Bruno Cortes (middle): from Nova Iguaçu to the seleção in six months (Getty Images)
Mano Menezes has named his squad for the friendly match with Argentina to be played on 14 September in Cordoba. The squad consists exclusively of home based players including Ronaldinho, Neymar, Fred and Leandro Damião. Continue reading
Great to see that famous smile back in a Brazil shirt (Mowa Press)
Brazil got back to winning ways by beating Ghana 1-0 in a friendly at Craven Cottage in London. Continue reading
RONALDINHO IS BACK! (Mowa Press)
Brazil play Ghana in a friendly at Craven Cottage on Monday evening (15.45 Brazil time). Their European based players have been training in London for a few days and were joined on Friday by those playing their club football in Brazil. Some good pics below. Good to see Ronaldinho back. Continue reading
Ronaldinho magic (Wander Roberto/VIPCOMM)
The best game of the season so far and some commentators are even saying it was one of the best ever games in the Brazilian National Championship. Stars of the future, past and present, heroes, villains, dislocated shoulders, missed penalties, brilliant goals from free kicks, brilliant dribbles, clinical finishing, brilliant passing, poor defending and goalkeeping. This game had it all (except for a red card I suppose)! Continue reading
Kléber won't be signing for Flamengo this year
I went down to the Palmeiras vs. Flamengo game on Wednesday night. It had all the ingredients for a great match: fourth against third, a crowd of around 35,000 people (very high by Brazilian standards), two of Brazil’s best coaches going head to head (Luis Felipe Scolari or Big Phil at Palmeiras and Vanderley Luxemburgo at Flamengo) and former world player of the year Ronaldinho on show. Continue reading
But how can they afford my wages? (Getty Images)
Corinthians’ bid for Carlos Tevez was truly sensational. A few years ago it was unthinkable that any Brazilian club could pay such a large transfer fee (between £40 and £50 million depending on who you believe) for any player. That’s not to mention his wages which are reported to be above £200,000 per week at Manchester City. The question is where did all this money come from? Continue reading
Liedson is the man for Corinthians (Getty Images)
Corinthians thrashed the league leaders São Paulo 5-0 on Sunday afternoon thanks to three goals from Portugal international striker Liedson. Corinthians have become something of a bogey team for São Paulo and so it proved again on Sunday afternoon. Continue reading
Ronaldinho finally found his form for Flamengo (Alexandre Loureiro - VIPCOMM)
After a lacklustre couple of months with goals mainly coming from penalties and free kicks, Ronaldinho finally put on a show for Flamengo as they brushed past Atlético Mineiro 4-1 on Saturday night in the Serie A. Continue reading
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
A kick in the teeth? (Alexandre Loureiro/VIPCOMM)
Ceará, the team from the state of… you guessed it… Ceará, beat Flamengo in the Brazilian Cup to reach the semi-final of the competition. They drew 2-2 on the night but progress thanks their 2-1 win in Rio last week. Pretty big upset this considering the difference in the size and cost of the two teams. They will play Coritiba in the semi-final, after they also caused an upset by beat Palmeiras 6-2 on aggregate. They won the first leg 6-0 last week. Continue reading