All Entries Tagged With: "Vasco"
Wrapping Up the Second Division
The second division of Brasileirao officially came to an end today. Only one thing remained to be seen: the last club to be relegated. And sadly, Juventude was the one. Juventude and Fortaleza, two traditional sides that played the first division until 07, will be in third division in 2010. Final standings are:
Champion: Vasco
Promoted [...]
Vasco Wins the Second Division
After granting a spot in next year’s first division of Brazilian football, Vasco da Gama finished the combo and took home the dubious title of champion of the second division. Wearing a commemorative jersey (not very tasteful, if I may say), the club cameback to beat America-RN at a packed Maracana. Elson and Alex Teixeira, [...]
Photo: Vasco Shows Its Trophy
Carlos Alberto, current idol, and Roberto Dinamite, current president and greatest idol, show where Vasco is going next year.
Vasco is Back to First Division!
Vasco da Gama is back from hell. The Brazilian giant granted its return to the first division of Campeonato Brasileiro less than a year after being relegated. Vasco was another giant that, as it’s been happening a lot lately, felt the results of the poor administrations that control most of Brazilian football. In order [...]
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 [...]
Copa do Brasil Has Its Final Ready
As it was expected, Corinthians and Inter eliminated Vasco and Coritiba. But it was far from being easy. After last week’s 1 goal draw in Rio, Corinthians played for a 0 draw at home. And this is exactly what happened. Vasco controlled the actions for most of the time. It had territory and it attacked [...]
Review of the Week – 2
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 [...]
The Season Measured By Local Derbies
At this point, every major and traditional Brazilian club played some derby at the state level. And they suggest who is looking good or not at the beginning of the season. Palmeiras, Cruzeiro and Inter look the best so far. Palmeiras by far looks the best. Sport is showing that it has chances of doing [...]
