Articles tagged with "flamengo"
Copa Libertadores Down to Quarterfinals
By Daryl | May 10th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4mfSsqRaUA[/youtube] Incredible action in the Copa Libertadores last sixteen second legs this week. Newly crowned Rio de Janeiro state champs Flamengo had a 4-2 first leg lead and were expecting an easy win ...
Maracanazo! What a night for America
By Albert | May 8th, 2008All hope was lost. Ruben Omar Romano was fired after the loss in Azteca to Flamengo. The new Coach, Antonio Luna, said that it would be a dream/fantasy to think they would pass against Flamengo in the 2nd leg in Brazil. No one believed America co ...
The Aguilas Face El Mengao in Mexico City.
By Mauro | April 30th, 2008CF America vs. Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico) LIVE @ 3:30pm PST on Fox Sports Español. America are at the bottom of the Mexican league but have fared really well at home in the Libertadores and that was en ...
Players To Watch In The Next Round.
By Mauro | April 28th, 2008I figured it would be best to start from the top of the fixture list I published late last week. Corporación Deportiva Atlético Nacional vs. Fluminense Football Club (Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellin, Colombia) Atlético Nacional have, ...
Flamengo Keeper Bruno Bends Home a Free Kick
By Daryl | April 25th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYiJMQXqNV8[/youtube] Flamengo were already qualified for the knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores, but the Brazilian side topped the group with a 2-0 win over Coronel Bolognesi of Peru. The best moment ...
Round of 16 Matches Are Set.
By Mauro | April 24th, 2008With the end of the group stage coming to a close, these are the round of 16 ties. You'll find that there are no teams representing the following countries: Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Paraguay. Fluminense - Atlético Nacional Sao Paulo - Nacion ...
Flamengo Struggle But Win As Expected.
By Mauro | April 24th, 2008Not that anyone thought that Flamengo would have any trouble taking care of Bolognesi but man, did it take a while for that first one to go in. Flamengo was in the next round despite what was going to happen today and the Peruvians decided they w ...
Nacional Stroll Into The Next Round.
By Mauro | April 24th, 2008Actually, it wasn't quite the thump, but still Nacional handled Cienciano in front of a packed house at Parque Central. Nacional dominated play via crosses into the area looking for Richard "El Chengue" Morales' head which they found with very li ...
Flamengo Should Beat Bolognesi, Easy Peasy.
By Mauro | April 23rd, 2008Clube de Ragatas do Flamengo vs. Coronel Bolognesi FC (Estadio Maracaná, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Tape delay at 1:00am Thursday the 24th on Fox Sports Español. Group 4 have Flamengo sitting on top with only one point separating themselves fr ...
Nacional Face Cagey Cienciano in Montevideo.
By Mauro | April 23rd, 2008Club Nacional de Football vs. Club Cienciano del Cuzco (Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay) LIVE at 3:30pm, Wednesday the 23rd, on Fox Sports Español. Nacional can advance with a draw against Cienciano tonight. Nacional are riding h ...
Some Numbers of Interest, So Far.
By Mauro | April 21st, 2008This week will see the end of the Copa Libertadores second round group stage come to a close. Groups 3, 4 and 7 will be finishing off their final matches and those teams still in the hunt for a place in the knock-out rounds are looking to do all th ...
Flamengo spank Cienciano at 3,400 meters above sea level.
By Mauro | April 10th, 2008Cienciano vs. Flamengo (Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega, Cusco, Peru) Flamengo disperse their own neuroses about playing in the high altitude by really taking it to Cienciano in Peru last night. Cienciano was missing two of their midfielders, Willi ...
Flamengo Ready for Andean Test.
By Mauro | April 8th, 2008Club Sportivo Cienciano vs. Flamengo (Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega, Cuzco, Peru) The big hullabaloo in this match was that of late, the Brazilian clubs have been trying to get out of having to send their teams up to the high altitude stadiums in B ...
Nacional, one step closer. Bolognesi? Goodbye.
By Mauro | April 4th, 2008(Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay) Last night, Nacional de Montevideo hosted Coronel Bolognesi. I expected a big match from Nacional's striker Chengue Morales, but it seems that when you do little to mask your strategy, you make it easy for ...
Episode 14: Drunk with Power (Plus Contest!)
By Ian Rose | March 12th, 2008Once we got over the Guardian ranking The Offside the 35th most powerful blog in the world, we got back to business, as Anne Ramzy, Christian Reyes and Ryan Knapp join me for the 14th episode of our weekly podcast. We talk about the Copa Libertadores, th
Copa Libertadores 08 Lesson # 1
By Bruno Romani | March 7th, 2008Hitting the Ballboy won't help you to win the Cup. Flamengo learned this lesson last night. Nacional from Uruguay beat the Brazilians 3-0. When the match was 1-0 for the locals, midfielder Toró pushed the 13 year-old ball guy and got sent-off. In the sec
Half of the Championship is Over in Rio
By Bruno Romani | February 25th, 2008Maracanã with 80 thousand chanting fans. You know what that means. It was the match that was going to define the champion of the first-half of Rio’s state championship! Flamengo and Botafogo were in action. The two sides fought a lot. Wellington
4 Clubs and 2 Derbies: A Preview of Copa Libertadores in the States Leagues
By Bruno Romani | February 11th, 2008A month later, the season in Brazil seems to be taking off. Both the Paulista and Carioca Championships had great derbies on the weekend, involving 4 of the 5 Brazilian clubs in this year’s Copa Libertadores. In São Paulo, the match was São P
News Roundup As We All Drink to Adriano
By Martha | January 18th, 2008•Four of the players on UEFA.com's fan-chosen Team of the Year squad ply their trade in Italy, including three Rossoneri. Kaka, Alessandro Nesta and Clarence Seedorf are joined in the team by their totally awesome mortal enemy Zlatan Ibrahimovic. (No Pi
Giant News Roundup As Global Warming Really Kicks In
By Martha | January 8th, 2008•Holy crap, Alberto Aquilani made it through a match! Quick, wrap him and cotton wool and put him away until the weekend. •As Jeremy reported this morning, Cagliari are doing their level best to convince themselves (and anyone else who cares) that
Brazilians Actually Going to Training (But For How Long?)
By Martha | January 2nd, 2008By some miracle, Ronaldinho actually made it back from Brazil in time for Barcelona's first post-break training session (look out for flying pigs), and Ronaldo and Milan's mass of Brazilians is on his way to Dubai, not shacked up drunk somewhere with Flam
Ronaldo to Flamengo?
By Martha | December 26th, 2007I'm not actually back yet, but since it's starting to look like an exodus of lumpy Brazilians is sweeping Milan, I figured I should make some time for a post. Just a few days after Inter and Sao Paolo agreed a loan deal for Adriano, the international pres
Good, Bad and Ugly for Inter
By Martha | November 19th, 2007The international weekend was a busy one for Inter, despite very little actually happening in Milan. Most of the action took place in South America where, you may have heard, a whole lot of Nerazzurri players ply their international trade. In good news
São Paulo 99% Champion; Corinthians Gets Some Hope
By Bruno Romani | October 29th, 2007Five 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 firs
1 man, 3 matches
By Bruno Romani | September 13th, 2007Three matches to follow in my return to the blog. 1)In China, the Brazilian girls played a bad first-half against New Zeland, but conducted by Marta, the second-half was turned another massacre of this team. 5-0 and a decent debut the national team in
Flamengo Leaves the relegation Zone
By Bruno Romani | August 27th, 2007It took 13 rounds, but Flamengo finally will sleep outside the relegation zone. The Maracanã received 50 thousand fans that painted the stadium red and black and filled it with chants and flags. As a heart that beats in flaming passion, the fans carried
São Paulo to face Boca Juniors/ Messi's Cousin scores again
By Bruno Romani | August 24th, 2007Copa Sulamericana will have its first big clash in the round of 16. São Paulo and Figueirense tied 1-1 at the Morumbi on Thursday, and with this São Paulo will take on Boca Juniors. Coach Muricy Ramalho had its usual starters, except for defender Mirand
Flamengo Introduces Messi's Cousin to the World
By Bruno Romani | August 17th, 2007There is a reason a Fla-Flu is a mythical derby. There is magic on the air when both clubs collide. Last night, at Maracanã the match happened the way it always should: as the only one of the day. So that everybody pays attention to it. 50 thous
Botafogo Loses the Head, the Match and the First Place; São Paulo Leader
By Bruno Romani | August 9th, 2007At Maracanã, Botafogo and São Paulo played the most awaited match of this season so far. The difference between the two sides was only 2 points, and as the winner was going to grab the 1st spot in the table, the match was considered by the media a
Money & Transfers
By AJ | August 8th, 2007Money & transfers, like peanut butter & jelly, it seems like these two were made for each other. So without further undo let's talk about money & transfers, shall we? Overview Well, to start, let's get one thing clear, don't burst into la
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