Happy Flamengo supporters day

October 28. St. Jude Thaddeus – one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus – feast day. In the Roman Catholic Church he is considered the ...

Red and Black Power

Nelson Rodrigues was a brazilian dramatist – also a journalist and writer. He was born on August 23, 1912 in Recife. He moved to Rio ...

Nothing to say (1)

Tomorrow I will be on the road heading to my hometown, but I don’t want to leave an old post here and I know you ...

Northeastern shame?

As I said, a tie, but not as I was hoping Vitória scored 3 times. Bruno had a not so good presentation and our defensive ...

Daily Dose: October 7th, 2009.

Stuff to read while you relive some Davor Suker at France '98..... Michel Platini sat cheerfully ignorant as his press conference was crashed. (Reuters) A minority of ...

I gotta feeling

That tonight’s gonna be a good night. Well. Not on a Black Eyed Peas way of good night. I don’t expect a victory, but having ...

More news about the new sponsorship

Sorry guys. I miscalculated. It is a R$ 105 million (US$ 52,5 million) on a five-year contract. On pre-sale (one week period), Flamengo already sold 204.840 ...

What happened?

The same friend and a new post. I mean, what is happening? Flamengo was playing very good, then we lost "Copa do Brasil" quarter-finals in the last ...

Solving all problems

A friend of mine will help me here writing some posts once in a while. So, here is the first. In a couple posts ago (http://flamengo.theoffside.com/flamengo-team-news/right-and-wrong.html#more-163), André ...

Adriano, L'Imperatore di Rio de Janeiro

Adriano is officially back. He debuted last Sunday against Atlético-PR and what an amazing way to restart his career. He scored one goal, forced the ...

Right and wrong

Some say Flamengo is not working to improve, that the board is a complete mess and they are not trying to make the best decisions ...

Talking

1987

Photo: Adriano Is Melancholy.

Forget the smile, can we discuss the image in the background where he's billed as the Emperor Of Rio (I presume)? Does this man really ...

Adriano

Adriano is back. You must believe. If you don't, get in here.

That Didn't Take Long: Adriano Returns.

You're shocked, I know. Adriano has come to realize the sunset years aren't quite what they were built up to be and he will now dust ...

Daily Dose: April 23rd, 2009.

Stuff to read while you watch the man quietly playing perhaps the best football on planet earth right now, Andres Iniesta..... Man who lost job bet ...

Shame on you!

Sometimes I feel ashamed of Flamengo’s problems. A team with about 40 million fans isn’t supposed to be drowned on debts (around R$242million, or US$100million) ...

Nice Flamengo vs. Botafogo pics

Flamengo x Botafogo

Tomorrow is a big day. We’ll have the first derby this year and just against Botafogo, our biggest rivals during the two last years, since ...

Refereeing Goes From Bad To Worse In Brazil

After the side-netting incident between Botafogo and Boavista, it's the offside call that never ever was between Flamengo and the awesomely named Friburguense. Unfortunately for Friburguense ...

Motivational video

May, 27th, 2001: Vasco 1 x 3 Flamengo Vasco: Hélder, Clebson, Geder (Odvan), Torres and Jorginho Paulista; Fabiano Eller, Paulo Miranda, Pedrinho (Jorginho) and Juninho Paulista; Euller ...

Welcome Zé

He is ours; finally ours. Zé Roberto signed his contract and was presented this afternoon at Granja Comary, after making some physical exams during the morning ...

Flamengo fans (Que torcida é essa?)

These videos are the four parts of a documentary directed by Bruno Nin, a PUC-Rio student, gathering depositions about Flamengo, its fans and their passions. Even ...

Did Nike Interfere With Ronaldo's Return to Brazil?

That's the question Flamengo wants answered, and I don't blame them. Ronaldo apparently always wanted to play for Flamengo, then spent about three months rehabilitating ...

Fla-09

A new year but the same problem we have seen for the last 20 years: money. We don't have money to pay the players, the ...

Gamba Osaka raids Leandro from Vissel Kobe

The lineup for Vissel Kobe's new manager Caio Júnior continues to change as Corinthians-product Leandro has moved over to Gamba Osaka. The twenty-three year old ...

Liverpool is after Renato Augusto

Coming from the great Flamengo youth system, Renato Augusto has shown flashes of brilliance and a player Werkself could build around in the future. Bayer ...

Ronaldo (that one) Signs With Corinthians!

Information just came in this morning. He signed with Corinthians for 2009 with a renewal option for the following year. Ronaldo's goal, according to someone ...

Palmeiras Fans Leave Coach Luxemburgo with a Broken Bone

Before boarding to Rio on Friday for the match against Flamengo, Palmeiras fans attacked coach Vanderley Luxemburgo at the airport, leaving him with an injury ...