Brazil take on Italy tonight in London and a capacity crowd of around 60,000 are expected in the Emirates Stadium. This is the fourth time Brazil have played at Arsenal's home ground.

Kaká, Dunga and Adriano ponder tonight's clash with Argentina

Brazil head to Argentina today knowing that a win could see them qualify for next year's World Cup in South Africa. Dunga's men need the three points in the estádio Gigante in Rosario and require Colombia to beat Ecuador in Medellin earlier in the day.

The matches to watch after you realize that life back in Brazil is treating Adriano pretty friggin good. (Her name is Cassia Menega and she's a 22-year-old university student.)

Saturday

Chelsea v Blackburn at Stamford Bridge Carlo Ancelotti may not be in the dugout for this one, as he returned to Italy this week to tend to his ill 86-year-old father.

The 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro came to an end a mere six weeks ago. But professional football has returned to Brazil with the start of the 27 state championships. But as ever, we on Brazilian football will be focusing on the oldest and most competitive tournament: São Paulo's Campeonato Paulista.

Adriano: They call me mellow yellow

Dunga has called up 22 players for the World Cup qualifying clashes against Argentina in Rosario on September 5th and Chile in Salvador four days later.

Flamengo forward, Adriano, is the name that stands out. The player is one of the top scorers in the Campeonato Brasileiro with ten goals to his name.

All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of Dirty Tackle...

The last time Michael Owen leaves a Manchester area hospital without being on crutches. [Eurosport]

West Ham fans sabotaged Joe Cole's wedding suit. [The Spoiler]

Jose Mourinho is not getting a divorce.

Adriano has been doing really well since returning to Brazil and getting his head back together. So well, in fact, that people are even using his image on their products. Unfortunately, those products are drugs.

From the Corriere dello Sport:

Now that Adriano is back in Rio de Janeiro and is the top scorer in the Brazilian championship with Flamengo, he's so popular that his picture is even selling packets of drugs.

The meeting of one great footballing mind and Dunga

Brazil take on England in Doho, Qatar, for the first of three international friendlies before the World Cup finals in South Africa next year.

Dunga's men see the England game as a real test against one of their main contenders in the competition in 2010.

So one of the major stories after the international break was that Adriano never returned to Italy. Inter were expecting him to be in Milan the Tuesday after the international break, and he never showed up. Early reports were he had simply missed his flight after a party, but as the days passed and he still failed to show up reports were something was wrong.

Neymar and Ronaldo: just two of the big stars in this year's Brasileiro

The dust has barely settled on the major state championships, but already it's time to focus on Brazil's national league – the Campeonato Brasileiro.

The 2008 competition was one of the closest for years but this season could be even tighter.

En lo que fue el segundo partido de pretemporada los Dorados de Sinaloa ganaron a su filial de Dorados Mochis 3-1 en cotejo celebrado este miércoles en las instalaciones del Splash Club por la salida sur de la ciudad.

Los goles del equipo local fueron de Acuña, Ray Torres y Matos y por Dorados Mochis descontó Raymundo Alemán.

Placar magazine, the most traditional and popular soccer magazine in Brazil, put together in its June issue a ranking with the biggest salaries in Brazilian football. The leader? Ronaldo, obviously. And as a reminder: Nowadays, US$1 = R$2.05.

1°- Ronaldo* (Corinthians) = R$ 1.133.000
2°- Adriano** (Flamengo) = R$ 362.

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo is a Brazilian multisport club located in Rio de Janeiro. Flamengo's football/soccer team is one of the most popular club in Brazil with an estimated 35 million supporters and placed 9th in the FIFA Clubs of the 20th Century ranking. Other nicknames used by fans for Flamengo include "Fla", "Mengo", and "Mengão" [.

Hulk, Michel Bastos, Fábio Aurélio, Carlos Eduardo

Dunga has called up 24 players to face England on November 14th in Doha, Qatar, and Oman three days later in Muscat.

The squad includes Liverpool's Lucas and Fábio Aurélio plus Manchester City's Robinho. Porto frontman, Givanildo Vieira de Souza (Hulk), gets his first call-up.

Let's divert our attention away from South American football, shall we, and take a closer look at something else that's taking place in the region... Carnaval in Brazil! For the unaware, Carnaval is celebrated in Brazil four days before Ash Wednesday (yeah, don't give me that look amigos). Modern carnival originated in Rio in 1641.

So remember that great "Serie A vs. EPL" section on La Gazzetta which I promised I'd partially translate? Here's the first batch of pink-goodness: a look at ALL THE PLAYERS from tonight's Inter Milan vs. Manchester United UEFA Champions League match. Boy I can't wait for game-time. Meanwhile, feast your eyes on this.

When Adriano first signed with Flamengo, his kit featured a question mark on the back instead of an actual number a symbol which not only foreshadowed his sporadic disappearances, but the ever-changing digits that occupy that very space on his shirt.

For a while, Adriano wore #29, but he has apparently taken things to a new level, as he wore #100 in yesterday's match against Fluminese.

VS. The 5-time World Champion (and official national team of the Metellus Family) Brazil announced their roster for the highly anticipated Feb. 10th friendly vs. 4-time and current World Champion, Italy. Its a roster that was surprising due to its omissions and additions. The most glaring omission is the red-hot Juventus striker, Amauri who [.

Fresh from the great minds of Gazzetta dello Sport, here is a look at ALL THE PLAYERS from UEFA Champion's League Inter Milan vs. Manchester United. Enjoy! . . . . . . . . . . . JULIO CESAR Our impression is that the Seleçao keeper will have a lot of work on his hands (no pun intended), especially at Old Trafford.

After the love has gone (Filippo Monteforte/AFP)When Adriano failed to turn up in Milan following international duty with Brazil in early April, speculation over his exact whereabouts soon began....

La nota formal sobre el partido Dorados – Tigres B de este sábado.

OnceTitular..com

April 25, 2009

Par de autogoles dieron calificación a Dorados

Culiacán, Sin. 25 Abr. 2009 / Oncetitular.com

Con dos autogoles, Dorados de Sinaloa se impuso a Tigres B por 2-0, y aseguró su boleto a la liguilla por el título del Torneo de Clausura 2009 de la primera división "A".

There have been many occasions in recent years where the genius of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been brought into question. After all, the trophy cabinet has been empty for four years and everyone, from skipper Cesc Fabregas to that little child in the upper tier at the Emirates, is becoming increasingly restless with the club's underachievements.

Remember if you have any questions for the players or coaches, post here before halftime and I will do what I can.
Location:
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Weather:
Sunny and 80 degrees
Referees:
Head Ref: Baldomero Toledo
Asst Ref: Corey Rockwell
Asst Ref: Chris Strickland
4th Official: Ramon Hernandez
Actual Lineups:
FC Barcelona
GK Jose Manuel Pinto
RB Marc Muniesa
CB Rafael Marquez
CB Maxwell Andrade
LB Dani Alves
RM Seydou Keita
CM Toure Yaya
LM Jonathan Dos Santos
RS Lionel Messi - Captain
CS Krkic Bojan
LS Pedro Rodriguez
Subs
GK Victor Valdes
DF Gerard Pique
DF Carlos Puyol
MF Xavi Hernandez
FW Eidur Gudjohnsen
DF Andreu Fontas
FW Thierry Henry
MF Sergio Busquets
FW Jeffren Suarez
DF Eric Abidal
DF Adriano Henrique
DF Victor Sanchez
Los Angeles Galaxy
GK Josh Saunders
RB AJ DeLaGarza
CB Omar Gonzalez
CB Tony Sanneh
LB Todd Dunivant
RM Landon Donovan
CDM Christopher Birchall
CAM David Beckham
CDM Stefani Miglioranzi
LM Eddie Lewis
CS Jovan Kirovski
Subs
GK Kevin Guppy
DF Gregg Berhalter
FW Tristan Bowen
FW Alan Gordon
MF Leonard Griffin
FW Bryan Jordan
MF Chris Klein
MF Dema Kovalenko
MF Mike Magee
DF Yohance Marshall
MF Kyle Patterson
PRE-GAME:
-Crowd erupts as Barcelona takes the field, even though the Galaxy have been warming up the whole time.

Luisão heads home for Brazil

A headed goal by Luisão and a brace from Luís Fabiano earned Brazil a deserved 3-1 against Argentina in Rosario. Dátolo scored Argentina's consolation goal. This was Argentina's first home defeat in 41 matches. The result ensured Dunga's team a place in the World Cup finals in South Africa next year with three rounds to spare.

Italian Serie A leaders Inter Milan held  on for a victory which took them 11 clear of third-placed Milan. Adriano dubiously used an arm to convert Maicon's cross on 28 minutes. Dejan Stankovic then capitalized on an Inter defe3nsive blunder three minutes before the break to put the champions 2-0 up.

Brazil coach Dunga has named his following squad for the COMNEBOL FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifiers away to Ecuador on March 29 and at home to Peru on April 1. It is as follows: Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Doni (AS Roma) Defenders: Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Maicon (Inter Milan), Lucio (Bayern Munich), Miranda (Sao Paulo), Thiago Silva (AC [.

Inter's Brazilian striker Adriano has stunned the football world by declaring that he wants to quit football for the time being, allowing himself to sort his own personal issues out.

Where have all the players gone?

Petulance, stupidity and immaturity are words that are used in conjunction with Premier League footballers, by pundits, journalists and fans, but this season we've seen a new so called wave of prima- donna behaviour from highly paid football stars. Starting at the bottom of the pile we have the case of Amir Zaki, whose loan spell at Wigan this season has certainly brought to attention some of footballs biggest clubs (following enquiries from Bayern Munich and Manchester City in January) after making a brilliant start to his season scoring 7 goals in his first 8 games.

Link:

(Dinamo-Shaktar 1-0. Autogol di Chygrynskiy che porta in vantaggio la Dinamo)

Link:

(Dinamo-Shaktar 1-1. Fernandinho pareggia i conti)
DINAMO KIEV: Bogush, Betao, Sabljic, Yussuf, El Kaddour; Correa (37'st Cernat), Vukojevic, Ninkovic, Aliyev, Bangoura, Milevsky (1'st Ghioane).

Mercurial Brazilian striker Adriano has signed with Brazilian giants Flamengo. The club unveiled the sometime Brazilian national team hitman at a press conference yesterday evening. The 27-year-old returns to the Rio de Janeiro side where he made his playing debut in 2000. A year later he moved to Italy's Inter Milan.

In the end it lasted no more than two months. No sooner had Adriano torn up his contract, seemingly out of love with football, than he was back in the headlines scoring goals.For this past weekend...

Pues a juzgar por lo que se comenta Dorados se desmantelaría para el próximo torneo y muy pocos jugadores de los actuales se mantendrían.Inclusive algunos que pertenecen o que se piensa pertenecen a los Dorados y estaban de préstamo en otros equipos ya no volverán como El Coco Gimenez, Mauro Gerk e inclusive Lucas Siva y Héctor Hurtado.

Atlético Mineiro go top

Celso Roth's revitalization of Atlético Mineiro continued on Sunday with a 3-0 victory over Náutico in Belo Horizonte. The win, plus Internacional's 0-0 draw at home to Vitória, was enough to lift Atlético into pole position on goal difference. Júnior, Diego Tardelli and Márcio Araújo did the damage.

Atlético Mineiro's Carlos Alberto celebrates against Santos

League leaders Atlético Mineiro had to come from behind to beat Santos 3-2 in the Vila Belmiro. And with Internacional slipping up away at Flamengo, Celso Roth's team were able to open up a three point gap at the top.

Neymar scored his first goal in the Brasileiro for Santos on the stroke of half-time.

After the 10th round of Campeonato Brasileiro, Atletico-MG returned to the top after the 3-0 victory in the Belo Horizonte derby. Besides the pathetic red card by Cruzeiro's Ze Carlos, the men of the match were veteran Junior and forward Eder Luis - even though in his goal goalie Andrey gave a big help.

Editor's Note: Geoff Reid appears on WVHooligan.com each week. Today he returns to talk about what's going on with legendary Brazilian Ronaldinho. Feel free to leave Geoff your thoughts below.

In 2005 and 2006 he dazzled crowds with excitement in Barcelona and beyond with his skills and beaming smile.

Adriano celebrates against Corinthians

"O campeão voltou" or ‘the champions are back" was the cry coming from the 28,000 or so who were in the estádio Morumbi to see São Paulo beat an in-form Goiás 3-1.

For most of this season, São Paulo have languished in the wrong half of the table.

Brazil manager Dunga chooses his squad for Argentina and Chile... Goalkeepers: Júlio César (Inter Milan) Victor (Grêmio) Defenders: Maicon (Inter Milan) Daniel Alves (Barcelona) Filipe (La Coruña) André Santos (Fernerbahçe) Luisão (Benfica) Miranda (São Paulo) Lúcio (Inter Milan) Juan (Roma) Midfielders: Josué (Wolfsburg) Gilberto Silva (Panathinaikos) Felipe Melo (Juventus) Lucas (Liverpool) Elano (Galatasaray) Ramires (Benfica) Júlio Baptista (Roma) Kaká (Real Madrid) Forwards: Nilmar (Villa Real) Robinho (Manchester City) Luís Fabiano (Seville) Adriano (Flamengo) Posted in Natioanl Teams Tagged: Dunga, World [.

So it's Day 2 of the Soldados Bootcamp and they're already bullying Robinho! Anyway, the manos did field work yesterday while Daniel Alves, Luisão, Ramires and Elano were immediately sent to the gym upon arrival. Muito grave, indeed!

For training, Dopey divided the squad into two teams- Julio Cesar, Maicon, Lúcio, Miranda, André Santos; Gilberto Silva, Felipe Melo, Julio Baptista, Kaká; Robinho and Luís Fabiano formed one side while Victor, Cristian, Gérson, Juan and Filipe; Sandro, Lucas, João Pedro and Wellington; Nilmar and Adriano made up the other.

Blue is the colour

For their penultimate game in the WC qualifiers, Brazil take on Bolivia in La Paz and Dunga is expected to make changes from his regular starting line-up. With Kaká, Gilberto Silva and Luis Fabiano all rested, the coach could test Josué, Miranda, and Diego Souza. The latter two have had good seasons for São Paulo and Palmeiras respectively but have yet to secure a place in the squad for next year's finals.