Articles tagged with "clubs"
Midfielder Scores 2 Olympic Goals in the Same Match
By Bruno Romani | August 21st, 2007An olympic goal is a rare event in a match. What about two? In Brazil, this unique moment took place in the match between Paulista and Ituano for ...
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 ...
World's Best Defense.
By Luis Felipe | August 16th, 2007No, I'm not exaggerating. No, I'm not a crazy supporter, mm...might be, but until someone proves me wrong, I'll keep saying it: actually, São Paulo ...
And Copa Sulamericana began...
By Bruno Romani | August 16th, 2007Despite the high money Copa Sulamericana pays for its champions, Brazilians clubs never cared enough for that competition. The lack of tradition leads many fans ...
Josué is Gone. São Paulo is the First One.
By Luis Felipe | August 14th, 2007Remember what I´ve said before, about a strong hype involving the São Paulo and Brazilian team midfield player Josué? Done it. (Claps) On this monday, the German ...
Clubs and their Sponsors - Part 2
By Bruno Romani | August 13th, 2007Here is the second part of the series designed to explain the sponsors of the clubs in the second division. Interesting to see how local ...
Happy Sunday for Cruzeiro
By Bruno Romani | August 12th, 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 ...
Clubs and their Sponsors - Part 1
By Bruno Romani | August 12th, 2007For those who watch International leagues, sometimes you wonder what kind of sponsors those clubs have. Big clubs have big and reconizable brands following them, but ...
Inter Fires Coach and Corinthians is back to the relegation zone
By Bruno Romani | August 10th, 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 ...
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 ...
Brazil Squad Has Josué and Alex Silva
By Luis Felipe | August 7th, 2007One more time Josué and Alex Silva (the Lollypop), both from São Paulo, were called to defend Brazil. They´ll be forming the team which plays against Algéria ...
Brasileiro has a "New" Leader. Guess Who?
By Luis Felipe | August 6th, 2007Yes old folks. Last sunday, the glorious tricolor Paulista beat poor Grêmio by 0 x 2 at their home. This victory, combined with the Botafogo´s draw (0x0), put São Paulo at ...
São Paulo Reaches the Top
By Bruno Romani | August 6th, 2007It took a few weeks, but the Brasileirão has a new leader. São Paulo visited Grêmio in Porto Alegre, revisiting the clash of this year’s ...
OffSide Writers: Let's Get Stoned.
By Luis Felipe | August 3rd, 2007São Paulo 3 x 1 Juventude. One more time São Paulo won a match despite Juventude scoring a goal in the first minutes of the ...
Botafogo Has a New Stadium and a Innocent Striker
By Bruno Romani | August 3rd, 2007Friday with good news for leader Botafogo. Dodô was declared innocent in his appeal in the High Court of Desportive Justice. With 5 votes to 3, ...
São Paulo Saves its Ass, Grêmio Doesn't, CBF Saves Flamengo's
By Bruno Romani | August 3rd, 2007Two matches closed the 16th round of the Brasileiro this Thursday. And they both offer a look of what the tournament may be. At the ...
God Has Heard Me...
By Luis Felipe | August 2nd, 2007Sandro Goiano, Grêmio bad midfielder who was holding talks with São Paulo, played this night his 7th match for Grêmio in Brasileiro 2007. So, according ...
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 ...
D-e-f-e-n-s-e! Transferences and Robbery
By Luis Felipe | July 31st, 2007In a "burocratic game" only, São Paulo beat America - RN last weekend at the Machadão Stadium by 0 x 1 with a lonely Richarlysson goal. ...
Ilsinho signs for Shakhtar Donetsk
By Luis Felipe | July 28th, 2007After a week of speculation, the Shakhtar Donetsk from Ukraine have completed the signing of São Paulo player Ilsinho for €11m (about R$28 millions) for a four-years ...
Corinthians Boots MSI
By Bruno Romani | July 25th, 2007The partnership between Corinthians and MSI is over. The club’s council voted last night for the end of the agreement, besides scheduling a new meeting ...
Here We Go
By Luis Felipe | July 24th, 2007So dudes, how are you? My name´s Luís Felipe and now one of the most important clubs in America (entire) has a blog. Yes, I´m ...
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. ...
Grêmio Almost Took the Plane that Crashed in S. Paulo
By Bruno Romani | July 19th, 2007The plane crash in São Paulo killed Paulo Amoretty, ex-president of Inter and Corinthians’ lawyer in the Nilmar case. But the involvement of football in ...
Oldest Player to Score, Oldest Player to Have a Transfer
By Bruno Romani | July 17th, 2007Leonel, Pedro's new club Pedro Lima, the oldest player to score as a professional , is back on the news. The 58 year-old defensive midfielder is making ...
Nobody Bothers Botafogo
By Bruno Romani | July 16th, 2007So you thought I wasn’t gonna report on the 11th round of the Brasileiro? Got it wrong. The effort all the clubs are doing to not ...
Corinthians fixing matches?
By Bruno Romani | July 13th, 2007All the dirt business of MSI gets exposed everyday. Corinthians is broken, has no money, and is inheriting a huge debt for Nilmar. But this ...
10 Things about the 10th Round of the Brasileirão
By Bruno Romani | July 8th, 20071 – Bad scheduling. Before the beginning of Copa America, CBF and TV Globo rescheduled all the matches to Saturday so that the national team ...
I Didn't Watch
By Bruno Romani | July 3rd, 2007-I didn’t watch Brazil doing everything to get kicked out in the group stage of the U-20 WC. -I didn’t watch Pato scoring twice in the ...
How Nilmar and MSI Misled Lyon
By Bruno Romani | July 3rd, 2007Juca Kfouri, one of the most credible Brazilian journalists, revealed on his blog the plan Kia Joorabchian and the shady MSI had to mislead Lyon into ...
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