All Entries Tagged With: "Santos"
40 Years of Pele’s Goal 1000
November 19th 1969. 40 years ago, Pele scored his goal number 1000. No matter what the youngest say, there will be no better player to step on earth.
Santos 2 – 1 Vasco
Date: November 19th 1969
Place: Estádio do Maracanã
Ref: Manoel Amaro de Lima
Golas: Santos – Pelé (penalty) e Renê (own goal); Vasco – Benetti
Santos: Aguinaldo; [...]
Santos wins women’s Libertadores.
If Santos’ fans are not so happy with the men’s team in the Brasileirão, the Santos’ ladies are giving fans total happiness: the team took home on Sunday the title for the women’s Libertadores Cup. This is the first edition of the tournament and Santos brought in big names such and Marta and Cristiane to [...]
Impressive Collections of Jerseys from Brazilian Clubs
The Blog Memoria E. C. has a entertaining series that features fans that collect jerseys of their clubs> There’s a lot of nice material.
The collector of Santos (click here to see pictures) has about 170 jerseys – 155 used by the players.
Highlight: Jerseys signed by Pele and the powerful sqaud from the 60’s.
Three collectors were [...]
Video: Marta Debuts at Santos Like a Rockstar
Wednesday night marked the debut of the best woman footballer at Santos. In a friendly match, her club defeated Comercial from Mato Grosso 10-0, and she scored twice. The most remarkable, however, was how she drove fans crazy, as if she belonged to The Beatles. Even the players of Comercial took pictures with her, as [...]
Photo: Now, Santos Has the King and the Queen
Marta was introduced to Santos fans today. She will be the main name of the side in the women’s version of Copa do Brasil and Copa Libertadores. She will be on loan for 3 months from Los Angeles Sol. The Copa Libertadores will be from the 4th to the 18th of October. The Copa do [...]
Video: Corinthians 2 – 1 Santos
One day after turning 99, Corinthians played the derby against Santos at Pacaembu. The match was anticipated from the 23rd round in order to satisfy the TV hunger. Santos scored first with an own goal by Chicao, but Corinthians came back in the final minutes with a goal by Chicao. Bill left the bench and [...]
What’s the Limit for Bad Refereeing in Brazil?
For many years now, the level of refereeing has been terrible in Brazil. Last weekend was another one to not be forgotten.
1) Look at the second goal of Santo Andre. Marcel is clearly offside. The linesman has been suspended:
2) Obina was called offside in the most beautiful goal of his career. He clearly wasn’t. Linesman [...]
Who’s the King? Ronaldo is The King!
La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy):
Nell’andata del doppio confronto che assegna il campionato Paulista, l’ex interista segna una doppietta trascinando il Corinthians al 3-1 sul campo dell’ex squadra di Pelè
Marca (Spain):
El considerado mejor futbolista de todos los tiempos y máximo ídolo del club Santos brasileño, Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pelé’, admitió que Ronaldo fue el [...]
Copa do Brasil for Santos: Ouch!!!
And people wonder why football is the favorite sport around the globe. Just follow me. Santos, one of the finalists in the main Brazilian state championship, received CSA from the small state of Alagoas for the second leg of the second round of Copa do Brasil. CSA is fighting relegation in its local tournament. [...]
After a Crazy Game, Santos Reaches the Final
Santos is in the first club qualified for the finals of Sao Paulo state championship. The club visited Palmeiras at Palestra Italia this Saturday and won 2-1. The match had all elements of a great game: inspired midfielders and forwards, a blunder from a goalkeeper and a good and old fight.
After the midweek horrible draw [...]
