Category: Brazil
Scouting Sketch: Joelinton – Hoffenheim
Among the Brazilians in Europe's top five leagues, only Neymar has more contributions to goals than the eight of Hoffenheim's Joelinton.
The 22-yea [...]
Boos As Neymar Injured After Eight As Brazil Beat Cameroon
Football fans at the Stadium MK were disappointed as Neymar left the field injured with just over five minutes of the game gone.
But they were stil [...]
Why CONMEBOL Must Act Against River Plate & Manager Marcelo Gallardo
The Copa Libertadores is madness. There is simultaneously no other way, and no better way to describe South America’s Champions League equivalent.
T [...]
Chile U20 2-2 Brazil U20 – Four to Fawn Over
Chile 2-2 Brazil - U20 friendly international - by Adam Brandon at the Estadio Santa Laura, Santiago, Chile.
Football fans in the cities of Rancagu [...]
And Then There Were Four – Copa Libertadores Quarter Final Roundup
The South American equivalent of the Champions League reached a critical phase this week, with the Copa Libertadores quarter-final second legs being p [...]
Scolari Wary of Colo-Colo Comeback After Palmeiras Triumph In Copa Libertadores Quarter Final First Leg
In the week that Chile celebrated its 208th year of independence from Spain, the supporters and players of the country’s most successful club anticipa [...]
WFi 3 To See: Douglas Costa Runs Riot – Brazil 2 USA 0
Tite’s Brazil rarely needed to leave first gear during their 2x0 friendly triumph over the United States, and though their performance wasn’t overly i [...]
Colo-Colo 1-0 Corinthians – 2018 Copa Libertadores Last 16 1st Leg
In front of a packed and passionate El Monumental, Colo-Colo deservedly beat Corinthians by one goal to nil in the 1st leg of this last 16 Copa Libert [...]
Can Neymar Revive His Image After Neymarketing Took A Hit At The World Cup?
There is an oft quoted statistic that in London you are, technically, never further than 50 metres away from a rat at any one time. (It’s not true, of [...]
Brazil’s 12 Month Plan Following World Cup Exit
CONMEBOL goes into a sort of 12-month competitive hibernation now, ahead of the Copa América in Brazil next June.
Typically, South American countri [...]