Archive for October 16th, 2009

The hoop lá and the shouting have died down. The final tabulations are in. We basically know who will be invited to the big dance next year in South Africa. Brasil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile all have the free pass to the 2010 World Cup.

Way to go garoto.

And you can sure bet your sweet bippie that the nation of Argentina was sweating bullets on Wednesday night until the final tally was  annouced over the national media airwaves a 1-0 Argentina win over Uruguay.

The entire nation breathed a collective sight of relief.

What will be next for the once mighty Argentina? Only God knows and He isn’t telling us right now. If I had my way, I would fire Maradona and bring in a real futebol coach.

This is a good idea. My question is this. How many futebol coaches would want to put themselves through the insanity of having to work with AFA Prez Grondona and his crazy minions? 

I sure as hell wouldn’t want work with this crazy group.

Enough said on this subject.

Now it’s back to the regular season.

Palmeiras is in first place in the Campeonato Brasil. Verdao has 54 points. Sao Paulo is in second place with 49. Internacional is third with 48. My Rubro-Negro is in sixth place with 45 points.

Verdao, Tricolor, and Colorado had a chance to make some huge moves last week but they all blew it.  Nautico blew out Verdao 3-0. Yes, Flamengo took it to the evil empire Sao Paulo (a term I borrowed from a Flamengo buds at left wing blog) 2-1. Internacional tied with lowly Atletico-PR one all.

There are some really huge match ups this weekend in the Campeonato Brasil. On Saturday, Sao Paulo battles fourth place Atletico-MG. Flamengo takes on top seeded Palmeiras on Sunday. This should be a wild and wooly affair. Rubro-Negro travels to Palmeiras’s house. Mengao has a habit of not playing well on the road. The last time Flamengo barely tied with Vitoria three all. Ze-Roberto scored in injury time to allow Mengao to escape with the draw. By all rights, Flamengo should have lost.

The last time these two clubs met was on July 15 and Palmeiras beat Mengao 2-1 in Maracana.

Lets hope Rubro-Negro can right the ship and beat em in Parque Antarctica, Palmeiras’s house. This is what we need.

If this happens, Flamengo will cut league leaders Verdao’s lead to seven points.

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