It's that time of the year again when local pride is at stake in the numerous state championships which are prevalent in the opening months of the Brazilian football calendar. From Amapá in the far north to Rio Grande do Sul in the south, from Acre in the west to ParaÃba in the far east of the country, twenty seven regions of Brazil will be involved in their own local championship, mixing the big boys with the smaller village teams, with each club hoping to win their respective title and qualify for a place in next year's edition of the national cup, the Copa Brasil.
With the quarter-finals approaching in the Copa Libertadores each of the eight teams remaining
in the competition will fancy their chances of winning the trophy.
This is due to the fact that the two traditional powers of South American football, Brazil and
Argentina, whose clubs usually take up a good proportion of representation at this stage, only have
two clubs between them going into the last eight of this year's tournament.
Santos have given 16-year-old junior team player, Gabriel Barbosa, a three-year contract with a buyout fee of €50 million. The Vila Belmiro club own 60% of the forward's economic rights with an option to buy the remainder. Barbosa was Santos' top scorer in the Campeonato Paulista Under-17s with nine goals and despite not having appeared for the professional side, already has a contract with Nike.
El miercoles pasado un capitulo mas se escribió en la polemica carrera del jugador Neymar
ariete del Santos brasileño. el delantero se comporto como un verdadero idiota, despotricó contra
el Directo tecnico de su club Dorival Junior frente a compañeros y periodistas porque no le
permitió patear un penal en partido por la liga brasileña.
Defensive midfielder, Rodrigo Possebon, has signed a four-year contract with Santos. The Vila
Belmiro side have acquired 35% of the 21-year-old's economic rights – the rest are owned by an
investment group. Possebon will be presented officially on Monday. Santos have already won the
Campeonato Paulista and the Copa do Brasil this season.
Neymar da Silva Santos or just simply Neymar is a Brazilian future soccer star.
He is the most highly rated Brazilian recently that many labeled him as the "New Pele" or New
"Robinho".
But with the scoring feat he did for his present club Santos FC, he can be called the "New
Ronaldo" as well.
Various state championships came to a conclusion in Brazil this weekend and there were no real
surprises in terms of the eventual winners. The Carioca Championship already hailed its new
champion Botafogo two weeks ago after the team had won both stages of their state competition. This
weekend saw more victorious scenes in various state championships which have now all been decided
with just a week to go before the new Brasileiro (Brazilian national championship) season gets
under way.
On Sunday, Santos put three past a toothless São Paulo to bring their total of goals to 90 in
25 games this season. São Paulo's best chance of getting through the tie came in the first leg at
the Morumbi.
Si piensas que este 2012 el mundo se va a terminar y estas buscando señales,tal vez esta noticia
futbolera entre en la lista de razones fatalistas. No es que exagere, pero es casi imposible de
pensar que en Brasil contraten jugadores extranjeros, mucho menos si se piensa en asiáticos.
China es de las selecciones menos desarrolladas en Asia pero ya tienen un jugador que generara
furor en el paÃs mas poblado del mundo.
As controversial as they are a regular feature of the Brazilian football calendar, the state
championships are back in the next couple of weeks. Though derided as an unnecessary burden on
teams and players alike it seems that these championships are going to remain for a long time as
they are part of the country's football tradition.
It's that time of the year again when local pride is at stake in the numerous state
championships which are prevalent in the opening months of the Brazilian football calendar. From
Amapá in the far north to Rio Grande do Sul in the south, from Acre in the west to ParaÃba in the
far east of the country, twenty seven regions of Brazil will be involved in their own local
championship, mixing the big boys with the smaller village teams, with each club hoping to win
their respective title and qualify for a place in next year's edition of the national cup, Copa
Brazil.
For all the very latest news on Brazil's new talents, follow me on Twitter
here
16-year-old forward, Victor Andrade, has signed a three season deal with Santos. According to
press reports, the player has already attracted the attention of Manchester City and Barcelona, and
Santos have written in a €50 million buyout clause in Victor's contract €5 million more than
they want for Neymar .
2011 Campeonato Paulista (São Paulo state championship) and 2010 Copa do Brasil (Brazil Cup)
winners Santos FC has unveiled its Umbro home and away kits for the 2011 season. The Umbro Santos
2011 kits were presented on Sunday before the team's 3-1 win over Avaà at the Vila Belmiro. They
use under the popular Tailored [.
2010 Campeonato Paulista (São Paulo state championship) and Copa do Brasil (Brazil Cup) winners
Santos FC has unveiled its Umbro home and away kits for the 2011 season. The Umbro Santos 2011 kits
were presented on Sunday at the club's headquarters in an event featuring local rock band Aliados
and under the popular Tailored by [.
Brazil the land of samba and sexy soccer brings us yet another crop of soccer babes in the form of
the Gata do Paulistão 2011 competition. The competition runs concurrently with the Campeonato
Paulista (São Paulo State Championship) and features female models from each of the tournament's
clubs ( including giants Corinthians, Palmeiras and Sao [.
Palmeiras must perform in the Paulistão or it could be goodbye to Luis Felipe Scolari
São Paulo's state Championship The Campeonato Paulista kicks off on 15th January. Big name
clubs Santos, Corinthians, São Paulo and Palmeiras will once again take to the field to do battle
in a competition that has been running since 1901.
Brazil the land of samba and sexy soccer brings us yet another crop of soccer babes in the form of
the Gata do Paulistão 2010 competition. The competition runs concurrently with the Campeonato
Paulista (São Paulo State Championship) and features female models from each of the tournament's
clubs (Corinthians, Mirassol, Monte Blue, Palmeiras, Ponte Preta, Gremio [.
Santos are expecting a tough battle for their teen sensation Neymar when he prepare to leaves
the club in 2014. The Campeonato Paulista player of the year 2011 has consistently been linked with
a move to Spain with Barcelona now emerging as his most probable destination.
In fact, reports doing the rounds suggest that the Catalan giants had already struck a
preliminary agreement worth 10 million Euros to sign the star earlier than 2014.
On Sunday morning if you happen to be in Western Europe the champions of world club football
will be crowned, as the final of the 2011 Club World Cup is played at the International Stadium in
Yokohama between Barcelona, the current champions of Europe, and Santos of Brazil, the current
champions of South America.
We wrote last week about Major League Soccer's efforts to keep the league relevant during the
off season. The league is certainly making an effort in that regard with a couple of
announcements today designed to keep fans interested and media reporting about the league. We'll
start with big national broadcast news for the opening Major League Soccer weekend in 2012.
And so the career of Ronaldo LuÃs Nazário de Lima, or just plain old "Ronaldo" to the rest of
us, was officially recognised in Tuesday night's Brazil versus Romania international in which the
great man was allowed to play 15 minutes before saying a fond farewell to the thousands of fans
who'd come to see him play in São Paulo.
Former FIFA World Player of the Year (1999) and 2002 World Cup-winning midfielder Rivaldo has
signed for modest Sao Paulo-based Mogi Mirim. The former Barcelona and AC Milan player played for
the club from 1992 to 1993 and currently acts as the club's president. During his five-year stay
at FC Barcelona (1997-2002) the now 38-year old [.
AC Milan are on the rise, the rossoneri are aiming for the scudetto now that they have new stars
like Ibrahimovic and Robinho. These two stars added to Ronaldinho and Pato provide an attacking
group of players which seem very dangerous. Now you can follow AC Milan on GolTV, which has decided
to include "AC Milan Channel".
A few days ago, we brought you a look at some of the contestants taking part in the Gata do
Paulistão 2010 competition. Needless to say, Football Fashion's first ever Gata do Paulistão was
extremely popular. Last night, the finals of the competition took place. The event culminated with
the crowning of 25-year old Fernanda Passos [.
União Barbarense currently find themselves in the relegation zone of the Campeonato Paulista first phase, and have apparently resorted to using underhand tactics to gain an advantage.
The Sao Paolo side defeated tenth-place rivals Linense 3-2 on the road on Thursday, but in the second half they fielded two players wearing the same shirt number in a ruse intended to confuse their opponents.
While the marquee game of the weekend, Sunday's African Cup of Nations final between Zambia and
Ivory Coast, is not being widely televised throughout the United States, there is still plenty of
top-rate action to catch.
This weekend has the potential to be a landmark one for a number of Americans looking to make
their mark on the European game.
