All Entries Tagged With: "Sport"
Video: Palmeiras and Sport Sharing Misery
Recently, Palmeiras and Sport played some thrilling and decisive matches, with one side side usually celebrating at the end. Sport eliminated Palmeiras from Copa do Brasil. Palmeiras eliminated Sport from Libertadores – and before that they battled in the group stage.
Last night in Sao Paulo, Palmeiras and Sport tied in 2 goals for the 35th [...]
Saint Marcos Does Another 3 Miracles
Saint Mark is back. Or I should say Sao Marcos. The goalie that became a saint after denying important penalties in the Copa Libertadores in the late 90’s/early 00’s did some of his miracles again.
Palmeiras visited Sport for the second-leg of Copa Libertadores’ the round of 16. The locals played better all the time, missed [...]
Copa Libertadores Schedule
We already know the 16 clubs qualified for the knock-out stage of Copa Libertadores. Gremio and Cruzeiro will have the easy matches while Sport, Palmeiras and Sao Paulo got the toughest opponents.
Gremio will take on San Martin from Peru. And Cruzeiro faces Universidad de Chile.
Sport will face Palmeiras in a Brazilian battle which [...]
Brazilians Clubs Make History in Copa Libertadores
Two Brazilian sides made history tonight in Copa Libertadores.
Sport not only qualified for the round of 16 for the first time. It also did it in great fashion by reaching the first place in the group. Not only that. Tonight, the club from Recife visited LDU, the current tournament’s champs, and got a victory that [...]
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, [...]
Palmeiras Reborn
It was the first major match of the Brazilian season. The major match for Palmeiras in 2009. A loss against Sport and the side headed by Luxemburgo was getting eliminated from Copa Libertadores. The home team, on the other hand, was defeatless this season. It had won its 2 matches in the Libertadores. Palmeiras had [...]
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 [...]
Libertadores: Sour for Some Sweet for Others
The sour flavor of a bad Copa Libertadores start struck again. This time in Sao Paulo. Like yesterday, a World Cup goalie was the protagonist of the night. Bobadilla made the net of Independiente Medellin’s goal seem like an untouchable treasure. Sao Paulo missed many chances that drove its fans crazy. And the locals did [...]
