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Dunga Names Squad for Ireland Friendly

brasilNo Ronaldinho, and you have to wonder if the book is closed for his return to the national team under Dunga. I really hope Dunga gets on his knees and prays for Kaka’s health every night.

Michel Bastos and Gilberto are the left back call-ups. Doni, despite being the backup keeper for his team, gets the call as the number two keeper. Kleberson was picked over Sandro. Other than these changes, the team is basically the same. I will have more on this later today.

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Injuries, Contracts, and Parties

February 5th, 2010 | By: Duvel | Comments Comments(6)

ronaldinho1The Injuries:
Dani Alves has returned to training after missing over a week of action with a muscle injury. He should be available for Barca’s match against Getafe on Saturday.
Real Madrid’s unofficial newspaper of record, Marca, ran a story this week about Kaka’s nagging hernia injury that limited his appearances this winter. The ... [read more]

How Absurd Was Robinho’s Introduction Yesterday?

February 2nd, 2010 | By: Duvel | Comments Comments(5)

Extremely absurd.
One quick bit of news at the closing of the transfer window. Sao Paulo defender Andre Dias was signed by Lazio for € 2.5 million. Not a bad signing at that price. However, I am not expecting him to receive another national team call-up next week.
... [read more]

Keirrison Moves to Fiorentina

January 31st, 2010 | By: Duvel | Comments Comments(1)

20091101keirrisonKeirrison has completed a loan move from Benfica, via Barca, to Fiorentina. The young forward had a difficult time getting meaningful minutes in Portugal. Keirrison joined Benfica this summer from Barca, who spent €15 million for the player.
He did not score a goal for Benfica during his five appearances for the club. ... [read more]

Video of the Day

| By: Duvel | Comments Comments(0)

The state championships have started in Brazil. The man of the summer so far has been Neymar, who is clearly meeting the expectations surrounding him to this point. He had two goals in Santos’ match against Oeste. This came after scoring another two on Wednesday against Gremio Barueri. Hopefully Robinho will be a positive influence on a kid who is ... [read more]

News and Notes

January 27th, 2010 | By: Duvel | Comments Comments(6)

simplicio 1/28 Globo is reporting its Santos for Robinho.
Fabio Simplicio will move to Roma at the conclusion of the Serie A season. “Simplicio has an agreement with Roma. Once his contract here ends, he will play in the capital,” Palermo Sporting Director Walter Sabatini told an Italian radio station. Simplico had been ... [read more]

Oh Robinho!

Official: Brazil to Face Ireland

Some More News and Notes

Thoughts on Juve-Milan; News and Notes

Is Roma A Brazilian Black Hole?

Video of the Day: Under 20 Team Back in Action

Douglas Costa Moves to Shakhtar Donetsk

The Left Back Problem

Wellington Silva Moves to Arsenal

All Decade Team


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Club Football News

Carnival

I know, I'm late, and by now all of you probably know more about last match than I do. But I have a good excuse for my absence: I was on a trip to a friend's ranch and after some BBQ, cold beer, sunny weather with temperatures around 30-35°C and ...

Feb 9th, 2010 | Read more Read this article...

The Rebirth of Corinthians Blog!!!!

With the return of Robinho, Sao Paulo's pride and Palmeiras's defense, also comes E Blog do Timao!!! It's been a while since Corinthians have been mentioned in this website. The Sao Paulo rivals Santos have been stealing the headlines but rest assure that Corinthians is back for good!!! So its only ...

Feb 8th, 2010 | Read more Read this article...

ROBREESINHO

My Saints from Santos and my Santos from New Orleans destroyed everything, beautiful. A lot of journalists were putting into question the capacity of both teams. Here in Atlanta I had to hear during the day that Peyton Manning was the man and does not feel pressure, while Brees, on the ...

Feb 8th, 2010 | Read more Read this article...

Robinho! The São Paulo Slayer!

What a game! What a goal! Robinho gives us the win in the San-São derby with a piece of magic. A 2x1 win, exactly as I predicted. ...

Feb 7th, 2010 | Read more Read this article...

Lookout São Paulo, Neymar is coming for you.

"All hail Emperor Neymar!" Santo André has been the latest team to feel the wrath of Neymar. On Wednesday he scored one of the early contenders for goal of the Championship. It was so good that Leonardo posting it ...

Feb 6th, 2010 | Read more Read this article...

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Just like Sergio Leone's movie, there are the Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Flamengo. The first one, of course, it's the attack. The 'O Império do Amor' (Love Empire -o Empire of Love?) is the good. Not only the Emperor, Adriano, and Vagner Love are doing their job, ...

Feb 4th, 2010 | Read more Read this article...

Goal of the championship?

The game is not even over yet, but whatdahell, I have to post this right now. There is no way this won't be top 5 goals of the Paulista championship. Who scored, you ask. Yeah, him again, NEYMAR. Later Socratinho or I will post a better report on the game. ...

Feb 4th, 2010 | Read more Read this article...

Seven hours and fifty minutes after nothing

[caption id="attachment_509" align="alignnone" width="660" caption="I own this place (Adriano about Maracanã)"][/caption] I'm sorry Roma and Lazio, Gremio and Inter, Palmeiras and Corinthians, Boca and River, Barcelona and Real Madrid, Inter and Milan, Fener and Galatasaray, Liverpool and Everton, Arsenal and Spurs (or Chelsea). I'm really sorry, guys, but the World's greatest ...

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