Here are some impressions that Motherwell (3rd place 1927–28 and 1928–29) made on the brazilian press (São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro) in 1928. -...
Your rankings are incredible and deserve their own thread!
Really cool idea. Great/good brazilian players with relevant/meaningful coaching career's: Leão (GK - Atlético Mineiro, Santos and São Paulo) PC...
Superb work as always, @comme! I have the feeling that Kompany was a better player than Pepe (Here I'm being a little bit biased because i never...
Great teams! I don't know why but I can see Argentina winning one game with a penalty converted by Maradona, because T.Silva placed his hand on...
Carlos Bianchi was a successful coach that regularly used 4-4-2 Diamond for his winning teams. Here's a link with the formations and players:...
Suriprofs top 5: 1- Ruud Gullit 2- Clarence Seedorf 3- Edgar Davids 4- Aron Winter 5- Nigel De Jong [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Garrincha dismantling opponents. [MEDIA] In this video, Eusébio (portuguese black panther) says that Pelé was a genius, but Garrincha was even...
Honorable mentions. - Mario Sérgio [MEDIA] - Alex [MEDIA] Both are far from being close to Zidane. But they had great ball control.
Honorable Mention - Djalminha [MEDIA] [MEDIA] [MEDIA]
You're right. I just read what the journal interpreted. ;)
1964's Best XI, according to Denis Law (Source: World Sports interview / Jornal dos Sports-RJ) -------------------- L. Yashin -- T. Burgnich - J....
1955 Europe's Best XI, according to "A Gazeta Esportiva - SP". ---------------- L. Yashin -- I. Horvat - B. Wright - W. Kohlmeyer ------ G....
The best XI from 1948' Argentina, according to a poll made by the magazine "Goles". Source: Jornal dos Sports - RJ (1949): ------------------- M....
What sources do you have about Masantonio being polyfunctional?? I know that he was a CF with a similiar style to Batistuta (Francisco Varallo's...
Ademir Menezes is also an interesting name. He could easily play in any of the attacking positions. From recent years, I always liked Lahm, Alaba...
PerúFC already did a better job. Way better. Uruguay XI
Great info! I saw that the 4 brazilians were elected for the 68's team of the year made by the carioca press from Jornal dos Sports, with Gerson...
Really great to see J.R. Verón recognition. All brazilians papers from those years praised highly his performances for 68's Libertadores. And he...
According to the journal "Jornal da Tarde" (São Paulo), Ademir was also the main reason for the 69's Robertão title. And a curious fact: the...
According to the brazilian journalist Achilles Chirol, the symbol of this title (69's Taça de Prata) was Ademir da Guia.
The journal shows the team in a 2-3-5, which is the default tactic, with almost all teams with "linhas médias - right half, center half and left...
Great finding!! This article confirms my theory of Bauer as a centralized "Right Half" that would fall back as a CB in the 50'WC. And the...
Zito is the starter for South America's XI but Nestor Rossi gets the spot for Second world XI? I think that the "broken decades" system (50-60;...
Hey msioux75, Jorge Mendonça from Náutico and Zé Roberto from Coritiba were attacking mids (ponta de lança - spearheads - Second strikers),...