On Tuesday we got to see two of the favorites for the World Cup in action as dark horse Belgium played their first game of the tournament against and Algeria and host nation Brazil entertained Mexico. Whether it was first game nerves,or the pressure of being their so called “golden generation: Belgium were not impressive [...]
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The draw for next summer’s Confederations Cup was made in Sao Paulo today and it set up some interesting matches. The Confederations Cup takes place in Brazil on 15-30 June 2013 when hosts Brazil line up in Group A with Japan, Mexico and Italy. While Spain, Uruguay and Tahiti will be joined in Group B [...]
The Argentina v Brazil game at MetLife Stadium yesterday had been billed as a battle between Lionel Messi and Neymar. But it turned into the Messi show as the Barcelona star dazzled the 81,994 in attendance with an incredible halt-trick as Argentina beat their bitter rivals 4-3. This was Messi’s last game of the season, [...]
Two first half goals from Giovani Dos Santos and Javier Hernandez were enough to see Mexico stun Brazil 2-0 in front of almost 85,000 fans in Dallas today. Dos Santos opened the scoring in the 21st minute when he picked up a pass from Pablo Barrera, beat Brazilian defender Danilo and cleverly lobbed his shot [...]
The U.S Men’s National team came crashing back to earth last night, losing 4-1 to Brazil. The US came into the game full of confidence after beating Scotland 5-1 last week, but they soon realized that Brazil is a big step up in class from the Scots. Brazil quickly jumped into a two-goal lead as [...]
Brazilian legend Pele seems to be not backing down on the whole Messi-Neymar debate. For only the umpteenth time, Pele has once again made his voice heard on just who he prefers between the pair. Now, much as their is reason for Pele to simply mind his own business, i agree (to some point) with [...]
This is a huge blow to Brazil’s LOC for the World Cup as their chairman Ricardo Texeira quit Monday as the head of the Brazilian Football Federation and the 2014 World Cup organising committee on health grounds. Brazil have in the past few weeks come under intense scutiny by FIFA for what the football body [...]
Former Inter Milan striker Adriano has been left clubless after Corinthians terminated his contract. The South American giants revealed that they were forced to take such actions after the striker failed to show enough commitment towards returning to full fitness. Adriano who’s career has been dogged by alcoholism, depression and weight problems could most likely [...]
A war of words is emerging between the Brazilian national team and Santos football club after coach Mano Menezes advised Santos starlet Neymar to move to Europe. Menezes believes that Neymar can only live up to expectation if he moves to Europe sooner rather than later. The Santos striker who made headlines last week for [...]
Brazilian World Cup winner and former AC Milan and FC Barcelona star Rivaldo could soon be playing his football in the African plains with top flight Angolan club Kabuscorp. Rivaldo who was until last month a Sao Paulo player will become the first international star player to ever play in an African league. The 39 [...]
