Articles tagged with "tournaments"
The Underdogs in Copa do Brasil
By Bruno Romani | May 3rd, 2008Copa do Brasil is a great tournament for putting together clubs of various divisions. And it's not unusual to see the underdogs reaching high stages ...
Brazil Looks Pretty Good in the Copa Libertadores
By Bruno Romani | May 3rd, 2008Brazil is looking pretty good in the Copa Libertadores. In the past week, the first-leg of the round of 16 was played, and all the ...
Copa do Brasil 08: Palmeiras Humilated; Corinthians Moves On
By Bruno Romani | May 1st, 2008I don’t know to what extent doing well in the state championships can be good for clubs. Palmeiras is the virtual champion in São Paulo ...
STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS: Half-way done!
By Bruno Romani | April 28th, 2008The finals of all major state leagues in Brazil are under way. The first-legs were played this Sunday. Some results were expected, such as the ...
In a Heart Stopping Fashion, Santos Advances in Copa Libertadores
By Bruno Romani | April 18th, 2008One of the oldest sayings in football is the influence the weight of particular jersey may have in the finals core of a match. If ...
Adriano Uses His Hand to Put São Paulo Closer to the Final
By Bruno Romani | April 13th, 2008The first-leg of the semi-finals of the Paulista Championship had the touch of the Emperor. Adriano helped São Paulo to beat favorite Palmeiras 2-1 scoring ...
Until When Will Brazil Survive in Copa Libertadores?
By Bruno Romani | April 11th, 2008Copa Libertadores is difficult and hard to predict. On Wednesday, Santos visited Chivas after the impressive 7-0 against San Jose. A victory was going to send ...
Unkown Goalie Makes The Life of Grêmio Hell
By Bruno Romani | April 9th, 2008After the shocking elimination in the state championship last weekend, fans of Grêmio had a big blow tonight in Copa do Brasil. At home, the ...
Del Piero Gets Euros Call Up In Sticker Form
By chris | April 9th, 2008The Italian company Panini puts out stickers books or albums for the children when the big tournaments come rolling around. Each team participating gets its ...
Semi-Finals in São Paulo Are Ready. Corinthians is Out!
By Bruno Romani | April 6th, 2008For another year, the Paulista Championship will have a small club in the finals, proving once again how difficult this tournament is. The semi-finals will ...
A Salute to the Tykes: Barnsley out of FA Cup
By Ian Rose | April 6th, 2008For many of us, the best thing about knockout tournaments is the so-called Cinderella team. Every big tournament has them, the small team, lacking ...
Guara and Palmeiras Still on the Top. Sao Paulo Moves to 4th.
By Bruno Romani | March 28th, 2008The Paulista championship delivered another round to raise more question marks about who are going to be the 4 teams qualified to the semi-finals. On Wednesday, ...
Finally, Bigger Things to Worry About
By Scott | March 25th, 2008The team is coming together (somewhat), due to the two-match winning streak and the three-match streak with no losses. This past Saturday night they took ...
Don't Have Guus To Kick Around The Rumor Mill Anymore
By chris | March 25th, 2008(Go here to check out that ingenious pic full size.) Not too long ago you couldn't hear the name "Guus Hiddink" without hearing "Chelsea FC" somewhere ...
Hold Your Breath! The Championship in SP is on Fire!
By Bruno Romani | March 24th, 2008Dentinho Celebrates in Occasion of Easter The group stage of the Paulista Championship is coming to an end and a lot of thrill is expected. This ...
Copa do Brasil 08: Review of the Week.
By Bruno Romani | March 21st, 2008This week, Brazil also saw the second round of Copa do Brasil. The results: Volta Redonda 0 x 0 Portuguesa - Disappointing for Portuguesa Nacional-AM 2 x ...
Another Decent Week for Brazil in the Copa Libertadores
By Bruno Romani | March 20th, 2008A decent week for Brazil in the Copa Libertadores. -Cruzeiro visited Caracas and got a 1 draw. Pretty good, given the evolution of Venezuelan football. -In Rio, ...
New Champion in São Paulo?
By Bruno Romani | March 16th, 2008Palmeiras destroyed São Paulo this afternoon. The 4-1 is a signal. It smells like a new champion is emerging. Both clubs have the best players ...
The Party is Over for the Small Clubs in São Paulo
By Bruno Romani | March 13th, 2008Until Wednesday night, for 14 rounds the top 4 of the Paulista Championship always had 3 small against 1 big club. Now the party for ...
Another Weekend of the Big Clubs and Mediocre Refs
By Bruno Romani | March 10th, 2008Marcos hits Malaquias: The ref should've seen who was hit first. The weekend of football in Brazil was again reserved for the big clubs poor ...
The First Major Fiasco of the Year
By Bruno Romani | March 7th, 2008The first major fiasco of the year has a name: Atlético-PR. The club from Parana, whose campaign in the state league has not a single loss, got ...
Copa Libertadores 08 Lesson # 1
By Bruno Romani | March 7th, 2008Hitting the Ballboy won't help you to win the Cup. Flamengo learned this lesson last night. Nacional from Uruguay beat the Brazilians 3-0. When the ...
Adriano Wakes Up and Saves São Paulo in the Copa Libertadores
By Bruno Romani | March 6th, 2008It was the night of Emperor. After all the polemics of last week which resulted in a fee equals to 40% of his salary and ...
Proud to be Brazilian, Fluminense Humiliates Arsenal from Argentina
By Bruno Romani | March 6th, 2008It was the best international match of the history of Fluminense. And it was against an Argentinean club, which makes it even better. Arsenal, the ...
Valdivia Cries and Makes Corinthians Cry
By Bruno Romani | March 3rd, 2008The main match of the weekend was the derby between Palmeiras and Corinthians. Both sides fought for every inch of the field, keeping alive the ...
Flamengo Introduces its Fans to Cienciano
By Bruno Romani | February 28th, 20082 Brazilian clubs played yesterday for Copa Libertadores. In Rio, Cienciano from Peru met Flamengo fans after its coach said he knew nothing about the ...
Half of the Championship is Over in Rio
By Bruno Romani | February 24th, 2008Maracanã with 80 thousand chanting fans. You know what that means. It was the match that was going to define the champion of the first-half ...
4 Clubs and 2 Derbies: A Preview of Copa Libertadores in the States Leagues
By Bruno Romani | February 10th, 2008A month later, the season in Brazil seems to be taking off. Both the Paulista and Carioca Championships had great derbies on the weekend, involving ...
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 ...
Finally: Adriano Scores at Home
By Bruno Romani | January 30th, 2008After last Sunday’s referee found a foul in his header, Adriano scored at Morumbi a goal that resembled a lot the one from the weekend. ...
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