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My Gunners escaped by the hair of their chinny chinny chin. This is not good garoto.

Arsenal defeated Udinese 1-0.

The only tally of the match came in the fourth minute.

A beautiful dribble drive up the right side line by the Gunners Aaron Ramsey set up this goal.

Ramsey took it to the right post. He fired a centering pass to the goalmouth. Theo Walcott slipped the ball in to the back of the net.

Arsenal defense is very shaky

Bianconeri had at least four really good chances to level this sucker up and take the lead but the crossbar and some great saves by keeper Wojciech Szczesny saved the Gunners bacon.

Arsenal is up 1-0 after the first leg.

The second leg will be played at Udinese’s house in Italy.

If we can’t hold serve and win this sucker this will be Arsenal’s first time not making the Champions League Group play in at least 15 years.

I have this strong sense that my Gunners will struggle big time this year.

With Cesc Fabregas gone packing to Barcelona and Samri Nasri has one foot out the door the Gunners will have a hard time on the offensive end.

Defense has always been a liability and this year is no exception.

This will be a down year for my Gunners.

All the signs point to it.

It is time for Wenger to go.

Man City is for real.

The Citizens destroyed Swansea City 4-0 in EPL play on Monday night.

City sliced and diced their way through the Swans “D”.

New signee Sergio Aguero hit the daily double.

David Silva and Dzeko ripped the twines as well.

This years EPL title chase will be a horse race.

Gunner for life.

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In one of the wildest Community Shield matches in a long time Man U and cross-town rival and hated foe Man City engaged in a nail biter.

City jumped out to a 2-0 lead before the bell struck twelve.

Sir Alex and the boys looked dead in the water.

The Citizens were on the verge of blowing out their derby foe.

Low and behold the Red Devils came out breathing fire in the second half.

Man U scored two goals in a span of twelve minutes to level this sucker at two all.

Nani nailed the match winner in the dying moments of the match to give Sir Alex and his boys a wild 3-2 win over City.

Yes, this was well worth the price of admissions.

This was the final warm up for both clubs before the season begins in earnest next Saturday August 13^th.

Nani hit the daily double.

Chris Smalling added a goal in the 52 minute.

City jumped on Man U early scoring in the 38^th and 45^th minutes.

Joleon Lescott nailed a header off a perfect centering pass delivered by mate David Silva.

Red Devil David de Gea never had a chance.

The Citizens second goal in the 45^th minute. This tricky shot made keeper Gea look like a fool and a clown.

Edin Dzeko strike from thirty yards out did a little dipsy dew at the last possible moment.

Gea was a late reacting to the shot.

Instead of getting his body in front of it Gea reach to push the low ball away but this sucker kept curling and curling before it nestled safely between the left post and the back of the net.

Up 2-0 this puppy looked over.

Not.

Man U proved why they are one of the top clubs in the world.

This match was chippy from the outset.

The ref issued yellow cards to City in the 19^th, 22^nd, 34^th, 55^th and 60^th minutes.

The Red Devils will be a fast and furious squad this year. With the additions of Smalling’s, Ashley Young, and Danny Welbeck Man U will be a tough out.

The only weakness could be in goal with David de Gea.

Replacing Edwin van der Sar will be a difficult task.   

Gea is only twenty years old.

He shows promise but the learning curve could take some time.

The gaffes could be many.

Sir Alex said this about de Gea gaffe on the Dzeko goal- “Well, it was bending a little bit … it’s difficult to say.”

The boss man added this- “No, football is football here and in any country. I have to adapt quickly and improve on the whole of my game.

“The two goals we conceded in the first half stopped us in our tracks but in the second half we were able to claw back and I think that’s the important thing. I’m very happy about the victory.”]

Sir Alex said this about the clubs comeback- “I certainly thought our performance throughout was very good in terms of the football. I couldn’t believe we were 2-0 down at half-time after it looked to me like we were controlling the game. But credit to the players, they kept their heads, played football and got the result we deserved.”

Nani said about his daily double- “This is United, we all believe until the last minute and the attitude of the lads in the second half was that everyone believed we could score. It is good to play against Man City and win like that. I think our fans today will be so proud of us, it is a beautiful day to enjoy.”

Bring it on the season begins August 13^th.

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Once again Flamengo found a way to screw up a perfectly good win. The idiot Mengao “D” gave up a late goal.

This cost us Flamenguistas big time.

A one all tie with Ceara isn’t going to cut the mustard.

This will come back and bite us in the ass big time.

Renato gave Rubro-Negro the early lead when he ripped the twines in the 32^nd minute.

Vovo found the equalizer in the 80^th minute.

Felipe Azevedo hit the prize between the pipes to ruin Flamengo’s chances of moving up the table.

Game, set, and tie to Flamengo.

Not good garoto.

Mengao had a chanced to cut the gap with top dog Corinthians.

Timao lost Cruzeiro 1-0.

Flamenguistas were pissed big time.

You could here the booing on Globo Radio.

Five wins and six ties suck.

This gives clubs like Cruzeiro, Vasco, Palmeiras, and Internacional a chance to over take us with ease.

Mengao has 21 points.

Gigante de Colina has 20.

Verdao is sitting at 19 while Colorado has 18.

Instead of getting real separation from the pack Flamengo is in a dogfight.

Rubro-Negro had a chance to reel in Timao but now the gap is seven points.

Mengao had a chance to leap frog over second place Sao Paulo but now we’re stuck in third gear.

Tricolor is in second place with 22 points.

Ten points separate the top seven clubs.

Let the games begin.

Up next for Flamengo is Santos.

Peixe is in 14^th place with 11 points.

Santos has two games in hand.

This will be a dogfight for Flamengo.

UOL had word these stupid words. For once I wish these stups in the media would write the truth. You guys suck. You blew it. What in the hell is going on here.

In Philly yes, but Rio no.

Na segunda etapa, o Flamengo permaneceu com maior posse de bola. O Ceará se preocupava em defender e sair nos contra-ataques. Incomodado com os torcedores próximos ao banco de reservas, o técnico Vanderlei Luxemburgo chegou a discutir com alguns e pediu que a segurança fosse reforçada no local.

Com o impasse resolvido, as atenções voltaram-se para o jogo. O Ceará criou algumas chances, mas sem obter êxito. Até que em uma desatenção da defesa, Felipe Azevedo empatou a partida, aos 35 minutos. O zagueiro Welinton falhou duas vezes no lance e foi perseguido pelos torcedores até o final do jogo. O Flamengo deixou dois pontos pelo caminho frente ao adversário que provou não ser “mais frágil” do que os outros e complicou novamente o caminho do time Rubro-Negro.

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My guys from Flamengo took a little trip Palmeiras. It wasn’t a successful trip but at least Mengao didn’t get an “L” pinned on their chest.

Verdao and Rubro-Negro tied nil-nil on Wednesday night at Pacaembu.

A tie is better than a loss. Mengao has five wins and five draws. This gives the Boo-Mengao 20 points.

Flamengo is currently sitting in third pace.

Palmeiras is in fourth place with 19 points.

Corinthians is top dog with 28 points.

Sao Paulo is in second place with 21 points.

The guys came into the match with high expectations but there was little productivity.

This means we stunk the joint out big time.

UOL wrote this – O resultado acabou sendo pouco produtivo para as duas equipes, que somaram apenas um ponto cada e se distanciaram de Corinthians e São Paulo, líder e vice-líder do Nacional, respectivamente. O Fla, terceiro colocado, foi a 20 pontos, a oito de distância do time de Parque São Jorge. O Palmeiras seguiu logo atrás com um ponto a menos, 19, mas comemora a manutenção de seu capitão. Kleber fez seu sétimo jogo pelo Palmeiras no Brasileirão e não pode mais defender outra equipe na competição.

Palmeiras was the superior club on this day. Felipe saved Mengao’s butts in this match. Flamengo was tentative. The guys were on their heels the entire match.

Rubro-Negro didn’t counter attack to offset the offensive pressure.

O problema é que o time anfitrião, apesar de chegar ao gol de Felipe com alguma frequência, em geral não oferecia perigo real ao goleiro. O Flamengo, de sua parte, tentava se virar no contra-ataque, mas sem sucesso.

A superioridade palmeirense do primeiro tempo caiu na segunda etapa. Menos truncado, o jogo ficou mais corrido, mas perdeu em qualidade técnica. Ronaldinho até despertou e tentou alguns lances de genialidade, mas não via sequência nas acrobacias que fazia com a bola. Ainda assim, foi dele o lance mais perigoso do segundo tempo, uma falta batida no canto inferior defendida em dois tempos por Marcos.

In another words Mengao was lucky as hell not to lose in Verdao’s house.

I would rather be lucky than good any day of the week.

Up next for Flamengo is Ceara on Saturday at our house.

We need wins baby.

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Flamengo came up big against hated and bitter foe Fluminense. Flu is the defending Serie A champion.

Rubro-Negro and Flu was a battle royal.

The match changer happened in the 71^st minute.

Williams nailed the close ranger header to seal the deal for Mengao.

Ronaldinho Gaucho set up this entire sequence with a great pass to mate Junior Cesar on the left wing.

Cesar settled the ball on left side of the box. Junior Cesar swung the ball to mate to Thiago Neves dead center of the box. Neves chipped the ball to Williams who was camped near the right post.

All Williams had to do was deposit this sucker into the back of the net.

Nothing but the back of the net.

Game, set, and match for Flamengo.

Flamengo now has 19 points.

Mengao is three points behind the pole sitter Corinthians.

Timao has 22 points but we must remember Corinthians has a game in hand.

With the addition of Ronaldinho Gaucho has made Flamengo a more dangerous club.

Gaucho is learning how to be a team player instead of a scorer. Maybe his head case of wanting to be the focal point of the entire side is over.

Ronaldinho Gaucho in his last the four matches has three goals and two assists.

Since June 19^th Mengao is one a four match-winning streak.

We haven’t lost a match all season.

Rubro-Negro has five wins and four ties.

Up next for Mengao is Palmeiras on Sunday July 17^th in Sao Paulo.  Alviverde will have the advantage in their house Pacaembu.

Palmeiras sits in fourth place with 18 points.

This will be a classic between two very good sides.

Globo Esporte wrote this –

Na sequência de quatro empates diante de Bahia (3 a 3), Atlético-PR (1 a 1), Corinthians (1 a 1) e Botafogo (0 a 0), o Flamengo conviveu com as críticas e uma ponta de crise que alfinetava o elenco. Quatro vitórias depois, o time ocupa a vice-liderança do Brasileirão, com 19 pontos, segue invicto na competição e contabiliza apenas uma derrota na temporada. Vanderlei Luxemburgo aponta mudanças cirúrgicas em alguns pontos

cruciais do time, mas deixa claro que ainda é preciso melhorar.

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First off congrates to the USA women’s team for their come from behind win over Brasil to advance to the semifinals of the Women’s World Cup.

Group play in the Copa America is about end. Columbia took care of Bolivia 2-0. Los Cafeteros is top dog in Group A with seven points.

Columbia will win Group A.

The battle will be for second place.

Argentina will battle Costa Rica to see who will advance to the next round.

Costa Rica is in second place with three points.

A tie will do Argentinos no good.

La Albiceleste must win this sucker.

Argentina has two points.

Venezuela is in the pole position in Group B with four points.

Brasil is in second place with two points.

Paraguay is in third with two points tamben.

Both sides have zero plus minus so this sucker will come down to the final match of group play.

Brasil battles Ecuador while Paraguay takes on Venezuela.

Ecuador has one point.

La Vinotinto has to either win or tie their final match to advance.

Brasil must win out right to advance.

Paraguay has to beat Venezuela to advance. If Los Guaranies ties and Brasil loses Paraguay advances.

If both Paraguay and Brasil tie it will goal down to goal difference.

You gotta love it.

In Group C, both Peru and Chile sit a top the group with four points.

Uruguay is buried in third place with two points.

Mexico is out of it with zero points but the Mexicans can be the spoilers with a win over Uruguay.

Chile takes on Peru.

Either side ties they both should advance but it will come down to goal difference if Uruguay beats Mexico.

The race is on.

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Brasil can thank their lucky stars that Paraguay didn’t score that magical third goal in the 78^th minute. Instead the Paraguayans non-chalanted it and this resulted in Fred’s life saving goal in the 90^th minute that gave Brasil a two all tie with Paraguay.

Brasil drew first blood in the 39^th minute.

Jadson dialed up a bomb from just outside the box to give us a 1-0 lead.

I thought good. This is what we needed a goal. Now we’re on the way to the win.

Not on This day.

Paraguay kept the pressure up and scored on a defensive lapse by the Brasileiros side in the 55^th minute.

This goal was typical tick, tack, doe futebol.

Nothing but the back of the net for Roque Santa Cruz.

Los Guaranies added another goal in the 67^th minute.

Nelson Haedo Valdez had an easy walk in goal to give Paraguay the 2-1 lead.

I thought here we go again.

Enter Fred on the pitch for Brasil and the rest is history.

UOL put his way- Foi por pouco. Em uma nova atuação desastrosa, o Brasil se livrou de uma derrota para o Paraguai graças a um gol salvador de Fred, aos 44min do segundo tempo. O jogo terminou 2 a 2, e a equipe de Mano Menezes segue sob risco de dar vexame na Copa América

Brasil and Paraguay both have two points. Ecuador and Venezuela play later on Saturday. If either side wins they will jump to the head of the class in Group B with four points.

Let’s hope for a nil-nil tie.

UOL added- Com o empate, brasileiros e paraguaios somam dois pontos no Grupo B. Na quarta-feira, às 21h45, o selecionado pentacampeão mundial precisa ganhar do Equador para se classificar às quartas de final. Um tropeço pode significar uma eliminação precoce, o que seria um vexame histórico para o país atual bicampeão continental.

Os aficionados brasileiros, minoria no estádio Mario Kempes, em Córdoba, não gostaram do que viram e pediram até por Marta, jogadora eleita por cinco vezes a melhor do mundo.

Mano Menezes também foi alvo dos protestos. O treinador surpreendeu ao sacar o criticado Robinho e apostar em Jadson. O novo titular errava muitos passes e estava mal, quando abriu o placar aos 38min do primeiro tempo.

No intervalo, apesar de ter balançado a rede, Jadson deu lugar a Elano. O Brasil começou a errar demais e chegou a ficar na roda, para delírio dos paraguaios, que dominaram as arquibancadas, graças também ao apoio de argentinos infiltrados.

Look folks Brasil is playing like crap.

Mano Menezes was supposed to return Brasil to their glory days however this guy hasn’t won one major title as a coach.

The club is totally one sided in their attack.

Menezes has Neymar and company attack the right side only.

This allows other clubs to stack the right side of the pitch and thus force the Brasileiros attack to fight through an entire the eleven-man opposition.

The teams “D” is suspect.

These two goals were soft goals.

Paraguay flat out beat the “D”.

Keeper Julio Cesar was hung out to dry both times.

Brasil is very predicable in their attack.

Menezes is coaching against a players natural instincts to attack.

A left side attack would be nice.

Dunga did this with Kaka, Elano, Robinho, and Dani Alves.

The team is missing a quarterback.

This is a guy who distributes to the attacking players so they can score.

Brasileiros doesn’t have a QB who can give Neymar, Fred, and Jadson the ball with the best chance to score.

Hey Menezes how come Robinho road the pines.

You suck as a coach.

I wonder if Dunga is saying, “Do you miss me yet.”

One final parting shot. Dunga didn’t select or play Neymar, Jadson and the rest on the national team because they weren’t ready to perform on the world stage.

They are still not ready to perform on the World Stage.

This stupidity will cost Brasil another World Cup title.

What hurt Brasil in 2010 was Elano getting his knee busted up against Mexico and Kaka getting kicked out for two yellow cards.

This killed Brasileiros chances big time against the Netherlands.

I rest my case.

Brasileiros futebol Association are a bunch of fools.

You deserve what you get.

A clown like Menezes.

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The Serie A heads back to the pitch on Wednesday and Thursday night.

My guys from Flamengo battle second place Sao Paulo at our friendly confines in Estadio Olimpico in Rio de Janeiro.

This  is not our real house but it will do in pinch.

Deivid, Ronaldinho Gaucho, and Thiago Neves need to come up big against the Evil Empire.

Tricolor started out the season on tear winning their first five matches.

Then the wheels fell off the wagon for the Evil Empire.

Sao Paulo lost their last two in a row.

Tricolor was blown out by Timao 5-o and then Sao Paulo had their heads handed to them by Botafogo 2-0.

Mengao on the other hand is on a roll.

Flamengo is coming off a two straight wins.

Ronaldinho Gaucho has stepped up big time scoring three goals in our last two matches.

Deivid has scored twice for Mengao tamben.

We need to win this sucker.

A win over Sao Paulo will moves us further up the table.

Flamengo has a chance to move into the top five with a “W”.

UOL wrote this about the match- O São Paulo venceu os cinco primeiros jogos, chegou a disparar na liderança, mas os dois tropeços seguintes tiraram o time paulista do topo e aumentaram a cobrança sobre Carpegiani. Rhodolfo volta à zaga e busca dar maior consistência ao setor, que sofreu sete gols nos dois últimos confrontos.

O Flamengo segue curva ascendente. Venceu suas últimas partidas e viu Ronaldinho, até então vaiado pela própria torcida, voltar a ser considerado referência no setor ofensivo. Invicto, o time busca a terceira vitória seguida.

Over the years Sao Paulo has had the edge winning 18 matches compared with Flamengo’s 13 wins. There have been 12 ties.

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Mexico came riding into their group match against Chile on a high horse.

The Mexican squad was coming off a skill full 4-2 dismantling of the USA squad in finals of the CONCACAF.

The Mexicans drew first blood in the 40^th minute. Nestor Alejandro Araujo Razo flat out beat the keeper on a brilliant shot.

Mexico 1-0 on a great counter attack.

Chile had the most of the possession however they couldn’t crack the code.

Give La Roja credit.

They didn’t fold up their tents and quit after Mexico scored first.

The Chileans pressed the attack until the 66^th minute.

Esteban Paredes poked in the rebounded off a missed shot.

Five minutes later 72^nd minute La Roja scored the match winner.

Mate Arturo Vidal nailed a perfectly placed header top shelf right to seal the deal.

This sucker was set up by a great corner kick by Matias Fernandez.

2-1 Chile.

In the Uruguay Peru match it was a different story.

The Peruvians scored first in the 23^rd minute.

Jose Paolo Guerrero broke free at the Midfield line.

He left the entire Uruguayan side in his wake.

Guerrero forced the keeper to come off his line.

He deeked left and went right.

Nestor Fernando Muslera handed his jock to the Peruvian forward Guerrero.

All he had to do was deposit the ball into the back of the net.

Charruas didn’t quit.

Uruguay kept attacking Peru. This forced La Roja to make a mistake, which they paid dearly for, in the 45^th minute.

Luis Suarez took straight to the rack. He rammed this baby through the back of the net.

The second half was a scoreless draw.

Peru and Uruguay tied at one all.

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The bums fell behind 2-1 before Ronaldinho Gaucho and the boys took the bull by the horns. The Flamengo guys scored two late goals to beat America-MG 3-2.

This was another one of those brain fart matches for Rubro-Negro.

Ronaldinho Gaucho started the match off with a bang.

In the 10^th minute Ronaldinho was hauled down just outside the box.

Gaucho dialed up the long-range free kick bomb. Nothing but the bottom of the net.

1-0 Mengao.

Anderson and Alessandro scored for Coelho in the 38^th and 45^th minutes respectively.

Deivid and Ronaldinho found the magic in the 56^th and 84^th minutes to seal the deal for Mengao.

Ronaldinho Gaucho is the key for the Flamengo offense.

The way Gaucho goes so does the Rubro-Negro offense.

His daily double was the key to the win.

UOL wrote this- Apesar da vitória, o Flamengo encontrou dificuldade para superar o adversário. Depois de Ronaldinho Gaúcho abrir o placar no início da partida, o time carioca viu o América virar a partida ainda no primeiro tempo, com gols de Alessandro e Anderson. Na etapa final, em jogo equilibrado, a equipe comandada por Luxemburgo empatou com Deivid e virou com Ronaldinho Gaúcho 

The win moves Mengao into fifth place with 13 points.

Globo Esporte out it this way- A rotina de empates do Flamengo parece ter sido superada. Na noite desta quarta-feira, o Rubro-Negro sofreu, mas conseguiu derrotar o América-MG por 3 a 2, na Arena do Jacaré, em Sete Lagoas. Vitória com a marca de Ronaldinho. Autor de dois gols, o Dente, como é chamado pelos companheiros, não foi espetacular o tempo todo. Mas soube decidir. Foi dele o primeiro, de falta, e o terceiro, após ótima jogada de Bottinelli. Deivid também marcou, chegando a quatro gols na competição. Um a menos do que o Gaúcho, que assumiu a artilharia do Campeonato Brasileiro.

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