Kaká battles it out

A second-half goal by Nilmar was the difference in a forgettable match between Brazil and England in Qatar on Saturday.

The Villarreal man struck in the first minute of the second period after heading in a lovely floated ball from ex Manchester City player, Elano.

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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.

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So Dopey officially called up 24 homensfor the selecao's upcoming friendly matches next month. Ooooh yes, we mean that exciting one against England in Qatar on the 14th and the other one against Oman in Muscat.

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Dunga announced today the players who will play the last 2 matches of the year (against England and Oman). And he had a few surprises. Given that he decided not to call players from Brazilian clubs (and therefore was unable to call Adriano and Diego Tardelli), he called forward Hulk. But he wasn't the only surprise.

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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.

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Pep Guardiola cannot believe it either.

After a workmanlike 1-0 victory against Almería and a mediocre showing in their 0-0 draw at the Mestalla against Valencia CF on Saturday, FC Barcelona looked to reverse their form in the Champions League against a supposed weaker team in FK Rubin Kazan.

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This is a bit late, but necessary. Brazil lost the final of the U20, but the result was just a detail (besides the fact that young Brazilian squads always lose to African nations). The real question is: what can we expect of those players in the future?

Possibly, 1 or 2 will be adult World Cup material (in my opinion, one of them will be Giuliano).

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Jogaram pelas eliminatórias da América do Sul, na cidade de La Paz, no estádio Hernando Siles Zuazo, para um público de 16.557 pessoas, as seleções da Bolívia (60º no ranking da FIFA) e Brasil (1º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Copa do Mundo: 20-07-1930 - Brasil 4x0 Bolívia
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo: 13 jogos, 3 vitórias da Bolívia, 3 empates, 7 vitórias do Brasil, 12 gols da Bolívia e 33 gols do Brasil. Click to continue reading...

Lucas (left) training with Brazil

Brazil play their final match in the WC qualifiers tonight in the estádio Morenão in Campo Grande. Gilberto Silva, Kaká and Luis Fabiano, who were rested for Sunday's loss against Bolivia, all return. Daniel Alves and Josué are suspended. So, Dunga has brought in Liverpool midfielder, Lucas.

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Welcome to Day 4 of O Bootcamp! During dinner last night at the Bahamas hotel, meninos had an interesting conversation about the existing "rivalry" between the orange bib wearing players and the blue shirt 'regulars' during training.

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There's nothing that can be demanded from Dunga and his players.

The team was already qualified, which turned the match against Bolivia into a open lab in the skies. The skies of La Paz took the reserve side of Brazil closer to hell than heaven. The 3600 meters above sea level suffocated the players.

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Down and out in La Paz

A lacklustre Brazil went down 2-1 in La Paz against Bolivia and so ended Dunga's team's 19 game unbeaten run.

Olivares and Marcelo Moreno had given the homeside a two-goal cushion before  Nilmar pulled one back in the second-half. The combination of high altitude and poor attitude meant that Brazil rarely threatened and the whole match had that ‘end of season' feel to it.

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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.

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Crazy story. And the rich winger has to get healthy first.

A source close to the squad is quoted as saying, "Ronaldo has been told to learn from Barcelona players Lionel Messi and Daniel Alves.
"When they are fouled, they go down like they are shot."

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Now would be the ideal time for Dopey to experiment seeing how the seleção have already qualified for the World Cup. What we don't get, however, is tio's love for Andre Santos!!!

Anyway, the squad for the remaining qualifiers against Venezuela and Bolivia has been finalised and it's nice to see Naldo and Diego Souza back again.

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Dunga has called up 22 players for Brazil's final World Cup qualifying matches against Bolivia in La Paz on October 11th and Venezuela in Campo Grande three days later.
Brazil are leaders with 33 points and have already qualified for the finals in South Africa next year. With this in mind, Dunga was expected to bring in some fresh faces for the remaining two games.

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It was honours even at San Siro as Barcelona were held to a goalless draw by Inter Milan in a match the European champions dominated but failed to crown with a goal their performance deserved.

The Spanish outfit created numerous chances to break the deadlock, particularly in the first half, the best of which fell to Zlatan Ibrahimović, who was unable to score against the side he left in the summer.

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Nilmar and his hat-trick:

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With Brazil qualified to the World Cup, the match against Chile was going to be important for 2 reasons: 1)add another victory to the incredible sequence of 18 undefeated matches; 2) test new players to join the group of 23 going to South Africa.

For that, Brazil came with the following formation: Júlio César; Maicon, Luisão, Miranda, André Santos; Gilberto Silva, Felipe Melo, Daniel Alves, Júlio Baptista; Nilmar, Adriano.

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Nilmar scores three against Chile

Even without the suspended Luis Fabiano, Brazil still managed to find the net four times against a spirited Chile in Salvador on Wednesday night.

All eyes had been on Flamengo man, Adriano, but it was Villarreal's recent acquisition, Nilmar, who put away three of Brazil's goals.

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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.

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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.

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 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 [. Click to continue reading...

Brazil is close to sealing qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, if they can beat Argentina on the road on the 5th and Chile at home on the 9th then Brazil will be on their way to South Africa.
The big news was the call up of Adriano of Flamengo to the national team. The big forward seems to have regained his scoring touch with Flamengo. Click to continue reading...

Brazil is close to sealing qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, if they can beat Argentina on the road on the 5th and Chile at home on the 9th then Brazil will be on their way to South Africa.

The big news was the call up of Adriano of Flamengo to the national team.

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So Dunga has finalized his tropa that will face Argentina next month... and Adriano aside, we're excited to see that our friend Lucas has also been summoned! Grandeeeeee mano!

The Dinho and Pato were both left out of the squad again (Milan's dismal form has been obviously detrimental to their chances ).

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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. Â

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.

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Surprises are the return of Adriano, who even fat is the top striker scorer of Campeonato Brasileiro, the return of Lucas, from Liverpool, and the new chance for left-back Filipe Luís. Miranda, the best defender in Brazil, was called one more time. Pato was left out again, a clear sign that Dunga is not happy with him after the striker's disappointing performances at the Olympics and the Confederations Cup.

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Luís Fabiano scores against Estonia

Brazil made hard work of a testy match against Estonia in Tallinn. In the end, a late first-half goal by Luís Fabiano was all that separated Brazil from a country 112th in the FIFA world rankings.

Despite being a meaningless ‘friendly', the confrontation was littered with bad tackles by both sides.

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While Brazilian clubs struggle to pocket any money, CBF made US$ 2 million to take the Brazilian squad to Estonia, as a "celebration for the 100th anniversary of the first football match in the country". And if That was to be a celebration, it felt more boring than Monday morning work meeting.

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Gallery, images, photos and pictures of FC Barcelona's match v CD Guadalajara Pre-Season Friendly match, August 2009. Includes Eidur Gudjohnsen, Jeffren Suarez, Daniel Alves, Jonathan Dos Santos, Bojan Krkic, Julio Nava, Maxwell, Yaya Touré, Sergio Busquets, Seydou Keita, Gerard Pique and Marc Muniesa images, photos and pictures. Click to continue reading...

Gallery, images, photos and pictures of FC Barcelona's match v CD Guadalajara Pre-Season Friendly match, August 2009. Includes Eidur Gudjohnsen, Jeffren Suarez, Daniel Alves, Jonathan Dos Santos, Bojan Krkic, Julio Nava, Maxwell, Yaya Touré, Sergio Busquets, Seydou Keita, Gerard Pique and Marc Muniesa images, photos and pictures. Click to continue reading...

Gallery, images, photos and pictures of FC Barcelona's match v CD Guadalajara Pre-Season Friendly match, August 2009. Includes Eidur Gudjohnsen, Jeffren Suarez, Daniel Alves, Jonathan Dos Santos, Bojan Krkic, Julio Nava, Maxwell, Yaya Touré, Sergio Busquets, Seydou Keita, Gerard Pique and Marc Muniesa images, photos and pictures. Click to continue reading...

Gallery, images, photos and pictures of FC Barcelona's match v CD Guadalajara Pre-Season Friendly match, August 2009. Includes Eidur Gudjohnsen, Jeffren Suarez, Daniel Alves, Jonathan Dos Santos, Bojan Krkic, Julio Nava, Maxwell, Yaya Touré, Sergio Busquets, Seydou Keita, Gerard Pique and Marc Muniesa images, photos and pictures. Click to continue reading...

Gallery, images, photos and pictures of FC Barcelona's match v CD Guadalajara Pre-Season Friendly match, August 2009. Includes Eidur Gudjohnsen, Jeffren Suarez, Daniel Alves, Jonathan Dos Santos, Bojan Krkic, Julio Nava, Maxwell, Yaya Touré, Sergio Busquets, Seydou Keita, Gerard Pique and Marc Muniesa images, photos and pictures. Click to continue reading...