2008 July |

New Chelsea Kit = Sweden! »

By Ana on Jul 31, 2008 in Football Fashion | Comments Off

Messi novel resolved. Apparently. »

By Ana on Jul 30, 2008 in Beijing 2008 | Comments Off

Lionel Messi has been given the OK to go play for Argentina in Beijing. The Barcelona star was having several issues with the club letting him off the leash. FIFA has forced Barcelona to let him ‘free’ since he has Olympic age (under 23). Barcelona is not happy at all and will still try to [...]

FIFA Beach soccer World Cup: yes, Brazil won again. »

By Ana on Jul 29, 2008 in Beach Soccer | Comments Off

In case you were wondering who won the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup I will state the obvious: Brazil. Yes, the same fellas who took the trophy home 3 out of 4 times since the tournament is a FIFA child (and 9 out of 10 since it started). I really enjoy being Brazilian when things [...]

Brazil at the Olympic games: I’m feeling good. »

By Ana on Jul 28, 2008 in 2008 Olympic Games | Comments Off

Today Brazil tested the Olympic squad. Coach Dunga seems to be doing a good job. With a great performance by Ronaldinho, who got to finally score after 9 months, Brazil beat the weak Singapore 3-1. They young Selecao created good plays and gave us, Brazilians, the feeling we can finally win the Olympic title - [...]

Photo: Big Phil Scolari makes Chelsea work hard. »

By Ana on Jul 22, 2008 in Football Business | 0 Comments

Working haaard.

And clubs keeps fighting to keep key players off the Olympic games. »

By Ana on Jul 21, 2008 in 2008 Olympic Games | 0 Comments

Truly a novel. Today I read all over the Brazilian news that Robinho is not going to join coach Dunga’s guys in Beijing. Real Madrid is saying the player is hurt and needs to have a good pre-season … I think that is just bullies. Now to add to the Robinho story, Argentina is in [...]

Chelsea bids € 100 for Kaka. »

By Ana on Jul 18, 2008 in Football Business | 0 Comments

Holeeeeeee! That is really a lot of euros. And it is official as well. Chelsea, from new boss Luiz Felipe Scolari is offering AC Milan € 100 million to bring the Brazilian home. If the transaction does go through, this would be the most expensive transfer in football history. So far, the highest one was [...]

‘Look at what he did!’ »

By Ana on Jul 16, 2008 in Footballers | 0 Comments

Since the talk of the week has been Ronaldinho why not look at his first goal for the Brazilian national team. The narrator goes crazy saying: “look at what he did, look at what he did.”

AC Milan has Ronaldinho. »

By Ana on Jul 15, 2008 in Footballers | 1 Comment

It’s official. Ronaldinho is going to play for AC Milan. The Brazilian forward will be joining friend Kaka and the rest of the squad tomorrow. Milan has not commented on Ronaldinho’s decision to join the Olympic squad in Beijing, but I believe that was part of the deal (Milan did not allow Kaka to go). [...]