Santista Nation,
now it is much easer to watch and keep up with what's going on with the greatest team in the world.
The Santos FC media departament just launched the Santos FC oficial TV chanel on youtube.
The adress is http://www.youtube.com/santostvoficial
There you can watch interviews, practice sections and game highlights.
Santista Nation,
It's good to be back here and talk to you about one of our greatest passion. I want to apologyze
for the time I took away from the blog. I just finished my last semester in school and that kept me
pretty busy. Also, as we all know, our team was not doing so great and that also made me pissed and
lose the motivation to write.
What a win. A great performance to get us out of relegation trouble. Neymar... what can I saythat
second goal was pure class.
The win also solidified our push for football on the continent next season. A win against Avai and
we are in.
That's all I have to say for now. Let's end the season on a positive note.
Hey guys, I'm back from the dead. Due to commitments with school I haven't had time to update.
However, I'll be hard at work with a new format to the posts. That includes translating and posting
articles from Globoesporte, Futebol Uol Esporte, and of course the club's official website. I think
this would be the best way to keep others up to date on the workings of the club.
Today at the Mineirão we face Atlético-MG in the 26th round of the Brasileiro. We are in
12th place on 36 points while O Galo are in 5th place on 41 points. Both teams are coming off draws
in their last matches.
So here's the squad for today's game.
Goleiros: Felipe, Sérgio
Zagueiros: Adailton, André Astorga, Eli Sabiá, Fabão
Laterais: George Lucas, Léo, Pará
Volantes: Emerson, Rodrigo Mancha, Rodrigo Souto, Germano
Meias: Madson, Robson
Atacantes: André, Felipe Azevedo, Gil, Neymar, Kléber Pereira
Jean was supposed to make his debut but a thigh strain keeps him out of the match.
This was one of the most boring games I've seen us play this year. No ideas, no creativity and what
the hell was up with that 3-5-2. Luxa was definitely trying to compensate for Ganso's absence.
However, exposing a medicore defense isn't the best strategy.
Credit to Botafogo who didn't look shy to attack.
A quick roundup of the news in bullet form. I'll be doing this a bit, school is killing me at the
moment.
1. We beat Santo Andre 1x0 with the goal from Germano in fairly drab game. It seems that against
weaker teams the guys take it easy. Missing Ganso is a going to be a huge problem. I'm still
wondering how he got called up but Dentinho is still with Corinthians.
Tomorrow we face Santo Andre at home. This is a must win game after the loss against Corinthians.
That was a game we should have won, we snatched defeat from the jaws of defeat with some comical
defending.
Here's the squad for the game:
Alan Patrick (meia)
André (atacante)
André Astorga (zagueiro)
Douglas (goleiro)
Eli Sabiá (zagueiro)
Emerson (volante)
Fabão (zagueiro)
Felipe (goleiro)
Felipe Azevedo (atacante)
George Lucas (lateral)
Germano (volante)
Kléber Pereira (atacante)
Léo (lateral)
Luizinho (lateral)
Madson (meia)
Neymar (atacante)
Pará (lateral)
Rodrigo Mancha (volante)
Rodrigo Souto (volante)
Triguinho (lateral)
The squad is looking a bit depleted.
Santista Nation,
the game agaist Fluminense wasn't our best performance. We played a weak team that showed why they
are in last place in this championship. But a win is always a win and that's what matters. Our goal
of being in the next Libertadores Cup is still alive. We are not far at all from the qualifying
zone.
OverviewTomorrow at the Vila Belmiro Santos face Fluminese. Santos are in 10th position with 29
points, while Fluminese are rooted to the bottom of the able on 16 points.
The referee is Evandro Rogério Roman with his assistants being Roberto Braatz and Altemir
Hausmann.
Form
Santos' last game was an exciting 3x3 at home to Internacional.
Jean's presentation was today and he expressed his hope to score many goals for the club. When
asked about his tag as a player who never scores he had this to say - and I paraphrase:
"This thing that i don't like to score goals doesn't exist. Everyone likes goals. It is my
character to seek spaces on the field and move towards the center forward position.
The Match
Well Luxa said he was going to attack and attack he did. The major changes were Robson on the right
side of midfield for German, and Leo for Para at left back. This was Leo's 300th game for Santos.
Congratulations and thank you for your service to the club.
The team came out attacking and managed to get a two goal lead earlier into the first half.
Overview
Tonight at the Vila Belmiro Santos face Internacional. Santos are in 11th position with 28 points,
5 less than their opponents - who are fifth.
The referee is Luiz Antônio dos Santos with his assistants being Marco Aurélio dos Santos
Pessanha and Wagner de Almeida do Santos.
This wasn't an unexpected defeat since Goiás have been playing well. The two goals were down to
preventable defensive mistakes. Felipe was blameless for both IMO. K. Pereira managed to score a
soft goal to pull one back, but in the end we couldn't get another.
Inter is up next in a vital clash at home.
Overview
This Sunday in Goiânia at the Estádio Serra Dourada, Santos will face Goiás in the 21th round of
the Brasileirão. Santos are in 11th position with 28 points, 7 less than their opponents - who are
third - but with a game less played.
The referee is Heber Roberto Lopes with his assistants being Gilson Bento Couitinho and Márcia
Bezerra Lopes Caetano.
