Archive for May, 2010

Vagner Love and Adriano may be leaving Flamengo. This is the word out of Mengao.

This stinks.

We can’t afford to lose Adriano and Vagner Love.

Rubro-Negro President Patricia Amorim needs to get axed. Since this idiot took over Mengao, she has taken my beloved Flamengo into the toilet.

I am pissed.

Adriano’s contract ends next June 30^th. AC Roma is courting The Emperor. Adriano has a huge choice to make. Stay in Rio or play in Italy and compete for the Champions League crown.

For many this is a no brainer. Pay whatever you need to keep Adriano.

Globo Esporte wrote this-Adriano passou o último domingo na casa dele, em Búzios. Refletiu, conversou com amigos e mostrou-se disposto a renovar com o Flamengo o contrato que termina no próximo dia 30. Gosta da rotina carioca, da proximidade da família e do que o clube lhe oferece. Mas há o outro lado da balança. A superexposição e os milhões de euros que perde por ano colaboram para a saída, segundo relatou o próprio aos amigos. E a terra dos mais famosos imperadores o seduz. Vice-campeão italiano e com vaga na próxima Liga dos Campeões, o Roma tem uma proposta em mãos para oferecer-lhe

Vagner Love on the other hand has to return to Russian side CSKA on July 10^th to finish up his contract.

primeiro contato para manter Vagner Love foi infrutífero. A consulta do empresário Evandro Ferreira teve como resposta dos russos do CSKA um seco “ele terá de voltar assim que acabar o contrato (10 de julho)”.

This will kill us.

At least both players will be ready when we face Universidad de Chile on Thursday.

Mengao needs to win in Santiago by at least two goals.

Enquanto as perdas não se concretizam, o Flamengo enfrenta o Universidad de Chile nesta quinta-feira, às 22h15m (de Brasília), no estádio Santa Laura. Para avançar de fase, o time precisa vencer por dois gols de diferença, ou por um a partir de 4 a 3.

Boa sorte.

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We are two matches into the Campeonato do Brasil and just like last year Corinthians sits atop the table with a perfect six points.

Just like last year, Mengao started out the season playing like crap.

Flamengo should have won against Sao Paulo and Vitoria but we gave up two late goals that cost us dearly.

We have two ties and Rubro-Negro is currently in 13^th place.

Sao Paulo is in the same boat.

Tricolor has a tie and a loss.

Last year Sao Paulo was near the bottom of the table until a late run allowed Tricolor to finish second.

Sao Paulo is currently playing in the Copa Libertadores.

This really takes it out of a team.

Just ask Flamengo.

Rubro-Negro lost to Univerisdad de Chile at Maracanã 3-2 on last Wednesday.

Mengao has the second leg in Santiago, Chile on Thursday.

We stink on the road.

So, you might as well stick a fork in Flamengo’s chances of advancing to the next round of the Copa.

We stink.

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Argentinos Juniors defeated mid table Huracan 2-1 to win their first league title in 25 years.

Juan Mercier scored in the 23^rd minute to give Bichos Colorado the early 1-0 lead. Facundo Coria ripped a header in the 77^th minute to seal the deal Argentinos Juniors.

This title is especially sweet for Bichos Colorado headman Claudio Borghi.

Borghi was teammate of Diego Maradona on Argentina’s 1986 World Cup winning side.

He also played on Argentinos Juniors 1986 title side.

Now Claudio Borghi has now come full circle. He has now won a title as a player and now as a coach for Bichos Colorado.

Way to go garoto.

Estudiantes whipped Colon 4-1.

Argentinos Juniors won the Clausura with 41 points. Estudiantes finished second with 40 points.

River Plate lost to Tigre 5-1.

Los Millonarios have had one of the worst records over the last two years now they face getting the heave-hoe from the top division.

River Plate needs to have a kick ass season in the Apertura if not is voce vai. Los Millonarios is one of only three clubs that has never been sent down.

Boca Juniors and Independiente are the two that have never been given the heave-hoe.

Boca Juniors had their lunch handed to them by Banfield 3-0.

Los Xeneizos finished the year in 16^th place with 20 points. If Boca continues at this pace, they will face the heave-hoe zone shortly too.

It is really sad to see such two storied clubs Boca Juniors and River Plate stinking the joint out.

Yet at the same time I am kinda happy Boca get what is coming to them. For many years the refs have given Los Xeneizos all kinds of breaks even to the extent of giving them wins they should have never had.

This is sad but true.

What goes around comes around.

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The torrid rains in Salvador threw a wet blanket on both Flamengo and Vitoria on how they played. It was more like a mud bog or better yet Noah, how long can you treed water?  

Globo Esporte had this to say about the horrible conditions on the pitch and how it affected the play- Na estreia do terceiro uniforme, azul e amarelo, o Flamengo “remou”, “remou”, mas acabou morrendo na praia ao sofrer o gol de empate do Vitória aos 40 minutos do segundo tempo, no ‘mar revolto’ que era o gramado do Barradão, alagado pelo temporal que castigou a capital baiana. Vestindo a nova roupa em homenagem ao remadores que fundaram o clube, em 1895, Vagner Love marcou, de barriga, o gol carioca. Elkeson, de falta, foi o responsável pelo empate por 1 a 1.

UOL added these words of wisdom-A técnica ‘perdeu’ para a água, mas Flamengo e Vitória conseguiram apresentar um espetáculo muito emocionante, na medida do possível, e empataram em 1 a 1 neste sábado, no Barradão, pela segunda rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. O gol dos cariocas foi anotado por Vagner Love e Elkeson igualou perto do apito final.

Mengao and Vitoria tied at one all.

Flamengo drew first blood in the 3^rd minute. Adriano flicked a perfect pass into the goalmouth. This forced Vitoria keeper Vinicius to come off his line to stop the pass. This allowed Vagner Love to nail the winner to put Flamengo up one nil.

Rubro-Negro held on to the lead until the 80^th minute. Leao was awarded a free kick from just outside the top of the box. Elkeson ripped home a deadly laser that beat Mengao keeper Bruno dead top shelf left to level this sucker at one all.

Bruno got his paws on the ball but it wham bam into the back of the net.

We had a chance to win but a stupid foul cost us the match.

Mengao is now zero wins, zero losses, and two ties.

This stinks.

This is not the way to start a defense of the Campeonato.

I don’t care about how bad it rained or how bad the pitch was. It still comes down to stupid play and the team not being prepared to play.

On a side note, Mengao decided to use a different uniform. It looked stupid. The headman also made some key changes to the lineup in instead of speed he decided to go with strength. Little good that did. We tied

Já o Fla, além da novidade no uniforme, apresentou mudanças táticas promovidas por Rogério Lourenço. Rômulo e Maldonado foram barrados. Toró e Michael entraram com a missão de dar mais velocidade no meio de campo. De resto, ele optou pela  força máxima. Álvaro, recuperado de problema na panturrilha direita, ficou no banco.

Mengao has a huge match this Thursday in Santiago in the return leg of the Copa Libertadores.
Rubro-negro lost 3-2 at Maracanã so we need to win 2-0.

A semana não foi boa para cariocas nem baianos, que se encontram em situações delicadas na Libertadores e na Copa do Brasil, respectivamente. Por isso, ambas as equipes entraram em campo pressionadas e com algumas alterações. Contudo, a novidade que mais chamou atenção foi a camisa do Flamengo. O time estreou o terceiro uniforme, com listras horizontais em azul e amarelo, uma referencia ao escudo de remo do clube da Gávea.

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Pompey fought the gallant fight but in the end Chelsea’s superior firepower, won the FA Cup in a thrilling 1-0 win.

Chelsea had the most scoring chances but the Blues couldn’t pull the trigger until Didier Drogba’s deadly free kick from twenty yards out was squeezed between Portsmouth keepers David James out stretched hand the right post in the 59^th minute.

Prior to Drogba’s deadly strike Pompey had a golden chance to spin the match on its head but Kevin-Prince-Boateng’s PK was stone cold stopped by Blues keeper Petr Cech in the 56^th minute.

Wham bam just like that in a span of three minutes the match was twisted on its ear and the Blues stuck a fork in Pompey’s dream of winning the FA Cup.

Portsmouth is broke and given the heave-hoe all in one season, yet this was a glorious run by the foreclosed side.

The money made from reaching the FA Cup might help the bankrupt Pompey.

Frank Lampard had a chance to increase the Blues lead in the 89^th minute but Portsmouth keeper David James said “No way Jose” and shut em down.

Way to go garoto.

All in all Chelsea was in complete control of the match from beginning to end.

The Blues achieved the daily double winning the EPL and FA Cup titles.

Trust me when I say this Chelsea is heading down the backside of forty. This means Drogba and the boys are getting older. Their window of opportunity is rapidly closing.

They need to bring in younger players to replace the fading stars.

The “Special One” Jose Mourinho brought Drogba and the rest in but the management has not found replacements for them.

Mourinho is good a winning titles with other peoples talent but his ability to build a championship squad stinks.

This is not Mourinho’s strong suit.

Man U had a down year by their standards but remember the Red Devils lost the fake Ronaldo and few other players. The mighty boys from Old Trafford played a very young squad.

Watch out EPL!

My guys from Arsenal are in the same boat. We were besieged by injuries. Younger guys such as Aaron Ramsey, Theo Walcott, and Carlos Vela were asked to step in big time to replace RVP and Cesc Fabregas who were hit by the injury bug.

My Gunners will be ready next year to win the title as well.

Flamengo battles Vitoria later today.

Lets hope Rubro-Negro doesn’t stink the joint out on the road in Salvador.

I wouldn’t bet on it.

Mengao is in shambles.

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The futebol world is second-guessing Dunga for not choosing Ronaldinho Gaucho. For my money, Dunga did the right thing.

Sure, Ronaldinho Gaucho is an exciting player to watch. He can create magic. Ronaldo can create magic too.

The sad fact is that both of the stars are past their prime.

Both Ronaldo and Ronaldinho Gaucho were the architects of Brasil’s horrible showing in the 2006 World Cup.

In plain English, they both showed up fat and out of shape. Ronaldo and Ronaldinho Gaucho stunk the joint out.

This is the reason Dunga was brought in to take over the reigns of the national team.

This resulted in the samba boys sacking Ronaldo and Ronaldinho Gaucho.

Dung brought in younger players such as Kaka, Robinho, and Danny Alves to right the ship.

So far so good for Dunga and company.

Brasil has played very well.

The guys have great chemistry.

This is what was lacking in 2006 World Cup.

Kaka and company are hungry to prove to the world the Brasileiros are back stronger than ever.

Brasil is stronger, fast, and in better shape.

Brasileiros are playing great “D”.

To put it bluntly why screw up a good thing.

Bringing in the idiot head case Ronaldinho Gaucho would kill team chemistry.

Just ask the Italian side he plays for.

Gimmie, gimmie the ball. Let me be the star. Let me score. That’s all I can do. I can’t play “D”. I won’t hustle but I can score. Screw you buddy. Who needs you?

Not Dunga. Not Brasil.

We want to win the title.

Ronaldinho Gaucho, your best days are behind you.

Bring on the kids.

Dunga has.

Let the chips fall where they may.

Brasil will win the World Cup.

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Mengao stunk the joint at Maracanã on Wednesday night in a 3-2 loss to Universidad de Chile.

The score was closer than the game indicated. Chile jumped out an early 2-0 lead. Both of the Chilean goals were gimmie goals.

Stupid defending by the Flamengo “D” created both.

The press and the fans want to hang this on keeper Bruno.

Globo Esporte wrote this story about Mengao keeper Bruno. The fans were screaming at him instead of the crappy Flamengo defense.

Contra o Caracas, beijinho irônico. Desta vez, os gestos de deboche vieram acompanhados de um direto de Bruno à torcida do Flamengo. Na saída de campo após a derrota por 3 a 2 para o Universidad de Chile, o goleiro não resistiu às provocações.
Primeiro surgiu o grito: “Ei, Bruno vai tomar no c…”. Ele reagiu colocando as mãos na orelha e pedindo mais alto. Então, os torcedores que estavam nas cadeiras inferiores começaram a lembrar de Julio César, goleiro da seleção brasileira e ídolo rubro-negro.
Estou me lixando para eles.

These are the facts. Each on one of the Universidad de Chile goals was easy walk in goals. Mengao’s Swiss cheese “D” made keeper Bruno a sitting duck.

The headman Rogeiro Lourenço must take responsibility for Rubro-Negro’s stinky play. Mengao was not prepared to play.

Since Andrade was fired, Mengao has played like crap.

The blame for this rests squarely on the President of Flamengo’s shoulders.

UOL made this excuse for Mengao by stating the situation is complicated- A complicada situação do Flamengo na Copa Libertadores, ao perder no Maracanã por 3 a 2 para a Universidad do Chile pelas quartas de final, não deverá fazer com que o técnico Rogério Lourenço poupe a equipe no Brasileirão. Desta forma, a perspectiva é de time completo para o confronto deste sábado contra o Vitória, no Barradão.

Após a derrota para os chilenos nesta última quarta-feira, o treinador adiantou no vestiário que deverá escalar força máxima, ao contrário do que ocorreu na estreia da competição nacional. No empate por 1 a 1 diante do São Paulo, no último domingo, o treinador poupou cinco atletas.

 Before Rubro-Negro knew what hit them Univerisdad de Chile was up 2-0 after the 24^th minute.

Adriano nailed a header in the 38^th minute to cut the gap 2-1 at halftime. I thought we had a chance when we Univerisdad de Chile’s Manuel Iturra was given the heave-hoe in the 45^th minute however an easy walk short handed goal by Chile’s Alvaro Fernandez in the 47^th minute stuck a fork in our chances to pull our chestnuts out of the fire.

No such luck

All in all Mengao played like crap.

We deserved to lose big time.

We did.

I think it is going to be a long season for us Flamenguistas.

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The race for the Clausura title is heating up. There is one week left in the season. For many years, Argentinos Juniors stunk the joint out but now they are top dog with 38 points.

Bichos Colorados defeated Independiente 4-3 on Sunday.

Argentinos Juniors scored the match winner in the dying moments of the match.

Matias Caruzzo nailed a close range header to propel Bichos Colorados into first place.

Second place Estudiantes and bottom feeder Rosario Central tied nil-nil. This tie could cost Los Pincharratas the Clausura title. Estudiantes was in first place prior to play on Sunday May 9^th.

Los Pincharratas has 37 points.

Godoy Cruz is in third place with 34 points.

River Plate ripped the twines in a 3-0 win over Racing.

Los Millonarios are in 12^th place with 22 points.

Boca Juniors lost to Huracan 2-1.

I bet the Los Xeneizos can’t wait until the Clausura is over.

Boca is currently in 15^th place.

If Argentinos Juniors can beat Huracan on Sunday May 16^th, the title is theirs.

If Bichos Colorados ties and Estudiantes losses the title is Argentinos Juniors, however if Estudiantes wins and Bichos Colorados losses or ties Los Pincharratas is the champ.

Oh yes, this is fun in the sun.

It all comes down to the last week of the season.

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Let the fun and games begin. The World Cup is little more than a month away. There is already huge news from the Brasilian futebol front.

Dunga decided not to include Ronaldinho and Adriano. The makes total sense.

Ronaldinho Gaucho is a head case. He presence on the national team would kill the team’s chemistry.

Dunga said that Ronaldinho Gaucho was a great player but this was a decision-based upon what is best for the team.

Não quero que levem que eu sou rancoroso. Eu vejo vocês falarem o tempo todo que nenhum treinador colocou Ronaldinho na posição dele. Doze anos falando isso. Aí a gente faz isso. Ele vai disputar posição com cara daquele setor. Cada um na sua, vai disputar posição ali. E agora querem tirar e botar no meio? Cada um teve sua oportunidade. A capacidade e a qualidade do Ronaldo… são indiscutíveis… Mas tenho que tomar uma decisão. Aí dizem… ele está bem no clube. Mas mais me importa o que acontece na seleção.

The last thing we need is to have a repeat of the 2006 World Cup fiasco. Ronaldo and the rest of the guys showed up fat and out of shape. Ronaldo and Ronaldinho Gaucho expected the rest of the world to roll over and play dead.

NOT! 

Adriano on the other hand can be a head case too. I mean the Emperor has many personal problems. His girl friend is nuts. Thus, Adriano is nutso too.

Since he played in a few world cup qualifiers and he led, Flamengo to the Campeonato title last year the Emperor is too busy partying and not training.

Dunga chose to keep the squad in tack that he used in the 2009 Confederations Cup.

Kaka, Robinho, Maicon, Julio Cesar, as well as the goat Julio Baptista, Josue, Nilmar, and Gilberto have been the main stay of the national team since Dunga took over three years ago.

The lead paragraph on Globo Esporte wrote this No Adriano and Ronaldinho Gaucho.

Depois de três anos e meio, 53 jogos, 89  jogadores…, a lista estava na boca de cada brasileiro. Em dois minutos e meio os dois telões do Salão Alhambra, do Hotel Windsor, tinham exibido para o Brasil os 23 nomes que Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri havia escolhido. Grafite sim, Adriano não. Nada de Ronaldinho Gaúcho e Ganso – presentes entre os “sete reservas” – ou Neymar. Nada de surpresas de última hora. O Brasil passaria a conhecer melhor Heurelho, Donieber e Edinaldo (Gomes, Doni e Grafite). Era chegada a hora de falar

UOL put it this way in their lead paragraph- Não houve apelo nacional ou campanha capaz de convencer Dunga. Na tarde desta terça-feira, o técnico da seleção brasileira anunciou os 23 convocados para a Copa do Mundo da África do Sul sem surpresas. Paulo Henrique Ganso e Neymar não foram chamados. A maior novidade foi Grafite no lugar de Adriano. Na decisão do treinador valeu o esforço do grupo formado ao longo de seus três anos e dez meses à frente da seleção. Nas vagas que ainda levantavam dúvidas, foram confirmados Gomes, Doni, Gilberto, Michel Bastos, Thiago Silva, Kleberson, Nilmar e Grafite.

There you have it.

Brasil should be the favorite along with Spain to win the World Cup.

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Flamengo started out their defense of the Campeonato title with a dud. Mengao and Sao Paulo tied at one all.

Tricolor drew first blood in the 45^th minute. A great header at the top of the box set this sucker up. Marcelinho Paraiba spilt the Mengao “D”.  This forced Bruno to attack Paraiba. Paraiba feed the ball off to Washington. He slid the ball into the back of the net to give Sao Paulo a 1-0 lead.

Rubro-Negro could have stopped the play but the entire “D” fell asleep.

Flamengo found the equalizer in the 51^st minute. Michael slipped a Lolly Pop ball over the top of the Tricolor “D”. Denis Marquez had an easy walk in goal to tie this baby up at one all.

Sao Paulo keeper Rogerio Ceni never had a chance.

Mengao almost lost this sucker in the 90^th minute. Tricolor’s Hernanes beat Bruno dead to rights but Flamengo defender David flicked the ball away to keep the tie in tact.

A tie is good but we played like crap.

Flamengo was missing two key players Adriano and Vagner Love.

Headman’s Rogerio Lourenço wanted to save his best players for the next Copa Libertadores match against Universidad de Chile on Wednesday night.

UOL had these words of wisdom- A ausência das principais estrelas em campo é facilmente explicada. Nesta quarta-feira, as duas equipes estarão em campo pelas quartas de final da Libertadores, torneio que é prioridade para os clubes. O Flamengo recebe no Maracanã a Universidad do Chile, às 19h30, enquanto o São Paulo encara o Cruzeiro no Mineirão, às 21h50.

Sao Paulo held key players back as well. Tricolor has a hot date this week in the Copa Libertadores too.

Por isso, a ordem de preservar alguns atletas. Desta forma, o Flamengo não contou, por exemplo, com sua badalada dupla de ataque formada por Vagner Love e Adriano, com a ausência deste último pegando a muitos de surpresa. Já o São Paulo não levou a campo Alex Silva e Dagoberto, entre outros.

Both sides had numerous chances but both came with zippo-nada.

O Flamengo teve chances de chegar à vitória, mas faltou pontaria. Na principal delas, aos 44, Juan cruzou e Everton Silva, livre na segunda trave, cabeceou para fora. O São Paulo também teve mais uma chance inacreditável. Washington ajeitou de cabeça aos 46, Marlos completou e David, o melhor em campo, salvou em cima da linha. A jogada foi comemorada pelos zagueiros rubro-negros como um gol.

Flamenguista nation is not happy but we will take it.

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