Articles tagged with "south-america"
Swine Flu Hits Copa Libertadores
By Daryl | May 1st, 2009The swine flu epidemic/pandemic/panic [delete as appropriate] isn't just threatening the Confederations Cup, it's causing trouble for a real tournament too: Copa Libertadores. Two Mexican ...
Carmelo Valenica Learns Honesty is Not Always the Best Policy
By Daryl | April 30th, 2009Watching the replay (above) it's pretty obvious that Millonarios striker Carmelo Valenica took a deliberate tumble in the big Colombian derby vs Santa Fe last ...
Ronaldo Likes Chips
By Daryl | April 27th, 2009As Ronaldo fat jokes go, that's not a bad one. Could be worse, could be better. Visit Dirty Tackle for more deliberations on the Ronaldo ...
Ronaldo Turns Back The Clock
By chris | April 21st, 2009Everyone expected Ronaldo - né The Fat One - to flash his superior technique and nose for goal back in Brazil. The legs may go, ...
Thiago Neves Has Anger Issues
By chris | April 17th, 2009Normally this would be just another story of the insanity which envelopes South American football: Brazilian player whips ball at ball boy. And in most ...
Nike Tells Us Neymar Is Quick.
By chris | April 14th, 2009The latest Brazilian Name To Remember Neymar - the 'new Robinho' - is mighty talented. So much so he's still got a Nike viral despite ...
Poll: Adriano Is Going, Going...Gone?
By chris | April 9th, 2009There was big news yesterday. Sort of. Because Adriano - the 27 year old Internazionale wild child - announced his immediate retirement. Sort of. L'Imperatore ...
The Dreaded Sitter Miss/Nutmeg Combo
By chris | March 27th, 2009Cruising the YouTubers you'll find plenty of videos titled "The Worst Sitter Miss Everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr". Ditto for blogs. Some of them aren't all that close to ...
Entire Team Sent Off In Argentina
By chris | March 24th, 2009Ah yes, South American football. Considering what we expect out of their top flight football normally - technical skill, stepovers, guns, knives, etc. - Argentina's ...
Diving Files: You Can't Fake Being Hit By An Official, Dumbass.
By chris | March 12th, 2009Apparently it wasn't all good during Ronaldo's goal-scoring return last weekend. No, it was actually quite bad. The clown above is Sergio Escudero, Argentine midfielder for ...
Ronaldo: Back, and Back Amongst the Goals
By Daryl | March 9th, 2009It's official: Ronaldo (the original) is back. We know, he was back last week for a 20 minute jog. But he was never really back ...
Ronaldo Makes His Long Awaited Return
By chris | March 5th, 2009The jokes have been made, the fun poked - with surely much more to come - but it's fantastic to see one of the true ...
The Very Definition of "Taking One for the Team"
By chris | February 16th, 2009Fellas, turn away. This has got to be the most painful penalty ever won - and if not the most painful, at least in the ...
Renato Santiago Scores a Goal From Kickoff
By Daryl | February 9th, 2009It's a general rule in football that guys who shoot from kickoff are a recipe for disaster. If you're on an indoor team with a ...
Refereeing Goes From Bad To Worse In Brazil
By chris | January 26th, 2009After 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 ...
Gaston Aguirre's Right Foot is Deadly. To Pigeons
By Daryl | December 19th, 2008This is from the recent Tigres vs San Lorenzo play-off game in Argentina. San Lorenzo's Gaston Aguirre hit a shot that was supposedly at goal, ...
Poll: Playoffs, Goal Difference or Head to Head?
By Daryl | December 15th, 2008The 2008 Argentina Apertura has ended with San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors and Tigres tied at the top of the table. All three teams were hoping ...
Ronaldo Gets A Hero's Welcome
By chris | December 12th, 2008He may be a bit past his prime, but there's no mistaking Ronaldo Mania is showing no signs of slowing down in Brazil. The criticized-but-not-as-criticized-as-the-other-Ronaldo ...
Nilmar Wins the Copa Sudamericana at the Death
By chris | December 4th, 2008You know how when you were a kid you used sit out in the backyard pretending to rise above the defense for the winning header ...
Columbian Player Gives "Dive" New Meaning.
By chris | December 2nd, 2008This may be the dive that finally puts the Alberto Gilardino ode to Greg Louganis to shame. This clown, Emerson Acuna, of Atletico National in ...
Juan Roman Riquelme's Angry Goal Celebration
By Daryl | December 2nd, 2008Boca Junior's Juan Roman Riquelme had been arguing with 21 year old Boca fan Augustin Pozzetti earlier in this home game vs Racing, so after ...
This is Why Footballers Aren't Boxers
By Daryl | November 24th, 2008There's been a disturbing amount of YouTube video violence coming out of South America recently. Just last week we showed you the Danubio vs Nacional ...
The Football Riot That Stopped a Season
By Daryl | November 18th, 2008There are football riots that stop a game, and then there are football riots that stop a whole season. The riot that followed Danubio'a 1-0 ...
Ronaldo's Doppelgänger Gets A Job In Porn
By chris | November 14th, 2008Even better, Ronaldo's doppelgänger - basically some chunky bloke grew some chin fuzz and a quasi-afro - his real name unknown as of yet, got ...
Pitch Riots & Bolivian Beatdowns
By chris | November 10th, 2008Traveling to the sort of "fringe countries" in terms of South American football (read: those not named Argentina or Brazil) almost always proves to be ...
Brazilian TV's Great WAG-Off
By chris | November 10th, 2008So this is what it all comes down to. Forget the ball, the players, the meaningless games, Brazil has taken it to the level we've ...
More Proof That Referees Don't Like Being Yellow Carded By Players
By Daryl | November 6th, 2008Botafogo defender André Luís disagreed with the referee Carlos Chandía's decision to book him in last night's Copa Sudamericana quarterfinal versus Estudiantes, and registered his ...
Corinthians Back in Serie A
By Daryl | October 27th, 2008Big news in Brazil this week: Corinthians are back in the top flight. Or at least they will be next season after securing promotion with ...
Copa Sudamericana Explained (Sort of)
By Daryl | October 23rd, 2008It was the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana quarterfinals last night, and we have all the goals/match reports on Copa Sudamericana Offside. You've probably heard ...
This is Why Goalkeepers Hate YouTube
By Daryl | October 22nd, 2008Horrible, horrible, horrible goalkeeping mistake in Campeonato Brasileiro Série B this past weekend. For some reason the Gama keeper thought he was playing left back, ...
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