Articles tagged with "cruzeiro"
Flamengo Blinks and Lets Everyone Else to Catch Up
By Bruno Romani | July 21st, 2008Three rounds ago the difference between Flamengo, the first club in the table, and the fifth club was 9 points. Now it is just 3. ...
Flamengo, Cruzeiro and Grêmio set the Tone
By Bruno Romani | July 15th, 2008On the weekend of four major derbies in Brazil, Flamengo Grêmio and Cruzeiro set the tone for what probably the league will look like. Out ...
Two Names, One Transfer Fee.
By Mauro | May 27th, 2008Marcelo Martins Moreno of Brazilian club Cruzeiro, with eight goals in ten matches in this year's Copa Libertadores, has been transferred to Shaktar Donetsk of ...
Like 1-1's? Campeonato Brasileiro Does
By Bruno Romani | May 26th, 2008Well, not my favorite result, but it was THE score of the weekend. It was repeated 5 times in 10 matches. Super favorites Palmeiras played lazy ...
CRUZEIRO TAKES THE TITLE IN MINAS
By Bruno Romani | May 4th, 2008In Minas, Marcelo Moreno scored again and Cruzeiro did not much to win the title. In Parana, Coritiba took the title, even losing 2-1.
First Legs Complete in Copa Libertadores Last 16
By Daryl | May 2nd, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53XLg6CG880[/youtube] The fist legs of the Copa Libertadores knockout round were played this week, and two already juicy encounters just got juicier. In the big Argentina ...
Cruzeiro Will Have Hands Full at La Bombonera.
By Mauro | April 30th, 2008Club Atlético Boca Juniors vs. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (Estadio Alberto J. Armando 'La Bombonera,' La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina) LIVE @ 1:00pm PST on Fox Sports ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cruzeiro Get 5 Really Emphatic Parting Gifts.
By Mauro | April 17th, 2008Real Potosi hosted Cruzeiro at 3,976 meters above sea level and it showed. Potosi say goodbye to the tournament but not without flexing a little ...
San Lorenzo Show Their True Fighting Spirit.
By Mauro | April 17th, 2008With all the cards on the table, this was one of those matches that one approaches, in the words of Diego Simeone, "with a knife ...
Javier Reina Picked Up By Cruzeiro.
By Mauro | April 16th, 2008Now, I usually don't report transfer news nor do I think that it's something that I should do but today's news affects Cruzeiro, a team ...
San Lorenzo, Caracas; Fate in Their Own Hands.
By Mauro | April 16th, 2008San Lorenzo de Almagro vs. Caracas FC (El Nuevo Gasometro, Boedo, Buenos Aires, Argentina) Live, Wednesday the 16th on FSE @ 3:30pm (If you watch ...
Potosi Look to Defend Their Home Ground Against Cruzeiro.
By Mauro | April 16th, 2008Bamin Real Potosi vs. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (Estadio Real Potosi, Potosi, Bolivia) No TV. Marcelo Martins Moreno is the leading goalscorer of the competition (with 6) and ...
Cruzeiro Flex Their Muscles at Home.
By Mauro | April 4th, 2008With great matches from Guilherme, Wagner, Marquinhos Paraná and Bolivian Marcelo Moreno, who has 5 goals in the tournament so far, Cruzeiro, cruise to a ...
Copa Libertadores Started for Brazil and The Seal Kid is Injured Again!
By Bruno Romani | January 31st, 2008(With AP) Cruzeiro beat Cerro Porteno, traditional club from Paraguay, 3-1 in the first-leg of the qualifying for the Copa Libertadores. Cerro Porteno started better, missing ...
The Offside Guide to Tackling The Seal
By Daryl | September 29th, 2007Coelho's brutal clubbing of Cruzeiro's Kerlon for his seal dribble has landed the Atletico Mineiro defender a four month ban and sparked a huge debate ...
1 man, 3 matches
By Bruno Romani | September 12th, 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, ...
More Boredom: Copa Sulamericana in its Early Stages
By Bruno Romani | August 23rd, 2007More action for Copa Sulamericana (yes, the name is in portuguese. Don't preach me on how to say it...) this Wednesday. But I didn't spend ...
Lyon's Defensive Options
By Inara | August 20th, 2007I'm fairly confident that Lyon will sign a defender by the end of this week. At the latest, by the beginning of next week. So ...
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 ...
Best Own Goal Ever
By Daryl | August 4th, 2007[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHhO8bp0Qno[/youtube] I always thought it was just a myth that Brazilians do everything with an extra bit of flair, pedaled to us by the swoosh people ...
A Bicycle-Kick Own Goal is Possible
By Bruno Romani | August 3rd, 2007When you think you’ve seen enough oddities in the football world, Brazilian football shows up to remind up that everything is possible. Even a bicycle-kick ...
Weird Quotes of the Weekend
By Bruno Romani | May 27th, 2007The match between Cruzeiro and Paraná produced the quotes of the weekend: 1- Dialogue between Romulo, Cruzeiro's player, and a reporter: Reporter:- Romulo, what did you think ...
The First Round of the Brasileiro! CBF Couldn't Care Less
By Bruno Romani | May 13th, 2007Following 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 ...
Fabio's New Jersey!
By Bruno Romani | May 4th, 2007Despite the knee-injury who will force him to stop for some time, Fabio will have a special jersey whenever his recovered. Do not understand? Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JByR6Dpdy0I
Cruzeiro Keeper Fabio gives up a Bizarre goal
By Bob | May 2nd, 2007Our man Bruno on the Brazil Offside did a post about this a couple of days ago and I was reminded of it when I ...
Two Incredible Mistakes by Two Brazilian Goalies
By Bruno Romani | April 30th, 2007April 26th was Goalie’s Day. This Sunday two Brazilian keepers showed how difficult their profession is with phenomenal mistakes. In the first-leg of Minas Gerais State ...
Semifinals time in the State Leagues - (featuring videos)
By Bruno Romani | April 15th, 2007State leagues traditionally stay in the hands of traditional and bigger sides, with few surprises every year. This weekend, however, showed these clubs they’d better ...
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