Alan Kardec, Douglas Costa and Giuliano are the three musketeers ya'll should be looking out for in the selecao. Granted, they didn't bring home the U-20 World Cup trophy, but thankfully, they have a pretty awesome sense of humour to make up for it... although Giuliano needs to stop showing off his body.

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Giuliano, Dominic Adiyiah & Alex Teixeira: The main men in Egypt (Getty)As ever, this year's Under-20 World Cup provided a fantastic opportunity for us to assess the best up and coming youngsters in... Click to continue reading...

The ball and the title gets away from Alan Kardec and Brazil

Scoreless after a turgid 90 minutes, Brazil and Ghana went to extra time and then penalties in the Under-20s World Cup final in Cairo on Friday. Brazil failed to capitalize after Addo was sent off in the first-half and their lack of invention and drive was to cost them when the game went to a sudden death shootout.

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The FIFA U-20 World Cup wrapped up on Friday, October 16, 2009 with the championship and 3rd place matches. In the 3rd place match, Hungary faced Costa Rica while Ghana v Brazil was the final. Both matches would end up going into penaly kicks. Here's a recap of both alon gwith video highlights.

Ghana edges Brazil 0-0 (4-3 on penalties) Video Highlights

The match was dominated by Brazil for most of it but they failed to find the back of the net.

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Brazil's Under-20 team take on Ghana in the World Cup final in Cairo on Friday.

Rogério Lourenço's side are unbeaten in the tournament and will be at full-strength. Giuliano, Paulo Henrique Ganso, Alex Teixeira and Alan Kardec have impressed for Brazil and the presence of these four makes the South Americans favourites to take the trophy.

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Aaaaand our hermanos have made it into the finals of the U-20 World Cup! Forget Jesus Luz, the only name you should be screaming today is Alan Kardec! He scored winner against Costa Rica to earn Brazil a spot in the finals against Ghana on Friday.

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Okay I know its been a long time since we gave you a Brasileirao Wrap, but we'll be on top of it from now till the end of the season.
On Sunday, São Paulo's 9-game unbeaten streak and 7-game winning streak came to an end dramatically. Paulo Baier's header in the 86th minute beat a late charging Rogerio Ceni to give Furacão the win. Click to continue reading...

Second half goals from strike duo Taison and Alecsandro ensured Internacional three points against Santo André last night, moving the Colorado into second place.
After Palmeiras were unexpectedly held to a 1-1 draw with Botafogo, Inter move within four points of the Brasileirão leaders having played two games less. Click to continue reading...

Following their exploits in Japan last week, Inter turn their attentions to the Campeonato Brasileiro once again as Sport visit the Beira-Rio (21:00 local time). A win for Inter could put them back amongst the top four as the Colorado title challenge continues.
Having only trained lightly since returning to Brazil, Inter are expected to name a similar team to the one which defeated Oita Trinita 2-1. Click to continue reading...

Ronald 'Gordo' Miorin once again shares his weekly thoughts as the Inter squad travel back from Asia.
In 2006, in a famous advert on Brazilian TV promoting the FIFA World Cup, a small Japanese boy asked his father about a shock: "It is another earthquake? Click to continue reading...

Inter take on Brasileirão newcomers Barueri tonight (21:00 local time) in their last game before departing to Japan next week for the Copa Suruga. Tite is set to make changes throughout the side as Inter search for their first win in four games.
In goal, Michel Alves is the first major change in the team with off form Lauro suffering with a thigh injury. Click to continue reading...

Inter threw away a two goal lead as São Paulo came back to earn a 2-2 draw at the Beira-Rio last night.
Alecsandro who was recalled to an Inter side which saw both Taison and D'Alessandro dropped, scored twice in the first half to give Inter a healthy advantage.
The first resulted from Kléber's long freekick into the box which found Alecsandro (29) unmarked as the striker headed Inter in front. Click to continue reading...

Six games without victory, three consecutive defeats and a two goal disadvantage to turn around in Wednesday's decisive Copa do Brasil final, Inter are in free fall as Coritiba visit the Beira-Rio tonight (18:30 local time). Despite the negativity surround Inter at the moment, Atlético-MG's defeat last night means that an Inter victory can put the Colorado back top of the Campeonato Brasileiro. Click to continue reading...

Internacional crashed to their first Brasileirão defeat last night as Adriano led Flamengo to a 4-0 victory at the Maracanã. The former Inter Milan striker grabbed a hat-trick to leave Inter empty handed from what was another unconvincing Colorado performance.
Inter began the game with D'Alessandro, Nilmar, Bolívar and Magrão all unavailable whilst Taison was also omitted from the squad with an injury concern as Bolaños started his first game for Inter. Click to continue reading...

After defeat in the first leg of the Copa do Brasil final, Inter will be looking for their first win in five games when they visit the Maracanã to take on Flamengo this evening (18:30 local time).
A victory against 14th placed Flamengo could put Inter back top of the Brasileirão with Atlético-MG facing a difficult trip to Santos, but Tite still finds himself without several key players. Click to continue reading...

Inter have slipped off the top of the Brasileirão table after a reserve Colorado side drew 0-0 with Vitória at the Beira-Rio last night.
After a scrappy opening exchange between the two sides, Vitória came closest to opening the scoring midway through the half as reserve goalkeeper Michel Alves was at full stretch to deal with Roger's deceiving cross-cum-shot. Click to continue reading...

Inter must put their Copa do Brasil preparations aside today as Vitória visit the Beira-Rio (18:30 local time) to face a reserve Inter side in the Campeonato Brasileiro.
Tite finds himself without four players as Lauro and Guiñazu are suspended whilst Kléber and Nilmar are away with the Seleção for the Confederations Cup as he looks to pick an entire reserve side with just Bolívar Sandro and Taison involved. Click to continue reading...

Tite has given a strong indication to the side he will select for Sunday's Brasileirão clash with Vitória, after working with what appeared to be his preferred starting eleven in training yesterday afternoon.
Inter have growing list of absentee's as a combination of international call ups, injury, suspension and fitness causing Tite a selection headache. Click to continue reading...

Internacional have made it through to the 2009 Copa do Brasil final after Coritiba were unable to turn around a 3-1 deficit from the first leg.
A 1-0 victory to Coritiba at the Estádio Couto Pereira saw the tie finish 3-2 to Inter on aggregate. Under pressure for much of the game, Inter relied on the impressive Lauro to keep Coritiba and finished the match with ten men after Bolívar recieved his second yellow card late on. Click to continue reading...

Tite is once again expected to reshuffle his side as Avaí visit the Beira-Rio with both club's undefeated so far in the Campeonato Brasileiro (18:30 local time).
Álvaro, Índio, Guiñazu, Magrão and D'Alessandro have all been left out of match squad whilst Nilmar recovers from a hip problem. Click to continue reading...

Internacional will train this morning before travelling to Goiânia later today with Tite expected to make several changes from the team which defeated Flamengo.
Midfielders Rosinei and D'Alessandro are definitely ruled out whilst Danilo Silva is also a doubt with a knee problem. Click to continue reading...

Internacional got their Brasileirão campaign off to a winning start tonight as a superb first half strike from Nilmar earned Inter all three points in a resolute win against Corinthians at the Estádio Pacaembu.
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CORINTHIANS 0-1 INTERNACIONAL
Nilmar 8
Corinthians: Felipe; Jean, Diego (Alessandro), Renato; Diogo, Cristian, Boquita, Jucilei (Dentinho). Click to continue reading...

An experimental Inter side were defeated 3-1 yesterday afternoon by Figueirense in Florianópolis.
The match was an opportunity for Inter to field players who had not featured heavily so far in the first team this season.
Figueirense took the lead at the Estádio Orlando Scarpelli after Rafael Coelho (24) took advantage of poor Inter defending. Click to continue reading...

Inter have arrived in the state of Pernambuco ahead of tomorrow's match against Náutico.
Arriving at Recife airport the squad were greeted by around 50 supporters who sung the club's hym. The Inter squad also received support from supporters of Santa Cruz and Sport, Náutico traditional rivals. Click to continue reading...

Walter's future at Internacional has been cast into doubt after the highly rated young striker walked out on the Inter squad after being told that he would not be starting last night's match against Guarani.
This latest news could spark a scramble amongst some of Europe's biggest clubs to sign the 19 year old with Manchester United, Juventus, A. Click to continue reading...

The U-20 boys defeated Venezuela 3-0 in last night's encounter, thanks to goals from Maylson, Giuliano and Sandro. It is Maylson's (above) second goal of the tournament. With their opponents coming into the match with a 0-3 defeat against Paraguay heavy on their minds, Brazil's win was largely unsurprising. Click to continue reading...

Argentina's underwhelming showing in the Sudamericano Sub 20 continued on Monday evening as they lost 2-0 in the final group stage to bitter rivals Brazil. In torrential rain, Argentina actually turned in their best performance of the tournament so far - but lost for the first time. Unlucky, boys... Argentina started the better side, dealing more [. Click to continue reading...