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 ...

Hopes for 2007

Unlike in Europe, the Brazilian season starts in January and goes all the way until December. Every state has its own championship that ends in ...

Brazilian Championship: There is still some thrill left.

While I’m starting to blog here, the Brazilian Championship is coming to an end. This was a bipolar year where Internacional and São Paulo competed ...