Humiliated by its Main Rival, Grêmio No Longer is in 1st

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It was just aroun the corner, but this weekend it finally happened. Grêmio is no longer seating on top of Campeonato Brasileiro. And the move down came in dramatic fashion. Grêmio was humiliated by its great rival Internacional. The derby was well fought, but Inter, fueled the most incisive trio in Brazilin football, was fell [...]

Category: Tournaments

Tags: Alex, Campeonato Brasileiro Brasileiro 08, Grêmio, Grenal, Inter-RS, Kleber Pereira, Nilmar, Palmeiras, Tournaments

The Players to Take On Colombia and Venezuela

By: Bruno Romani | 4 Comments

We always hope this is the last time Dunga calls the players. but this time I won’t say anything. These are the players to take on Colombia and Venezuela. Nice to see that Ronaldinho and Diego are not even in the list. Too bad Andreson did not join them. Kleber is not playing well for [...]

Category: National Team

Tags: National Team

Predictions for the Title, Libertadores, Relegation and New Talent

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I hate blogs with posts like “hey, I’m sorry I’m late”. Hey, if you’re in this business you either do it or not. So this is what happened last weekend for Campeonato Brasileiro:
Fluminense 2 x 3 Coritiba
Goiás 4 x 1 Santos
Atlético-MG 2 x 1 Náutico
Portuguesa 3 x 1 Botafogo
Atlético-PR 0 x 0 Grêmio
Sport 0 x [...]

Category: CBF

Tags: 26th round, brasileiro 08, Campeonato Brasileiro, CBF, predicitons

Canal 100 Tuesday

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Today a match between Flamengo and Palmeiras for the 1980 Campeonato Brasileiro. The 6-2 translates well why the 80’s was a decade Palmeiras fans want to forget, and why Flamengo fans still celebrate it. Enjoy.

Category: Canal 100

Tags: Canal 100, Flamengo, Palmeiras

What Politics Teaches Us: Ex-Senator Flipping Off Rival Fans in the Stadium

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The man below is Luiz Estevao, Brazilian ex-Senator showing all the manners that politics taught him. In the early 00’s, he was caught in corruption scandals and impeached. Since then, he decided that football was a more honest environment and has been dedicating his time to the club he owns: Brasiliense. The diplomatic gestures happened [...]

Category: Folklore

Tags: Brasiliense, Campeonato Brasileiro, finger, flipping off, Folklore, Gama, Luiz Estevao, no shame, Second Division

Ronaldo Became the Angry Fat Dude Fighting at his own party!

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Ronaldo does not stop producing funny headlines. This time, his 32th birthday party ended at 8 am with him calling someone for a fight. Ronaldo appeared without his shirt, in a typical scene of the angry fat dude who did not get laid found any in club near you. What shows how f*cked up the [...]

Category: Folklore

Tags: alcohol, CBF, Djalminha, dude, fat, fights, Folklore, knee, recovery, Ronaldo, weight

When Predictions Go Right

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So Vasco announced the return of coach Renato gaucho. Well, this blog predicted this 2 months ago, when Renato was still the coach of Fluminense. Sometimes we get things right.

Category: Clubs

Tags: Clubs, Fluminense, predictions, Renato Gaucho, Vasco

Copa Sulamericana: Very little for some. A lot for others.

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Copa Sulamericana means nothing to Brazilian clubs, right? Not always. The crisis that took over Vasco in the Campeonato spilled to the continental competition, resulting in the coach’s resignation and lots of criticism offered by the leaders of the team. Coach Tita could not take another humiliating defeat and left. In his final words, he [...]

Category: Clubs, Tournaments

Tags: Clubs, Copa Sulamericana, Edmundo, Jorge Prea, Leandro Amaral, Palmeiras, Roberto Dinamite, Tita, Tournaments, Vasco

Canal 100 Tuesday

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In the 90’s, Canal 100 became a TV series aired on TV Manchete, a channel that no longer exists. The screen got smaller, but the emotions and asthetics remained. If the size took away some of the emotions, being on TV allowed the documentaries to be longer. This is how Canal 100 documented the highest [...]

Category: Canal 100

Tags: Botafogo, Canal 100, CBF, Santos, Tulio, TV Manchete

Being from Rio Sucked on The Weekend

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Being from Rio in the 25th round of Campeonato Brasileiro sucked. The four clubs 4. 2 of them are in the relegation zone and the other 2 fighting for the top spots lost key matches against direct rivals.

In the two matches involving the best clubs, Botafogo and Flamengo took on direct rivals for the [...]

Category: CBF

Tags: 25th round, Botafogo, brasileiro 08, Campeonato Brasileiro, CBF, Flamengo, Fluminense, Leandro Amaral, Vasco