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November 26th, 2007

Stadium Collapses: 7 Killed and Over 70 Injured

By: Bruno Romani | Comments No Comments

Bahia, traditional club in Brazil, played for série C, the third division of the Campeonato Brasileiro. With the 0-0 draw against Vila Nova from Goiás, the 60 thousand fans went crazy. But what was supposed to be a huge party became the worst tragedy in the history of Brazilian football. Part of the stadium collapsed, […]

Category Category: Clubs, CBF


November 21st, 2007

Brazil 2 - 1 Uruguay: Luis Fabiano Returns to the Morumbi and Saves Brazil!

By: Bruno Romani | Comments 1 Comment

Luis Fabiano celebrates on top of Sao Paulo’s Badge
Brazil faced Uruguay tonight for the World Cup Qualifying in São Paulo. The stage was the Morumbi. It was mediocre. The first-half was one of the worst moments of Brazilian football. Uruguay took over the midfield and started creating changes. One after the other. There was […]

November 18th, 2007

Peru 1 - 1 Brazil: The Poorest Visitor Among the Top Nations of Football

By: Bruno Romani | Comments 1 Comment

 
After the memorable match against Ecuador last month, expectations were high for the match between Brazil and Peru. Too bad Brazil is probably one of the poorest visitors among the big nations of football. The rhythm of the team was lethargic, poor, not creative. The connection was happening straight from defense to attack with no […]

November 17th, 2007

The new kit of the Brazilian Squad

By: Bruno Romani | Comments 7 Comments

Brazil has announced the new version of the mythical yellow jersey. It was inspired by the kit used in the 1958 World Cup, and it will be used for the first time in the match against Uruguay in Sao Paulo. Take a look:

Compare the new kit with the 1958 one:

However, as a Nike produced kit, […]

Category Category: National Team
November 13th, 2007

The 4 Clubs Back to Serie A: Congrats Coritiba, Ipatinga, Portuguesa, Vitória

By: Bruno Romani | Comments 3 Comments

With 2 matches still to go, série B has defined the 4 clubs going to first division next year. The 4 clubs will bring excitement and history to série A.
 
1)Coritiba:
Brazilian Champs of 1985, the club from Curitiba is back to first division just 2 years after relegation. They were the only club who qualified rounds […]

Category Category: Tournaments, Clubs


November 12th, 2007

Felipe Leaves Corinthians Further Away From Relegation

By: Bruno Romani | Comments No Comments

Felipe is the man. With just few months at Corinthians, the goalkeeper is imprinting his name in the most dramatic pages of the club’s history. This Sunday, Corinthians and Goiás played a battle in Goiânia as both clubs try to escape relegation. The winner was going to push the loser to the bottom four. Paulo […]

Category Category: Tournaments, Players
November 5th, 2007

Goalkeeper scores, makes a mistake and gets injured. All in one match.

By: Bruno Romani | Comments 2 Comments

Ironically as it may sound,  every weekedend  a goalkeeper is the character of the Campeonato Brasileiro. In a land of Pele’s and Ronaldinho’s, keepers are on the media for their stupidity.  This Sunday the man wasn’t even Brazilian.
Argentinean Saja who plays for Gremio ran the field when Gremio had a penalty to its favor in the match […]

Category Category: Players
November 5th, 2007

Libertadores, Relegation: Campeonato Brasileiro is Alive!

By: Bruno Romani | Comments 2 Comments

The Campeonato Brasileiro already has its champion. Does it make the rest of the championship boring? I don’t think so. The battles to qualify to Copa Libertadores and to escape relegation are thrilling, as if each team played for its own title.
Who expected Flamengo, who fought relegation just months ago, to be fighting for a […]

Category Category: Tournaments



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