National Team

March 26th, 2008

Brazil 1 - 0 Sweden: His Name is Pato.

By: Bruno Romani | Comments 3 Comments

To start talking about this match, it is mandatory to forget that it celebrated the 50th anniversary of Brazil’s first World Cup. In the 58 final, Brazil had Zito, Vavá, Didi, Garrincha, Nilton Santos besides a youngster named Pelé. In 08, Brazil sent to the pit Richarlysson, Josué, Júlio Baptista, Gilberto Silva and an uninspired […]

Category Category: National Team


March 11th, 2008

22 Men to Face Sweden

By: Bruno Romani | Comments 8 Comments

Dunga announced this morning the 22 players who will take on Sweden in a friendly on the 26th which will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Brazil’s first World Cup. Again, he called many players eligeble for the Olympics.  
GOALKEEPERS
Júlio César (Inter/ITA)
Diego Alves* (Almeria/ESP)
SIDEBACKS
Daniel Alves (Sevilla/ESP)
Rafinha* (Schalke/ALE)
Marcelo* (Real Madrid/ESP)
DEFENDERS
Lúcio (Bayern/ALE)
Juan (Roma/ITA)
Léo* (Grêmio)
Alex (Chelsea/ING)
MIDFIELDERS
Gilberto Silva (Arsenal/ING)
Hernanes* (São Paulo)
Josué […]

Category Category: National Team
February 7th, 2008

Brazil 1 x 0 Ireland: Not Bad

By: Bruno Romani | Comments 2 Comments

 
It wasn’t a great game. But it wasn’t bad either. Nowadays, breath taking performances are reserved only to when the other team is Argentina and the match is a final one. In times of “there’s no innocent in the sport,” Brazil put out a good performance considering it was the first match of the year. […]

Category Category: National Team, CBF
January 22nd, 2008

The National Squad to Take On Ireland is…

By: Bruno Romani | Comments 2 Comments

Dunga announced today the 23 players who will take on Ireland on Feb. 6th. One thing is clear: the Olympics have started. Among the 23 players, 10 are eligible for the Olympics. Another surprise was midfielder Richarlysson from Sao Paulo who is not eligible for the Olympics.  This new team looks much better without Afonso, […]

Category Category: National Team
December 9th, 2007

Brasileiro All-Stars Crush the Olympic National Squad Headed by Dunga

By: Bruno Romani | Comments 4 Comments

The olympic national squad, or the U-23, played this Sunday the match that officially closed the Brazilian season. The youngsters faced the Brasileiro all-stars, team made of some of the best players of the Brazilian league and coached by Joel Santana and Caio Jr.
If the two coaches had all the great Brazilian players of 2007, Dunga […]



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
October 29th, 2007

São Paulo 99% Champion; Corinthians Gets Some Hope

By: Bruno Romani | Comments No Comments

Five matches to go. Fifteen points ahead of the second team. São Paulo is 99% the champion. This weekend the club who conceived 13 goals in 33 matches visited Sport and won with keeper Rogério Ceni as the protagonist. Again. Rogério scored the first with a free-kick. Minutes later, he missed a penalty. Later on, […]

October 18th, 2007

Watch Robinho’s New Move: “You go that way, I’ll go this way”

By: Bruno Romani | Comments 1 Comment





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