Articles tagged with "campeonato brasileiro"
5-5 Draw?! Welcome Back Campeonato Brasileiro!
By Bruno Romani | May 11th, 2008Campeonato Brasileiro is back. The headline of the weekend could’ve been the defeat at home of current champs São Paulo against Grêmio, 1-0. Coach Celso Roth saved his head this time. But this is not the big news. Goalie Nei, from Vitória, ...
Quick Predictions for Campeonato Brasileiro
By Bruno Romani | May 9th, 2008Still with the state championships echoing and Copa do Brasil and Libertadores driving more attention, Campeonato Brasileiro starts this weekend. And this blog cannot help itself and post a few predictions. Last year worked pretty well. The tit ...
CORINTHIANS RELEGATED!
By Bruno Romani | December 2nd, 2007It was thrilling. After 37 rounds, the Campeonato Brasileiro reached its last weekend of 2007. One round left. A day too short for so many emotions and accelerated hearts. The champion lifted the trophy a month ago. Emotions today were reserved for re
Felipe Leaves Corinthians Further Away From Relegation
By Bruno Romani | November 13th, 2007Felipe 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 w
Libertadores, Relegation: Campeonato Brasileiro is Alive!
By Bruno Romani | November 6th, 2007The 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
RED, WHITE, BLACK: SAO PAULO BRAZILIAN CHAMPION AGAIN
By Bruno Romani | November 1st, 2007There is a club in Brazil whose fans are always smiling. And they smile because they know their club is very organized. Because this club offers all the means for its players to develop their job. These fans smile, chant and celebrate because they k
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
Locals: You Win. Corinthians smells relegation...
By Bruno Romani | October 23rd, 2007For the first time since the Campeonato Brasileiro put an end to finals to copy European leagues all the locals won in the same round. It could not be worse for Corinthians. São Paulo 1 x 0 Cruzeiro: Last chance for Cruzeiro to show anything. São Pau
After 4 years, Corinthians Beats São Paulo
By Bruno Romani | October 8th, 2007It was meant to be. The situations of both clubs are so different that everybody expected São Paulo to crush Corinthians. São Paulo leader. Corinthians fighting relegation. São Paulo collected titles in recent years. Corinthians has been facing a feder
Corinthians: The Worst Weekend Ever!
By Bruno Romani | October 1st, 2007As São Paulo walks calmly towards the title after the 2-1 victory against Internacional in Porto Alegre and Cruzeiro’s 2-1 defeat at home against Figueirense, the headlines of the moment are all about Corinthians. The club fell to the 18th spot in the
Can Cruzeiro Stop São Paulo?
By Bruno Romani | September 24th, 2007Another round out of São Paulo’s way to the Brazilian title. Can anybody stop them? Nine points ahead of the club in second with just 11 matches to go, best defense, 8 goals allowed in 27 matches, young talents, such as Hernanes and Breno, an experienc
After 987 minutes, something different
By Bruno Romani | September 17th, 2007Everything remains the same in the Campeonato Brasileiro. Or almost. Many derbies were played on the weekend. Despite the thrilling performance, Atlético-MG did not resist and lost against Cruzeiro in a 4-3 derby. Roni scored twice and kept Cruzeiro s
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
Round 24: Round of Finals
By Bruno Romani | September 8th, 2007Thanks AJ for keeping this blog running. Your writings have been very helpful. And you, dear reader, should check out his blog. By AJ from Cruzeiro's blog. Results Goiás 2 x 3 Atlético-PR Corinthians 1 x 0 América-RN Juventude 1 x 0 Cruz
Round 23: Goals Galore
By Bruno Romani | September 3rd, 2007By AJ from Cruzeiro's blog Saturday This Saturday three games were played: São Paulo x Paraná, América-RN x Juventude, Flamengo x Sport. São Paulo kicked off the weekend at home in the Morumbi. What came next nobody expected. São Paulo applied a
São Paulo Wins and Stares at the Title
By Bruno Romani | August 30th, 2007Rogerio Ceni leaves the goal and dribles Edmundo What a night for São Paulo. The leaders of the league played a thrilling derby with Palmeiras, the 4th club in the race for the title, at Parque Antártica and won by 1-0. Jorge Wágner scored the
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
Corinthians' Coach Fired After Loss to Cruzeiro
By Bruno Romani | August 26th, 2007Carpegiani: Last Goodbye Cruzeiro massacred Corinthians at the Pacaembu. Not only the blue team confirmed its good moment with the sixth straight victory, but also it got Paulo César Carpegiani, Corinthians’ coach, fired. Alecssandro, a favori
Referees Help Clubs from Porto Alegre
By Bruno Romani | August 26th, 2007Referees took the Saturday to help the big sides from Porto Alegre. In Rio, Fluminense had the lead and played better than Grêmio. With 14 minutes, the locals opened the score through Thiago Silva. Nine minutes later, Grêmio had its biggest chance in th
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
Botafogo's Fall (And It Can Get Worse)
By Bruno Romani | August 20th, 2007The second half of the Campeonato Brasileiro started today. After it lost to São Paulo, Botafogo started to go down the hill. Another two teams passed the once favorites. Cruzeiro, with 3 goals by Alecssandro, defeated Fluminense by 4-2 and moved to s
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
Happy Sunday for Cruzeiro
By Bruno Romani | August 13th, 2007São Paulo was just 2 minutes away of a perfect weekend. But Alecssandro with a header added a new color to the 19th round of the Campeonato Brasileiro. The color is blue. Blue from Cruzeiro. Blue from the only team chasing São Paulo to win. The 2-
São Paulo is the "Winter Champions"
By Bruno Romani | August 12th, 2007As it expected, São Paulo did not have a hard time this Saturday at the Morumbi to beat Atlético-PR and pocket the symbolic title of “Winter Champions.” The tricolor opened the score board with just 5 minutes through Jorge Wagner. Atlético created
Inter Fires Coach and Corinthians is back to the relegation zone
By Bruno Romani | August 11th, 2007Abel Braga is back to Inter. Just 4 months after leaving the club, the coach was hired to replace Alexandre Gallo, who took the job when Braga left. Braga, who took Inter to the titles of the Copa Libertadores and the Club World Cup, will already be ahead
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
Palmeiras is the Robin Hood and Luxemburgo Killed Leão
By Bruno Romani | August 2nd, 2007They don’t like each. And both love personal-marketing. Considered two of the top coaches in Brazil, Leão and Luxemburgo met last night at the Mineirão in an unusual mid-table situation for both at the same time. As usual, Luxemburgo left as the winne
Trio Benefits from the Weekend
By Bruno Romani | July 30th, 2007Only 3 teams benefited from the weekend round of the Brasileiro. And everything I say in one round happens exactly in the opposite way in the next. Just to show you how good I’m at this. Coincidence, or not, 2 out of these 3 clubs have blogs here on t
They did it again...
By Bruno Romani | July 27th, 2007As usual, one post to save time about the two days of the 14th round of the Brasileirão. The round had many incredible moments. Alexandro Pato did it again. On Wednesday, the goal, the only one in the match between Inter and Paraná, he scored i
Flamengo and Corinthians say Hello to Relegation
By Bruno Romani | July 23rd, 2007The Campeonato Brasileiro gets more equilibrated after each round. Botafogo didn’t win again, and now at least 11 clubs fight for the top 3 spots. The club from Rio had 3-3 draw in the match against Sport in Recife. Carlinhos Bala scored 2 goals for the
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