Ronaldo brace sinks Santos

Two fabulous strikes from Ronaldo and a free kick from Chicão have put Corinthians firmly in the driving seat in the finals of the Campeonato Paulista.

Santos had the bulk of the opportunities in front of around 17,000 of their own fans but failed to capitalize and paid the price against a side which has specialized in hitting teams on the break.

Fernandão celebrates against Corinthians

On Saturday, just two points separated the top three sides in the Brasileiro. But even though Palmeiras were not in action, they stayed top after Internacional lost away at Vitória and São Paulo were held away at strugglers Santo André. Now just three points separate the top five.

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The English and Italian giants have been told that if they want the young midfielder then Athletic Club will not listen to any offers below the amount specified in his buy-out clause.
Javi Martinez is not for sale and the only way that Liverpool or Fiorentina are going to prise him away from Athletic Bilbao is if they meet his huge buy-out clause, the player's agent has stated.

This blog neglected for too long the Brazilian second division. And this is a shame. The second division in 2009 has a giant (Vasco), former Brazilian champions (Guarani and Bahia), former Brasileiro runner's up (Sao Caetano, Bragantino and Portuguesa) and many other traditional sides that played the first division for many years (Figueirense, Parana, Fortaleza, Juventude, Ponte Preta).

The 24th round of Campeonato Brasileiro was all Sao Paulo's.

Sao Paulo received the surprisingly good side of Avai at Morumbi. In the first-half, Avai made things difficult for Sao Paulo, as the home team offered loose defensive action in the midfield. In the second-half, however, Sao Paulo decided to suffocate the visitors.

... the ball boy gets himself in a fight with the players on the pitch AND makes fun of fact that they're losing. It happened in the match ABC 3 0 Bahia:

... the goalie makes fool of himself, loses the ball and the forward manages to miss the easiest goal of the year. It happened in the match Brasiliense 0 0 America-RN:

Inter must put aside their dramatic win against Flamengo and focus on the Campeonato Brasileiro once again, as Inter travel to central Brazil to face Goiás (18:30 local time).
Inter arrived in the state capital Goiânia yesterday without Nilmar, Álvaro, D'Alessandro and Kléber as Tite plans are making changes throughout the side to keep players fresh for next Wednesday's Copa do Brasil semi final with Coritiba.

Enfrascarse como "matraquero" a decir que vamos a golear y que somos mejores solo porque así lo pienso sería perder el tiempo en un post. Haciendo una lista de fortalezas del equipo de nuestros amores sin duda hay diferencias a los pasados 5 años.

Podemos decir que es un clásico con toda la mano de Víctor Manuel Vucetich, en donde a diferencia de los "Lavolpistas", esta semana no encontraremos al generador de presión extra que poco nos ha ayudado en los últimos años.

Contrary to popular belief, The Dinho is not doing Ladies Night at the Discoteca Hollywood anymore. Naturalmente, as pessoas! Everyone's headed home for the Natal holidays but as usual, the Rossoneri always seem to have the worst schedules.

Esporte Clube Vitória, usually called just Vitória, is a Brazilian football team from Salvador in Bahia. The club currently campaigns in the top tier of Brazilian soccer the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Vitoria finished the recently concluded 2009 Brasileiro in 13th place. Yesterday, players Arthur Maia and Alan Henrique presented the Vitoria Penalty 2010 home [.