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"I won't complain about anyone and that would be a strange thing to do in a moment we're celebrating a title"
Bosingwa: Ramires in Brazil's national squad is a "matter of respect"
When asked by ESPN Brazil about not being called to Brazil's national squad by Mano Menezes, that's what Ramires answered. Torres could learn some manners from Ramires, couldn't he?
Franz Beckenbauer: The change MUST be against Chelsea!
Even though Bayern Munich had a "breakdown" against Dortmund and Schweinsteiger's injury isn't "100%", Der Kaiser thinks Bayern will finish the game with a title. I really like you, Franz, but I really hope Chelsea shuts your mouth as well.
Why take the Hulk to Chelsea FC rumours seriously?
by trOOly on May 14, 2012 2:34 PM EDT
on We Ain't Got No History
Since AVB left Porto for Chelsea, we’ve heard some people saying Hulk and/or Falcão would go to Chelsea with him. None of those moves proved to be true, but now things have got a little bit serious.
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Looks like I just found where AVB is!
Sorry but I can't find a link in English. Basically he was here in Brazil watching Fluminense win against Internacional for the Copa Libertadores last night, complimented Deco's marvelous form of late, and said a couple of things about Neymar too.
Chelsea at F1
Chelsea FC is linking up with Sauber F1 Team in a marketing agreement. There were teasers in the last few races, and the next race in Italy will feature a "Welcome to Chelsea FC" message.
Mo marketing = mo moneyz
Modric may leave White Hart Lane next summer
You didn't want to come to Chelsea and now your team is losing its Champions League spot (even though we might not get one through EPL too). Karma is a bitch, eh?
Chelsea to sign Marko Marin
Apparently, the agreed fee to sign the German left winger was around £8 mi. It might be another great value of Emelano.
Torres speaks about Di Matteo and Barça
Seems like keeping Di Matteo as manager, CL title or not, would be good for the team spirit. Unless RA is serious about the "cleaning up" the squad.
Also: "This is football: the best team doesn't always win"
Lucas Moura, 19, São Paulo - Brazil
by trOOly on Apr 22, 2012 4:14 PM EDT
on We Ain't Got No History
In the earlier years of last decade, Brazil was under a transition phase in the matter of producing world class offensive weapons. Most of the players who shone in football were pretty much at defense, like Marcelo from Real Madrid, Dani Alves from Barcelona and Thiago Silva from Milan. Brazil certainly suffered, watching two not-so-strong squads falling in the 2006 and 2010 World Cups due mostly to a lack of talent.
Seems like that transition days are over. Neymar is the most known "new hope of Brazilian ambitions", and many others are on the shortlist. One of them has been linked with Chelsea, and he is Lucas Moura.
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Lucas Moura's parents meet with Real Madrid
"São Paulo player Lucas confirmed (...) that there was a meeting between his parents and Real Madrid representatives.
"The player said that he doesn't know what was the subject of the meeting, that might have been organized by his agent Wagner Ribeiro."
Wellington Nem (who?)
by trOOly on Apr 13, 2012 11:51 PM EDT
on The Short Fuse
A few days ago, Fluminense played against Boca Juniors at home for the Copa Libertadores. Fluminense (unfortunately) lost the game, even though Boca Juniors missed their most important player with the absence of Juan Roman Riquelme, and had a terrible game. But they also had some bright spots in the shape of Deco, that one who had winning cameos at Porto, Barça and Chelsea, and Wellington Nem.
Apparently an Arsenal scout was attending the game, taking notes about the latter.
Fluminense has a tradition of breeding world class talent and then sending it (pretty cheap) to Europe. The most important players that came out of the youth ranks in the last few years were Thiago Silva (Milan), the "Man Utd twins" Rafael and Fábio, Marcelo (Real Madrid), Dedé (Vasco, soon Italy), Wellington Silva (Arsenal) and now Wellington Nem.
And you keep complaining about Torres!
Ganso
by trOOly on Jan 14, 2012 8:10 AM EST
on We Ain't Got No History
via images.imagensdeposito.com
The history of Ganso resembles the history of many other Brazilian young footballers all around the country. Born in distant Ananindeua, the 2nd biggest city of Pará, a state in the North region, Ganso started playing futsal (indoor football), like most Brazilian wonders, at the age of 7 at Tuna Luso Brasileira. There, he showed his technique and creativity by making marvelous through passes. Eventually, when he reached 15, he transfered to Paysandu's youth academy. A Santos scout and past idol, Giovanni, saw the kid and decided to bring him to Santos in 2005 with a bid of R$ 900.000 at the time. I don't have the data to translate it in euros or pounds, but it was a huge chunk of money for a player at his 16.
In 2007, he started to show his category and his injury proneness, becoming the definite number 10 for Santos under 20's team at the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, the most important youth competition in Brazil, in 2008. At the time, La Gazzetta dello Sport said he was one of the best prospects revealed by the competition.
And that's when his actual history begins.
The case for Neymar
by trOOly on Jul 7, 2011 7:24 PM EDT
on Barca Blaugranes
First of all, let me introduce myself. I'm Brazilian, and I had the opportunity to follow Neymar's professional career with Santos. I've watched several games of him playing at the Brazileirão (the Brazilian league), the Paulistão (São Paulo's state league), and most recently at the Copa Libertadores (South America's championship; in importance, it's like the Champions League for us). And may I say: if you get him, you'll have a star who is far away from his top game.
The case for Neymar
by trOOly on Jul 7, 2011 12:09 PM EDT
on Managing Madrid
Hey guys, thought I'd feature this compelling argument for Neymar--as you've probably noticed I'm pretty ambivalent on the matter, but it's important to feature other opinions than just mine. If you ever want to make a point--to disagree or agree with me at all--just post a "Fan Post" or write to me about becoming an author. I'll occasionally feature well-written and thought out posts on the front page. --Gabe
First of all, let me introduce myself. I'm Brazilian, and I had the opportunity to follow Neymar's professional career with Santos. I've watched several games of him playing at the Brazileirão (the Brazilian league), the Paulistão (São Paulo's state league), and most recently at the Copa Libertadores (South America's championship; in importance, it's like the Champions League for us). And may I say: if you get him, you'll have a star who is far away from his top game.
So much love for Tebow...
ESPN dedicated a single session on its website to Tim Tebow. LeBron may get jealous...
Super Bowl in UK?
Jason La Canfora article about expanding the NFL internationally. But UK? Why don't they bring a team to a place where the fanbase is more solid like Canada or Mexico? Wouldn't it be nice to put nearly 100,000 people per game at Estadio Azteca?
What's the reason for the hating toward Jimmy Clausen?
After reading that article, I've imagined a pretty much screwed-up scenario in this year's draft. It has Clausen going all the way down the 1st round to our #31 pick. Teams needing starting or future potential QBs would be afraid of drating him. So, if you were Polian, what would you do? Draft a potential superstar QB to learn from Peyton or pass him to get anyone else?
2011 NFL Mock Draft
I know it's way too early to predict anything for the next season, but it's worthy taking a look. Even if they've put the Colts at the #31 pick overall...
Looks like someone has been reading the news lately...
Polian's bashing his own team, like he did when he was in Buffalo. Well, he's been complaining in an interview published at Colts.com about everything we've pointed out as a major problem at the big game: Special team. I disagree about our OL playing badly this game, but throughly the season it has stucked in protecting Manning. And how couldn't he complain about our Defense at all?
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