Campeonato Brasileiro Starts August 10th.....who is the favorite? As long as Corinthians don't win I don't care. Da-lhe TRICOLOR!
São Caetano, Atl. Paraná, Gremio and Cruzerio come to mind as possible favorites. I'm tempted to add Flamengo. But last year Mengão won the Copa de Campeõnes....then they were almost relegated from the Brasilerio (as if the CFB and Globo would have ever permitted that ;-) ). 1. Atl-P has managed to keep its team pretty much intact. 2. Cruzeiro lost Sorin, but are semi-finalists vs. Fla in tonight's CC semi-final. 3. Gremio is facing a player rebellion because managment is asking the players to take a 50% pay dedeuction (elimination from the Libertadores meant the club lost the money they were counting on to pay the guys). 4. SC is a relative oasis of stability, plus Adhemer is returning. Well, there is always Paysandú! ))) eugene www.manya.org
Adhemar is returning? What happened to him in Germany? Why didn't Sao Paulo sign him when they had a chance, he is better than that inutil França!
Matchday 1 Sat games Vasco 2 x 0 Figueirense Goiás 3 x 1 Portuguesa São Paulo 4 x 2 Paysandu Paraná 2 x 1 São Caetano Santos 2 x 1 Botafogo
Sunday games MENGAO Wins 1st! Juventude 1 x 0 Ponte Preta Bahia 1 x 0 Gama Atlético-MG 1 x 2 Corinthians Guarani 2 x 1 Atlético-PR Internacional 1 x 3 Flamengo Coritiba 1 x 0 Vitória Palmeiras 1 x 1 Grêmio Fluminense 5 x 1 Cruzeiro Leading goal scorers: 2 GOLS Liédson (Flamengo); Romário (Fluminense); Martinez (Guarani); Maurílio (Paraná); Jóbson (Paysandu); Luís Fabiano (São Paulo); Ramon (Vasco).
Campeonato Brasileiro [R] Botafogo ? - ? America Figueirense ? - ? Guarani Ponte Preta ? - ? Coritiba Sao Caetano ? - ? Fluminense Vitoria ? - ? Goias Atletico Paranaense ? - ? Bahia Corinthians ? - ? Internacional Cruzeiro ? - ? Palmeiras Gremio ? - ? Vasco
Sao Caetano 2 - 0 Fluminense Vitoria 4 - 1 Goias Atletico Paranaense 2 - 1 Bahia Gremio 3 - 2 Vasco These are for the most part correct, I´d check on the other scores, but I need to get off the net.
Re: Sunday games Atlético has great supporters. After they scored it sounded like they were chanting, "Whoop! There it is!"
Day 2 Flamengo 0 x 0 Juventude Gama 0 x 1 São Paulo Portuguesa 1 x 0 Paraná Botafogo 1 x 1 Atlético-MG Corinthians 3 x 2 Internacional Cruzeiro 1 x 1 Palmeiras Grêmio 3 x 2 Vasco Atlético-PR 4 x 0 Bahia São Caetano 2 x 0 Fluminense Ponte Preta 2 x 0 Coritiba Vitória 4 x 1 Goiás Figueirense 0 x 0 Guarani 1º São Paulo 6 Corinthians 6 3º Flamengo 4 Grêmio 4 Guarani 4 Juventude 4 Top 8 advance.. Bottom 4 to 2nd division 24º Paysandu 0 Gama 0 Internacional 0 Scorers: 4 GOLS Ramon (Vasco).
Baixinho marked 2 more gols for flu yesterdat. Looks like the old man still has a little something left to show.
Day 3 Portuguesa 0 x 0 Figueirense Guarani 1 x 4 Atlético-MG Juventude 2 x 1 Santos São Caetano 3 x 0 Corinthians Flamengo 1 x 1 Goiás Cruzeiro 0 x 0 Botafogo Paraná 2 x 3 São Paulo Bahia 1 x 2 Coritiba Gama 2 x 1 Vitória Atlético-PR 2 x 1 Vasco Fluminense 3 x 1 Grêmio Internacional 1 x 0 Ponte Preta 1º São Paulo 9 2º Juventude 7 3º Fluminense 6 Atlético-PR 6 São Caetano 6 Coritiba 6 Corinthians 6 8º Flamengo 5 ----- 22º Palmeiras 2 Botafogo 2 Figueirense 2 Cruzeiro 2 26º Paysandu 0 --- Scorers: 4 GOLS Romário (Fluminense); Ramon (Vasco).
Matchday 4 Coritiba 2 x 1 Flamengo São Paulo 0 x 1 Juventude Atlético-MG 1 x 1 Fluminense Botafogo 2 x 2 Internacional Paysandu 1 x 2 Portuguesa Santos 3 x 0 Figueirense Vitória 1 x 1 Atlético-PR Goiás 1 x 1 Bahia 1º Juventude 10 2º São Paulo 9 Coritiba 9 4 GOALS Kléber (Atlético-PR); Romário (Fluminense); Ramon (Vasco).
Sao Paulo outraged by fouling against Kaka RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Sao Paulo went top of the Brazilian championship after beating Parana 3-2 at the weekend despite having Kaka, their top player, repeatedly hacked down by the opposition. The 19-year-old, who was a reserve in Brazil's squad at the World Cup, scored the first goal and set up the other two despite being the victim of some brutal tackling. Sao Paulo coach Oswaldo Oliveira was livid after two clear red card offences against Kaka were punished with only yellows by referee Leonardo Gaciba. 'The referee allowed violence against our forwards, in particular Kaka, but this made our win all the more impressive,' he said. 'CRIMINAL' TACKLING Kaka was himself booked for handball after he was fouled and his outstretched arm hit the ball as he fell. But he said he would not be intimidated. 'I got kicked again but they're not going to stop me and I'm not going to get riled by their provocations,' he said. The referee's performance brought an avalanche of criticism, with veteran commentator Armando Nogueiro describing the Parana tackling as 'criminal'. Critics say the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) have repeatedly failed to clamp down on violent play and the careers of the country's most talented players are being threatened. Sao Paulo have nine points from their three games. Veteran striker Romario scored twice for the second weekend running as Fluminense beat Gremio 3-1. The 36-year-old, who won the 1994 World Cup with Brazil, joined the club two weeks ago. Former Brazil coach Emerson Leao had a miserable afternoon at his old club Juventude, where he was jeered by the crowd and saw his Santos team go down to a 2-1 defeat. 'It was a very poor game and we played badly, we can't have any complaints,' he said. Cruzeiro were jeered off the field after being held to a goalless draw at home by Botafogo on the debut of controversial coach Vanderley Luxemburgo. Luxemburgo, another former Brazil coach, was accused of unethical behaviour last week after he walked out Palmeiras to join his new club.
Day 5 - Mengo loses again Flamengo 1 x 2 Paysandu Internacional 2 x 2 São Paulo Figueirense 0 x 3 Botafogo
Day 5 Sun. games Palmeiras 0 x 4 Atlético-MG Fluminense 1 x 1 Santos Coritiba 1 x 2 Corinthians Cruzeiro 2 x 1 Bahia Ponte Preta 1 x 1 Grêmio Goiás 2 x 4 Vasco Portuguesa 1 x 0 Gama Vitória 2 x 1 Juventude Top 8: 1º SÃO PAULO 10 2º JUVENTUDE 10 3º PORTUGUESA 10 4º CORINTHIANS 9 5º CORITIBA 9 6º ATLÉTICO-MG 8 7º FLUMINENSE 8 8º ATLÉTICO-PR 7 Bottom 4: 23º BAHIA 4 24º PARANÁ 3 25º PAYSANDU 3 26º FIGUEIRENSE 2 Goal scorers: 4 GOALS Kléber (Atlético-PR); Ademílson (Botafogo); Romário (Fluminense); Fabiano Costa (Internacional); Jóbson (Paysandu); Ramon (Vasco).
Bebeto has returned to Vasco da Gama!! I wanted to see him and Romario hook up, maybe the rivalry between him and Romario is still strong. Cause it seems as though he waited til Romi left to join!!
Day 6 Mengo loses again, new coach... São Paulo 2 x 0 Goiás Atlético-MG 2 x 1 Vitória Grêmio 0 x 0 Portuguesa Corinthians 1 x 1 Cruzeiro Santos 2 x 1 Paraná Guarani 1 x 1 Internacional Gama 2 x 1 Flamengo Juventude 2 x 0 Fluminense Atlético-PR 1 x 0 Palmeiras Bahia 1 x 2 Figueirense 1º São Paulo 13 Juventude 13 3º Atlético-MG 11 Portuguesa 11 5º Atlético-PR 10 Santos 10 Corinthians 10 8º Coritiba 9 Gama 9 --- 20º Flamengo 5 Palmeiras 5 Goiás 5 Figueirense 5 24º Bahia 4 25º Paraná 3 Paysandu 3 ---- 5 GOLS Kléber (Atlético-PR).
Day 7 Coritiba 2 x 0 Fluminense Botafogo 1 x 0 Gama Corinthians 0 x 3 Atlético-PR Internacional 3 x 0 Santos Flamengo 1 x 1 Cruzeiro São Paulo 2 x 0 Grêmio Atlético-MG 0 x 0 Portuguesa Paraná 5 x 1 Palmeiras Juventude 1 x 0 Vasco Vitória 5 x 1 Paysandu Ponte Preta 0 x 1 São Caetano Goiás 1 x 2 Guarani ---- 1º SÃO PAULO 16 2º JUVENTUDE 16 3º ATLÉTICO-PR 13 4º CORITIBA 12 5º ATLÉTICO-MG 12 6º PORTUGUESA 12 7º GUARANI 11 8º VITÓRIA 10 ----- 23º FIGUEIRENSE 5 24º PALMEIRAS 5 25º BAHIA 4 26º PAYSANDU 3 ----- 7 GOLS André (Vitória)
FLA beats FLU Vasco 1 x 2 Atlético-MG Flamengo 5 x 2 Fluminense Palmeiras 2 x 2 Coritiba Cruzeiro 3 x 1 São Paulo Atlético-PR 2 x 0 Botafogo Paysandu 0 x 1 Corinthians Bahia 3 x 2 Paraná Gama 0 x 0 Ponte Preta São Caetano 2 x 1 Guarani