Bring on Barça (Getty)
Santos brushed off the challenge of Kashiwa Reysol to reach the FIFA Club World Cup final. They beat their Japanese opponents 3-1 with goals from Neymar (who else?), Borges and Danilo. Continue reading
Cortês and Lucas are both expected to start tonight (Mowa Press)
Judging from Mano Menezes’ team during training on Tuesday, Brazil’s likely starting line-up for tonight’s game will be: Continue reading
Captain for the night (Mowa Press)
Brazil and Argentina drew 0-0 last night in a match that was below the standards we would normally expect from two of the Worlds’ great footballing nations. On the whole it was another disappointing performance from Brazil. Continue reading
Does Borges (left) deserve a chance for the seleção? (Getty Images)
Internacional and Santos drew 3-3 in a fascinating match on Wednesday night. In absolute cruise control, 3-0 in front (and deservedly so) with 15 minutes to go, Internacional inexplicably let Santos back in the game. 15 minutes later, its 3-3 and Inter’s players are being booed off the pitch at the final whistle. 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
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