Welcome Clarence Seedorf (Botafogo website)
Botafogo announced the signing of Dutch and Milan legend Clarence Seedorf this week. Continue reading
Seedorf signs for Botafogo
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Tag Archives: Botafogo
Neymar, Neymar, Neymar
Neymar: tormentor of Sao Paulo defender Piris (Wander Roberto/Vipcomm)
Explaining the State Championships in Brazil is confusing at best. There are 26 states, each with their own system. Most are split into two phases with the winner of each phase playing a final over two legs starting next weekend. In the state of Sao Paulo things are a little bit different: there is only one phase and the semi-finals took place this weekend. Neymar scored a hat trick to put his Santos team in yet another final Continue reading
Serie A latest: seven horse race?
Diego Souza scored three for Vasco this weekend (Fotocom)
Diego Souza scored a hat trick on Sunday as Vasco consolidated their position at the top of the Serie A table with a 3-0 win at Cruzeiro. Continue reading
Brazilian transfer window: all the major deals
Denilson signs for São Paulo (Luis Barreto/VIPCOMM)
The transfer window for Brazilian clubs to sign foreign based players closed on Thursday night. The window has been dominated by the Carlos Tevez saga and rightly so. But some big names have arrived almost unnoticed. Here they are: Continue reading
Brazilian Championship: The big kick off
They are State Champions but can they be National Champions? (Lucas Uebel - VIPCOMM)
The Brazilian National Championship kicked off yesterday afternoon which makes my report at least one day late. Sorry about that! Better late than never, right? In my report, I give a short comment on each of the twenty teams and my prediction about where they will finish in the league table. For a full explanation on Brazilian football and all of the club competitions see this link. Continue reading
Sao Paulo and Rio State Championship wrap including Lucas’ golaço
Ronaldinho and Flamengo have it all to do against Botafogo (Ricardo Ramos/VIPCOMM)
In the Sao Paulo State Championship Palmeiras deservedly beat Santos 1-0 with some good defending and counter attacking football (okay it was somewhat bureaucratic). Kleber scored their goal in the second half. Continue reading
Adriano to sign for Corinthians?
Do I really need to do this push-up? (Maurício Val/VIPCOMM)
Local press reports say that Adriano will sign for Corinthians later this week. Continue reading
Debut goal from Diego Souza helps Vasco beat Botafogo 2-0
Would the real Diego Souza please stand up (Maurício Val / FOTOCOM.NET)
Diego Souza was the name on everybody’s lips before kick-off and he certainly lived up to expectations; he scored one and helped Vasco to a 2-0 victory against local rivals Botafogo in Rio. Continue reading
Michael Jackson scores four and masseur does a cartwheel
Adriano Michael Jackson (Getty Images)
Adriano Michael Jackson -named so because of moonwalk goal celebrations – scored four goals versus Comercial from Piauí last night in the Brazilian Cup. Palmeiras comfortably progressed after winning the match 5-1 and 7-2 on aggregate. Definitely, the most interesting thing about this game however is the interesting technique adopted by Comercial’s masseur. Forget the injured player, this guy wants to get on TV and this sort of opportunity doesn’t come along too often. Check it out. Brilliant!
In other Brazilian Cup results, Botafogo from Rio rode their luck to get past River Plate from Sergipe (That’s like a team from Hackney Marshes being called Manchester United) on penalties. Atlético Mineiro destroyed Iape from the Amazon jungle 8-1. First division team Atlético-GO beat Brusque from Santa Catarina on away goals to progress and a team called ABC are also in the next round. Very creative name that.
Flamengo through to final of Rio State Championship
Felipe was the hero for Flamengo after saving two penalties against Botafogo (Alexandre Loureiro/VIPCOMM)
A few days after my rant against Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Flamengo beat Botafogo on penalties to set up a final with Boavista next weekend in the Taça Guanabara. The Taça Guanabara is a fancy name to say part 1 of the Rio State Championship Continue reading