With the season is moving towards the final stages, I thought it was high time I produced a
follow up to last year's ‘Brazil: the talent factory' post. Once again, there has been an
abundance of exciting new players that have caught the eye in their first season in Série A.
Of the players I picked out last year; Palmeiras' Keirrison was bought by Barcelona and has been
loaned out to Benfica.
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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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Brazil will get to lock horns with the country ranked 79th in the world when they play Oman in
Muscat on 17th November this year.
Three days before, Brazil take on England in Qatar. The squad for both matches will be announced
on October 27th. Dunga (photo) is not expected to call up Brazil-based players whose sides are
involved in the final stage of the Campeonato Brasileiro.
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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 BolÃvia (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 BolÃvia
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo: 13 jogos, 3 vitórias da BolÃvia, 3 empates, 7
vitórias do Brasil, 12 gols da BolÃvia e 33 gols do Brasil.
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See The Cup 19 October @ 01:07 AM EST
Up until last week, the Brasileirao seemed the tournament no one wanted to win. The favorites
kept losing points with pale football. But the 30th round shows signs of change by two sides.
Flamengo and Atletico-MG want to take the title home after a long time.
While Palmeiras, Sao Paulo, Inter and Goias gave another display of loss of steam, the two sides
pocketed the three points in very important matches.
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See The Cup 13 October @ 03:06 AM EST
After the 29th round of Brasileiro, it seems no one wants to take the title home. Like in the
last round, when only one club on the top won, the leaders collectively failed again. Palmeiras,
Sao Paulo and Atletico-MG lost. Inter and Goias tied at home. And, in this way, Flamengo, the 6th
side on the table, was the first team on the top to win.
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A dejeted looking Souza and Marcos as Náutico thrash the leaders 3-0
Despite a shock 3-0 loss at strugglers Náutico, Palmeiras remain five points clear at the top
of the Brasileiro with nine games to go. As usual when the Palestra Itália outfit slip up, none of
their main rivals were able to take advantage as no one in the top five managed to win.
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See The Cup 12 October @ 02:01 AM EST
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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See The Cup 05 October @ 04:39 PM EST
On the 27th round of Brasileirao, Palmeiras gave an important step towards the title by keeping
the 5 point lead over Sao Paulo, the second team in the table. And it wasn't a simple victory. It
was a clear display of the discipline, power and luck (why not?) against Santos at Vila
Belmiro.
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Futbolita 05 October @ 01:58 AM EST
It appears that Santos seems to have a larger army of female supporters as opposed
to Palmeiras, but despite seeking divine intervention, they were still unable to
pull off a home win against o poderoso! It must've been the tia's hat above.
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Palmeiras' Cleiton Xavier, Vagner Love and Diego Souza celebrate another win
Muricy Ramalho's Palmeiras came from behind to take all three points against Santos in the Vila
Belmiro. The 3-1 win left the Palestra Itália outfit five clear at the top and even with 11 rounds
to go, it's difficult to see anyone dislodging Palmeiras from their position as leaders.
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Futbolita 26 September @ 02:11 AM EST
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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See The Cup 25 September @ 01:31 PM EST
This is a bit a late, but it confirms what i wrote earlier this week about the 25 round of
Brasileirao. It was a Palmeiras round. The club visited Cruzeiro and performed like a club coached
by Muricy Ramalho: solid in the defense and precise in the counter-attacks. The winning goal, by
Vagner Love, was constructed in such fashion.
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See The Cup 24 September @ 03:09 PM EST
The two surprises of the call for the last two games of the world cup qualifying are the return
of defender Naldo and midfielder Alex, ex-Inter. I'm very pleased about the latter. It is also cool
to see that Diego Souza from Palmeiras stayed. The list:
Goalies
Julio César (Inter de Milão)
Victor (Grêmio)
Side-backs
Maicon (Inter de Milão)
Daniel Alves (Barcelona)
André Santos (Fenerbahçe)
Filipe Luis (La Coruña)
Center-backs
Lucio (Inter de Milão)
Luisão (Benfica)
Juan (Roma)
Miranda (São Paulo)
Naldo (Werder Bremen)
Midfielders
Gilberto Silva (Panathinaikos)
Josué (Wolfsburg)
Lucas (Liverpool)
Kaká (Real Madrid)
Ramires (Benfica)
Elano (Galatasaray)
Sandro (Internacional)
Alex (Spartak Moscou)
Diego Souza (Palmeiras)
Forwards
Nilmar (Villarreal)
Adriano (Flamengo)
Luis Fabiano (Sevilla)
Diego Tardelli (Atlético-MG)
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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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In August, FootBrazil caught up with Palmeiras' Diego Souza and now you can see ourÂ
feature on the highly talented but volatile midfielder right here. The interview was recorded just
before the crunch meeting between Palmeiras and archenemies São Paulo, and before Souza was called
up by Brazil.
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In August, FootBrazil caught up with Palmeiras', Diego Souza, and now you can see ourÂ
feature on the highly talented but volatile midfielder on YouTube. The interview was recorded just
before the crunch meeting between Palmeiras and archenemies São Paulo, and before Souza was called
up by Brazil.
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See The Cup 13 September @ 11:43 PM EST
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.
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Adriano shows off his skills to ex boxer Popó
Tonight, Brazil take on Chile in the estádio de Pituaçu in Salvador in the 16th round of the
World Cup qualifiers.
This could be the time for Dunga to give some of his squad members a run out as Brazil have
already qualified for South Africa and the coach is without a number of first teamers.
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Futbolita 08 September @ 03:35 AM EST
Fotos de R.Ribeiro
E ai tipos??!! It's the final day of our Selecao bootcamp specials and
if you're already bored, please sit by the window and speak Joel Santana English.
Yes, you must... we insist!
Anyway, Miranda celebrated his birthday with his amigos yesterday his cake
wasn't as zany as Julio Cesar's but you can never go wrong with strawberries and
chocolate.
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See The Cup 07 September @ 09:00 PM EST
With the suspension of Kaka, Lucio, Luis Fabiano and Ramires and the injury of Robinho, Dunga
called for the match against Chile four players who play in Brazil it is important to remember that
those playing overseas could not be called because of the rules that FIFA has. With that, Dunga
called defender Andre Dias (Sao Paulo), midfielder Cleiton Xavier (Palmeiras) and forwards Diego
Tardelli (Atletico-MG) and Diego Souza (Palmeiras).
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André Dias, Cleiton Xavier, Diego Souza, Diego Tardelli
Brazil have brought in reinforcements for Wednesday's World Cup qualifying match vs Chile in the
Estádio de Pituaçu in Salvador.
Centreback André Dias (São Paulo) and midfielders Cleiton Xavier and Diego Souza (both
Palmeiras) will receive their first caps.
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See The Cup 07 September @ 04:37 AM EST
In the 23rd round of the Brasileirao, the race for the title came down to what is promising to
be a tight one. Palmeiras (44 points), Inter (43) and Sao Paulo (40) won their matches and offered
no chance for each other to relax.
On the match that marked the return of Vagner Love, Palmeiras received Barueri at
home.
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See The Cup 02 September @ 08:13 PM EST
With the end of the transfer window, Blog do PVC listed how many what players left the clubs
playing the first division of Campeonato Brasileiro. And this was not a good harvest season. Only
31 players left. Last year, by the 22nd round, 53 players had left, and four more left until the
end of the tournament.
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Futbolita 24 August @ 03:29 AM EST
via Gettyimages
Oh... you can always count on the Corinthians fans to go all out every
week! By that, we mean carrying black balloons and body slamming amidst the sticky
crowd. Wouldn't you like to be there, futbolitas?
Anyway, the Timão fought to a 3-3 draw against Botafogo yesterday and it seemed like the
referee left his brains at home.
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See The Cup 24 August @ 01:35 AM EST
It was a green weekend. The 21st round of Campeonato Brasileiro smiled to Palmeiras and
Goias.
Palmeiras played at home a decisive match against Inter, a contender for the title. Despite the
beautiful goal by Juliano for the visitors, Palmeiras had a brilliant participation of Diego
Souza.
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Diego Souza sports Palmeiras' new third kit
Palmeiras remained top after a 2-1 win over title rivals Internacional in the Palestra Itália.
Danny Moraes was adjudged to have stopped Diego Souza inside the box.
Obina converted the penalty to bring his tally to nine in the competition.
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Diego foi considerado o futebolista estrangeiro que foi mais mal rentabilizado em Portugal por 45
dos 131 leitores que participaram na votação que decorreu durante o mês de Julho. De facto, o
médio criativo brasileiro viu todo o seu talento ser "castrado" pelo holandês Co Adriaanse, sendo
quase obrigado a sair para o Werder Bremen por seis milhões de euros.
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Amazing piece of skill from Diego Souza of Palmeiras in their game against Fluminense. With his
back to his opponent, he receives the pass and flicks it with his out-step over him and runs around
the other side.
Pity he runs into a wall of opposition players, but genius all the same!
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See The Cup 31 July @ 06:04 PM EST
In the 15th round, Palmeiras finally reached the top of Campeonato Brasileiro. In the debut of
coach Muricy Ramalho, the new leader beat Fluminense 1-0. Diego Souza, one of the best in the
league, scored the only goal. Fluminense, on the other hand, seats on the 19th spot. The club has
not had a victory in 10 matches, which means that Renato Gaucho has not won yet in his return.
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See The Cup 27 July @ 03:07 AM EST
On the 14th round, Palmeiras reached the top of Campeonato Brasileiro (losing on the goal
difference for Atletico-MG) by thrashing its main rival Corinthians with a 3-0. Those who expected
to see Ronaldo saw Obina. Obina, yes the one who Flamengo fans used to celebrate as "better than
Eto'o", pulled off a hat-trick.
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See The Cup 24 July @ 08:34 PM EST
The 13th round of Campeonato Brasileiro was all about black and white. Atletico-MG and
Corinthians were the ones who benefited the most from the midweek round. The two clubs won at home
by 2-1 and watched direct rivals losing important points.
In Belo Horizonte, Atletico beat Fluminense, who had the 5th debut of coach Renato Gaucho.
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