Rildo in court (Pic: Fred Huber/GloboEsporte.com)
Nobody likes to see players suffering leg breaking tackles. But is the punishment dished out to Vasco forward Rildo for his bad challenge excessive? Continue reading
Tite fielded his strongest line up last night (Mowa Press)
Germany may have rested a few of their best players last night, but there are many reasons that Brazil can be happy about the result and their performance. Continue reading
Pedro scored one of Fluminense’s goals against Botafogo
Fluminense continue to defy the critics and they won the Rio Cup (Taça Rio) on Sunday. Their 20-year-old forward Pedro scored one of the goals in a 3 – 0 win against Botafogo and was quick to praise Fred (ex-seleção), who used to play for Fluminense, but suffered a serious knee ligament injury playing for Cruzeiro this weekend. Continue reading
Dani Alves will captain Brazil against Germany today (Mowa Press)
Tite looks set to field a more defensive line up than he did against Russia, with Douglas Costa making way for Fernandinho in today’s friendly against Germany. Continue reading
Philippe Coutinho and Willian in action for Brazil against Russia (Mowa Press)
Brazil beat Russia 3-0 in a friendly in Moscow yesterday. Here’s three things I learned from the game. Continue reading
Brazil’s players are put through their paces in Russia ahead of Friday’s game (pic: Mowa Press)
Brazil’s players have been training in Moscow ahead of their friendly match with Russia tomorrow. Tite has not confirmed his starting line up but it looks likely that Thiago Silva will start in place of Marquinhos. Continue reading
Ismaily’s parents took inspiration from the 1956 film Smiley
Ismaily (pronounced e-smiley, like a Spanish person saying smiley) was named after a movie and plays for Shakhtar Donetsk. But what else do you need to know about the new call-up to the seleção? Continue reading
São Paulo’s players don’t look like turning it around
São Paulo are one of the big guns in Brazilian football, but they’ve had a wretched run over the last few years. Things hit a new low on Saturday as they slumped to defeat against São Caetano, although the players do have a chance to redeem themselves on Tuesday night. Continue reading
Edgar Davids would have been impressed with Vinicius Junior’s performance (pic: AFP)
It was a very good week for Brazilian clubs in the Copa Libertadores as two of Brazil’s best young players showed the world what they can do. Continue reading
Willian Jose, linked with Everton last year, was called up by Brazil (Mowa Press)
Tite has called up Neto, Anderson Talisca and Willian Jose for Brazil’s friendly matches against Russia and Germany, their final games before the World Cup squad is announced. Continue reading