All Entries Tagged With: "Julio Cesar"
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 [...]
Brasileiro: Palmeiras and Sao Paulo Share the Top
The 33rd round of Brasileirao put on the top Palmeiras and Sao Paulo, creator (Muricy Ramalho) versus creation (Sao Paulo). Palmeiras leads because of the goal difference, three more than Sao Paulo.
On the weekend, Palmeiras played the derby against Corinthians whereas Sao Paulo played Barueri. In both games, Corinthians and Barueri could’ve done something to [...]
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 no, [...]
Brasileiro: Not Every Round is a Sao Paulo Round
The 25th round of Brasileirao had all the elements to belong one more time to Sao Paulo. Inter visited Vitoria – always a tough match. Sao Paulo “visited” Santo Andre (piece of cake) and Palmeiras will visit Cruzeiro on Wednesday. But the tricolor round ended up to be a green round. The green of Palmeiras, [...]
The Value of a Name in Football
The site Futebol Finance produced a list of the top 25 salaries of Brazilian footballers around the world. The surprise? The list has a number of players who are veterans or have not produced much in recent seasons. That shows us that even in football, the brand is what counts. What is also scary [...]
Expected: Brazil 4 – 2 Chile
With Brazil qualified to the World Cup, the match against Chile was going to be important for 2 reasons: 1)add another victory to the incredible sequence of 18 undefeated matches; 2) test new players to join the group of 23 going to South Africa.
For that, Brazil came with the following formation: Júlio César; Maicon, [...]
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 [...]
The Pain of a Broken Leg
The image below is from the match between my beloved São José against Atletico Sorocaba for the second division of Sao Paulo’s state championship. Defender Ferron from São José tackled Júlio César from Atletico and the result you can see below. The match was stopped for 26 minutes, the time spent for the ambulance to [...]
Julio César saves Inter.
Julio César was the name of the Champion’s League match between Inter Milan and Manchester United at the San Siro. The match ended 0×0, but could have been at least 3×0 to Man U. The Brazilian goalie managed to make at least 6 amazing saves an stopped Rooney and Ronaldo like there was no tomorrow. [...]
