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Mengao took care of business at Maracanã with a 1-0 win over archrival Corinthians. Adriano won the duel of the two fast fading stars. The Emperor nailed a PK in the 65^th minute to seal the deal for Rubro-Negro.

Ronaldo played like a fat old man. UOL put it this way-Ronaldo, por sua vez, decepcionou. Alvo de músicas, ofensas e muitas vaias, ele desperdiçou as poucas oportunidades que apareceram, com direito a uma canelada dentro da grande área. Substituído por Souza no segundo tempo, deixou o Maracanã como um mero coadjuvante em campo.

This PK was set up a great run into the box by Juan.

Globo Esporte wrote these words of wisdom-O Império, enfim, contra-atacou. O Flamengo superou a crise que o atormentava e, mesmo com um jogador a menos desde os 36 minutos do primeiro tempo, venceu o Corinthians por 1 a 0 na noite desta quarta-feira no Maracanã. O autor do gol da vitória foi ninguém menos que o Imperador.  Hostilizado pela torcida na derrota para o Botafogo na final da Taça Rio, ele converteu o pênalti sofrido por Juan.

The rains played havoc with conditions on the pitch. It was down right treacherous.

Adriano had several good scoring chances but he missed it by that much.

Mengao player Michael was given the heave hoe in the 36^th minute. This forced us to play a man down throughout most of the match.

The win wasn’t pretty but we will take it.

Flamengo needed to win by more but this put will us in the drivers seat when we head back to Corinthians house for the second leg.

Com o resultado, o atual campeão brasileiro vai a São Paulo, na próxima quarta-feira, com a vantagem de poder se classificar com um empate. Ou até com derrota por um gol de diferença, desde que balance a rede no Pacaembu. O Corinthians precisa vencer por dois gols. Um triunfo do atual campeão da Copa do Brasil por 1 a 0 leva a decisão da vaga para os pênaltis. Quem sobreviver na competição vai encarar o ganhador do duelo entre Universidad de Chile e Alianza Lima, que se enfrentam pela primeira vez nesta quinta-feira.

All we need to do is draw or win baby and Flamengo is in like Flynn. We are on to the next round of the Copa Libertadores.

Let’s not count our chickens before they are hatched.

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Flamengo and Corinthians are ready to have at it in the first round of the Copa Libertadores knockout stage on Wednesday night.

The two fading superstars will take center stage on Wednesday night at Maracanã.

UOL had these words of wisdom-Não foi uma terça-feira como outra qualquer na Gávea. As dezenas de jornalistas davam o clima decisivo pelo qual passa o Flamengo nesta véspera de duelo contra o Corinthians, no Maracanã, às 21h50, pela Libertadores. Além disso, no campo, o tradicional rachão disputado pelos jogadores começou mais tarde.Isso porque o novo treinador Rogério Lourenço realizou, mesmo que por apenas 15 minutos, um treino tático. Antes, por dez minutos, conversou com todo o elenco no centro do gramado. O rachão, tão esperado pelos jogadores, só ocorreu no fim, depois de muito treinamento de bola parada.

We need to win big time. The return leg will be set at Corinthians house.

Mengao is a team in transition. Andrade walked away or better yet, he was flat out fired.

New Flamengo Prez Patricia Amorim has made a fine mess of things since she took over about a year ago.

The entire Rubro-Negro organization is in a mess. This is not the way to enter the new season. Mengao has lost several top officials since the idiot Patricia Amorim started to assert her power.

Foray da salad de impress, um encorme número de conselheiros e beneméritos, todos engravatados, circulava livremente pelo departamento de futebol. Com a saída de Marcos Braz (vice de futebol) e Eduardo Manhães (diretor de futebol), a presidente Patrícia Amorim ainda não escolheu um nome para os cargos e existe muita especulação na Gávea, que, em meio à decisões, vive conturbado clima político.

We won the title last year and now this new season looks like it will be a long and hard one.

Adriano is too busy partying with his buds in the Favela. His girl friend is nuts. This has had a huge effect on the way the Emperor has prepared for the season.

Petkovic had a huge run in with management. It looks like this situation is behind him.

He got Andrade to quit or better yet fired.

If this season turns to crap because of stupid decisions made by management all us Flamenguistas will be royally pissed.

I know this Flamenguista will be.

I am not holding my breath.

We will find real quick if all these changes will work out.

Welcome to the nuthouse.

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Boca finally got off the schnid with a huge 2-0 win over San Lorenzo. Riquelme returned to action for the Los Xeneizes. He led Boca to the win. Riquelme fired a perfect header into the teeth of the box. Mate Matias Gimenez ripped the winner in the fourth minute to give Boca a 1-0 lead.

Riquelme fed his buddy Martin Palermo NOT! Palermo tickled the twines in the 71^st minute to secure the win.

Riquelme and Palermo hugged each other after the goal.

Did they bury the Hackett?

I doubt it.

Winning cures all problems.

River Plate reverted to their losing ways. Los Millonarios stunk the joint out in a 1-0 loss to Estudiantes.

River Plate cannot score or win on a consistent basis.

Argentinos Juniors blasted relegation bound Gimnasia La Plata 3-1.

Atletico Tucuman tied two all with Rosario Central. Tucuman was given their walking papers. Adios amigo.

The Clausura looks like this.

Top dog is Estudiantes with 33 points. Argentinos Juniors is in second place with 32 points. Godoy Cruz is third with 31 points.

River Plate dropped to 17^th place. Los Millonarios has 16 points.

Boca is a notch better. Los Xeneizes has 17 points.

It is sad to see Boca and River stinking the joint out but it is nice to see clubs like Godoy Cruz, Argentinos Juniors, and Estudiantes compete for the Clausura title.

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I can’t believe this BS. Mengao wins the Campeonato. We had the futebol world by the balls and now Rubro-Negro finds a way to screw it up.

Adriano is fat and out of shape. Petkovic was fighting with headman Andrade.

Flamengo named a new president. She is slowly running Mengao into the ground.

We lost to Botafogo in the Copa de Rio Finals now this.

Andrade said screw this crap and stepped down. I don’t blame him.

Mengao faces arch-rival Corinthians in the knockout stage of the Copa Libertadores.

Globo Esporte put it this way-Demissão de treinador, mudança no comando do futebol, vaias da torcida para jogadores antes prestigiados… Esses são alguns dos ingredientes que o Flamengo leva para o jogo da próxima quarta-feira, contra o Corinthians, no Maracanã, pelas oitavas de final da Taça Libertadores. Enquanto isso, no Timão, o discurso é de respeito. O técnico Mano Menezes não descartou a possibilidade de os problemas atrapalharem o rival, mas lembra que é preciso ter cuidado.

Mano Menezes is the new head honcho at Flamengo. He said he is willing to work with the players and the fans to get through his difficult situation. This situation is a huge distraction.

Teoricamente, sim (problemas extracampo atrapalharem o Flamengo). Mas sabemos que o futebol tem uma força própria de grupo. Não temos a ilusão de encarar um Flamengo mais frágil. Vou trabalhar a cabeça dos nossos jogadores para a força do Flamengo e de sua torcida. Teremos que trabalhar muito para chegar às quartas de final – disse o treinador após o amistoso contra o Botafogo, neste domingo, no Engenhão.

All of this crap comes at the worse possible time. Mengao’s defense of Campeonato title begins in a few weeks.

Only at Flamengo and Philadelphia can this BS happen after winning a title.

Go figure.

Us Flamenguistas will live with it.

Only for  a bit for we start screaming.

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The race is on for the top spot and the final Champions League spot.

Chelsea killed Stoke City 7-0. No surprise there.

Liverpool shut out Burnley 4-0. What did you expect? An upset? No way Jose.

Aston Villa got by Birmingham 1-0.

We have a logjam in the race for the final Champions League spot.

Tottenham and Aston Villa are tied on points at 64 each but Spurs has a better goal difference a plus 26 compared to a plus 16. Manchester City is sixth place with 63 points. Liverpool is in seventh place with 62 points.

Two points separate fourth through sixth place.

Both City and Spurs have a game in hand.

Manchester City and Tottenham will battle each other in the make up match on May 5^th.

All Tottenham has to do win out and the final Champions League spot will be theirs.

City needs to run the table and the spot is theirs.

Liverpool needs help.

The Reds need to win both of their final two matches and hope that City, Spurs, and Villa stub their toes big time.

Villa needs to run the table and hope that Tottenham lose one of their last three matches.

Chelsea moves into the pole position with 80 points. Man U is a point back at 79.

The difference may come down to this. Rooney will surely miss the final two matches due to his pulled groin.

Can the Red Devils sweep their final two matches at Sunderland and at Old Trafford agianst Stoke City?

Chelsea takes on Liverpool and ends the season against Wigan at home.

Will the Reds upset the apple cart and beat the Blues at Anfield?

Man U is sure hoping so.

If not Chelsea will win the title and stop the Red Devils from achieving a historic four-peat.

I don’t see Wigan winning at Stamford Bridge on May 9^th.

Gentlemen put on boxing gloves for it is show time.

The envelope please.

And the winner is…we will know on May 9^th.

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Manchester United has done it. The Red Devils defeated Tottenham 3-1 at Old Trafford minus Wayne Rooney. The Rooney man is out at least three weeks said headman Sir Alex.

Rooney has an injured groin.

Ouch, that hurts.

This did not deter Man U. Ryan Giggs nailed two PK’s in the 58^th and 85^th minutes. Nani nailed a perfect looping shot over the keepers Gomes head in the 81^st minute to send the Red Devils to a much needed win.

This squarely puts the pressure on Chelsea to beat Stoke City on Sunday.

Spurs needed this win badly too. But Tottenham could not find the answer after Nani’s goal in the 81^st minute.

A great pass by youngster Federico Macheda set up Nani’s goal.

This loss could have cost Tottenham the final berth in the Champions League.

This will all depend on how the match turns out between my guys Arsenal and Manchester City later today.

Man U is now top dog with 79 points.

The Mighty boys from Old Trafford have two matches left.

Oh what a relief it is.

Spurs have a two-point lead over City. This could change after today.

Both City and Spurs have a game in hand. They will play their game in hand against each other on May 5^th.

You gotta love it.

It may come down to this match to decide who gets the final Champions League spot.

This was not the result we were looking for. Arsenal and City kissed their sister nil-nil. Both sides had limited chances.

For my perspective, it looked like we were playing not to lose. It was good to see Van Persie back in the lineup.

The Gunners seemed just out of synch. We had a majority of the possessions but Arsenal could not connect.

Real scoring chances were few and far between.

A tie is cool but we need the big “W”.

Van Persie played okay. He needed to get his sea legs.

He’s got em.

I am I happy with the result no but I will take it.

Tottenham can thank their lucky stars that City didn’t pull off the upset win.

Spurs can breath a little bit easier.

Tottenham has 64 points. City is a point back at 63. Villa has 61 points and the Reds have 59 points.

Villa entertains Birmingham and Liverpool battles Burnley on Sunday.

If both sides can win, the race for the final Champions League spot will be a real logjam.

West Ham scored a late goal to lift the Hammers past Wigan 3-2.

The Hammers are six points clear of the drop zone.

Portsmouth is outta here.

Burnley and Hull City looks like they might get their tickets punched as well.

We will see.

Hull City lost to Sunderland 1-0.

I don’t see Burnley pulling off upset city against the Reds.

Stranger things have happened.

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Flamengo stunk the joint out in our victory over Caracas 3-2. The win was huge but Mengao needed to win by a wider margin. Flamengo has no room for error if we want to move on to the next round of the Copa Libertadores.

UOL put it this way-A vitória não bastava. Era preciso golear. Nem isso o Flamengo fez ao bater o Caracas-VEN por 3 a 2, nesta quarta-feira, no Maracanã, pelo grupo 8 da Copa Libertadores e terá de torcer por uma grande combinação de resultados para se classificar à próxima fase. Enquanto, Ronaldo Angelim, Michael e David marcaram para os rubro-negros, Castellín e Gomez anotaram para os visitantes. Com o resultado, o time da Gávea se consolidou na segunda posição de seu grupo, com 10 pontos. Já o time da Venezuela terminou esta fase na última posição, com dois

Us Flamenguistas were down right pissed with the way Mengao played. Globo Esporte had this to say-A atuação não foi boa, a ira da torcida só fez aumentar, e o que imperou na noite desta quarta-feira no Maracanã foram vaias e xingamentos vindos das arquibancadas. O Império do Amor não fez sua parte, e o placar do alívio, com pelo menos dois gols de diferença, não veio. Mas, aos trancos e barrancos, o Flamengo venceu o Caracas por 3 a 2 e complicou suas chances de classificação às oitavas de final da Taça Libertadores.

Adriano played like crap. He had one great season and now he’s reverted to his old ways. If this BS play continues the Emperor can kiss his shot at making the World Cup squad bye-bye. Pior para Adriano, que teve outra atuação abaixo da crítica e, após o apito final, ouviu algo que jamais imaginou desde sua volta ao Fla: “Ei, Adriano, vai tomar no c*”. O conjunto rubro-negro também foi muito vaiado e saiu de campo sob os gritos de “time sem vergonha”.

It comes dowm to this if Menago is to advance to the next round of the Copa. Menago has hope the other teams either lose or have a worse goal difference than us-

Agora, para conseguir a vaga, o time – que tem 10 pontos e saldo de 2 gols – precisa ficar de olho em outros resultados nos jogos desta quinta. Os alvos são os Grupos 1 e 5. No primeiro, o time tem que torcer para o Racing-URU (7 pontos, saldo -1) não vencer o Cerro Porteño-PAR por mais de três gols de diferença, em Assunção. Já na outra chave, a tarefa é secar o Cerro-URU (7 pontos, saldo zero) contra o eliminado Emelec. Os uruguaios não podem vencer por mais de dois gols. Além disso, o Fla também precisa torcer para que Inter (9 pontos, saldo + 3) e Deportivo Quito (10 pontos, saldo + 1) não empatem no Beira-Rio. Se qualquer um desses resultados for desfavorável para o Fla, o clube estará eliminado

Mengao has no one to blame but themselves for the mess they are in.

Everything worked out for Mengao. Rubro-Negro is on to the next round of the Copa Libertadores,

Up next for Mengao is Corinthians.

The headlines in Brasil go like this-It is the Battle of the fat men- Ronaldo and Adriano. It will be a heavy weight way.

Only in Brasil.

There are two huge matches on Saturday in the EPL. Tottenham takes on Manchester United at Old Trafford. Both sides have the world to play for.

The boys from Old Trafford need the big three if they want to stay in the title hunt.

Spurs in the other hand are locked in a death match with City for the final Champions League spot.

Arsenal and Man City go at it in our house. We need the W if we want to keep our dim hopes of the EPL title alive. City on the other hand needs the big W as well. If City lose they might as well kiss their dreams of a Champions League spot voce vai.

Yes indeed it is surely nut-cutting time in the EPL.

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Villa took care of business. Aston Villa shut out Hull City 2-0.

This result was huge for both sides. Hull City may have sealed their heave-hoe fate while Villa remains in contention for the final Champions League spot.

The Tigers had their chances but they couldn’t pull the trigger.

Both sides have now played their game in hand.

Tottenham and Man City have yet to play their game in hand.

Tottenham right now is in fourth place with 64 points. City is in fifth pace with 62 points. Villa leapfrogs into sixth place 61 points. The Reds are now seventh place with 59 points.

Hull City is currently in 18^th place with 29 points. The Hammers are in 17^th place 31 points.

Saturday there are some huge matches that will decided how the race for the title and the final Champions League would shake out.

Gentlemen started your engines.

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Boca once again is stinking the joint out. Boca Juniors lost to relegation bound Gimnasia La Plata 1-0.

This is not good. After Abel Alves was given his walking papers Boca responded by thrashing Arsenal 4-0 on Monday.

Boca reverted to their old ways.

With the win Gimnasia moved out of the drop zone

Marco Perez was the hero for Gimnasia when he nailed as screamer of a free kick to seal the deal.

Los Xeneizes are falling apart at the seams. Stars Martine Palermo and Riquelme are fighting. This resulted in Boca losing to bottom feeder Gimnasia.

However, Gimnasia now can breath somewhat easier for they are a step above the heave-hoe zone.

San Lorenzo shut out Huracan 3-0. Newell’s Old Boys and Rosario Central tied nil-nil.

Racing beat Velez Sarsfield 3-1.

River Plate finally tickled the twines. Los Millonarios beat front-runner Godoy 2-1.

Surprise, surprise, surprise River finally came away with a win. It only took River Plate almost a month.

The loss dropped Godoy Cruz outta first place to fourth. Godoy has 28 points.

Estudiantes is in first place with 30 points. Independiente has 30 points too but Estudiantes has a better goal difference a plus fourteen to a plus eight.

Argentinos Juniors is in third place with 29 points.

Argentinos and Arsenal de Sarandi tied two all on Monday.

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Liverpool kept their slim Champions League hopes alive. The Reds 3-0 whitewash of West Ham moved Liverpool within striking distance of Spurs.

Spurs have 64 points. City has 62 points. The Reds have 59 points.

Liverpool has three bad boys left to play while both Tottenham and Man City have four matches left.

Yossi Benayoun led off the hit parade with a strike in the 19^th minute.

David Ngog added a marker in the 29^th minute.

The Hammers Robert Green own goal added insult to injury in the 59^th minute sealed the deal for the Reds.

What has killed Liverpool’s chances of returning to the Champions League is the injury to super striker Fernando Torres. He will miss the reminder of the season. Torres bum knee may cost Spain a shot at the World Cup title as well.

We will see.

Yet, Rafa Benitez was the idiot who choose this team. He didn’t plan for the future instead he played the future is now game. Too bad Bozo you lose. The great managers always have several game plans. Not Rafa though. This is why I call him the idiot.

Sir Alex is a prime example of this. He knew he was going to lose the fake Ronaldo so Sir Alex kept in the wings such players as Nani and Darron Gibson. These players are keeping Man U in the hunt for their four-peat.

My man Arsene Wenger is another manager who keeps younger players in the system so that when the stars go down he has top-notch players to plug into the system.

The real test of a manager is how well they can perform in the long haul.

Sir Alex and Wenger are two excellent examples.

Before you have a cow and tell me, I don’t know what I am talking about. I know Jose Mourinho. He is good in the short run. He is good for a few years then his act gets old. The players and management rebel against him and then Mourinho exits stage left.

The “Special One” is good only for a few years.

Yes, he can win titles but when Mourinho leaves, the club is in a shambles. Chelsea is an excellent example of this. The Blues are good now but age is setting in. Chelsea maybe has a year or two left before the window of opportunity closes. The Blues don’t have younger talent waiting in the wings.

Trust me on this

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