Brasileirão 2018

É Deyvershooooooooow !!!!

 

É Deca !!!!

Constrói uma estátua do Felipão na Turiassu !!! E fora Felipão !!!

 

China, Arabia Saudita podem vir ... e levem o Borja por favor.

E contratem um atacante de peso ... em caso o Deyvershow se machuque

 

Looks like Carille is coming back. Dude goes to Saudi Arabia to make truck loads of money then complains about lack of infrastructure ...

 

Willian out for 6-9 months on that play that lead to the goal. Damn.

 

It's a long explanation. But basically back in the day, before 71, there were 2 national competitions. One the "Taça do Brasil" and the "Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa". The first one comprised of all the state champions and dates back to 1959. The 2nd one started in 67 and ran through 70 and was an extension of the Rio-Sao Paulo tournament adding teams from Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul. It's the real precursor to the Brazilian League.

Before 2010 only titles after 1971 were considered National titles. But in 2010, CBF did a study and determined those titles in the 60s qualified as National titles. Reason being, back then Taca do Brasil champs were viewed as Brazilian champions. It was also the method in which the Libertadores participant was chosen.

The Roberto Gomes Pedrosa was considered because basically it basically grouped all the top teams in Brazil back then and was the precursor to the National league created in 1971. Palmeiras just ended up winning both titles in one of those years.

There are other similar cases of 2 champs in 1 year. Like FIFA saying Corinthians and Boca are world champs in 2000. Argentine league also used to have, up until recently, Clausura and Apertura titles which were 2 identical competitions that ran on the same year (one after the other) and both titles are considered as national titles.

1987 is a different scenario and there were a lot of politics involved in it as the Brazilian championship has gone through a lot of different formats that changed basically every year until 2003. But basically there were 2 divisions in 1987. CBF was broke and said they wouldn't be doing a National championship that year. So the top teams in Brazil united to create a championship and signed agreements with TV for the rights. CBF did 180 and created another championship with the remaining teams who felt disenfranchised and CBF wanted the title to be decided between the winners of each division. It was basically 1st division vs 2nd. The 1st div teams didn't agree, but Vasco's club president, on authority, apparently did a 180 on the teams and signed the agreement. Flamengo never played Sport in the final so Sport was declare champions.

 

Só falta os Árabes não soltarem o Carille.

 

Well ... I’d say they’ve gotten their act together in the past 2 or 3 years.

 

Not much has been mentioned about the reason Carille and now Rodriguinho are trying to come back from Saudi Arabia. They've been there for barely 6 months. I wonder if the Khashoggi murder has anything to do with it.

 

Thought Rodriguinho was in Egypt along with Keno, ex-Palmeiras.

 

Ooops ... thought he had gone with Carille

 

Flamengo is in decent shape. I don't see why they don't have a shot at least at the Brasileirão. The rest are garbage right now and there is no light at the end of the tunnel.

Fluminense, much like Palmeiras during the Parmalat years, didn't take advantage of the sponsor money from UNIMED to build something sustainable when they left. I figure Crefisa will leave at some point even though Leila says she wants to sponsor the team forever. That's not gonna happen. Specially if she doesn't get elected 3 years from now. But at least I think the club have structured themselves well for the future when that happens. Yes it would hurt, but not like the Parmalat leaving effect.

 

BTW ... just an update on the box I've been using to watch games. It has been working fairly well so far. A few times it has gone off air and the channels disappeared and sometimes channels don't come in clean ... image buffers and etc ... But I'd say it works at least 95% of the time up to this point. Cool thing is that it includes all the Premiere channels and Combate TV if you know what I mean.