All Entries Tagged With: "Miranda"
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 [...]
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, [...]
Brasileiro: A Few Things About the 11th Round
11th round of Campeonato Brasileiro. The goals and one thing about each match.
Coritiba 2 x 1 Grêmio: Marcelinho Paraiba, with a beautiful long range, and forward Ariel saving Coritiba again.
Goiás 0 x 2 Avai: Avai left the last position in the table.
Santos 3 x 3 Grêmio Barueri: Another [...]
Brasileiro: Atletico-MG reaches the Top; Coaches Get Fired
After the 10th round of Campeonato Brasileiro, Atletico-MG returned to the top after the 3-0 victory in the Belo Horizonte derby. Besides the pathetic red card by Cruzeiro’s Ze Carlos, the men of the match were veteran Junior and forward Eder Luis – even though in his goal goalie Andrey gave a big help. It [...]
Easy: Brazil 3 – 0 US
Before the match started, the big question was if Brazil, as a team, was back to normal levels of Dunga suffering seen in the past game, or if the last game was a unseen performance by Egypt.
And before Dunga and the fans could seat and ponder that question, Brazil was winning 1-0. Great start for [...]
Locals Win In the Semis In S. Paulo
The two semis in Sao Paulo were big games. Santos beat Palmeiras 2-1. Corinthians for the same score defeated S. Paulo. The two sides playing “at home” came back to win. But similarities end here.
If you want to talk about a technical match, full of chances missed and attacking situations, then let’s discuss Santos [...]
No Surprises as Dunga Announces WCQ Squad
Dunga announced the squad to take on Ecuador and Peru for the World Cup Qualifying. The biggest surprise? Defender Miranda from Sao Paulo. The “no” surprise? Dunga is always late. When Miranda was one of the best defenders in Brazil, Dunga ignored him. Now that he is not even the best defender at Sao Paulo [...]
