Articles tagged with "vasco"
São Paulo: Another Brazilian Title Coming
By Bruno Romani | November 24th, 2008They did it again. Or almost. São Paulo is very close to clinching its 6th Brazilian title, the third consecutive. Today, the club went to ...
Canal 100 Tuesday
By Bruno Romani | October 8th, 2008I think I should call it Wednesday because it always comes late. So today, a video of Vasco. The traditional club today seats in the ...
Vasco's Defender Thank God for his Club Being in Last
By Bruno Romani | October 7th, 2008“We can’t say the defeat was a catastrophe. God is being so good that keep us in the same position.” This is Vasco’s defender Odvan after ...
When Predictions Go Right
By Bruno Romani | September 19th, 2008So Vasco announced the return of coach Renato gaucho. Well, this blog predicted this 2 months ago, when Renato was still the coach of Fluminense. ...
Copa Sulamericana: Very little for some. A lot for others.
By Bruno Romani | September 18th, 2008Copa Sulamericana means nothing to Brazilian clubs, right? Not always. The crisis that took over Vasco in the Campeonato spilled to the continental competition, resulting ...
Being from Rio Sucked on The Weekend
By Bruno Romani | September 15th, 2008Being from Rio in the 25th round of Campeonato Brasileiro sucked. The four clubs 4. 2 of them are in the relegation zone and the ...
Edmundo: Goalkeeper for a Day! (and he managed to cry...)
By Bruno Romani | September 5th, 2008With a career full of highlights (not only for the good football), Edmundo does not cease to make into the headlines. At the age of ...
Just Say No To The Back-Pass
By chris | August 18th, 2008Bruno of Brazil Offside fame found a wonderful clip from recent domestic action featuring a goalkeeper and the goalkeeper's worst nightmare: the back-pass. If done ...
Grêmio is the Winter Champion of Campeonato Brasileiro!
By Bruno Romani | August 11th, 2008It was easier than Grêmio expected. The from Porto Alegre finished the first-half of the league in first, 5 points ahead of Cruzeiro. The symbolic ...
How Can You Miss from There II
By Bruno Romani | July 25th, 2008So this week, you heard about anincredible missed goal in Brazil. Well, at least that guy has an excuse since the match happened in third ...
Welcome
By André | July 14th, 2008There is no better day than today to start writing about Flamengo. After beating Vasco, our major rival, on other Derby of Millions we kept fighting ...
The End for an Evil Character
By Bruno Romani | June 28th, 2008One of the most despised characters of Brazilian football is no longer. Last night Vasco da Gama held elections for new president, and Eurico Miranda ...
Edmundo and a Haircut Punishment
By Bruno Romani | May 31st, 2008Forward Edmundo found a very clever way of punishing himself after missing another important penalty in his career last Thursday in the semifinal of Copa ...
The Beauty of Football in One Match
By Bruno Romani | May 30th, 2008Football is the perfect emulator of life. This sport is able to capture with single perfection the ups and downs that every human being goes ...
The Day Brazil Lost of One of Its Greatest Young Talents
By Bruno Romani | April 19th, 2008Before Ronaldinho and Robinho existed, he already showed on the pitch a diverse repertoire of dribbles and beautiful plays. He used to say that he ...
Romário Hangs Up His Boots
By Daryl | April 15th, 2008After twenty plus years as a professional footballer and (maybe) one thousand goals, Romário de Souza Faria is now officially hanging up his shooting boots. ...
Gora Athletic!
By Elisa | April 8th, 2008Hi! Hola, que tal? This is my first post on the Athletic Bilbao blog. Some of you may know me from my weekly podcast ...
One of the Most Amazing Dribbles You've Ever Seen
By Bruno Romani | March 27th, 2008And you wonder why Brazilian football is the best in the world... Author: Morais Position: Midfielder Club: Vasco Match: Bragantino 2 x 2 Vasco for the first-leg of the ...
Romário Finally Calls It Quits
By Daryl | February 5th, 2008It seemed like the man would keep going forever, but today the legend that was, is and forever will be Romário finally set a date ...
Review of the Weekend: Lots of Work to be Done by Big Clubs
By Bruno Romani | January 21st, 2008All the main state championships started this weekend, and much work still has to be done by the big clubs. Most of the big and ...
The Keeper who Scored More Goals than Rogerio Ceni in 07
By Bruno Romani | December 21st, 2007When a goalkeeper scores in Brazil, the first name that comes to the mind of fans is Rogerio Ceni. But in 2007, another keeper visited the ...
Copa Sulamericana: The End for Brazil!
By Bruno Romani | October 25th, 2007On Wednesday Brazilian clubs said good-bye to Copa Sulamericana. In two very different fashions. In Rio, there was extra water on the pitch in the ...
Copa Sulamericana: they played decent matches until...
By Bruno Romani | October 10th, 2007Vasco played a decent match against América in Mexico City. Until Davino scored for the locals. São Paulo played a decent match against Millionarios from ...
7 Years Later, A Brazilian Club Eliminates Boca Juniors
By Bruno Romani | September 26th, 2007Possibly, they are the two biggest sides in South American these days. Possibly this was one of the most thrilling matches of the year. The ...
QUITE POSSIBLY THE GREATEST UPDATE EVER
By AJ | September 25th, 2007OK, to start things off today, I would like to apologize for the lack of posts. But not only was I covering The Brazilian Offside ...
Argentina 3 - 1 Brazil
By Bruno Romani | September 19th, 2007Copa Sulamericana is generally a tournament ignored by Brazilian clubs, but tonight this cup, created just to keep continental action alive, made me wonder about ...
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 ...
They did it again...
By Bruno Romani | July 27th, 2007As usual, one post to save time about the two days of the 14th round of the Brasileirão. The round had many incredible moments. Alexandro Pato ...
Botafogo takes the first spot from Vasco
By Bruno Romani | June 15th, 2007The first spot on the table for Vasco lasted less than a week. Last night, only one match for the brasileirão was played, and it ...
No Need for a Follow-Up Question
By Bob | June 5th, 2007It is a tough time to be a reporter on the soccer beat. When you aren't being doused with beer by fans, you are ...
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