It was the Nilmar show last night. The Villarreal forward put three in the back of the net, and put Robinho on notice that there is a more than capable replacement for him within the squad. With four starters out last night I was expecting a lackluster display. However, this Brazil side showed off its [...]

Brazil v. Chile
Pituaçu, Salvador, Bahia
September 9th, 9:00 ET
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Brazil host Chile this Wednesday in the third to last World Cup qualifier of the campaign. This figures to be a more laid back affair for the national team after securing qualification with their win in Rosario this weekend. As noted in the last post, four [...]

<Argentina 1 – 3 Brazil
Even though the score sheet might not tell the entire story of the match, the better team won last night. Brazil officially qualified for the World Cup in spectacular fashion, in an environment that many thought would be impossible to come out of with three points. Goals were scored by Luisao [...]

Brazil 1 – 0 Estonia
This was not the most riveting of matches. Apparently Kaka got lost walking through Tallinn before the match and needed a police escort back to the hotel. That basically summed up this trip and this match. Dunga said his primary concern was not the team performance but rather, “Our main [...]

Not too many changes from the Confederations Cup squad. I am little disappointed there were not a few more new call ups. This match is a warm up for the September qualifiers, so Dunga wanted to maintain a level of continuity in the team. However, due to the lesser quality of the opponent, it would [...]

It continues to be a busy week for current and future national team players. Today it was annouced that Nilmar will head to Villarreal for €11 million on a 5 year deal. It was a club record transfer fee. He should start for the club, with Joseba Llorente and Jonathan Pereira being in the mix [...]

This is a big time move for a big time player. Barcelona just paid Palmeiras €14 million for a player they don’t even plan on having on the roster this season. They paid this money because they know he will be worth much more in the future. Pep Guardiola stated that the club will loan [...]

Andre Santos has joined Turkish club Fenerbahce. The terms of the transaction were undisclosed. The left back had been linked to numerous Italian clubs prior to this transaction, so it comes as a bit of a surprise. Fernerbache missed out on the Champions League this past season, but they are still a bigger club [...]

Manchester City is on the verge of adding their third forward this summer with the pending signing of Emmanuel Adebayor. After signing Roque Santa Cruz and Carlos Tevez as well, where will Robinho play? Will he essentially be playing left midfield, or start at all for Mark Hughes? There have been some whispers about him [...]

Brazil won their fourth World Cup. There are some good clips from this tournament in these videos. It wasn’t the most attractive display of Brazilian football, but it was enough to bring home the Cup.
Its been slow on the transfer front. Luis Fabiano’s move to AC Milan has been lenghtly affair with negotiations still [...]