Brazil’s players and coaching staff celebrate their late win (Mowa Press)
There is a very fine line between success and failure in top-level sport. And Brazil straddled that line yesterday. But, after scoring two very late goals against Costa Rica, they managed to end the day on the right side of that line, just. Continue reading
Brazilfooty meets Lenin
Brazilfooty’s tour of Russia continues. Where else can you meet so many characters in such a short space of time?
Brazilfooty in Moscow
The Brazilfooty team (i.e. me, who runs this blog and does most of the writing, and my girlfriend Tatjana, who offers ‘tactical’ advice) arrived in Russia on Saturday.
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I recently gave an interview to a Swiss-based beer and football blogger Rob who runs the cool website thisdrinkinglife.com. Rob is conducting a series of interviews with bloggers and writers from around the world to discuss their teams’ chances at the world cup. I discussed Brazil’s chances, explained how I came to love Brazilian football and give my thoughts on Brazilian beer. Check out the full interview:
Neymar celebrates with Roberto Firmino on his return from injury (pic: Reuters)
A run, dribble and thumping right foot shot dispelled any notion that Brazil’s star player might not be fit for the World Cup. Continue reading
His keepie uppies are fine, but what about the metatarsal? (Mowa Press)
The Seleção are stepping up their World Cup training preparations in London. Crucially, Neymar is back in full training and expected to play against Croatia on Sunday. Continue reading
Not one truck. Two trucks. (Pic: AP/Andre Penner)
After some strange behaviour last week, in which he spoke about trucks, money and then accused ‘most of the media’ of lying, Fábio Carille has left Corinthians for Al Wehda. Continue reading
20-year-old Lucas Paquetá is close to a Seleção call up (pic: André Durão)
There has been some mystery and lots of speculation about the names of the 12 players on standby for Brazil’s World Cup squad: who were they and were the eligible to play for their clubs in the meantime? All has now been revealed. Continue reading
How many trucks? (pic: Agencia Corinthians)
After talking very openly about the possibility of swapping Corinthians for the riches of the Middle East last week, Fábio Carille confused everybody on Sunday by saying that there was no offer on the table. Continue reading
A Cup winning list? (Mowa Press)
Tite has named Brazil’s squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. There were no major surprises; Neymar made the list, but Dani Alves misses out through injury. Continue reading