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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(video gol highlights di Lilla-Genoa)
TABELLINO:
LILLE: Butelle, Vandam, Chedjou, Rami, Emerson, Mavuba, Balmont, Cabaye (36'st Beria), Aubameyang (20'st Gervinho), Vittek, Obrniak (29'st Hazard). A disp.: Landreau, Dumont, Souquet, Frau. All.: Chihab.
GENOA: Amelia, Esposito (1'st Palladino), Moretti, Bocchetti, Mesto, Milanetto, Criscito (44'pt Sculli), Rossi, Floccari (18'st Palacio), Figueroa. Click to continue reading...

Metapán salvó el honor. Derrotó 3-2 al estadounidense Houston Dynamo y lo dejó sin posibilidades de avanzar a los cuartos de final de la Liga de Campeones de la Concacaf.Elías Montes, al minuto 7, el panameño Anel Canales (8) y Emerson Umaña (56), anotaron para el campeón del fútbol salvadoreño, que se despidió con una victoria del torneo de la Concacaf y como último en su llave. Click to continue reading...

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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Se acuerdan de Emerson? yo pense que el Brasileño se regreso a Brasil para jugar con el Santos... acabo de leer que en Septiembre el jugador ficho por jugar en Al Ain, cuyo presidente es el principe Mohamed Bin Zayed AL Nahyan. Tanto dinero tiene el principe que le regalo a Emerson dos nuevos Audis despues de solo jugar cinco partidos! Click to continue reading...

Se acuerdan de Emerson? yo pense que el Brasileño se regreso a Brasil para jugar con el Santos... acabo de leer que en Septiembre el jugador ficho por jugar en Al Ain, cuyo presidente es el principe Mohamed Bin Zayed AL Nahyan. Tanto dinero tiene el principe que le regalo a Emerson dos nuevos Audis despues de solo jugar cinco partidos! Click to continue reading...

Last week, each Barcelona player got their very own brand new Audi as part of the German car manufacturer's sponsorship of the club. Not bad, right? I wouldn't mind a new Audi.

Well Emerson (of the UAE club Al-Ain) laughs at them. Just one brand new Audi? Only punks get just one brand new Audi.

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The 28th round of Brasileirao was big obstacle for the leaders of the tournament. Palmeiras, Sao Paulo, Goias and Atletico-MG failed to win. The only side rubbing its hand and smiling is Inter, as it pocketed 3 points.

On Thursday, Palmeiras received Avai at home knowing that on the day before Sao Paulo had failed to win.

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Today at the Mineirão we face Atlético-MG in the 26th round of the Brasileiro. We are in 12th place on 36 points while O Galo are in 5th place on 41 points. Both teams are coming off draws in their last matches.Â

So here's the squad for today's game.

Goleiros: Felipe, Sérgio

Zagueiros: Adailton, André Astorga, Eli Sabiá, Fabão

Laterais: George Lucas, Léo, Pará

Volantes: Emerson, Rodrigo Mancha, Rodrigo Souto, Germano

Meias: Madson, Robson

Atacantes: André, Felipe Azevedo, Gil, Neymar, Kléber Pereira

Jean was supposed to make his debut but a thigh strain keeps him out of the match.

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• The Dinho's bro and agent, Roberto de Assis is annoyed that you think his bro is a Has Been and should be banished from the seleção forever. This comes after the newspaper Sport alleged last week that the Brazilian is planning to retire.

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Der ein oder andere mag sich vielleicht noch dunkel an die folgende Szene erinnern. Mir kommt es vor, als wäre es gerade erst gestern gewesen. Als ran noch die Fußballsendung im deutschen Fernsehen war und noch echte Persönlichkeiten in der Bundesliga existierten, gewann Emerson von Bayern 04 Leverkusen in der Saison den 1999/2000 den ran "Fuxx" für den besten Spieler der Saison.

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A quick roundup of the news in bullet form. I'll be doing this a bit, school is killing me at the moment.
1. We beat Santo Andre 1x0 with the goal from Germano in fairly drab game. It seems that against weaker teams the guys take it easy. Missing Ganso is a going to be a huge problem. I'm still wondering how he got called up but Dentinho is still with Corinthians. Click to continue reading...

Tomorrow we face Santo Andre at home. This is a must win game after the loss against Corinthians. That was a game we should have won, we snatched defeat from the jaws of defeat with some comical defending. Â
Here's the squad for the game:

Alan Patrick (meia)
André (atacante)
André Astorga (zagueiro)
Douglas (goleiro)
Eli Sabiá (zagueiro)
Emerson (volante)
Fabão (zagueiro)
Felipe (goleiro)
Felipe Azevedo (atacante)
George Lucas (lateral)
Germano (volante)
Kléber Pereira (atacante)
Léo (lateral)
Luizinho (lateral)
Madson (meia)
Neymar (atacante)
Pará (lateral)
Rodrigo Mancha (volante)
Rodrigo Souto (volante)
Triguinho (lateral)

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Santista Nation,
the game agaist Fluminense wasn't our best performance. We played a weak team that showed why they are in last place in this championship. But a win is always a win and that's what matters. Our goal of being in the next Libertadores Cup is still alive. We are not far at all from the qualifying zone. Click to continue reading...

As you have probably noticed, the coverage on this blog has slowed down over the last two weeks. Unfortunately, I am finding it almost impossible to find the time each day to devote to the blog and write about Inter in English.
I have always worked very hard to make Inter UK a respectable source of information about Internacional but without being able to commit the time the blog deserves, the quality and content of the blog will eventually suffer. Click to continue reading...

Overview
Tomorrow Santos will face Cruzeiro away from home 19th round of the Brasileirão. This is the crucial halfway point of the season.
The referee is Marcelo de Lima Henrique, with his assistants being Vagner de Almeida Santos and Jackson L. Massara do Santos. They are all from Rio de Janeiro. Click to continue reading...

Santista Nation,
I confess that I did not even want to write on the game. The score was a great disappointment. It was painful because before the game we all had that feeling that the team was going to get to the upper side of the chart. Sure we know our team's limitations but we came from two straight winnings on the road and things were looks a little better. Click to continue reading...

Overview
Tonight Santos will face Coritiba at the Cascavel in the 17th round of the Brasileirão.
History and Form
In the Brasileirão Santos have faced Coritiba 24 times. Santos' record is 14 wins, 3 draws, and 7 losses. Santos' last game was a heart stopping 2x1 last minute win against Náutico. Click to continue reading...

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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Four regional derbies took place for the 12th round of Campeonato Brasileiro.

In the derby of desperation, Sao Paulo and Santos battled to see who had the less horrifying side. And Sao Paulo won 2-1, with two goals by striker Washington.

In the Curitiba derby, Atletico-PR and Coritiba also fought to see who has the worst team.

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Speculation continues regarding the future of Nilmar as the August transfer window nears. ClicRBS reports that the situation is now in the hands of the Colorado board as Emerson Langie translates.
The attacker Nilmar remains a target by European clubs. After Wolfsburg, Villarreal have now formalized a proposal to acquire the player. Click to continue reading...

Round 9 of the Serie A of the 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro witnessed the return of Internacional to the top of the standings. O Colorado Gaucho shut out Náutico 2-0 on the road in Recife. Nilmar returned to action after his time with Brazil in World Cup qualifiers & Confederations Cup to score twice in the 2nd half. Click to continue reading...

The 9th round of Campeonato Brasileiro was all about surviving a bad hang over. And most did it.

After being eliminated at home from the semis of Copa Libertadores, Gremio honored its nickname of "immortal". With 11 minutes, the two forwards from Argentina had scored 3 goals - Maxi Lopes (2) and Herrera (1).

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Adriano riparte. Riaccende i motori, anzi si rimette gli scarpini, e inizia la sua avventura con il Flamengo. "Finalmente sono a casa", queste le prime parole...una volta chiuso l'accordo con la gloriosa squadra brasiliana. Ora, domenica, partirà ufficialmente la nuova vita dell'ex Imperatore interista. Click to continue reading...

Inter can take a significant step towards achieving Copa Libertadores qualification if they can progress to the Copa do Brasil semi final tonight (21:50 local time).
After a resilient defensive performance saw the Colorado come away with a goalless draw from Maracanã last week, Inter will be fully aware that a score draw at the Beira-Rio could sent Flamengo through on away goals. Click to continue reading...

Se acabaron las especulaciones en Montjuic. El Espanyol ya ha conseguido cerrar los que parece que serán sus únicos fichajes del mercado de invierno. Iván Alonso, delantero uruguayo del Murcia, y Óscar Ahumada, centrocampista argentino de River Plate, serán los dos futbolistas que reforzarán el plantel de Mauricio Pochettino. Click to continue reading...

Al parecer, el Espanyol no sólo busca un refuerzo para su delantera. La baja de Moisés Hurtado, provocada por la lesión que el centrocampista sufrió el pasado domingo en Valladolid, ha hecho que la directiva del club blanquiazul se ponga en marca en busca de un mediocentro de garantías. El primer y por ahora único nombre [. Click to continue reading...

The latest news on the transfer window comings and goings in the English Premier League: Spurs continue to be busy and sign Carlo Cudicini from Chelsea and Pascal Chimbonda from Sunderland. Click to continue reading...

So, the results are in and now it is time for the Final Round of Serie A's Ugliest Footballer. The footballers with the top 10 votes have made it to this round and now we will vote to see who is definitely the ugliest! Results and new poll after the jump.

Here are the top ten ugliest Serie A footballers, voted by you:

1) Giuseppe Mascara - 39 Votes
2) Sulley Muntari - 31 Votes
3) Zlatan Ibrahimovic - 30 Votes
4) Rodrigo Taddei - 29 Votes
5) Ronaldinho - 25 Votes
6) Rubinho - 15 Votes
7) Emerson - 15 Votes
8) Ivan Juric - 14 Votes
9) Antonio Cassano - 12 Votes
10) Stevan Jovetic - 11 Votes

I think everyone that deserved to be there is there, so that's good.

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Hands down the goal of the week goes to Francesco Valiani of Bologna FC for the winner against AC Milan at the San Siro. (AC Milan 1 - 2 Bologna FC) Goalscorers - Di Vaio 18 (B), Ambrosini 42 (M), Valiani 79 (B) Line Ups Milan: Abbiati; Zambrotta, Maldini, Kaladze, Jankulovski (Shevchenko 46); Flamini, Pirlo, Ambrosini (Emerson 85); Seedorf, Ronaldinho; Inzaghi [. Click to continue reading...

Lets see, we already have Kaka, Ronaldo, Pato, Emerson, and Dida, so while we're at it lets just add Ronaldinho too! A.C. Milan have become the unofficial club for the Brazilian national team now. Its pretty funny in one sense that one team could have so many top players from another country's national side, but it should make for some highly entertaining games at the San Siro. Click to continue reading...

FIFA has denied Iraq's appeal to disqualify Qatar from World Cup Qualifying even though it admits Qatar did not play by the rules.
This Sunday saw Qatar beat Iraq 1-0 to advance to the final round of Asian WCQ, however one of their players was not eligible to play for Qatar.
Marcio Passos De Albuquerque, know as Emerson, was born in Brazil and represented Brazil at youth level, thus he was ineligible. Click to continue reading...

Mahamadou Diarra captained Mali to a 2-0 victory away to Togo on the weekend, ensuring the national side's qualification for next year's African Cup of Nations in Ghana. The competition, which runs from the 20th of January to the 10th of February will leave Real Madrid without their key defensive midfielder for at least the whole of January, given that players have to be available to join their national sides 15 days before the start of official competitions. Click to continue reading...

Brazilian Emerson (ex-Gremio, Roma, Juventus and Real) became the eighth Brazilian in Milan. His compatriots in his new team are Dida, Cafu, Serginho, Digão, Kaka, Ronaldo and Alexandre Pato. Click to continue reading...

Not content with the signings they've already made, Real Madrid have splashed out on two more big-name signings, while shipping two players off to Serie A clubs. Madrid reached an agreement for the transfer of Cicero Joao de Cezare (referred to as "Cicinho") to AS Roma and have moved Emerson to defending Serie A champs Inter Milan. Emerson joined Real Madrid from Juventus for an estimated fee of 16 million euros (approx.

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