Fred and Fluminense blow it against América MG (Photocamera)
I told you Brazilian football is crazy and that you see the good bad and ugly every single week. This week it was Fluminense’s turn to provide the ugly: Continue reading
Can he guide Corinthians to the title this year? (Getty Images)
The Brazilian Serie A never ceases to amaze me. The obvious, inevitable, just never happens. It’s incredible. Continue reading
Former idol Alex (centre-left) broke Inter hearts (Vipcomm/Marcos Nagelstein)
Vasco moved to the top of the league with a 2-0 away win against Bahia but it was Corinthians who can be happiest with this weekend’s events if you ask me. Continue reading
Will he fire Corinthians to the title? (Globoesporte)
Fantastic afternoon for Corinthians yesterday: they thrashed Atlético GO 3-0, moved to the top of the league table and Adriano made his long awaited debut with a 15 minute run out. Continue reading
Things didn't exactly go to plan (Wagner Carmo/Vipcomm)
Flamengo didn’t read the script. With Luis Fabiano making his long awaited (re)debut for São Paulo in front of 70,000 screaming fans, it was meant to be São Paulo’s afternoon. Continue reading
Luis Fabiano: "I'm back and we're going to win the title" (Luiz Pires/Vipcomm)
Luis Fabiano will finally make his debut (for a second time) for São Paulo on Sunday, six months after signing for the club. Continue reading
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
Lets hope Ricardo Gomes makes a full recovery (Fotocom)
Once in a while football gets put into perspective. Sunday afternoon unfortunately was one of those times when Vasco coach Ricardo Gomes was rushed to hospital after suffering a stroke during the second half of the derby match between Flamengo and Vasco. Continue reading
Santos players and coaching staff look on as things go from bad to worse against Vasco (Getty Images)
How ironic this beautiful game can be. After overcoming all the odds to win the Copa Libertadores and São Paulo State Championship, Santos have all but thrown their Serie A title hopes out the window with three losses in the space of a week. 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