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Flamengo started out their match against Universidad Catolica with a dud. Mengao player Williams was given the heave-hoe in the second minute of the match. I guess Williams decided he didn’t like Martinez’s face so Williams gave it a little rearranging.

This was a no-no.

Bamo just like that we are one man down.

Up stepped Leo Moura who gave Rubro-Negro the lift we needed. He stopped. He popped and nailed the winner in the 10^th minute to give us 1-0 lead.

Not to be out done in stupidity Catolica returned the red card favor in the 42^nd minute. Diaz fired a wicked shot on goal. Clank the ball bounds off the cross bar. His mate Mirosevic didn’t like it so he decided to take out his frustration on Mengao player Toro.

I guess Mirosevic thought he was in the WWF so he stomped on his gut. He was given the you are outta here by the ref in the 42^nd minute.

Now we are all even Steven at ten men.

Flamengo made em pay in the 58^th minute. Leo Moura fed a perfect ball to Adriano. The Emperor rattled the cages to give us the 2-0 lead.

Vagner Love had a chance to make 3-0 but he wore the choke collar when he missed the gimmie PK late in the 82^nd minute.

A chance do terceiro gol saiu após passe de Adriano para Love. O Artilheiro do Amor foi puxado na área e, após consultar o bandeirinha, Amarilla marcou pênalti. Porém, o atacante cobrou mal, por cima do travessão. 

This win snapped our winless schnid of opening round matches in the Copa at nine.  This was our first win on opening day since 1984.

A huge shout out to the guys and way to go garoto.

UOL www.uol.com.br wrote about it this way: O primeiro tempo não foi dos melhores, mas, com uma grande atuação de Léo Moura e com considerável melhora no segundo tempo, o Flamengo não teve grandes dificuldades para vencer o Universidad Católica por 2 a 0, nesta quarta-feira, no Maracanã, na estreia do time na Copa Libertadores da América. Com o resultado, o time brasileiro chegou aos três pontos no Grupo 8 da competição. Léo Moura e Adriano marcaram para o time da casa. Foi o segundo triunfo do clube carioca em estreias na competição. A primeira foi em 1984 quando bateu o Santos.

Yes, a win is a win but Adriano and the guys were just not quite all there. There were many holes in the Flamengo “D”. Globo Esporte wrote it this way: Para dificultar ainda mais as ações ofensivas do time brasileiro, Adriano não estava em noite inspirada. Mal posicionado, foi presa fácil para a marcação adversária. Aos 34, Fuentes subiu sozinho após cobrança de escanteio e cabeceou com muito perigo.

The Chilean side had their chances but they missed it by that much. O gol dos chilenos ficou ainda mais perto quando Díaz bateu falta no travessão , aos 42 minutos. Só que, na volta, Mirosevic perdeu a cabeça e pisou na barriga de Toró. O árbitro o expulsou e igualou as equipes com dez em campo.

I am happy with the win but jeez, guys we really have to improve immensely if we are going to make it out of the Group stage.

Corinthians and Cruzeiro had hot dates in the Copa as well.

Corinthians took care of business by doubling up on Racing-Uruguay 2-1.

Cruzeiro clobbered Colo-Colo 4-1.   

Kleber hit the daily double for Raposa.

Thursday Sao Paulo battles Once Caldas.

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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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