See The Cup 20 October @ 02:48 AM EST
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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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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The quarter finals of Copa do Brasil started with the promise of lots of goals. Ronaldo, Fred,
Nilmar... There was a great amount of names. The star of the night, however, in the two most
promising matches were the goalies and the post.
Corinthians 1 - 0 Fluminense: This was supposed to be a Ronaldo x Fred contest.
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The Offside 16 February @ 01:00 PM EST
Fellas, turn away. This has got to be the most painful penalty ever won - and if not the most
painful, at least in the top three (or bottom three, as it were). Fluminense keeper Fernando
Henrique, who infamously wins the only penalty I've ever seen a keeper win and is surely among only
a [...]
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...Ecuador's LDU Quito won the Copa Libertadores by virtue of a penalty kick shoot-out in Wednesday
night's second leg of the finale. The Copa Libertadores, for the uninitiated, is almost certainly
the second biggest club competition on the planet. Unfortunately, it doesn't get much coverage
outside of South/Latin America.
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Copa Libertadores holders Boca Juniors crashed out of the tournament at the semi-final stage on
Wednesday night after a thrilling second half in the Maracanã which saw them take the lead
through Martín Palermo before hosts Fluminense hit back with a three-goal blitz in the closing
half hour. Fluminense, who've never got this far in [.
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