"They were Drunk..."

Everybody knows that. But now Ricardo Teixeira, the president of CBF, confirmed the state of the Brazilian squad in the 06 World Cup. The newspaper ...

The Shocking Truth About Brazilian Firms

Great British documentary about firms all over the world. The episode about Brazil is scary. This is the truth that the big Brazilian media ignores. This ...

Ricardo Teixeira Elected for Another Term Ahead of CBF

A victory on Sunday for Brazilian football, and a loss this Monday. Ricardo Teixeira has been reelected for another 7 years term (!) ahead of CBF. ...

A Round Nobody Watched

Today the remaining games of the 8th round of the Brasileirao took place. Yes, a round that started on Thursday ended today, throwing important derbies ...

U-20 WC: Brazil Disappointing...

  The moment is not a good one to Brazilian football. The transition of generations is hard. Today the U-20 World Cup started, showing some of ...

The Countdown for the Departure of Dunga Has Started!

There’s no way around it. In Brazil, football and the economy never do well at the same time. If they do happen, there’s no politics. ...

CBF Did It Again: The Mishandling of Brazilian Football

 The mishandling of Brazilian football, specially the clubs, by CBF is notorious, but it seems every year they put effort into messing it up. The unattractive Pan-American ...

Generic Versions of Santos and São Paulo Bring Rivalry to the Second Division in the Jungle

Amapa, in perspective. Fans and journalists expected 2007 to be another year which Santos and São Paulo would play all finals and win all titles available. ...

Vasco is the new leader in the Brasileirao

Another weekend, a new leader. Vasco crushed Grêmio, who was saving its main players for the finals of the Copa Libertadores, with a 4-0 victory ...

Internacional is the King of the Cups in South America

Last night, Internacional and Pachuca played the second-leg of the Recopa. The Mexican team held a 2-1 advantage from the first game, and sought to ...

After 23 Years Fluminense Wins a National Title

  Fluminense visited Figueirense in Floripa and won by 1-0, through Roger. Fluminense is the Champions. Fluminense is in the 2008 edition of Copa Libertadores.      Update: 23 years. Time in which ...

Grêmio is the Brazilian runners-up in the Libertadores; Santos is Out!

  Santos won by 3-1 at the Vila Belmiro, but Grêmio is in the finals! Grêmio scored first with Diego Souza, but Santos came back with Renatinho ...

Brazil's Official Roster for Copa America

Now it's official. This is the Brazilian Squad in the Copa America: Goal-Keepers Doni - Roma Helton - Porto Wingers Maicon - Internazionale Daniel Alves - Sevilla Kleber - Santos Gilberto - Hertha ...

Brazil 0 x 0 Turkey: wake me up...

Before anything else, it’s clear: Brazil should not be allowed to play friendly matches anymore. They’re lazy, lame, mechanical and dragging. They lack commitment, creativity ...

Brazil 1 x 1 England: Another boring game in the Dunga saga.

  Another friendly game, ground for boredom, laziness and business. Teams mirror their coaches and this Brazilian team is exactly what Dunga used to be. It ...

Fluminense and Figueirense Just Tie for the 1st Leg of Copa do Brasil's Final

  Ok, the report is a bit late, but it’s here. I wanted to wait until the highlights were on Youtube. After all, we’re talking about ...

Maracanã Stores Illegal Beer

 The newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reports that employees at the Maracanã found inside the stadium a clandestine storage with 12 thousand cans of beer. ...

Dunga announces pre-called squad to Copa America

Dunga announced today 34 players pre-called (whatever that means) to Copa America. 23 will stay. GOAL-KEEPERS Diego (Atlético-MG) Doni (Roma/ITA) Helton (Porto/POR)   WINGERS Cicinho (Real Madrid/ESP) Daniel Alves (Sevilla/ESP)

Copa do Brasil: Another Weird Final

As I’ve said before: since CBF prohibited the clubs that play the Libertadores to participate in the Copa do Brasil, the tournament keeps getting weird ...

Decline and Redemption: The second round of the Brasileiro

Coaches who chose to save their main players for the mid-week round of the Copa do Brasil and Libertadores faced losses this weekend in the ...

Why Brazilians No Longer Care About the National Team

 Everyone knows that the national identity of Brazilians walks hand-to-hand with sports, especially football. In every part of the world, it is easy to spot ...

Dunga Announces the National Team of Friendly Matches in June

Dunga announced the national team that will take on England and Turkey in June.The list is: Goal-Keepers: Doni - Roma (ITA) Hélton – Porto (POR) Wingers Gilberto – Hertha Berlim ...

Libertadores and Copa do Brasil: The end is near!

Few Brazilians clubs have action during the week at this time of the year. This is so because Copa Libertadores and Copa do Brasil are ...

The First Round of the Brasileiro! CBF Couldn't Care Less

Following CBF’s great marketing strategies to make the campeonato brasileiro more attractive to fans and media, the league started almost unnoticed Saturday night. CBF is ...

Get Ready again: The Serie B is also about to Start!

Ok, ok. Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, is the one that draws more attention. But Série B, the second division, is ...

Get Ready: Campeonato Brasileiro is about to Start

Yep, there's nothing like persuading people in the third world to get cheap labor. This is how Luis Felipe, the new correspondent for the blog was ...

Bruno Romani

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Palmeiras World Champions?

 So I’m new to the Offside team, bringing what you should know about Brazilian soccer (do you prefer the word football?). Be nice to me, ...

Bruno

Let the games begin

The Brazilian season just started this weekend and people doesn’t understand very well what’s is going on. Brazil does his own calendar in a very ...