All Entries in the "2010 World Cup Qualifiers" Category
Goofy Footaballer Tributes to Michael Jackson
It seems everyone is paying tribute to the late Michael Jackson (sounds funny, this, hun?). Brazilian players decided to honor the king of pop with embarrassing goal celebrations. The worst? The celebrations brought no luck.
Diego Tardelli, the striker from Atletico, tied the match against Barueri. He did the moonwalk and everything. But Barueri was the [...]
North Korea in the World Cup
I know the country is not the “miss congeniality”, but how cool is that? Since 1966, when Portugal eliminated them with a 5-3, North Korea does not play a World Cup. Even cooler? South Korea will be there, forcing commentators to say “North” or “South” instead of just “Korea”. The qualification came after a 0 [...]
Job well done. Brazil 2 - 1 Paraguay.
Not the prettiest match ever seen, but goal achieved, I’ll take the three points. Thank you very much. Brazil beat Paraguay yesterday 2-1 and is now securely placed on the first position of the South American qualifiers. Brazil now has the chance to qualify playing against Argentina, in Buenos Aires, on the 5th of September. [...]
Historical Humiliation in Uruguay
33 years. This is how long it took for Brazil to defeat Uruguay at the Centenario stadium. The last time Brazil won there, Zico was having his debut with the yellow jersey. After that, people like Socrates, Careca, Muller, Romario, Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho Gaucho tried but did not win. None of today’s players were [...]
Brazil 3 - 0 Peru.
Yesterday Brazil took on Peru, in Porto Alegre, for the World Cup Qualifiers. The 3-0 victory gave Brazil (and coach Dunga) some space to breathe, especially since Chile tied and Argentina took a beat from Bolivia. Brazil now stands second on the Qualifiers, behind leaders Paraguay.
The match was as expected: easy. Peru is the [...]
Historic Loss for Argentina
Today Argentina lost a historic match to Bolivia. A 6-1 loss which had not happened since 1958’s World Cup, against (then) Czechoslovakia. Of course there is the high altitude, but no excuses. Especially because Dieguito Maradona was one of the big defenders of matches being played in high altitude (FIFA wanted to prohibit - but [...]
The Good, The Bad and the Coward
This weekend the top 3 most talked Brazilian coaches at the moment were in action for important matches. Muricy and Luxemburgo faced each other in the paulista derby involving Sao Paulo and Palmeiras. Dunga headed Brazil in the match against Ecuador.
At the Morumbi, the expected names to shine of both teams did not function, the [...]
Julio Cesar saves Brazil.
Yesterday Brazil played Ecuador in Quito, for the South American World Cup Qualifiers. The match ended 1 - 1 but if one is to consider who deserved to win (by many goals), it would be Ecuador. Brazil got outshot by 21 and if it weren’t for glorious Julio César, the match would have been 4-0, [...]
A World Cup Qualifiers Week
This is one of those great weekends where you can watch great football matches all weekend long. Tomorrow, there are some great matches to look for: Spain vs. Turkey at 5pm, US Eastern Time, on Gol TV. Argentina vs. Venezuela at 6:10pm, only on PPV (time to hope for an Argentinian loss). Netherlands vs. Scotland [...]
What if Maradona becomes Argentina’s new coach?
Can you imagine? That would be really interesting. Not really good for Argentina but interesting nontheless. Today there was an almost confirmation that Maradona will be the hermanos’ boss. It’s seems like the AFA did not even consider another man for the job and Maradona believes he is quite ready to take on the burden [...]