didn’t use was brilliant. After break Cafu showed good interaction with his team-mate […]
União São João 2 x 2 Santos Juliano x2 for l’União. Deivid and William for Santos. Atlético Sorocaba 4 x 2 Ponte Preta Marcos Alexandre,Luciano Henrique x2 and Maicossuel for Sorocaba. Danilo and Rafael Santos for Ponte Preta. Portuguesa 2 x 1 São Paulo Washington x2 for Portuguesa. Júnior for São Paulo. Guarani 0 x […]
Tonight Brazil face the tough task of beating Uruguay in Montevideo. Something they have failed to do since Zico’s debut in 1976. In 24 games Brazil has suffered 12 defeats, drawn nine, and won on just three occasions. It underlines the point that Uruguay may be down but it is never out. Uruguay coach Jorge […]
