All Entries in the "Football History" Category
40 Years of Pele’s Goal 1000
November 19th 1969. 40 years ago, Pele scored his goal number 1000. No matter what the youngest say, there will be no better player to step on earth.
Santos 2 – 1 Vasco
Date: November 19th 1969
Place: Estádio do Maracanã
Ref: Manoel Amaro de Lima
Golas: Santos – Pelé (penalty) e Renê (own goal); Vasco – Benetti
Santos: Aguinaldo; [...]
Vasco is Back to First Division!
Vasco da Gama is back from hell. The Brazilian giant granted its return to the first division of Campeonato Brasileiro less than a year after being relegated. Vasco was another giant that, as it’s been happening a lot lately, felt the results of the poor administrations that control most of Brazilian football. In order [...]
Own every World Cup ball since 1970.
Adidas is bringing back all balls used on World Cups since 1970. The commemorative set includes 10 balls and goes for $849.99. Each ball comes with its own ring stand commemorating the year in which it was used. Such a neat idea!
The Nations We Will Miss in the World Cup (And the Ones We Won’t)
There are still 9 spots left for the World Cup. But one thing is for sure: 32 is not enough for the number of cool nations around. We are still months away from the World Cup, but here are nations that we already miss. And the reason we miss them? Some of them,at some point [...]
Ronaldinho gets the Golden Foot award
I know this sounds a bit weird given the circumstances and the fact that Ronaldinho hasn’t played good football since 2006. But yes, he won the Golden Foot award. As we know, though, the point of the award is to celebrate a player’s (the ones over 28 years old) career and overall accomplishments, judged by [...]
Luis Fabiano: Better Than Ronaldo
PVC, the great football researcher, proves with numbers in his blog that Luis Fabiano is better than Ronaldo. When it comes to the national team, the Fabuloso has a better goal average than the Corinthians forward. More than that, he is already the 15th top scorer in the history of the national team (true that [...]
Impressive Collections of Jerseys from Brazilian Clubs
The Blog Memoria E. C. has a entertaining series that features fans that collect jerseys of their clubs> There’s a lot of nice material.
The collector of Santos (click here to see pictures) has about 170 jerseys – 155 used by the players.
Highlight: Jerseys signed by Pele and the powerful sqaud from the 60’s.
Three collectors were [...]
Pelé vs. Maradona: round one million and two.
One of the most famous and never-ending discussions in the football world is about who is the best footballer ever: Pelé or Maradona. The last one to hit was Maradona… now Pele has punched back: the Brazilian todl the media that Di Stéfano was way better then Maradona, who could only use the left foot [...]
BRAZIL IN THE 2010 WORLD CUP AFTER CRUSHING ARGENTINA
Brazil is the first South American nation to get a ticket for South Africa. An the qualification could not come in better fashion. Brazil visited Argentina, who, conducted by Maradona, relied on every psychological antic to hide the fact that his team has several limitations.
As expected, Argentina started the match pressuring while Brazil tried [...]
100 Years of Internacional, the Movie
On this Friday, Inter released the documentary about its 100 years. “Nada Vai Nos Separar” highlights the great moments in the history of the club – its foundation, the important participation of the black community, the construction of its stadium, the three Brazilian titles and the titles of Copa Libertadores and the Club World Cup. [...]
