By Chris Wright
While it's yet to be rubber-stamped, there's a good possibility that the fastest goal ever
scored cropped up in the third-tier of Russian football earlier this month, when veteran Mitos
midfielder Michail Osinov stepped up and cracked one home from kick-off against Olympia Gelendzhik
on September 11th.
By Chris Wright
With Flamengo coming into the game on the back of a ten-game winless slump, defender Junior
Cesar attempted a bit of sock-based jiggery-pokey to try and prevent America Mineiro from taking
early lead from the penalty spot on Wednesday evening.
Sadly, it didn't work.
Pull your socks up, son After 10 games without a win, Brazilian side Flamengo were beginning to get
a bit desperate. So when opponents America Mineiro had the chance to take a lead from the penalty
spot they were willing to try anything to push things in their favour. Defender Junior Cesar
decided to pull [.
Mano Menezes & Alejandro Sabella holding the Nicolás Leoz trophy
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Brazil take on Argentina later today in the first game in the Copa Roca in Cordoba. With both
squads limited to ‘home-based' players, there are some new faces in the Brazil line-up.
The Campeonato Brasileiro has reached the halfway stage and it once again is proving to be a
tightly fought contest with six teams at the top of the standings separated by just five
points.
Corinthians currently lead the way with 37 points from 19 games but they have already lost four
games this season including yesterday's 2-1 defeat at the hands of Palmeiras who, as a result of
the victory, maintained their sixth placed position and are not far behind the league leaders.
We'll be back early next week with our fourth annual World Club Ranking pre-season edition. In the
meantime, we'll return to a place where we haven't been in a while. The past.
In 1995, we saw an end to three consecutive years in which the top ranked club of the year was the
UEFA Champions Cup (now, Champions League) victor.
05.07.2011 - Ya hablamos del
dinero que mueve este Brasileirao (más aun en tiempos
premundialistas) con aires de revaluación. Los regresos de Ronaldinho (Flamengo), Luis Fabiano
(San Pablo), Gilberto Silva (Gremio), Alex (Corinthians), Mancini (Atlético Mineiro), Elano
(Santos), Fred y Deco (Fluminense), Rafael Sobis (Inter), Juninho Pernambucano (Vasco da Gama) y
Rivaldo (San Pablo), entre otros, así lo indican.
14.06.2011 - La Copa del Mundo fue, es y será una cuestión de Estado que hoy apunta a
Brasil (2014). Los números pueden estremecer: u$s 6000 millones (de inversión) son insuficientes
para la dimensión de las necesidades mundialistas. Si bien la economía brasileña viene creciendo
al 7% anual y la pobreza (también) sigue arraigada, el gigante latinoamericano está lanzado a un
posicionamiento global y el Brasileirao sintonizó los efectos.
O técnico da seleção brasileira sub-17, Emerson Ávila, anunciou nesta segunda-feira o corte de
seis jogadores para a disputa do Mundial da categoria, que começa no dia 18 de junho, no
México.
Os cortados são o goleiro Matheus, do Atlético Paranaense, os defensores Ygor, do Fluminense e
André, do Internacional, os meio-campistas Maycon, do Atlético Paranaense, e Lucas Severo, do
Internacional, além do atacante Pedro Paulo, do Cruzeiro, que fica fora do torneio por lesão.
07.06.2011 - Corinthinas llega a la punta (provisoria) del Brasileirao después de
empatar (1-1) como visitante ante el Flamengo en el estadio Engenhão (Río de Janeiro).
La decepción del resultado fla fue atenuada por la "gran" despedida de
Dejan Petkovic (38)
que se retiró del fútbol como titular con la camiseta rojinegra.
Match reports On Saturday evening Copa Libertadores semi-finalists Santos suffered a 1-0 defeat at
Botafogo, Internacional suffered a surprise 0-1 home defeat to Ceará, Avaí continued their
shocking start to the campaign with a 1-3 home defeat to Atlético Mineiro who jumped to the top of
the division where they were joined by São Paulo after they recorded a 1-0 win against Serie A new
boys
Match reports Vanderlei Luxemburgo's Flamengo got off to a flying start to the 2011 Brasileirão
Série A season with a 4-0 demolition of Avaí, Ronaldinho had a good game scoring the second goal
and providing the assist for the fourth in his first Brazilian league game in nearly a decade. The
other big winners were Atlético Mineiro who cruised to a 3-0 victory against Atlético Paranaense.
Fla fans broke down the gates to get to Ronaldinho when he joined the club. If he doesn't start
to perform, they may do that again.
Hello and welcome to my fourth guide to Brazil's national football championship, the Campeonato
Brasileiro.
The 41st Brasileirão gets underway on Saturday.
