All Entries in the "Friendly Matches" Category
See the goals. Video of Brazil vs. Portugal
Luis Fabiano, Fabuloso! goal #1. Brazil vs. Portugal.
Brazil 6. Portugal 2. Sweet like chocolate!
What a nice one! Brazil did a lot of samba on top of Cristiano Ronaldo and co. The match was easy, beautiful and fun. I could really not ask for more. Even though Brazil started taking one in, sometimes getting hit means weaking up. And that was exactly what happened today in Bezerrão. Luis Fabiano, [...]
Read. Maradona and the Scotland friendly.
Chick Young’s post on the friendly between Maradona — ops sorry — Argentina and Scotland on November 19th is a nice read. I have to say I especially like this part: “Not that [ Maradona ] was the greatest that ever breathed. That was Pele and if you don’t accept that don’t even try to [...]
Brazil 0 – Venezuela 2. Wake up call?
Yes, this is the first time Brazil loses a match to South American rival Venezuela. In the Gillete Stadium in Boston, on a game that lacked creativity, passion and good sense, Brazil watched a very much alive and skillful Venezuela dominate the entire 90 minutes. Brazil’s coach, Dunga, started the friendly with an uncommon formation: [...]
Brazil 3 – Canada 2. Vacation match?
By Bruno Romani. Watching friendly games of the Brazilian national team is like having non-alcoholic beer. It is beer, but without the buzz. When you put on the pitch players at the end of their long and tough season against a squad with zero tradition and arguable quality like Canada, it feels like that the [...]
Brazil 1 – 0 Sweden: His Name is Pato.
By Bruno Romani. To start talking about this match, it is mandatory to forget that it celebrated the 50th anniversary of Brazil’s first World Cup. In the 58 final, Brazil had Zito, Vavá, Didi, Garrincha, Nilton Santos besides a youngster named Pelé. In 08, Brazil sent to the pit Richarlysson, Josué, Júlio Baptista, Gilberto Silva [...]
Dunga calls players for friendly against Sweden.
This is not just a regular friendly. The match between Brazil and Sweden, in London on March 26, will be a celebration of the 50 years that has passed since Brazil won its first World Cup. On that day, the Canarinhos played Sweden and won to lift the trophy. Dunga called up 22 players, and, [...]
Brazil wins friendly against Republic of Ireland.
Alright, the match was ok. Brazil did the job, scored a goal, took home the victory (1-0) in Dublin. But playing a squad like Republic of Ireland’s (one who barely has a coach and lacks “skillful skills”) should be a chance to score lots of goals. Robinho was the one to shine, with a beautiful [...]
Capello off to a good start.
England’s 2-1 victory on the friendly against Swizerland was, indeed, a happy start for Italian boss Fabio Capello. With a safe 4-5-1 formation at Wembley, which amazingly enough left Owen on the Bench, the English had a safe match today (so I hear). Since I did not watch this match, as the day was an [...]
Kaka and Pato out of Brazil’s friendly. Good chance for Diego… and Bobo.
Brazilian boss, Dunga, is going to have to cross two very good players out of his roster, which will face Ireland this Wednesday in Dublin. Kaka and Alexandre Pato are out due to injuries. Kaka has a knee problem and Pato twisted his left ankle on the match against Fiorentina. Defender Lucio is also injured [...]
