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Once again Argentina has a ton of talent and they are coming up short time in and time out.

Argentina and Bolivia tied one all.

Bolivia is at the butt end of the table.

This is a very disturbing trend for Argentinos.

Bolivia scored in the 55^th minute.

Marcelo Moreno ripped the twines to give them a 1-0 lead.

Argentine answered the call in the 59^th minute.

Ezequiel Lavezzi found the back of the net to level this sucker at one all.

That’s where we stayed.

Messi had some really good chances but he couldn’t covert.

Uruguay routed Chile 4-0.

Paraguay beat Ecuador 2-1.

Colombia and Venezuela tied one all.

Uruguay sits atop the table with seven points.

Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay, and Venezuela each have three points.

Argentinos has a plus two so they have the second spot

Colombia is third with a plus one

But lets remember the Colombian squad has a game in hand.

Fourth place is Paraguay with a minus one.

Venezuela has fifth place with a minus one.

Bolivia is dead last with a point.

The next round will happen on Tuesday.

Colombia-Argentina.

Ecuador-Peru.

Chile-Paraguay.

Venezuela- Bolivia.

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Brasil battled Gabon in an international friendly.

Brasileiros are the 2014 host for the World Cup. Brasil’s already has their spot booked.

The samba boys were dominant from the out set.

Goals by Sandro 12^th minute, and Anderson Hernanes in the 35^th minute sealed the deal for Brasileiros.

UOL wrote this- Os brasileiros do segundo escalão da Europa não tiveram dificuldade no teste diante do Gabão e conquistaram uma fácil vitória por 2 a 0. A maior dificuldade do Brasil foi a estrutura do estádio de Libreville. O gramado que já era ruim virou um pasto com a chuva ocorrida antes da partida. E os jogadores ainda esfriaram um pouco porque dois apagões atrasaram o início da partida em 18 minutos e forçou o time a realizar um novo aquecimento em campo. O jogo valeu mais para Hernanes aparecer bem pela seleção.

Menezes started Hulk, Willian, Dudu, and many of his lesser know players. Neymar, Ronaldinho Gaucho and many of the top stars didn’t play.

This was an easy match for Brasil. It seems that the problems before have been solved.

We will see.

Fora os problemas antes do início da partida e a necessidade de se segurar para evitar lesão no campo e tomar cuidado com um perigoso degrau entre o campo e a pista do atletismo no entrono do campo, a seleção brasileira não teve dificuldades para vencer o jogo.

Logo com dois minutos de partida, o primeiro ataque já demonstrou a ingenuidade da seleção local nas bolas aéreas em lance que só não rendeu o gol porque Jonas chutou para fora. Depois de uma leve pressão, a zaga gabonesa falhou feio e o Brasil abriu o placar aos 11 min.

Globo Esporte wrote- Não havia Kaká, Marcelo, Daniel Alves, Neymar, Ronaldinho… Tampouco o gramado apresentava condições de receber uma partida de uma seleção pentacampeã mundial, que ainda enfrentou um apagão de 18 minutos antes do apito inicial. Mas, mesmo longe do ideal, o Brasil desta quinta-feira derrotou o Gabão, por 2 a 0, em amistoso disputado no Estádio L’Amitié, na capital Libreville. Ambos os gols foram marcados no primeiro tempo: Sandro abriu o placar aos 11 minutos, enquanto Hernanes deu números finais aos 34.

Let’s hope the guys are on the right track.

Later today Argentina battles Bolivia in World Cup qualifying.

Uruguay has a hot date with Chile.

Colombia- Venezuela and Paraguay-Ecuador.

The Uruguayans are the pole sitter with four points.

Argentina, Ecuador, and Venezuela all have three points but lets remember that Ecuador has a game in hand.

Bolivia is at the butt end of the table with nada, zippo.

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We are heading down the home stretch in the Brasileiros Serie A.

Timao is top dog with 58 points.

Vasco is in second place with 58 points também.

Corinthians is a plus 13 while Vasco is a plus 12.

Fluminense is third with 56 points.

Botafogo is fourth with 55 points.

Flamengo is hanging in there in fifth place with 55 points.

Mengao has a better plus minus but Fogao has 16 wins while Rubro-Negro has 14 wins.

Figueirense is sixth with 53 points.

Five points separate the top six clubs.

This will be a horse race into the clubhouse turn down the final stretch.

Timao takes on Atletico-PR at home.

Vasco battles rival and hated foe Botafogo.

This will be an all out war.

Derby’s are rough and tough.

Flamengo takes a trip to Coritiba’s house.

These puppy’s will take place on Sunday.

Fluminense is at their house against America-MG.

After this weekend there are four matches left in the season.

So my guys from Mengao cannot afford to lose or tie.

Points are a premium.

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We are heading down the home stretch of the Brasileiro Serie A.

Corinthians is top dog with 58 points.

Vasco is second with 58 points também. 

Only two goals separate these two clubs.

Third place belongs to Botafogo.

Fogao has 55.

Fluminense is fourth with 53.

My guys from Flamengo have 52 points well enough for fifth place

Internacional is sixth with 51.

Sao Paulo is seventh with 50 points.

Eight points separate the top seven clubs.

There are six matches left in the season.

Up next for boo-Mengao is Cruzeiro at home in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.

In our last three matches the guys have  one loss, one win, and one draw.

This is not good.

Ronaldinho Gaucho has not been the same player since he was sent packing two weeks ago.

He needs to play with the reckless abandon he did prior the heave-hoe card.

Gaucho has not scored since September 21^st.

Not good garoto.

Deivid and Thiago Neves are the only players who have stepped up to the plate.

Deivid has scored four goals since September 21^st.

Thiago Neves has scored five goals in the same time span.

We need to step up the pace.

Flamengo trails Timao and Gigante de Colina by eight points with six matches left so we need to “W’s” not ties or losses.

The race is one.

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Mengao had a chance to move up the table with a win over Palmeiras. But no Flamengo and Verdao tied at one all.

Corinthians lost to Botafogo 2-0.

Sao Paulo and Internacional battled to a nil-nil draw.

Once again the guys scored first to take the early lead.

Thiago Neves ripped the twines in the 56^th minute.

The guys were cruising along until Palmeiras found the answer in the 64^th minute.

Verdao’s Maikon Leite hit pay dirt to level this puppy up at one all.

Game, set, and tie to Mengao.

Flamengo once again blows a lead and loses two points.

This is really getting old fast.

Flamengo relaxou após o gol, cedeu espaço e deu a arma do contra-ataque para o Palmeiras até que o rival chegou ao gol com Maikon Leite. Com a necessidade do resultado, os comandados de Vanderlei Luxemburgo partiram para cima na base da vontade e disposiçao, mas sem muita técnica e acabaram sem a vitória.

Way to screw up a perfectly good win Flamengo.

We had the win but you clowns had another one of those brain farts to cost us big time.

Rubro-Negro has 48 points

Palmeiras has 41 points.

UOL wrote this-Mas o Palmeiras se superou. Esqueceu os problemas, manteve o foco no campo e arrancou um empate por 1 a 1 com o time rubro-negro, na noite desta quarta-feira, no Engenhão.

A equipe freou o embalo dos cariocas que voltavam a sonhar com o título após uma sequência de cinco jogos de invencibilidade e três vitórias seguidas. Agora, o Flamengo ocupa a quinta colocação com 48 pontos ao lado do São Paulo que só empatou com o Internacional.

Globo Esporte wrote this- Depois de três vitórias seguidas, o Flamengo jogou mal nesta quarta-feira, no Engenhão, e empatou em 1 a 1 com o Palmeiras, que completou o quarto jogo sem vitória. Thiago Neves abriu o placar e Maikon Leite deixou tudo igual no duelo válido pela 29ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. O time rubro-negro sentiu a ausência de Ronaldinho Gaúcho, que não chegou a tempo para a partida. Do lado do time paulista, os muitos capítulos da crise vivida pelo clube foram sentidos em campo. Sem Kleber, afastado pela diretoria, o time paulista jogou ainda marcado por tensão após o volante João Vitor ter sido agredido por torcedores. O empate no Rio, diante de tantos problemas, pelo menos serve como um alento para deixar o clima menos pesado.

Corinthians sits in the pole position with 51 points.

Vasco is in second place with 50 points.

Gigante de Colina can move a top the leader board with a win over Atletico-PR on Thursday.

Furacao is buried in 18^th place.

Botafogo is in third place with 49 points.

Fogao has a game in hand.

Sao Paulo is fourth place with 48 points.

Mengao is fifth with 48 points também.

Three points separate the top five clubs.

The race is one.

But Mengao we need wins not blown leads that turn into draws or loses.

This is killing Flamenguista nation.

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This was another one of those nut cutting time matches for Brasil. Sure this sucker was only a friendly but a ton was riding on the outcome.

Brasil scored a 2-1 win over Mexico.

The Mexicans used their top guys while Brasil rested most of their premier players. Only Ronaldinho Gaucho and Neymar played.

Enter the second team that featured Hulk, Oliveira Jefferson in goal, Adriano, Luis Fernando.

An own goal in the 12^th minute by Luiz and a stupid red card given to chief idiot Dani Alves almost killed Brasileiros chances of winning.

These were two huge brain farts.

Mexico looked good.

The Mexicans shredded the Brasil defense however they could not put the ball into the back of the net against the second string.

This is not good.

Brasil showed heart.

The guys didn’t quit.

Goals by Ronaldinho Gaucho 79^th minute and Marcelo in the 83^rd minute sealed the deal for Brasil.

Menezes is not that good of a coach.

Brasil is missing their best playmaker in Kaka.

Kaka is regaining his form.

Yet, without his playmaking ability Brasileiros will struggle scoring.

The guys can’t finish.

This is a big problem.

Ronaldinho Gaucho is slowly regaining the form that made him one of the best players in the world.

This happened when he was sent back to Brasil in disgrace. Gaucho needed to learn how to stop being a star and learn how to be a teammate.

Flamengo and now Brasil are reaping these rewards.

Is Gaucho the answer?

In the short run yes not in the long run.

UOL wrote this- Ronaldinho Gaúcho e Marcelo salvaram a seleção brasileira em amistoso contra o México. Mesmo com um jogador a menos e em noite pouco inspirada, o meia e o lateral brilharam e garantiram a virada por 2 a 1. O resultado ofuscou as falhas do sistema defensivo montado por Mano Menezes. A equipe fez gol contra com David Luiz no início do confronto e teve Daniel Alves expulso ainda no primeiro tempo.

Principal aposta de Mano nesta fase da seleção, Ronaldinho encerrou tabu com a camisa da seleção brasileira. O meia tinha a marca de quatro anos sem marcar pela equipe. Seu último gol havia sido na vitória por 5 a 0 sobre o Equador, nas Eliminatórias da Copa-2010, em outubro de 2007. O desempenho de Marcelo também foi importante, já que o lateral deve ganhar mais espaço após passar período sem ter chances com o treinador

The big surprise of the day came when mighty Argentina came crashing back to earth.

Argentinos had their pride stomped on by Venezuela

Venezuela defeated Argentina 1-0.

Messi and company stunk the joint out.

Maybe Argentina is a team full of head cases.

This is the first time a Cesar Farias side defeated Albicelestes.

A goal by Fernando Amorebieta in the 61^st minute sealed the deal for Venezuela.

Paraguay and Uruguay tied at one all.

Diego Forlán scored for the Uruguayans.

Cristian Riveros scored for the Paraguayans. 

Chile doubled up Peru 4-2.

Columbia downed Bolivia 2-1.

After two matches Uruguay has four points and they sit a top the leader board.

Ecuador, Argentina, Columbia, Peru, Chile, and Venezuela all have three points.

Paraguay has one point and Bolivia is at the butt end of the table with nada.

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World Cup qualifying is underway on Tuesday.

This is round of two of the long qualifying process to see who makes it to Brasil in 2014.

Chile battles Peru.

Paraguay battles hated foe Uruguay.

This should be a real war.

Venezuela takes on Argentina.

Bolivia has a hot date with Columbia.

Messi and Gonzalo Higuain are the two headliners for Argentinos.

With Tevez out Argentina is playing like a real team.

Higuain said this- “I hope I can keep playing this way. Playing for the national team is great – I’ve dreamt about it since I was a kid. I’ve always dreamt of wearing the number nine shirt of Argentina.

“This is just the beginning of the qualification. Winning the first match is good, but it’s just the first step.

”Both of these guys play for Barca so they know each other very well.

“We get on with each other very well. To me, it’s a pleasure to play by his side,” he said. “With both Angel (Di Maria) and Leo I feel very good when we attack, because we can profit from the spaces we have on the field thanks to their speed.”

Both Argentina and Venezuela both won their opening matches.

Diario Hoy wrote this about the match-

Tras el debut exitoso ante Chile, el seleccionado argentino viajó a Puerto La Cruz para ratificar este buen inicio en las eliminatorias sudamericanas clasificatorias para el próximo Mundial de Brasil 2014, cuando enfrente esta noche a Venezuela, con cambio de sistema y algunos nombres.

En poco más de un mes, estos combinados se volverán a encontrar, porque fresco está el último antecedente en Calcuta, India, donde se produjo el comienzo de la era Alejandro Sabella en septiembre, cuando Argentina venció 1-0 con gol de Nico Otamendi.

El estadio José Manuel Anzoátegui estará repleto por unas 40 mil personas, que aguardarán por ver un triunfo local y terminar con las derrotas ante Argentina. Pero además del rival habrá otros factores a tener en cuenta, los cuales podrían influir en el estado de los futbolistas. La temperatura, la humedad y el clima lluvioso serán datos no menores, como el pronóstico cercano a los 30 grados en ese horario.

Más allá de la buena versión que mostró el viernes pasado, Sabella tocará la formación inicial.

Teniendo la posibilidad de incluir a Javier Mascherano, quien cumplió la fecha de suspensión, y a Martín Demichelis, recuperado de un traumatismo en la cabeza, el seleccionador nacional se adaptará a la propuesta del adversario y a los jugadores que tiene a disposición para trasladar el dibujo 4-4-2 a un sistema 5-3-2 en zona defensiva, pasando a un 3-4-3 cuando esté en ataque.

Las apariciones de Masche y Micho obligarán a dejar el once titular al doble cinco del viernes, Braña-Banega, por lo que habrá un funcionamiento distinto, con más defensa y contragolpe, como también libertad para el accionar individual de mitad de cancha hacia adelante.

La otra cuestión pasa por la continuidad de Mariano Andújar en el arco, ya que Chiquito Romero no tiene al 100% su tobillo izquierdo.Tomando aquellas variantes, Zabaleta y Rojo cumplirán la función de laterales volantes; en la zona defensiva, Demichelis sobrará para jugar de líbero teniendo a Otamendi y Burdisso como stoppers. En el medio, Mascherano se ubicará como único volante central, con Sosa más adelantado, y en la parte de arriba, Di María se tirará por izquierda y Messi quedará libre para abastecer al solitario Higuaín, que viene de meter un triplete en el Monumental.

My good friend Doctor Luis Palau is happy that Argentina is playing well.

He was born in Buenos Aires.

When you get a chance please check out his website.

Flamenguista for life.

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We are nearing the stretch run of the Brasileiros Serie A. Santos is fading fast. Gremio defeated Santos 1-0 on Wednesday.

Cruzeiro and San Paulo tied at three all.

This tie may have really hurt Tricolors chances of winning the Campeonato.

Peixe is falling off the end of the table.

Santos is in 13^th place with 35 points.

Peixe has dropped three straight after winning three in a row.

Santos is now stuck in neutral.

Peixe is spinning their gears and getting nowhere fast.

In Sao Paulo’s last six matches Tricolor has one win, two losses, and three draws.

Vasco is top dog in the Brasileiros Serie A with 50 points.

Corinthians is in second place with 48 points.

My guys from Flamengo are hovering in sixth place with 44 points.

There are eleven matches left.

This is a good time for Mengao to make a run.

If we can win nine outta eleven matches this could be enough to wrestle the title away from Gigante de Colina and Timao.

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It sure looked like Flamengo was going either lose or tie this sucker against Atletico-MG.

Mengao fell behind early.

Kempes scored on a PK in the 29^th minute.

Rubro-Negro found the equalizer in the 61^st minute.

Deivid ripped the twines to level this sucker at one all.

Thiago Neves scored the match winner in the 89^th minute.

This was our first win since August 9^th.

Mengao now has 41 points.

After Sunday’s matches we will see where Mengao ends up in the table.

For now the guys are still in sixth place.

UOL wrote this – O futebol ainda está longe do imaginado pelo torcedor. Perdido em campo e sentindo a ausência de Ronaldinho, suspenso pelo terceiro cartão amarelo, o Flamengo precisou achar um gol aos 44 minutos do segundo tempo para vencer o América-MG de virada por 2 a 1, neste sábado, no Engenhão, e quebrar o incômodo jejum de 10 jogos no Campeonato Brasileiro. Thiago Neves marcou o gol responsável pela “respirada” da torcida rubro-negra. Deivid e Kempes completaram o placar.

O resultado ameniza um pouco o clima tenso nos bastidores e faz o time da Gávea se manter na sexta posição na tabela, com 41 pontos. O América-MG segue na lanterna da competição, com 19 pontos

Globo Esporte wrote this- Ronaldinho é o principal jogador do Flamengo na temporada. Ninguém no time fez mais gols do que ele: 20 ao todo. No Brasileirão, marcou 13. No melhor momento da equipe na competição, foi o condutor. Suspenso pelo terceiro cartão amarelo, não participou da vitória dramática do time sobre o América-MG, por 2 a 1, no Engenhão, pela 26ª rodada. Desfalcou o time por esta razão pela terceira vez no campeonato (recebeu nove cartões). Ele não jogou no empate por 1 a 1 com o Ceará e na derrota por 4 a 1 para o Atlético-GO. O craque também ficou fora contra o Bahia para servir à Seleção Brasileira. Outro resultado ruim do Rubro-Negro: derrota por 3 a 1.

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Mengao stopped the bleeding. Flamengo and Botafogo tied one all on Sunday.

This tie stopped the losing skid at four matches. Sure we haven’t won since August 9^th but at least Rubro-Negro got the all-allusive point.

Flamengo is in sixth place 37 points.

Corinthians lost to Santos 1-0.

Vasco killed Gremio 4-0.

Gigante de Colina is in the pole position with 45 points.

Sao Paulo picked up a huge 4-0 win over Ceara.

Fluminense lost to Bahia 3-0.

Internacional and Coritiba tied at one all.

If Colorado won they would have passed Mengao in the table.

Fogao drew first blood in the 25^th minute.

Abreu ripped the twines for a 1-0 lead.

Mengao found the answer in the 49^th minute.

Jael deposited the ball into the back of the net to save Flamengo’s bacon.

UOL wrote this-Thiago Neves, apesar de não fazer uma boa partida, chamou a responsabilidade e fez todas as finalizações do time na primeira etapa. Ronaldinho Gaúcho era boa opção jogando mais pela esquerda, mas não estava acertando o último passe. Na volta do intervalo, o técnico Vanderlei Luxemburgo tirou o inoperante Deivid para colocar Jael. E a mudança surtiu efeito. Em seu primeiro lance, o atacante driblou Antônio Carlos e fez um belo gol, 1 a 1.

Up next for Mengao is Atletico-MG- Na próxima rodada o Botafogo enfrenta o Grêmio, na quinta-feira, às 20h30, no Olímpico. Já o Flamengo, por sua vez, viajará até Minas Gerais, onde medirá forças com o Atlético-MG, nesta quarta-feira, às 21h50, na Arena do Jacaré.

The truth is Mengao is playing like crap. Ronaldinho Gaucho isn’t playing worth a damn. Neither is Deivid nor Thiago Neves.  The entire squad needs to be shot at dusk for crappy play.

We are in a world of hurt.

Globo Esporte wrote this about the clássico battle between Mengao and Fogao- O Botafogo saiu na frente, com direito a deboche de Loco Abreu, dominou no primeiro tempo e deu a impressão que colaria no líder Vasco. Porém, a troca de Deivid por Jael no intervalo funcionou, e o Flamengo arrancou um empate por 1 a 1 no clássico deste domingo, no Engenhão. É a terceira vez que as duas equipes terminam iguais este ano, a segunda nesta edição de Campeonato Brasileiro.

We need to have wins baby.

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