See The Cup 16 November @ 02:41 AM EST
After the 35th round of Brasileirao, one thing is clear: the champion will be red and black. The
only thing that remains unclear is if it will also carry the white of Sao Paulo, or it will have
just the two colors of Flamengo.
The two sides took advantage of Palmeiras' tie against Sport and look ready for the title.
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More points for Fluminense but has their run come to late?
Wins for São Paulo and Flamengo left them in 1st and 2nd place respectively with just three
games to go in the Campeonato Brasiliero.
53,000 turned up at the estádio Morumbi as São Paulo took on Vitória in on Saturday.
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See The Cup 09 November @ 01:13 PM EST
Without even stepping into the pitch on the weekend, Sao Paulo did something that has been very
common for the club lately: It reached the top of Campeonato Brasileiro. In the 34th round of the
tournament, the club, who fights for its 4th Brazilian title in a row, benefited from the defeats
of Palmeiras and Atletico-MG.
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See The Cup 30 October @ 07:07 PM EST
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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MORNING all, hopefully this blog finds you well on 'hump-day'.
Just a quick note on yesterday's post on the void of Perth Glory news. Apparently, Monday was a
rest and recovery day for the players - which is understandable, considering they have been on a
two-week road trip of Queensland.
So yesterday there was a bit of news coming out the Glory camp, but the first official media
gathering for this week, will be a presser just before training today.
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See The Cup 19 October @ 01:07 AM EST
Up until last week, the Brasileirao seemed the tournament no one wanted to win. The favorites
kept losing points with pale football. But the 30th round shows signs of change by two sides.
Flamengo and Atletico-MG want to take the title home after a long time.
While Palmeiras, Sao Paulo, Inter and Goias gave another display of loss of steam, the two sides
pocketed the three points in very important matches.
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A Petkovic brace sinks the leaders
Two goals from Flamengo's Petkovic ended Palmeiras' unbeaten run in the Palestra Itália and cut
their lead at the top of the table to just four points.
The Greens dominated for most of the first-half but an excellent dribble and finish by the
veteran Petkovic put Fla ahead.
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See The Cup 13 October @ 03:06 AM EST
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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A dejeted looking Souza and Marcos as Náutico thrash the leaders 3-0
Despite a shock 3-0 loss at strugglers Náutico, Palmeiras remain five points clear at the top
of the Brasileiro with nine games to go. As usual when the Palestra Itália outfit slip up, none of
their main rivals were able to take advantage as no one in the top five managed to win.
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See The Cup 09 October @ 02:55 AM EST
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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reportajes 02 October @ 04:50 AM EST
Por Lola DirceuKanouté,
Luis Fabiano, Adriano, Konko, Palop... Todos grandes
aciertos de secretaría técnica, sin contar al carísimo Negredo, que este domingo intentará
continuar con esa maldición de los jugadores que se la lían a sus ex equipos.
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See The Cup 21 September @ 03:56 AM EST
The 25th round of Brasileirao had all the elements to belong one more time to Sao Paulo. Inter
visited Vitoria always a tough match. Sao Paulo "visited" Santo Andre (piece of cake) and Palmeiras
will visit Cruzeiro on Wednesday. But the tricolor round ended up to be a green round.
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