Archive for January 5th, 2010

The New Year always begins with lots of promise and high expectations. In Brasil January kicks off the state futebol championships. These state futebol championships run through May of every year.

The two I follow are Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Why you ask? My wife is Carioca and she a Sao Paulista. Go figure. I am a true blue Flamenguista.

There are two Sao Paulo titles. The first is Copa Sao Paulo and the second is the Campeonato Sao Paulo.

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Sao Paulo started off the Copa Sao Paulo with a 4-0 thrashing of CSA Alagoas. Tricolor’s Luke Gaucho led the hit parade with the daily double.

Sao Paulo sits atop Group H with three points.

The Copa Sao Paulo championship is similar the FA Cup except it is structured like the Champions League.

Teams from all classifications compete for the Copa Sao Paulo. 

The Campeonato Sao Paulo is restricted to teams from the Campeonato and Series B. The lesser known clubs are not permitted to play in this title hunt.

This means the little guys can knock off the big boys like Sao Paulo, Corinthians, Botafogo, Palmeiras, and the like in the Copa Sao Paulo.

Corinthians destroyed Araguaina 5-0.

Timao was lead by William’s daily double and Jadson had two assists and he scored one of those bad boys.

The big surprise was Gremio and Confiança drew at one all.  Gremio dominated the match but they had trouble pulling the trigger except for Fernando. He scored on a rocket in the 23^rd minute.

Confiança tied this baby up one a great strike by Valber.

Many of the big clubs play their lesser-known players to give them the opportunity to see how well they will perform in these high stakes Copa Sao Paulo matches. 

This can lead to lots of upset city baby.

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