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Review of the Week – 2

Bruno Romani — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:02:56 +0000

The quarter finals of Copa do Brasil started with the promise of lots of goals. Ronaldo, Fred, Nilmar… There was a great amount of names. The star of the night, however, in the two most promising matches were the goalies and the post.

Corinthians 1 – 0 Fluminense: This was supposed to be a Ronaldo x Fred contest. The winner? Fluminense’s Fernando Henrique. True, the strange goalie saw Dentinho score and hit the post in the first 19 minutes. But after that, it was his match. Corinthians controlled the match, but was stopped by the goalie in a number of occasions.

Flamengo 0 – 0 Inter: In Rio, the participation of the goalies was even more decisive. Lauro and Bruno were, ironically, together in the mission of holding the zero in the score board. When it wasn’t possible to reach the ball, the post helped them. Fla hit it twice. Inter once. And the 0 draw was a victory for the two men wearing the number one. The final save of Bruno is symbolic of how hard they worked.

Ponte Preta 2 – 2 Coritiba: In the most ignored match of the quarter finals, the goalies suffered with deflections. This is how Coritiba and Ponte scored their first goals. Ponte, which is the surprise of this year’s competition, gained control in the second-half and came back. But, it allowed the visitors to tie with a few minutes left. Marcelinho Paraiba, again.

Life is Sweet

This is what Vasco fans must be thinking. The club faced Vitoria, the team that sent Vasco to the second division last year. And revenge is something to be tasted slowly. At the same stadium where Vasco fans cried last year, now they only had smiles. Vasco humiliated Vitoria with a 4-0, having absolute control of the match. Rodrigo Pimpao was the man of the match. And in the year which it is playing the second division, Vasco is very close to the semifinals in the competition that has a ticket for Copa Libertadores as a prize. Indeed, life is sweet.

What this title Should be: “Ronaldo and Neymar Score”.

Bruno Romani — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:59:16 +0000

On Sunday, past and future faced each other at Pacaembu. Corinthians of Ronaldo versus Santos of Neymar. However, none of them shone as expected – Corinthians’ Dentinho was the name of the match. On this Wednesday, the two stars made up for the no so inspired weekend.

Corinthians took on Ponte Preta at Pacaembu. Ronaldo, for the first time since his come back, scored twice. Too bad for Corinthians its defenders took the spotlight with incredible mistakes. Ponte Preta, with 10 men, managed to tie in two goals in front of 20 thousand Corinthians fans.

In Santos, Neymar also scored against Santo Andre. But the name of the night was Madson. The ex-Vasco midfielder scored a beautiful long range shot and gave the pass for Neymar.

As for the rest of the tournament, Palmeiras, the leader with 7 points ahead of Corinthians, beat on Tuesday Bragantino 2-1. Sao Paulo visited Noroeste and won 2-1 and now seats on third.

The fourth and final spot for the semifinals is being fought between Portuguesa and Santos.

Fighting the Law for the Right to Celebrate a Goal!

Bruno Romani — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:00:36 +0000

This is Sao Paulo’s defender Rodrigo in the match against Ponte Preta. Advance to 24 seconds and you will see who Rodrigo invited to celebrate the first goal in the match that ended with a 2-1 for Sao Paulo.