Without even stepping into the pitch on the weekend, Sao Paulo did something that has been very common for the club lately: It reached the top of Campeonato Brasileiro. In the 34th round of the tournament, the club, who fights for its 4th Brazilian title in a row, benefited from the defeats of Palmeiras and Atletico-MG.

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The 33rd round of Brasileirao put on the top Palmeiras and Sao Paulo, creator (Muricy Ramalho) versus creation (Sao Paulo). Palmeiras leads because of the goal difference, three more than Sao Paulo.

On the weekend, Palmeiras played the derby against Corinthians whereas Sao Paulo played Barueri.

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Until the 32nd started, things looked dull for Palmeiras. There was enormous pressure and the fear that the team had just lost the Brasileiro. But after the last mid-week round of Brasileirao, things changed again. Palmeiras won and all direct rivals, but one, lost precious points. With that, the hopes of Palmeiras fans have been renewed.

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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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.... Lots of it. After looking like the virtual champion of Campeonato Brasileiro, Palmeiras lost points and the chances of confirming the title. And with that, 4 clubs have now the chance of taking the title away from the side headed by Muricy Ramalho. In the 31st round of Brasileiro, Atletico-MG, Inter, Sao Paulo and Flamengo won their matches and are just a few step away from jumping to first (something that can happen in the next round).

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Rogério Ceni scores then gets sent off against Santos

Three losses in a row has suddenly left Palmeiras' championship chances in grave doubt. The latest defeat came away at strugglers Santo André on Wednesday. The result provided another opportunity for Palmeiras' rivals to make ground on the leaders.

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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 em Campo Grande, pelas eliminatórias da América do Sul, e para um público de 30.000 pessoas, as seleções do Brasil (1º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Venezuela (51º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias da Copa: 14 jogos, 13 vitórias do Brasil, 1 empate, 57 gols do Brasil e 3 gols da Venezuela. Click to continue reading...

Joint top scorer with 15 goals in the Campeonato Brasileiro (national league, which has 8 rounds remaining), 16 goals in the Campeonato Mineiro (local State championship), 4 goals in the Copa do Brasil (Brazilian cup) not a bad tally for Atlético Mineiro's Diego Tardelli. Add to this his recent call up to Brazil and it's not much of a surprise that the player is being linked with a possible move to Manchester City (though who isn't these days?

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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...

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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A Petkovic brace sinks the leaders

Two goals from Flamengo's Petkovic ended Palmeiras' unbeaten run in the Palestra Itália and cut their lead at the top of the table to just four points.

The Greens dominated for most of the first-half but an excellent dribble and finish by the veteran Petkovic put Fla ahead.

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No way through against Venezuela

Brazil ended their WC qualifying campaign with a goalless draw at home to Venezuela. Dunga's side played most of the second-half with just ten men after São Paulo's Miranda was sent off. But with Paraguay losing at Colombia, Brazil finished as group leaders.

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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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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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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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FootBrazil spoke to Diego Tardelli before his call up by Brazil. The Atlético Mineiro ‘bad boy' is currently amongst the Campeonato Brasileiro leading scorers with 13 to his name. Tardelli started his career at São Paulo before moving on to Real Betis, São Caetano, PSV, Flamengo and Atlético Mineiro.

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The 26th round of Brasileirao smiled to Palmeiras again. The side headed by Muricy Ramalho increased the lead to 5 points over the second team, and sees the title getting closer. Besides the great victory, Sao Paulo and Inter did not win again.

On Saturday, Palmeiras received Atletico-PR.

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São Paulo gift Ronaldo a goal in the Morumbi

A 2-1 victory over strugglers Atlético Paranaense plus São Paulo's and Internacional's failures to win their games has left Palmeiras in a commanding position in the Campeonato Brasileiro.

Chile international Figueroa made the best of his first start for Palmeiras scoring the Green's opener in the Palestra Itália.

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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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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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Week 24 is finally in the books after the all the matches were finally ended after Wednesday. São Paulo moved to within 1 point of the top of the table with their 2-0 home win against Avaí. The Tricolor Paulista have lost once in their last 13 matches not giving more than 2 goals in any match. Click to continue reading...

In August, FootBrazil caught up with Palmeiras', Diego Souza, and now you can see our 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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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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Neto Berola scores Vitória's second against Palmeiras

Palmeiras went down 3-2 away to Vitória but second-placed Internacional failed to take advantage by losing by the same score at home to Cruzeiro.

Goals from Uelliton, Neto Berola and debut boy, Derlei, earned Vitória three deserved points.

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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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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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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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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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Even though the nation was transfixed on Brazil's big win versus Argentina, the Campeonato Brasileiro still pressed on. 1st place Palmeiras extended its unbeaten streak to 3 games with a 2-1 win at home against Gremio Barueri. Vagner Love returned to his original club on loan from CSKA Moscow and scored the game winning goal from a PK in the 73rd minute. Click to continue reading...

Robinho discovers trees a crowd

A muscle problem will keep Robinho out of Brazil's World Cup qualifier against Chile in Salvador on Wednesday. The player underwent an MRI scan and squad doctor, José Luiz Runco, decided to err on the side of caution.

With Lúcio, Ramires, Kaká and Luis Fabiano all suspended, Dunga may call up a replacement striker – possibly Palmeiras' Vagner Love or Atlético Mineiro's Diego Tardelli.

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