This is a new one for us. A few nights ago, a leader of Benfica's ultras dropped us an email. The Benfica Ultras arethese guys, as a reminder.Benfica's road to Amsterdam, the home of this year's Europa League Final, continues in Turkey tonight againstFenerbahce, home of sone of the most passionate and devoted fans in the world.
Benfica's lastest signing, Rodrigo Lima, whotransferredfrom Braga, scored his first ‘golazo' for the Lisbon side last night. And what an important strike it was, a thunderous 86th minute equaliser. Carrega Lima![DV]
The magic of the man with golden feet and terrible teeth has been captured in flipbook form, and we're still stunned by what Etoilec1 has created. Ronaldinho's finest moments in all their aesthetic brilliance have been condensed to a few sheets of paper, but the final product only blows us away just as much as the original masterpieces.
What springs to mind when you hear the words "Brazilian football"? Pelé rolling the ball into the path of Carlos Alberto's thunderous boot in 1970? The Short happy lives of Zico, Sócrates, Éder, Falcão and the rest in the summer of 1982?
Nike and ‘O Canarinho': 17 years of tears and cheers
‘Amarelinha' - A jersey belonging to a roaring, dancing, football fevered nation. A yellow shirt worn by many of football's greatest performers, who never fail to entertain and earned 5 engraved stars: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002.
Who's getting ready to... learn a little Portuguese, watch Neymar carry Brazil, see Spain continue to control the game with their tiki-taka, expect England to win it all, support Landon and Clint's last run with the USMNT, scream "Allez Les Bleus!
A Fitting Farewell to Grêmio's Olímpico Monumental
With the 2014 World Cup creeping up on us, Brazil is in the process of sweeping out the old and bringing in the new. This past weekend, one of South America's most iconic stadiums, the Olímpico Monumental in Porto Alegre, held its last match for Grêmio since opening in 1954.
It dragged on for what seemed like forever. Every time the deal was on the verge of completion, a new section was added to the negotiation's maze. Eventually, the exit appeared. Just a day before the end of Brazil's internal transfer window, Paulo Henrique Ganso completed his move from his boyhood club of Santos to their state rivals São Paulo.
Look at my supporters. Always present. Raça Rubro-Negra
Clube Regatas do Flamengo, commonly known as Flamengo or ‘Mengão' in Brazil, is the most popular team in the country. Like many clubs throughout the world, they retired the number 12 jersey to honour their supporters, the 12th man.
Neymar has done it again, outra vez. Following a hat-trick against China, the superstar returned home in prolific form to score another golaço against Flamengo. Last year the striker was awarded the FIFA Puskas Award for scoring the best goal in the world, anunforgettablesolo magical runagainstFlamengo.
The European qualifers for the 2014 World Cup are about to kick off, with qualifying from around
the globe soon to follow. With Ronaldo dominating the limelight for his Portugal, Buffon
commanding the Azzuri from the back and the highly talented Belgian Boys will be
playing under high expectations - they simply must qualify this time.
From scoring over 1000 goals, to advertising for Louis Vuitton and now delivering Pizzas!
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, globally known as Pele, has tried everything since hanging up his
boots. The latest campaign promoted by his beloved Santos FC involves the three times World Cup
champion delivering pizzas to fans.
Pablo Guiñazu, Andrés D'Alessandro, Mario Bolatti, Jesus Datolo and now Diego Forlán. These
are the five non-Brazilians Porto Alegre club Internacional now have on their books in what is an
extremely strong squad, including Brazilian internationals Oscar and Leandro Damião.
No, we do not get Kaka's sudden change in style either just when did the Brazilian midfielder
morph into the clan leader of the "Soho Hipsters"?! Come back to football and bad
fashion Ricardo, maybe AC Milan still cares enough to give you a fantastic
farewell before they ship you to your final destination : The MLS.
Today, Melbourne Victory confirmed the signing of Brazilian midfielder, Guilherme Finkler, on a
two-year deal. Most recently Finkler played with ABC Futebol Clube after he was loaned out by
Criciuma, a team in Brazil's second division. While the attacking midfielder has spent the majority
of his professional career playing in Brazil, in 2006/07 he tried
It's not unreasonable to say that Brazil are back to their best futebol, and coach Mano Menezes
is unleashing joga bonito once again. Brazil won this friendly 3-1, with Hulk smashing the
game wide open with two goals.
Billions of dollars surround the beautiful game and, like in any business, clubs strive to gain
an advantage over their competitors. Some gain advantages through hard work and creativity. Others
do so through unethical and even inhumane practices.
Nike have just launched the new home and away Brazil kits for 2012/13 and roped in a few of
their young flock Neymar, Ganso and Pato (in photo form) to perform the ribbon-cutting
duties...
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A few details worth noting: Each shirt is made from 13 recycled plastic bottles and contains a
raft of 'hidden accents', including an 'inspirational statement' (lord, how I love marketing
speak) for the players stitched inside the green cuffs reading 'Nascido Para Jogar Futebol' (Born
To Play Football) in 'Pichacao' a type of scribbly Brazilian graffiti.
The Confederação Brasileira de Futebol and Nike has officially launched the Brazil 2012/12 home
and away kits. The new uniforms will be worn by the FIFA World Cup hosts during...
São Paulo Futebol Clube, usually called São Paulo FC or just São Paulo, is one of Brazil's most
successful soccer clubs with six Série A, twenty-one Campeonato Paulista, three Copa...
If my imagination could expand just a little bit more, then this video is everything I would
expect from a Brazilian freestyle futebol video. Beautiful Brazilian scenery and skills filled with
high swank to spare. There are incomprehensible skills that simply give off an abstract aura of
athleticism.
Os grandes jogos / The big games
1958 - Suécia [sweden]
1962 - Chile
1970 - México
1994 - Estados Unidos [United States]
2002 - Japão/Coreia do Sul [Japan/South Korea]
We all know that Brazilians are proud to have won the World Cup five times.
Roberto Massao Kumamoto is an expert when it comes to all things Time Lapse and
Tilt Shift, and his videos primarily capture Brazilian culture. In his most recent work, he took
in a Corinthians match and the results are just about as spectacular as you would expect.
Still only 19 years old, Neymar, alongside his agent and his club, persistently fought transfer
talk throughout the summer transfer window, but ultimately he stayed in Brazil. Could he be playing
every Sunday in front of hundreds of millions of viewers right now?
Sai vençedor deste jogo a equipa da casa, marcou um golo já em altura que ninguem acreditava que pudesse haver golos, mas foi um jogo de fraco nivel aquele que se assisti no passado sabado á noite em Philadelfia.
Duas equipas que já nada tem a perder, duas equipa que já não podem chegar aos playoffs, era de esperar mais, mas infelismento foi mau demais para ser verdade.
Depois de uma vitória e dois empates era de esperar muito mais deste Revolution, sem pressão de ter de ganhar, só a que a jogar desta forma não pode ganhar a ninguem.
Sem garra, sem alegria de jogar futebol, com muitos passes perdidos, um futebol muito mal praticado, foi o que esta equipa comandada por Jay Heaps aprensentou este fim de semana.
Na verdade o Revolution mereçia pelo menos um empate, por tudo o que fizeram, pelo que trabalharam, mereçiam pelo menos um ponto.
Mas o futebol e isto mesmo, nem sempre ganha quem mereçe, ganha aquele que mais golos consegue marcar, mesmo que não mereça mas marcou mais golos e foi o que a equipa da casa fez.
Não tenho qualquer interesse pelas birras das grandes estrelas do futebol mundial. Em oposição, sinto curiosidade pelo desconhecido e, neste sentido, gosto de ajudar a divulgar atletas pouco (ou nada) conhecidos que, apesar de terem nascido em países com pouca tradição no futebol, conseguem singrar.
Que dizer de um jogo da Taça de Portugal onde a equipa visitante marca aos 15 segundos, sofre o empate aos 94 minutos de pénalti e é eliminada no prolongamento, com dois golos do mesmo jogador? Foi o que sucedeu ontem no Aliados de Lordelo-Sertanense a contar para a segunda eliminatória da "prova-rainha" do futebol nacional.
Comecei a ver o Académica-Fc Porto disputado no último sábado sensivelmente a meio da primeira
parte da partida e uma das primeiras jogadas que me captou a atenção foi um lance em que um dos
atletas da equipa da casa surgiu a "correr que nem um desalmado" a pressionar a defesa dos
campeões nacionais a toda a largura do campo.
Olímpia Futebol Clube, commonly known as Olímpia and Olímpia-SP, is a Brazilian soccer team
based in Olímpia, São Paulo state. The club currently competes in Campeonato Paulista Segunda
Divisão...
América Futebol Clube (usually referred to as América Mineiro, América or América-MG) is a
Brazilian soccer team from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, founded on April 30, 1912. The club
returned...
Mirassol Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Mirassol is a Brazilian soccer club from Mirassol,
São Paulo state. The youth club of Japanese international Marcus Túlio Tanaka, Mirassol is
currently...
A selecção cabo-verdiana de futebol está muito perto de fazer história e assegurar uma participação inédita no CAN (Campeonato Africano das Nações), custa dos favoritos Camarões. Os "tubarões azuis", alcunha pela qual é conhecida a formação africana, "só" terão de defender o excelente triunfo por 2-0 obtido no desafio da primeira mão, realizado a 8 de setembro, com golos de Heldon "Nhuc" (Marítimo) e Djaniny (Olhanense).
Pape Moussa Konaté é, até agora, a maior revelação do torneio de futebol dos Jogos Olímpicos.
Só sua conta, o avançado senegalês de apenas 19 anos já marcou quatro golos, todos os que a
sua selecção marcou até ao momento. O jovem chegou Europa na época passada para actuar nos
israelitas do Maccabi Telavive, depois de ter começado a jogar na IIª Divisão do seu país, pelo
ASC Toure Kunda de Mbour.
Há coisas que não mudam por muito que os anos passem e Robert Prosinecki é um bom exemplo disso.
O croata de 43 anos é o actual treinador do Estrela Vermelha de Belgrado e não se conteve quando
a sua equipa marcou o primeiro golo em casa do rival Partizan em jogo das meias-finais da Taça da
Sérvia.
As mãos que seguraram um rifle tiveram o mesmo propósito dos pés que deram um passe precioso
para um gol: representar a esperança de dias melhores para uma nação.
