All Entries Tagged With: "Luxemburgo"

Brasileiro: Flamengo and Atletico-MG Want it!

Up until last week, the Brasileirao seemed the tournament no one wanted to win. The favorites kept losing points with pale football. But the 30th round shows signs of change by two sides. Flamengo and Atletico-MG want to take the title home after a long time.
While Palmeiras, Sao Paulo, Inter and Goias gave another [...]

Brasileiro: Palmeiras Thrives With a Perfect Weekend

On the 14th round, Palmeiras reached the top of Campeonato Brasileiro (losing on the goal difference for Atletico-MG) by thrashing its main rival Corinthians with a 3-0. Those who expected to see Ronaldo saw Obina. Obina, yes the one who Flamengo fans used to celebrate as “better than Eto’o”, pulled off a hat-trick. On the [...]

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 Gaucho. [...]

Review of the Week Part 1: Brazilians in the Libertadores

Yes, sometimes I let many juicy topics pass by. But hey, don’t yellow card me. It is just lack of time. So i decided to create the “review of the week”. As the title makes it really clear, these topics will discuss events that for some reason I could not write about on time.
This week, [...]

Copa Libertadores: Nightmare for Palmeiras; Dream for Sport

Action for Copa Libertadores taking place this Tuesday and Wednesday.

In the group of death, the tournament offers great contrasts for the two Brazilian sides. On Tuesday, Palmeiras received Colo-Colo. The club played a poor match. And despite the fact that Colo-Colo was coming from a huge crisis, by the beginning of the second-half it [...]

Palmeiras Like in the Old Times…

For Sao Paulo’s state championship, Palmeiras and Sao Caetano played a match that could have been taken straight from the 60’s. With 9 minutes, Luan and Marcelo Batatais opened a 2 goal lead for Sao Caetano. But the first-half ended with a 4-2 for Palmeiras. Again, forward Keirrisson scored twice. The kid is promising. Ex-Barcelona [...]