Category: Brazil
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 [...]
Gabriel Jesus Saves – Why Brazil Choose Jesus Over Firmino
A popular story went around in advance of the World Cup to illustrate the meteoric rise of Gabriel Jesus.
During the 2014 World Cup, he helped the [...]
The Limits Of Perception See Brazil & Neymar Suffer Unfairly
Shortly prior to the World Cup, my wife, who is Brazilian, told me: "People hate the Seleção."
Every time she tweeted something supportive about th [...]
How England Helped Brazil By Assisting Tite’s Capacity For Learning
“I have learned how to learn.” Tite is renowned for his mesmeric communication skills. Many of his players have passed comment on his oratory power. A [...]
The Calcio Consultant’s No Dog In The Hunt, Totally Unbiased & Fearless World Cup Prediction
For months now I have been lamenting a World Cup without my homeland, the United States, along with the nation of my heritage, Italy. I just haven’t l [...]
9 – Vava: Brazil v Sweden 1958 – 90 World Cup Minutes In 90 Days
WFI‘s Adam Brandon counts down to Russia 2018 with 90 World Cup goals in 90 days, scored in the minute corresponding to the day in the countdown.
Con [...]
Why New Liverpool Signing Fabinho Didn’t Make The Brazil Squad
Some Liverpool fans were yet to arrive back from their trip to Kyiv for the Champions League final by the time their club made their first summer sign [...]