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The Best Brasileirao of History is History Now
The best Campeonato Brasileiro of history, and one of the best in the world, came to an end today. After 38 rounds, 4 clubs were fighting for the title: Flamengo, Inter, Palmeiras and Sao Paulo. Many were the possibilities. And three of them won.
Flamengo, with goals by David and Ronaldo Angelim, became the champion for [...]
Brasileiro: Flamengo Very Close to the Title
After the 37th round of Brasileirao, 4 clubs have the chance of lift the title in next week’s final round – being Flamengo the one with a hand and a half in the trophy. (A round, by the way, with 44 goals, the record of this season).
Flamengo took on Corinthians in the city of [...]
Brasileiro: Palmeiras Gains New Hope
Until the 32nd started, things looked dull for Palmeiras. There was enormous pressure and the fear that the team had just lost the Brasileiro. But after the last mid-week round of Brasileirao, things changed again. Palmeiras won and all direct rivals, but one, lost precious points. With that, the hopes of Palmeiras fans have been [...]
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 Increases the Lead
The 26th round of Brasileirao smiled to Palmeiras again. The side headed by Muricy Ramalho increased the lead to 5 points over the second team, and sees the title getting closer. Besides the great victory, Sao Paulo and Inter did not win again.
On Saturday, Palmeiras received Atletico-PR. The man of the match was Danilo (picture), [...]
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, [...]
Brasileiro: Sao Paulo Gets Very Close
The 24th round of Campeonato Brasileiro was all Sao Paulo’s.
Sao Paulo received the surprisingly good side of Avai at Morumbi. In the first-half, Avai made things difficult for Sao Paulo, as the home team offered loose defensive action in the midfield. In the second-half, however, Sao Paulo decided to suffocate the visitors. The result: in [...]
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 [...]
Brasileiro: Sao Paulo Looses the Rope; Ronaldo Protagonist Again
Four regional derbies took place for the 12th round of Campeonato Brasileiro.
In the derby of desperation, Sao Paulo and Santos battled to see who had the less horrifying side. And Sao Paulo won 2-1, with two goals by striker Washington.
In the Curitiba derby, Atletico-PR and Coritiba also fought to see who has the worst team. [...]
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, [...]
