I’m now into the ninth day of my Brazil trip and after four days in Rio where I went to see Seedorf as well as enjoying the local nightlife I’m now in São Paulo nursing my Rio hangover Continue reading
Category Archives: Special report
My Rio trip to find Seedorf
On the first day of my two weeks stay in Brazil I went to the Engenhão stadium to watch Botafogo v Bahia where Clarence Seedorf was presented a crowd of around 20,000 fans before the game. Continue reading
Libertadores final: Corinthians find a new hero
The first leg of the 2012 Copa Libertadores final took place in Buenos Aires last night as two of Brazil and Argentina’s footballing giants went head to head.
Goodbye Ricardo Teixeira
Ricardo Teixeira resigned as head of the CBF – Brazil’s football governing body – last month after 23 years in the job. Good riddance I say to this horrible man. Continue reading
Brazilfooty readers: Neymar is better than Ganso
Its official! Neymar is better than Ganso. That’s according to a poll of Brazilfooty readers. Continue reading
Carnival special: Guanabara Cup semi finals
It may be carnival time but the football doesn’t stop. In fact, the Guanabara Cup semi finals take on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Continue reading
Brazilian league football in perspective
Sometimes (rather annoyingly) life gets in the way of this blog and I have recently been forced to swap the sunny climes of São Paulo for the grey English sky. So I’ve taken some time to reflect on the differences between the game in Brazil and the game in England. I did so after watching a live West Ham match with Brazilfooty followers. Continue reading
A trip down memory lane to watch Juventus
This blog wouldn’t be complete without some lower division football coverage so when I was invited by my brother-in-law and his friends to watch the mighty Juventus take on the São Bernardo Tigers in the 2011 Copa Paulista (or Paulista Cup), I couldn’t turn down the offer. Continue reading