Luis Suarez is back in business, whether any of you
futbolitinos like it or not! Over the weekend, we spoke to a few
Uruguayans about the striker's return to the Premier League and they all shared a
similar nonchalant and supportive approach for the Liverpool man.
Feliz Futbolitinos! We kick off this weekend's edition with Santos'
studs Ganso and Neymar who were the centerpiece of the
selecao's latest national team kit unveiling yesterday. You all know that
Pele signed up to be on this but they couldn't find the right goalkeeping outfit
which said "O perfeito" (The Perfect One) for him.
There's nothing like coming home! Just ask Lucas Leiva, who showed up to his
first day of recuperation at Liverpool's Melwood training ground yesterday after spending six weeks
back home in Brasil. The midfielder received a warm welcome from the club's staff and of course
teammates Dirk Kuyt and Pepe Reina were also around to show
their support.
photo by Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com
Before the U.S. men's national team begins its World Cup qualifying campaign this summer, it
will be tested against one of the world's best.
The United States will host Brazil in a friendly on May 30 or 31, the Brazilian federation (CBF)
announced on its website on Thursday.
AC Milan have a tradition of employing a 'Mini Selecao' within their team, which means their
players feel at 'home' more due to the large number of Rossoneri Brazilian players stationed there.
Obviously, it's churrascaria at Robinho's porch every Sunday... there's
no working your way around that, Thiago Silva and family!
FELIZ terça-feira! Brazil defeated Egypt 2-0 last
night and Jonas netted in both goals for Mano's men ("quão legaaal" for
the Valenciano!) By all accounts, the selecao were expected to win this match anyway and
despite all his attempts, Hulk wasn't able to score from any of his best chances upfront.
Felizzzz Segunda-Feira! It's Match day today as Brazil prepare to take
on Egypt tonight in Doha, Qatar! Aaah, Doha, we remember the
PAIN you put us through with our luggage and your never-ending steps that needed climbing
in the coldness of Doha Airport.
It's Neymar November here on Futbolita and we're giving you shirts to celebrate it! In the
meantime, the boy isn't going anywhere till 2014... Madrid whoooo?
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Bem-vindo to Day 3 of Selecao Bootcamp! These Brazilian caras
are still in Libreville, Gabon where they're scheduled to play a friendly as part
of the inauguration of the newly-built 'Friendship stadium' below today. As we mentioned, the guys
have been training hard and Menezes just announced his starting line-up with
Hulk and Jonas leading the attack today.
TUDO BEM?!! Welcome to Day 2 of the Selecao Bootcamp,
brought to you by the "Caras Novas" or newbies of the Brazilian team -
Alex Sandro, Bruno Cesar, Dudu, Kleber and Willian! Many of them are from the winning U-20
Brazilian national side and were picked based on those performances.
BEM-VINDO aaao Selecao Bootcamp, a tradition we have on the Brazilian National Team.
There are only two ways to get by the next few days soldier on and take it like a
man (boring) or spice it up and go crazy, David Luiz style! Of course, everybody
prefers the second one, especially when they'd rather be at home doing gloriously fun things like
barbecuing on Anderson's front porch in a sarong (here's looking at you,
Fabio!
Don't get too excited yet that's an old picture of Kaka and
Adriano (who is clearly no longer Brazil's 'imperador'!) in a chartered
plane. Anyway, Selecao Bootcamp kicks off this week with two friendlies scheduled against
Gabon and Egypt, and Brazil's technical committee are already on
their way to Libreville, the capital of Gabon in west central Africa.
Only a Brazilian will be able to figure out what's going on here... the David Luiz/Ramires
Sideways Dance, that is! / via AP Photo
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Overcoming adversity: Three Extraordinary achievements by the modern football players -
originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Sports Illustrated and Gillette Odor Shield Sweat for Greatness contest is celebrating
extraordinary achievements of ordinary men and here on Soccerlens, we are going to look at
extraordinary achievements of modern day footballers.
In the end, you can't possibly have everything. The selecao feminina
painfully lost out on penalties to Canada a few hours ago, taking home the silver
medal at the Pan American games after the shootout ended 4-3. Sections of the
Brazilian media are calling this a "harsh punishment" but we don't think so.
Spanish Supermodel of the World... is that YOU?! Well, you were close.
It's Barcelona goalkeeper, Victor Valdes, getting hot (and probably cold, from
the rain!) with his SuperGuapa wife, Yolanda Cardona in a recent fashion editorial
for 'DTLux'.
Well, well, what do we have here... Alberto Aquilani finally over the moon for
Kevin-Prince Boateng, of course! The only name the Rossoneri should be
chanting at breakfast, lunch and dinner today is 'Boateng' because his second-half hat-trick
yesterday led them to 4-3 win over Lecce yesterday.
FIFA announced the Match Schedule for the 2014 World Cup in Zurich last night and we know you'd
rather take out your neighbour's trash than see images of Yoda Blatter at the
ceremony! So here you go instead, it's the Selecao feminina celebrating
their goal against Costa Rica at the Pan American Games yesterday.
Several years ago, there was talk that he might be the Greatest Ever, and he was most certainly
one of the most entertaining ever while at the top of his game. A premature peak and thus here we
are in 2011, flabbergasted that he's scored a fabulous goal for the Selecao. Because it's his first
since 2008.
Yeah, we know this photo screams "UNGLAM!" like there's no tomorrow, but
BROS like Chicharito and Neymar have to put their skills to work
when they're on the pitch. Not everybody is capable of keeping appearances up like
Ronaldo anymore!
If there's one thing every national team should learn from Brasil... it's precisely
THIS! The sense of camaraderie and loucura
during training,
except they'll need to work harder during the match itself. Não se preocupe, there's a
chance to do that against Mexico tonight!
Bem-vindo a Bootcamp Monday! We're almost reaching the end of this
month's edition as Brasil prepares to face Mexico in a friendly tomorrow. We know
there are many Mexican Futbolita readers, so if you'd like to say "OIII!"
to Mano's men, they're putting up at Hotel Camino Real, where a
churro or two would be most welcome if you'd like to slip past those buff security guys
(just kidding).
Bem-vindo a Brazilian Bootcamp! So the Selecao are due to
face Costa Rica in a few hours, which means Matchday is already
here! Of course, since many of the players are match-fit anyway, all they needed to do was a bit
of stretching.
So it rained like a b*tch in San Jose today, which essentially ruined the day
for working photographers who needed to snap the Brazilian players during training! Neymar,
David Luiz and Fred just wrapped up their press conferences a few hours ago, and (in all
seriousness, graças a deus!
It's only Day 2 of the Selecao Bootcamp and so much has gone down! Man United's
Fabio who declared once that he'd prefer to play for Portugal ("Oh no
he DI'INT!") went through the traditional
'Baptism Brasileira' process which involves standing on a chair
and telling the whole room why you're proud to play for Brazil.
Bem-vindo a Selecao Bootcamp, a Fútbolita tradition! And yes, the
Brazilians have been very flashy as of late especially with Dani Alves channeling
his inner Usher above as he arrived from Barcelona with Thiago
Silva (they usually put players from the same area onto the same flight to South America,
Real Madrid's Marcelo included).
Lucas : "Uggh MEU DEUS, can't they just let me eat this Ring Biscuit in peace. It's 2 in the
morning!" /Ronaldinho : "Chill bruvz, smile for the camera!"
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David Luiz always looks like he's on the verge of pulling the lamest pranks and
really, he does the best ones but the Chelsea joker should be happy because he has been recalled to
the Brazil squad next month! The selecao are scheduled to face Argentina, Costa
Rica and Mexico.
By Chris Wright
The friendly between Argentina and Brazil finished goalless in Cordoba last night, though
Selecao striker Leandro Damiao (who is known to be on the radar of many-a-European club) almost,
almost broke the deadlock in the second half in outrageously flamboyant style.
Move aside Nando Torres... it's time for Sevilla's homeboy, Alvaro
Negredo, to take over La Seleccion! Yes, he has picked up a couple of
Sunday Senor accolades here, and you should smear your face with black grease (ala
Granada's dirty Cascamorras festival) if you've not heard of
Negredo!
Bem-vindo a Selecao Bootcamp! It was Birthdays galore over the weekend as both
Julio Cesar and Alexandre Pato celebrated their big days with
their Brazilian teammates. Cesar was pelted with water and made to roll his face
over the grass while Pato got a strawberry cake courtesy of the squad's chef!
Brazil v Ghana All eyes on the Selecao - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
It is the nature of modern football that in any match involving Brazil, the spotlight rests
solely on their ambitions for their next title.
This time, as hosts of the next World Cup, they have only friendlies (and the Confederations
Cup) to fine-tune their preparations in the next 3 years and as such, every friendly will be an
examination of Brazil's credentials to lift the World Cup on their home soil.
David Luiz : "It's a lovely day today, I'm loving it!" Thiago Silva : "Me too" Lucas (in the far
corner): "Me Three" / via R.Ribeiro
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By Chris Wright
Read any Djalminha retrospective and the same words seem to crop up; brilliant, mercurial,
elusive, tumultuous, profligate, turbulent and it's no wonder why.
Having intermittently illuminated Spanish football with his extrovert brand of grace and skill
after arriving at Deportivo La Coruna in 1997 (including a starring role in their title-winning
side of 1999/2000), Djalminha looked a shoe-in for a spot in Brazil's 2002 World Cup squad right up
until he pressed the self-destruct button two days before Phil Scolari was due to announce his
final draft headbutting Deportivo coach Javier Irureta during a training ground scuffle.
Mais um jogo da Copa Ouro, foi realizado no dia 19/06/2011, na cidade de Washington-USA, no RFK
Stadium, onde jogaram pelas quartas-de-final as seleções da Jamaica (55º no ranking da FIFA) e a
seleção dos Estados Unidos (22º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo2006Columbus 17/11/2004 USA1:1 (1:1)JAM Second stage2006Kingston 18/08/2004 JAM1:1 (0:0)USA Second
stage2002Foxboro 07/10/2001 USA2:1 (1:1)JAM Final round2002Kingston 16/06/2001 JAM0:0USA Final
round1998Washington Dc 03/10/1997 USA1:1 (0:0)JAM Final round1998Kingston 02/03/1997 JAM0:0USA
Final round1990St.
Best news of the day! Scheduled for the next friendly game of the Auriverdes against Ghana in
London on September 5. Ronaldinho was for a while the top scorer in the Brazilian league this year
and can still be decisive against any team. Let's see if Ronaldinho can make his dream
come true of participating in the next World Cup.
BEM-VINDO to Seleção Bootcamp, a relatively short edition this time
because kick-off for their friendly against Germany takes place later today! Mano's manos
did the usual from an X-Ray (kindly demonstrated by Julio Cesar
below- unfortunately it did not reveal any other finds) to their training session.
Host Colombia isn't the only South American team enjoying a strong start to the FIFA Under-20
World Cup.
Brazil routed Panama, 4-0, to win Group E, and Argentina shut out North Korea, 3-0, to win Group
F as both powers advanced to the knockout stage of the tournament Thursday night.
Aaah, meninos do Brasil... we haven't forgotten you! The U-20 Selecao
got their World Cup campaign to a perfect start last night with a 3-0 victory over
Austria (same result for the Argentinians). Unfortunately, three of their players
had to leave the field after suffering bad injuries including Alex Sandro, Henrique and Casemiro
(who actually left the pitch in tears!
Milan's Brazilian contingent will arrive back in Italy earlier than most expected. Brazil fell
early in the Copa America after an un-inspiring performance saw the Selecao eliminated by Paraguay
in the first knockout round. Though Thiago Silva, Alexandre Pato and Robinho will return to Milan
slightly dejected, their early return is only good news for [.
