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The Best of Brasileirao
One day after the end of 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro, the best players of the tournament were awarded. Placar, the most traditional football magazine in Brazil, handed for the 40th time the Bola de Prata (silver ball) and the Bola de Ouro (golden ball). Later, CBF awarded its Craque Brasileirão, a newer prize but the one ...
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Video: A Volley From the Midfield
The most amazing goal of Campeonato Brasileiro. Diego Souza from Palmeiras scored it against Atletico-MG
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Brasileiro: Flamengo Very Close to the Title
After the 37th round of Brasileirao, 4 clubs have the chance of lift the title in next week’s final round – being Flamengo the one with a hand and a half in the trophy. (A round, by the way, with 44 goals, the record of this season). Flamengo took on Corinthians in the city of ...
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Altitude 2 -1 Brazil
There’s nothing that can be demanded from Dunga and his players. The team was already qualified, which turned the match against Bolivia into a open lab in the skies. The skies of La Paz took the reserve side of Brazil closer to hell than heaven. The 3600 meters above sea level suffocated the players. And ...
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Brasileiro: Unstoppable Palmeiras
On the 27th round of Brasileirao, Palmeiras gave an important step towards the title by keeping the 5 point lead over Sao Paulo, the second team in the table. And it wasn’t a simple victory. It was a clear display of the discipline, power and luck (why not?) against Santos at Vila Belmiro. It is ...
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Video: Cruzeiro 1 – 2 Palmeiras
This is a bit a late, but it confirms what i wrote earlier this week about the 25 round of Brasileirao. It was a Palmeiras round. The club visited Cruzeiro and performed like a club coached by Muricy Ramalho: solid in the defense and precise in the counter-attacks. The winning goal, by Vagner Love, was ...
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Dunga Calls the National Team and Naldo Returns
The two surprises of the call for the last two games of the world cup qualifying are the return of defender Naldo and midfielder Alex, ex-Inter. I’m very pleased about the latter. It is also cool to see that Diego Souza from Palmeiras stayed. The list: Goalies Julio César (Inter de Milão) Victor (Grêmio) Side-backs ...
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Dunga Calls Another 4 Players for Wednesday
With the suspension of Kaka, Lucio, Luis Fabiano and Ramires and the injury of Robinho, Dunga called for the match against Chile four players who play in Brazil – it is important to remember that those playing overseas could not be called because of the rules that FIFA has. With that, Dunga called defender Andre ...
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Brasileiro: Tight Race Between 3 Contenders
In the 23rd round of the Brasileirao, the race for the title came down to what is promising to be a tight one. Palmeiras (44 points), Inter (43) and Sao Paulo (40) won their matches and offered no chance for each other to relax. On the match that marked the return of Vagner Love, Palmeiras ...
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Colors of the Week in the Brasileiro: Black and White
The 13th round of Campeonato Brasileiro was all about black and white. Atletico-MG and Corinthians were the ones who benefited the most from the midweek round. The two clubs won at home by 2-1 and watched direct rivals losing important points. In Belo Horizonte, Atletico beat Fluminense, who had the 5th debut of coach Renato ...