Can Neymar fire Santos to the final of the FIFA Club World Cup? (Getty)
Neymar and Santos take on Kashiwa Reysol in the semi final of the FIFA Club World Cup on Wednesday. Continue reading
Santos World Club Cup semi-final expected line-up
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Category Archives: Brazilian football
Valdívia – Busted!
"Come on. Just delete those photos...." (Getty Images)
Palmeiras and Chile playmaker Valdívia is in big trouble. Not with fans or his club or anything like that. Oh, no. It’s a lot worse. Continue reading
Neymar: last of the mohicans
The end of an era? (Mowa Press)
Brazil is in a state of shock after Neymar revealed that he is getting rid of his mohican. Continue reading
Two week break
Readers,
Unfortunately some real life commitments of mine mean that I am going to have to take a two week break from updating this blog. Sorry about that. For any urgent questions (eg. has Neymar signed for Barcelona) send me an email brian@brazilfooty.com and i’ll do my best to reply. Otherwise you can follow the latest Brazilian football scores on soccernet.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/league/_/id/conmebol.libertadores/copa-libertadores?cc=3888
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/league/_/id/bra.1/brazil?cc=3888
Brazilfooty.com is a nice transparent place so go ahead and read the competition, I don’t mind.
See you in June,
Brian
Why the Brazilian Championship is so hard to predict
Just in case my predictions go horribly wrong, I am writing my excuses now. The Brazilian Serie A is the hardest league in the world to predict (no sitting on the fence here) and here are the reasons why: Continue reading
Top 10 youngsters playing in Brazil
And the winner is.... (photo: Getty Images)
I have finally finished the most complex piece of work in this blog’s history: a list of the top 10 youngsters playing in Brazil. In order to compile the list, I have followed countless rumours and leads, gone through player dossiers, match reports, television footage, trawled the state championships, lower leagues and youth divisions up and down the country, interviewing coaches, fans and scouts alike. All in the hope of finding the best up-and-coming talent in Brazil in order to report to you, this blog’s readers. Continue reading
Palmeiras humiliated by Coritiba in Brazilian Cup
Oh dear (Getty Images)
Palmeiras were thrashed 6-0 at the hands of Coritiba in the Brazilian Cup on Thursday night. The result is a huge blow to Palmeiras fans who had pinned their hopes on the competition after their defeat against Corinthians in last weekend’s São Paulo State Championship semi-final. Continue reading
Derby day decided by penalties
Thiago Neves scores the winner for Flamengo (Maurício Val/VIPCOMM)
After three months of mind numbing State Championships, nearly all of the 24 odd Brazilian State Championships kicked into life yesterday as their reached their finale with a number of historic derby matches deciding trophies and finalists. All of the three main derby matches played on Sunday (Palmeiras x Corinthians, Internacional x Grêmio and Flamengo x Vasco) were decided on penalties while a day earlier Santos beat São Paulo 2-0 away from home to reach the São Paulo State final. Continue reading
State Champs: No surprizes in São Paulo or Rio
Can Felipe stop Flamengo? (Alexandre Brum / FOTOCOM.NET)
With the long winded State Championships finally coming to an end, there were no major surprises in this weekend’s fixtures (sorry about this report being a few days late). In São Paulo, with the league format finished, the top eight teams played each other for a place in the semi-finals. Continue reading
State Championships: final round of league matches
Hasn't fully lived up to expectations yet (Ricardo Ramos/VIPCOMM)
Ronaldinho missed a penalty in the last kick of the game against Macaé in their Rio Cup match. A win would have put Flamengo (who beat Botafogo in a crunch match last weekend thanks to two goals from Thiago Neves) top of their group and meant a semi-final at home to Olaria. With the draw, however, they finished second in their group behind Vasco (who drew 2-2 with Olaria and will face them in the semi) and now play away to Fluminense in the semi-final. Fluminense have recovered well in the competition and topped their group. Continue reading